Cheers (TV Series) Little Sister, Don't Cha (1983) User Reviews

Little Sister, Don't Cha (#2.2)

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 7 April 2014]

Carla is going into labor and her little sister comes to substitute for her as a waitress. Only she is not as innocent as people believed because she keeps on going on dates. Cliff wants to propose to her and his good friend Norm wants to warn him against it.

Well, first of all let me say that it is one of those episodes where I love the comedy and hate the attitude. The looking down on a woman for having a sex life and going on many dates. She had all the right to do so and have her fun while she is not in actual commitment and if Cliff decided to propose after like one date he is an idiot who should be made fun of. So for that the episode would get a 1 from me.

But this is an old show. It went accordingly to the attitude of the society. So I will just concentrate o the entertainment that was perfect here. We have this awesome work by Rhea Perlman being Carla and her sister. The hilarious comparison of "muffin" nicknames Carla and Diane have. A lot of hilarious lines. The fun video the coach made when visiting Carla in the hospital. All of these give the episode a worthiness of good rating.

The Girl Is Mine

[Hitchcoc · 7/10 · 8 August 2019]

When Carla finally delivers her baby, her sister takes over at the bar. It turns out she is quite a vixen and starts sleeping around. Cliff is utterly taken with her but is injured and doesn't know what is going on behind his back. It's a good, not great episode.

A rare misfire

[dgplatt-60121 · 6/10 · 20 February 2024]

This episode starts off on a wrong note by using two sitcom clichés: a series regular playing the near-identical relative of their main character, and the seemingly innocent character who turns out to be a sexpot. It would have been trite on another show, but here it almost sinks the episode.

This is also the first episode to center around Cliff, now graduated to full cast member. Cliff is already the blowhard we know and tolerate, but he's not the caricature he becomes in later seasons. Instead we're meant to feel bad for his painful shyness with women. It's weird seeing Cliff as a sympathetic character, but the others' concern for his feelings is oddly touching. It's also believable that he would fall for Carla's sister Annette.

There are a couple of funny moments, including one exchange that's worth repeating verbatim:

DIANE (trying to get the gang into the back room to discuss Cliff and Annette): It's our weekly seminar on the use of leitmotiv in the "Chanson de Roland".

SAM: Yeah. Boy, time really flies by, doesn't it?

DIANE: Norman, join us. Coach?

COACH: Not me, Diane. Thank you, no.

DIANE: You're the guest speaker.

COACH: Hey, this might be good.

The real reason, however, why this episode doesn't work is Rhea Perlman's performance as Annette. She's clearly having fun playing a different character, but Annette is so off putting (What is with her accent?) that she seems to belong on a different sitcom. Fortunately the show will avoid comedy this broad, at least for a few more seasons.

* But If Done Differently ...

[dweilermg-1 · 5/10 · 11 September 2020]

Would've been indeed bizarre to have Cliff married to a Carla look-alike!