Cheers | Cold Opens: Season 1 | Paramount+

[@quantumleap359]

The writing for Cheers is timeless. After 40 years, this material is still hilarious!

[@minewheaties5029]

I seriously believe Archie Bunker's Place, which was also set in a bar, was one of the major targets of Cheers. I think the people who made Cheers knew stuff about Norman Lear which suggested he wasn't nearly as wise as a person like his television work was. He probably was even like Sam when it came to womanizing, and was probably even worse. Archie Bunker's Place didn't last long after Cheers debuted.

[@Sheffield_Steve]

@@quantumleap359 Seconded! 👍💯

[@Yeahbuddy1994]

This takes me back to being a child in the ‘80’s. This was my father’s favorite show. I knew I made it to late childhood when I was allowed to stay up to 9:30 pm to watch Cheers. I get so nostalgic watching these!! Can’t get enough.

[@SSNESS]

Ironically Ted Danson is from San Diego just like Ted Williams was.

[@IamReallySanta]

This show is so well written that you can listen to it and enjoy the show. It's practically the best radio show ever, it just happens to be on tv

[@retireorbust]

How did you know?

[@Bestofthelot]

And WKRP. :-)

[@ksks4388]

Absolutely, I agree with you.

[@rcgeneration824]

It's funny, when I was a kid in the 80's as I was turning the knob on our small TV in our living room, going through different channels I use to come across the ending credits of cheers. Sometimes the beginning of the intro but I use to say to myself: "man I hate that music"! Maybe every now and then an episode or two, just a glimpse but hardly. I was not into sitcoms. Heck, I had no idea what a sitcom was, let alone the word itself. Now as an old man I can't get enough of cheers! I must have watched the entire show over and over again countless times. Now I wish I had back then.

[@thesinaclwon]

Old man? I was a kid in the 80’s too and I am not an old man lol. How dare you sir!!

[@rcgeneration824]

@@thesinaclwon I'm 50 now and one of sons tell me: "you old coot"! Or when I forget something, "you're losing it old man"! 😬

[@thesinaclwon]

@@rcgeneration824 🤣

[@michaelstusiak5902]

That was the only comedy I watched. Never watched friends

[@execatty]

Classic show as was the 80s

[@RamblinManMoto]

I remember watching this as a kid and that "did I hear a buck snort" line cracked me up then and still does now. Hilarious!

[@aliali-ce3yf]

the GOAT show, and it has aged wonderfully

[@unclelurk1556]

Thursday nights in the 80s were the best!

[@dwhitman3092]

They certainly were! ❤

[@truthsayer9534]

Cheers, Night Court, Hills St. Blues. And Cosby and Family Ties were in there at one point.

[@ld8509]

I remember that line up!

[@spaceexplorer6636]

Absolutely! Always looked forward to Thursday night… the good old days.

[@SmilingNightSkyline-fe1rk]

So right you are at least the one I remember(lol)

[@tedlieb4928]

Definitely one of the TOP sitcoms of all time 🎉

[@pamelalagree-kanotz6845]

Until Kirstie alley joined.

[@orangeandblackattack]

My #1. BBT is #2

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Darn right it was one of the top sitcoms. The writing was OUTSTANDING. And both the cast and crew were essentially exemplary in every way imaginable. And while I'm here, I *WILL* argue that "Moonlighting" was equally fantastic when it came to the entire production--especially regarding the writing and direction. :)

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

@@pamelalagree-kanotz6845 Strange, I thought Kirstie was WONDERFUL as "Rebecca Howe". Yes, Shelley Long was brilliant as "Diane", but the Howe character was also fantastic. The character was always a "paper tiger", and it was a subtle nuance of difference over the Chambers character. Also, interestingly enough, it TOTALLY tracks that both Alley and Cattrall once also portrayed "Star Trek vulcans". Their general demeanors, vocal patterns, neurotic presences, intensities, and so forth were very similar.

[@davidbergman7277]

I've literally been watching this show since 1982.. I still love it! Watched them first run, syndicated, and now i just pop in DVDs. I consider TAXI CHEERS and FRAISER to be one big shared TV universe.

[@YukonHawk1]

Totally agree

[@Dirk-van-den-Berg]

Frasier, right.

[@katazack]

Actually, they are. They all share creators, producers and writers. Wings, also.

[@Bestofthelot]

Don't forget WKRP and Family Ties!

[@D.E.S-tc8uw]

Night court also

[@cvn6555]

When I moved to Boston in 1994 it was still the Bull and Finch pub below and a different restaurant upstairs but they were connected by the internal stairs. The bar didn't look at all like the Cheers set but it was still really cool to see it in person. Seeing the intro with the outside that I passed so many times really takes me back.

[@robadams5799]

I visited the Bull & Finch in the mid-nineties as well. I was surprised at how small the place was.

