Series cast summary: | |||
Ted Danson | ... | Sam Malone / ... 271 episodes, 1982-1993 | |
Rhea Perlman | ... | Carla Tortelli / ... 271 episodes, 1982-1993 | |
John Ratzenberger | ... | Cliff Clavin / ... 271 episodes, 1982-1993 | |
George Wendt | ... | Norm Peterson / ... 271 episodes, 1982-1993 | |
Kelsey Grammer | ... | Dr. Frasier Crane / ... 202 episodes, 1984-1993 | |
Woody Harrelson | ... | Woody Boyd / ... 201 episodes, 1985-1993 | |
Kirstie Alley | ... | Rebecca Howe / ... 149 episodes, 1987-1993 | |
Philip Perlman | ... | Phil 21 episodes, 1986-1993 | |
Shelley Long | ... | Diane Chambers / ... 124 episodes, 1982-1993 | |
The lives of the disparate group of employees and patrons at a Boston watering hole called "Cheers" over eleven years is presented. Over much of this period, Sam Malone (Ted Danson), a womanizing ex-Boston Red Sox pitcher and an alcoholic, owns the bar, its purchase and this life, which was his salvation from his alcoholism, which was largely the cause of the end of his baseball career. He ends up having a love-hate relationship with intellectual Diane Chambers (Shelley Long), who he hired as a waitress and whose cultured mentality is foreign to anyone else in the bar. He also has an evolving relationship with Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley), who managed the bar for the Lily Corporation, which bought it from Sam, but whose outward business savvy belied the fact that she was a mess of a woman who was struggling to find her place in life. The regular patrons are largely a bunch of self-identified losers, who bond because of their shared place in life, and because "Cheers" is their home ... Written by Huggo
This show was great. It had clever writing and lots of classic moments. This was back during a time when tv shows were able to be funny without making constant references to sex. Ted Danson does some of his best work here, as well as the rest of the cast. A classic in our own time.