The original Star Trek's best season was its first, but oddly enough, The Next Generation did its best work in its third and fourth seasons, ironically because Gene Roddenberry was less involved with the show, as his health declined. (That's a whole other subject.)
I actually haven't watched a new episode of Frasier in quite a while, but that's OK: between syndicated reruns and DVDs, like Cheers, the show will be floating around the pop culture ether for quite some time to come.
(Originally posted on EdDriscoll.com)
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1 - Mark Saleski
man, i remember when the frazier character was introduced....i fricken' hated him.
after a while i couldn't imagine the cheers group without him.
2 - Eric Olsen
Never, ever got either Cheers or Frazier - just washed over me. People sitting around in a bar blabbing? Then the hijinx of self-important pretentious twits? 22 years is astonishing. Of course I never got Gunsmoke either and that lasted almost as long.
3 - Craig Lyndall
Cheers had some of the most classic lines ever. Norm had some real beauties. I remember a couple years ago someone compiled them into an email.
The best one was something like...
Sam to Norm: "So, Norm, how is the world treating you?"
Norm: "Ah man, like a baby treats a diaper."
Anyway, I was never onboard for Frazier, but I grew up watching Cheers reruns. It's funny for me to watch it now because I was too young to get the jokes the first time around. It's almost like watching a whole new show.
4 - Mark Saleski
my favorite:
"Whatcha up to Norm ?"
"My ideal weight if I were eleven feet tall."
5 - jan Deman
rebecca was the perfect follow up for diane, and so was woody, what are you talking about
cheers
6 - gjp
Hello from England.
Any idea when Cheers Season 7 will be released in the UK (Region 2)???
Thanks
7 - Eddie C
"man, i remember when the frazier character was introduced....i fricken' hated him.
after a while i couldn't imagine the cheers group without him."
Yeah, i have to agree, Frasier was really annoying and kind of a stiff character at first, but Grammer really found Frasier's voice when he gave him the sarcastic wit which would become his trademark. He was also pretty naive and dumb at first.
8 - jfk1980
we had a sports bar built in the same style as the cheers bar here in liverpool. i virtually lived there during weekends! sadly they closed it down due to the new beatles hotel being built on the same site. gutted! the spirit of cheers will forever live on. good folks enjoying a beer and banter! timeless
9 - andy
anyone remember what image Cliff saw in the potato?
10 - Phillip
5 years later.....Cliff thought the potato looked like Richard Nixon