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Once in a while, a TV series will catch lightning in a bottle, with an interesting premise, intelligent writing, and a stellar cast. "Cheers" was one of those series. Sam "Mayday" Malone (Ted Danson) is the charismatic owner of the bar. He is a former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher and a recovering alcoholic. Mostly, he is an aging babe hound whose life revolves around chasing and bedding women. Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) is an over-educated, sophisticated snob who is abandoned by her fiancé at Cheers. Without a job or marketable talent, Diane reluctantly becomes a cocktail waitress at Cheers. The Sam and Diane relationship became the central focus of the show for the first five seasons. The strength of the show was proved when Diane left, and was replaced by Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley). Rebecca brought a new dynamic to the series as the bar's manager, and the excellent quality of the episodes continued for the remainder of the series. Another one of the main characters was the beloved and befuddled Ernie "Coach" Pantusso (Nicholas Colasanto). Unfortunately, Nicholas died during the third season. He was replaced in the fourth season by Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson), a naïve, befuddled bartender from Indiana. As the writers explained in one of the bonus features, Woody's character was written as the son of Coach's character.
Rounding out the cast was wisecracking cocktail waitress Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman), barstool-and-beer loving Norm Peterson (George Wendt), know-it-all mailman Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger), psychiatrist in need of therapy Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), and clinical, cold-as-ice Lilith Sternin-Crane (Bebe Neuwirth). Such was the popularity of "Cheers" that when "Frasier" became a TV series, many of the Boston bar's characters made guest appearances. All 270 "Cheers" episodes from Seasons 1-11 are packed onto 45 discs in two separate boxes. Unlike other box sets I have purchased in the past, there were no defective discs in this box set. I did notice that the commercial promos for the final season's episodes looked very dark. Occasionally, brief shots in some episodes also looked very dark, when compared to the rest of the scene. All of the bonus features, such as profiles of characters, a trivia game, and a blooper reel, are included in the first three seasons. The last episode of "Cheers" was preceded by a pre-game show hosted by Bob Costas. In addition, it was followed by a special "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, broadcast live from the Bull & Finch Pub in Boston. Unfortunately, neither of those are included in the box set as bonus features. In addition, no episodes with commentaries from cast members and/or writers are included. All in all, despite what it's lacking, it’s well worth owning this box set for all that it includes - every episode from one of the greatest TV sitcoms of all time!
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Binge worthy Television!
Relive one of the best series on TV. 45 awesome discs covering every episode seasons 1 to 11 (labeled as the Final Season). For me, I had missed the Shelly Long (Diane) years and all the famous "extras" on practically every episode. Almost every disc in Seasons 1-6 is loaded with additional "Special Features" such as conversations with the actors, gag reels, behind the scenes, making of and other extras.The packaging: Comes in two hard plastic cases with the discs in library style cd storage (see picture). The inner case is not attached to the outer plastic case. On the inside of both cases is the listing of each season, disc and episode. One minor (brief temporary hissy fit...Opened Seasons 1-6 case and pulled out what should have been season 1 disc 1 to immediately watch and realized I was watching season 8 disc 4. All the discs were in the wrong cases...none of them were in the correct case, they were all mixed up. Had to pull out all of them and properly order. Minor irritant but popcorn and wine while sorting eased the pain).The discs: Excellent quality recording,sound and clarity. There were no inaudible or excessively loud discs. Some of the early discs you had to select each episode, but for some reason later in the season the option to "Play All" was included.Shipment arrived in a few days and was exactly as described by the seller. Definitely worth the price if you are a Cheers Fan!
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One Of The Greatest TV Sitcoms Ever Created!
Reviewed in Canada on September 19, 2013
Reviewed in Canada on September 19, 2013
It is all the seasons 1-11 put together in a plastic wrapping with the Cheers Sticker on the front. Some of the seasons come in a wider fold out style case, and some come in a more slim hard plastic case style(non fold out)
One commenter said that some seasons only contain 1 disc, which is simply not TRUE. Each season comprises of 4 separate discs with all the episodes from each season, and they are packaged securely inside the cases. Upon getting my Cheers Set I carefully took out each disc and inspected them one by one and they were perfect with no scratches or anything.
Anyhow, this was on my Amazon.ca Wish List for the last 2 years and I was waiting for the price to come down...and it did.
Cheers is simply one of the greatest sitcoms ever created, and the fact that it went on for 11 successful seasons goes to show how loved the show was among millions of people.
Even though Cheers is an Adult Sitcom, I fell in love with it as a child and remember waiting for new episodes to air on TV even when I was only 10 years old.
Time to pull up a stool beside Cliff and Normy and have a few beers.
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