As good a time as any to present my thoughts on Cheers after a second rewatch.
- I’ll die on this hill: Rebecca wasn’t as good as Diane. Long was a real performer, a real actress, who should have had a better career. She could have done anything. She should have killed her representation after not working out a new contract with NBC.
- Alley is just so limited as a performer. There’s a reason they cut her scenes season to season. Desperate gold digger or a depressed shit show were her only speeds. To her credit she’s the only character that gets a happy ending.
- I’ve tried and tried to like Carla. Her only pleasant scene is the cold open where she dances while opening the bar. Other than that, she’s unapologetic bitch for 11 seasons.
- Sam’s storyline got a lot sadder after Alley’s real life miscarriage ended Rebecca’s pregnancy storyline. He’s no longer the heroic ladies man. He’s an aging bachelor that always gets shot down. He ends the show unmarried with no prospects, no children, and I believe without his Corvette. At least he has his true love, the bar.
- Norm and Cliff never do anything interesting, but that’s the point. With all the Ted Danson and Cheers references on Seinfeld, I wonder if Jerry and Larry were somewhat inspired to make a show about nothing where the characters never grow.
- Frasier and Lilith are the funniest scenes of the show in my opinion. I know they have to break up for Frasier to move to Seattle, but they broke up abruptly and their story isn’t really resolved in the final season. I believe Lilith is living with Frasier, but the two aren’t a couple at the end.