The King of Beers

Episode aired Oct 8, 1992
TV-PGTV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

7.7/10

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Comedy Drama

A slot machine is accidentally sent to the bar. Everyone is hooked on playing it, which for them is not a bad thing as the machine is paying out to everyone, that is except to Rebecca. She s... Read allA slot machine is accidentally sent to the bar. Everyone is hooked on playing it, which for them is not a bad thing as the machine is paying out to everyone, that is except to Rebecca. She sees her losing streak on the machine as a metaphor of her life. Feeling sorry for her, Sam... Read allA slot machine is accidentally sent to the bar. Everyone is hooked on playing it, which for them is not a bad thing as the machine is paying out to everyone, that is except to Rebecca. She sees her losing streak on the machine as a metaphor of her life. Feeling sorry for her, Sam has the machine rigged to pay out to Rebecca to make her feel better. That act doesn't qu... Read all

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Trivia
When Sam comes over to Rebecca while she's playing the slot machine, she tells him that she's pulled the lever 578 times. This means that by that time she spent $28.90 in nickels.

Goofs
The slot machine works immediately after being unpacked from its crate, despite not having its coin hoppers filled first. Slot machines are not sold with money inside.

Quotes
Norm Peterson: Listen, if you don't mind, right now I've been tasting beer all morning, OK, so I'm just going to take a break, change my clothes and go over to Cheers and hoist a few.
Mike: [laughing] Whoa. You're kidding, right?
Norm Peterson: Yeah. These clothes'll be fine.

Connections
References Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Soundtracks
Put on a Happy Face
(uncredited)
Music by Charles Strouse

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8/10

Two Time Losers

Norm and Rebecca are the focus here. When a slot machine is accidentally delivered to the bar. Rebecca becomes hooked and the machine becomes a metaphor for her life--always a loser. Norm goes to a professional beer tasting and his comments get him a job for a week at a brewery. He does great, almost becoming a legend in one week. Hilarious scenes of him doing his job. But eventually has to meet the big boss to keep the job.

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