Sam's Women (7 Oct. 1982)

Sam is worried that Diane thinks he only dates dumb women, so he tries to impress her with his latest one.

Director:

James Burrows

Writers:

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

Stars:

Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Nicholas Colasanto

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Ted Danson	...	Sam Malone
Shelley Long	...	Diane Chambers
Nicholas Colasanto	...	Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso
Rhea Perlman	...	Carla Tortelli
George Wendt	...	Norm Peterson
Donnelly Rhodes	...	Leo Metz
Donna McKechnie	...	Debra
Keenen Ivory Wayans	...	Customer #1 (as Keenen Wayans)
Jack Knight	...	Jack
Angela Aames	...	Brandee
John Ratzenberger	...	Cliff Clavin

Storyline

The arrival in the bar of Brandee, a stereotypical dumb blonde, gets the tongues wagging of all the male patrons and of course Sam. Sam is annoyed at the fact that Diane doesn't approve of Brandee or Sam's choices of "fun" women in general. Despite this, Sam tries to prove that his choice of women is not restricted solely to the fun, fast woman stereotype. When this fails, Sam and Diane get into an on-going war of words, Diane accusing Sam of being an over-age adolescent, Sam accusing Diane of being a snob. Sam gets the last word in this issue. Meanwhile, Coach tries to fill in as the sage advisor for a former bar patron who's come back looking for Gus, a previous owner of the bar.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to star wars | drinking beer | smoking | advice | playing pool | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 October 1982 (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:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In this episode, a former Cheers customer named Leo comes in looking for Gus, the former owner of Cheers. About halfway through the episode, Coach tells Leo that Gus is dead. However, in the 1993 episode "The Last Picture Show" Gus returns to Cheers and works behind the bar for an evening.

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Quotes

Sam Malone: I've never met an intelligent woman that I'd want to date.
Diane Chambers: On behalf of the intelligent women around the world, may I just say...
[Diane mocks a big sigh of relief]

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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

User Reviews

beer that's with TWO E's

When Diane, now a waitress at Cheers after her fiancé stood her up, doesn't approve of Sam's taste in dumb but beautiful women, Sam attempts to prove her wrong to disastrous effect. Meanwhile, a customer comes in to the bar in a sad state hoping to talk to Gus about his problems, not realizing Gus, the previous PREVIOUS owner of Cheers has died in the interim (a turn of events which won't make sense in another episode much later in the series) so Coach tries to help him with his problems instead.

Another good episode that shows the start of the relationship that Sam/ Diane would share later in the series. The end scene where Miss Chambers is obviously smitten before she realizes what Sam has done is a great one.