So I've been binge watching the old show Cheers on Hulu. I came Episode 11 of Season 7. Check out this opening sequence! How cool is that?
Thanks,
Eric Siegel
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So I've been binge watching the old show Cheers on Hulu. I came Episode 11 of Season 7. Check out this opening sequence! How cool is that?
Thanks,
Eric Siegel
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Love the part about the cattle car as I have one of the postwar ones. It came with a Lionel Lines S2 that was lost years ago.
Yet another reason Cheers is one of my all time favorite shows.
Thanks Eric
I remember that episode
Cheers and its spinoff, Frasier, are two of the best shows ever. I would also add Taxi, Seinfeld and more recently, the Big Bang Theory. Repeated watching of these shows illustrates the brilliant writing and the fine acting chops of the ensemble casts, which makes them CLASSICS! Christopher Lloyd and the Charles brothers had a hand in several of these fine comedies.
I had somehow missed that episode. Thanks for sharing.
A few years ago, I watched a few episodes of Cheers on Netflix with my then 18-year-old daughter. I realized that television shows from 30 years ago might not be to her taste so I told her that if it she didn't like Cheers, we could watch something else that she wanted.
She said: "No, this is good. It's sweet. They take their time, tell the story, and allow the jokes to just happen." (She said this to contrast the way many modern sitcoms move along at a frenetic pace with a bunch of crude one-liners.)
I respect the show all the more as a result of her words.
Steven J. Serenska
We still watch the reruns of many of these shows- still as funny as the day they were written.
For the Seinfeld fans this will bring a smile- Marble Rye.....the episode was on the other night. Tears running down my face
Thanks for posting this.
Wasnt there also an episode where they had trains on the bar and Norm uses the uncoupler track to snag a beer that’s riding on a flatcar?
Wonder if that clip made it to u tube?
Serenska posted:I had somehow missed that episode. Thanks for sharing.
A few years ago, I watched a few episodes of Cheers on Netflix with my then 18-year-old daughter. I realized that television shows from 30 years ago might not be to her taste so I told her that if it she didn't like Cheers, we could watch something else that she wanted.
She said: "No, this is good. It's sweet. They take their time, tell the story, and allow the jokes to just happen." (She said this to contrast the way many modern sitcoms move along at a frenetic pace with a bunch of crude one-liners.)I respect the show all the more as a result of her words.
Steven J. Serenska
Yeah, it's funny you say that. As I've been watching the series, I've noticed that my 16 year old son enjoys watching it and thinks it's really funny. I guess good writing holds up across generations.
He grew up seeing Woody Harrelson in big movies, and was blown away to see him being funny in a TV show.
-Eric
Woody H really evolved into a fine dramatic actor since Cheers.
Good find! My kids (18 and 15) like to watch old shows with me too. I enjoy showing them the TV shows and movies I grew up watching. Good TV truly stands the test of time...
That's a cool model, Gene. I went to college in the Boston area while the show was in production, and made a few pilgrimages to the "Cheers" bar myself. Of course it looked nothing like the set once inside, but that never mattered...pride of place was enough.
My six year-old loves the Three Stooges; more good TV that stands the test of time!
Tinplate Art posted:Woody H really evolved into a fine dramatic actor since Cheers.
A lot of people are always surprised when great actors come from comedy. The truth is doing good comedy takes WAY more acting chops than drama. If you can do good comedy, you can do anything. Think of all the great actors who started off in comedy...
Woody Harrelson, Jim Carrey, Tom Hanks, Steve Martin, Robin Williams, Bill Murray...the list goes on and on.
Comedy is such an underrated art form. That's where the academy awards should be going. They make loads of dramas every year, but how many legendary comedies get made in any given year? Rarely happens...cuz it's HARD.
Gene - That's a nice model rendition of Cheers, btw.
-Eric Siegel
Yes.
"Tragedy is easy...it's comedy that's hard".
"Dying is easy; comedy is hard".
Quoting somebody - just not sure whom. Still true.
Reviving an old thread, but there are actually TWO different Cheers episode clips with Lionel trains. This one is actually my favorite.
Notice the two USPS cars in the consists?
@ericstrains.com I remember this LOL. When I was little (like 5) my parents would put me to bed and I would hear the Cheers theme echoing down the hallway. I remember my dad telling me about this episode where the guys get excited about the trains and had forgotten about that memory until now.
Thanks for sharing! - Chris
Thanks for posting Eric. I remember the series well but didn't remember that scene
A few years ago, my wife and I were in New Hope PA for the day. We're sitting outside the Bucks County Playhouse. A few tables away I seen a man having a beer and I say to my wife, doesn't that look like Norm from Cheers ? See says no, I said should I call out Norm and see if he responds ? My wife replies don't you dare ! So were leaving the playhouse, there is a poster advertising now playing Rock and Roll Man, staring George Wendt.
Thanks Eric.
It truly shows that postwar Lionel train fans will always be kids at heart!
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