Little Carla, Happy at Last: Part 1 (15 Oct. 1987)

A week after Carla tells Eddie that she's pregnant with his child, Eddie does ask her to marry him. She's excited beyond words. She's even more excited in the fact that Eddie tells her that... See full summary »

Director:

James Burrows

Writers:

Glen Charles (creator), Les Charles (creator),

Stars:

Ted Danson, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Ted Danson	...	Sam Malone
Kirstie Alley	...	Rebecca Howe
Rhea Perlman	...	Carla Tortelli
John Ratzenberger	...	Cliff Clavin
Woody Harrelson	...	Woody Boyd
Kelsey Grammer	...	Dr. Frasier Crane
George Wendt	...	Norm Peterson
Jay Thomas	...	Eddie LeBec
Timothy Williams	...	Anthony Tortelli
Amanda Ingber	...	Annie Tortelli (as Mandy Ingber)
Janet Brandt	...	Mama LeBec

Storyline

A week after Carla tells Eddie that she's pregnant with his child, Eddie does ask her to marry him. She's excited beyond words. She's even more excited in the fact that Eddie tells her that she no longer has to work since he can support them both. Being the two most superstitious people in the world, they have a lot of superstition obstacles to overcome. With all these superstitions to consider, they figure they have to marry in exactly eight days, or postpone the wedding until 2042. Sam plans on having a reception for them at the bar, Rebecca initially indignant that Sam does so without her authorization, until he suggests she invite her unrequited love and boss, Evan Drake, who is a sports fan, to meet famous goalie Eddie. With seemingly this last hurdle overcome, the wedding seems like it will be a blessed event, that is until Carla and Eddie inadvertently break the biggest superstition of them all: he sees her on their wedding day before the wedding. Carla thinks they're doomed. ...

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Plot Keywords:

planning a wedding | wedding superstition

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

15 October 1987 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Charles/Burrows/Charles Productions, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title is from the TV movie Little Gloria... Happy at Last.

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Quotes

Rebecca Howe: Carla. Here's your final paycheque. I might say that you have been a unique employee, and it's going to be very difficult to fill your uniform.
Carla Tortelli: Thanks.
Rebecca Howe: You don't happen to know any other short, pregnant cocktail waitresses, do you?

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Connections

References Little Gloria... Happy at Last (1982)

User Reviews

Strange...

This is Part I of a rather awkward two-part episode... This first part features Eddie proposing to the fright-faced, preggo Carla and then deals with her preparations for the wedding at Cheers.

There's a lot of filler here: it seems pretty clear that the writers were forced to stretch a one-part episode into two, and it seems odd that they chose to make this episode into a two-parter and not the season premiere "Home Is The Sailor." There was much more going on in that episode than in "Little Carla," which features multiple meaningless asides in order to pad out the running time.

After a series of bizarre omens Eddie's mother arrives and forces her son to cancel the wedding so there will be a cliff-hanger for Part Two. This was a very strange outing, and the second half doesn't get much better.

GRADE: C