Cheers: Season 1

Cheers: Season 1

Paramount Pictures (1982)
Comedy, Drama
USA / English / Color / 534 min
8.1
Cast View More ↓
Ted Danson Sam Malone
Nicholas Colasanto Ernie Pantusso
George Wendt Norm Peterson
Shelley Long Diane Chambers
Rhea Perlman Carla
John Ratzenberger Cliff Clavin
Harry Anderson Harry the hat
Crew View More ↓
Director James Burrows
Writer James Burrows, Glen Charles, Les Charles, Earl Pomerantz
Producer James Burrows
Musician Craig Safan
Trailer
Plot
Sam (Ted Danson), a former pitcher for the Boston Redsox, owns and runs Cheers, a cozy bar in Boston. Somewhat snobby, beautiful and intelligent Diane (Shelley Long) -- forced to become a waitress when her fiance jilts her -- constantly bickers with Sam. Eventually, they fall in love. Several wacky characters make the bar their home-away-from-home, including sarcastic waitress Carla (Rhea Perlman), beer-loving Norm (George Wendt) and Boston letter carrier Cliff (John Ratzenberger).
A few seasons later, Sam sells the bar to buy a boat and sail around the world. But his boat sinks and he returns to bartending. Rebecca (Kirstie Alley), the new (more ambitious) manager, hires him back. They love to hate each other and eventually get together as well.
Episodes
1
Give Me a Ring Sometime
30 min 1982-09-30
Cheers is a small bar in Boston, MA. As owner Sam Malone opens up, a couple enter the bar. Professor Sumner Sloane and his fiance Diane Chambers are to go to Barbados to be married, but Sumner's ex-wife still has the wedding ring. Sumner asks Sam to keep an eye on Diane for him whilst he goes and fetches it. Sam tries chatting up Diane but she's not interested. The other employees at Cheers arrive for work - waitress and single mom Carla Tortelli, and bartender Ernie ""Coach"" Pantusso, who was Sam's baseball coach back in the days when Sam was a relief pitcher for the Red Sox. As the bar gets busier and more people wonder who she is, Diane hopes Sumner will return eventually. Sumner comes back a few hours later and says he hasn't got the ring, but then his ex-wife calls and says she's got it, so he once again leaves Diane in Cheers whilst he goes to fetch it. He asks Diane to call the airport and put their flight back a bit. Once again he is gone a long time, and Diane starts to worry t
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Guest starring: Michael McGuire, John P. Navin, Jr., Ron Frazier, Erik Holland
2
Sam's Women
30 min 1982-10-07
Diane's teasing about his airhead women sends Sam looking for a date of a higher cerebral plane and an old customer insists he must see the former owner to discuss his personal problems.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Guest starring: Donnelly Rhodes, Donna McKechnie, Angela Aames, Keenen Ivory Wayans
3
The Tortelli Tort
30 min 1982-10-14
Carla's fiery temper almost costs Sam the bar when she attacks an obnoxious Yankees fan.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Tom Reeder
Guest starring: Ron Karabatsos, Stephen Keep, Richard McGonagle, Paul Vaughn, Rex Ryon, John Fiedler, Thomas Babson
4
Sam at Eleven
30 min 1982-10-21
Sam realizes how much he misses his former sports celebrity status when a local newscaster asks to interview him again.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Guest starring: Fred Dryer, Paul Vaughn, Eapen Mathai, Michael Mann
5
Coach's Daughter
30 min 1982-10-28
Coach's daughter brings the obnoxious lout she plans to marry to meet her father.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Ken Estin
Guest starring: Allyce Beasley, Philip Charles MacKenzie, Tim Cunningham, Teddy Bergeron, Jacqueline Cassel
6
Any Friend of Diane's
30 min 1982-11-04
Diane becomes upset when Sam hits on an old friend of hers who's on the rebound from an unhappy love affair.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Guest starring: Julia Duffy, Macon McCalman
7
Friends, Romans, Accountants
30 min 1982-11-11
Norm tries to make points with the boss by planning the annual office party at Cheers and arranging for Diane to be the old man's "date".
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Guest starring: James Read, Kenneth Kimmins, Jim Hudson, Peter Van Norden, Edie Berry, Jonathan Terry
8
Truce or Consequences
30 min 1982-11-18
Diane and Carla decide to bury the hatchet over after work drinks, which lead to a startling confession from Carla about her youngest child.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Guest starring: David A. Penhale
9
Coach Returns to Action
30 min 1982-11-25
Coach and Sam become unlikely romantic rivals for Coach's new neighbor.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Earl Pomerantz
Guest starring: Murphy Gross, Julia Hendler, Eve Smith, Barry Cutler, Keone Young, Bill Wiley
10
Endless Slumper
30 min 1982-12-02
Rick Walker, a friend of Sam, seeks his advice on how to end a losing streak.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Sam Simon
Guest starring: Christopher McDonald, Anne Haney
11
One for the Book
30 min 1982-12-09
While Diane keeps notes on bar conversation, a novice comes in for one final fling before entering a monastery and a World War I doughboy shows up for a very small reunion.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Katherine Green
Guest starring: Ian Wolfe, Boyd Bodwell, Frank McCarthy
12
The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One
30 min 1982-12-16
The bar patrons are all enthralled by the mysterious gentleman who claims to be a secret agent.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
Guest starring: Ellis Rabb, Robert Evan Collins, Kurtis Woodruff
13
Now Pitching, Sam Malone
30 min 1983-01-06
Sam lets the sexy appeal of an agent and the glamour of the public spotlight lure him into being a TV pitchman.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Guest starring: Barbara Babcock, Luis Tiant, Richard Hill, Paul Vaughan
14
Let Me Count the Ways
30 min 1983-01-13
Diane looks to her friends for comfort when her cat dies, but finds everyone too enthralled by a Celtics game to notice.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Heide Perlman
Guest starring: Mark King, Steve Hanafin
15
Father Knows Last
30 min 1983-01-20
Carla has a secret that's about to be revealed:she's five months pregnant.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Heide Perlman
Guest starring: Mark King, Herb Mitchell, Mary Ellen Trainor
16
The Boys in the Bar
30 min 1983-01-27
Cheers' regulars fear the place may become a gay hangout after an old friend of Sam's reveals his homosexuality on TV.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Isaacs, Ken Levine
Guest starring: Alan Autry, John Furey, Michael Kearns, Kenneth Tigar, Thomas Babson, Wesley Thompson, Shannon Sullivan, John Bluto, Lee Ryan
17
Diane's Perfect Date
30 min 1983-02-10
Sam and Diane dare each other to find the other's perfect date, but Sam's last minute choice doesn't quite measure up.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
Guest starring: Derek McGrath, Gretchen Corbett, Doug Sheehan
18
No Contest
30 min 1983-02-17
Sam enters Diane in the "Miss Boston Barmaid" contest without telling her.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Heide Perlman
Guest starring: Charlie Stavola, Renee Gentry, Tessa Richarde, Sharon Peters, Tip O'Neill, Paul Vaughn
19
Pick a Con... Any Con
30 min 1983-02-24
Sam enlists Harry the conman to help fleece a card shark who cheated Coach out of a lot of money.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Angell
Guest starring: Reid Shelton, Stephen D. Lee
20
Someone Single, Someone Blue
30 min 1983-03-03
Diane's mother turns up at Cheers with the news that Diane must marry before the next day or her mother will lose her share of Diane's father's estate.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Angell
Guest starring: Glynis Johns, Duncan Ross, Dean Dittman, Paul Willson
21
Showdown (1)
30 min 1983-03-24
Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil when the sibling asks Diane to go to Paris with him.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Guest starring: George Ball, Deborah Shelton, Paul Vaughn
22
Showdown (2)
30 min 1983-03-31
Diane's fascination with Sam's older brother brings their long simmering relationship to a boil when the sibling asks Diane to go to Paris with him.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Glen Charles, Les Charles
Guest starring: Lois De Banzie, Helen Page Camp, Peggy Kubena
Editions
Barcode Format Region Release Edition
097360569247 1 2003-05-20 Season 1
5014437848635 1 2004-06-07
097360569223 1 2003-05-20
5014437867032 1
9324915053441 1 2006-03-02
5014437833433 2 2003-11-24