[@retireorbust]

I visited there with some grad students on a field trip studying urban renewal, Jane Jacobs, in the mid 80s. There was a Japanese radio ad company recording my table clinking their glasses saying cheers. The show was already an international hit.

[@doubleoddbs4357]

@@cvn6555 it was always called the Bull finch bar, they doctored in the name Cheers and rearranged the the bar when they were filming, sometimes they can make the bar look bigger with camera settings and angles

[@cvn6555]

@@doubleoddbs4357 They didn't film the series there. They filmed it on a set built on a sound stage. I mean, I lived in Boston for five years while the show was on and noticed when the sign outside the actual bar was changed.

[@pamelalagree-kanotz6845]

Cheers was and always will be a legend (until Kirstie Alley was hired). Don't spoil it by telling me it's not the same in real life

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

I remember when my sister told me about a show I wasn't watching called "Cheers." Became a weekly TV staple.

[@TheLegenDacster]

Never appreciated how beautiful the place was. Great comedy.

[@doubleoddbs4357]

I miss that show, then I bumped into Ted Danson at boat Logan airport about 20 years ago, really nice guy, I asked him if he wanted to have a drink with me because they had a bar called Cheers at the airport and he said he was unaware of the bar and said he had to be somewhere, but he was nice about it 🤣

[@jakeg3126]

That’s cool. I wish that he would’ve gone and had a drink with you. You would have some cool stories

[@steveself9314]

It is a cool story 💙

[@briancox9357]

I loved Cheers. Great cast and writers. Diane was beautiful and smart.

[@LadywatchingByrd]

She sure was. She was much too refined and intelligent for Sam. She was far too whimsical and light-hearted for Frasier. And as for Sloane 🤣 he was clearly the father that she was desperately trying to gain attention from her whole life.

[@PowerHouseWash]

Honestly, I didn't think Diane was beautiful until I had the TV on mute for a while. That's not a joke, and I'm not trying to put her character down. It's odd how things work like that.

[@natecrabtree4726]

The Diane character was a smart mouthed , pretentious snob . The perfect part for Shelly Long .

[@Sheffield_Steve]

One of the best comedies of all time and one of the best comedies that the new Channel 4 here in the UK back in 1982 decided to acquire from you! It was even worth watching on a grainy, fussy reception in the beginning! Then Channel 4 followed this up by buying Frasier from ya! Two of my favourites. 💯👍🤣

[@do0ranfrump260]

Even when I had no time to watch the whole show I would always watch long enough to hear Norm come in; he always had a one liner that would make me laugh.

[@tepmahler]

"What are you up to Norm?" "My ideal weight. If I were eleven feet tall."

[@Matt-eu3pn]

Am 47 been homeless and addicted to most things am still struggling but with all the things and ppl I've forgotten I can still sing along with the theme tune for some reason 😂

[@brisanikolina1537]

❤

[@steveself9314]

*Hugs* ❤❤❤❤❤

[@ThatBoringShow]

11:50 lol.. loved the writing on this show.. we knew this show was a classic while we were watching it..

[@martinmcdonald4207]

Norm and Cliff are bar stool fly legend`s. CHEERS.

[@GoChiefs3311]

Yep!!!😂😂😂

[@StephanieMontor]

I miss those times! Cheers was such a good show!

[@shack8110]

I can't live in a world knowing Ted Danson makes more than me!

[@GroveEndRoad]

I'm not sure I understand your comment at all

[@jasonkinzie8835]

@@GroveEndRoad Seinfeld reference.

[@markkalfahs1047]

...OK, George...and he probably has his own bathroom...

[@robertsaca3512]

​@@GroveEndRoad it's from a slightly funnier sitcom.

[@mbear14]

Gorgeous opening piano variation that I've never heard before (after all these years). Kudos to whoever wrote it and/or decided to include it :) Mahalo.

[@LMBee00]

Now that I'm 55, I finally enjoy watching Cheers!

[@ConcededSpatula]

I bet you I have the most hours watched on this show on paramount in history. I fall asleep listening to this show everynight

[@mountcomfort740]

I still smile when I hear the theam song for this show

[@SpiderHacksaw]

A a kid I did not appreciate Diane as much as I do now that I am older. She was really quite humorous. Thank you, Shelley Long.

[@robertsaca3512]

That'll be the writers responsible for those laughs.

[@DavidWebster-m8e]

The writers are

[@LadywatchingByrd]

​@@robertsaca3512a writer can write anything but an actor has to deliver the experience that you achieve.

[@grantadamson3478]

She is a good actress but her character ruined cheers.

[@DeliaHale-oy2vh]

One of the greatest sitcoms ever. Watched every episode when I was a kid. The other kids thought I was weird. They didn’t understand the jokes.

[@Joybuzzard]

A few years later, Harry's best con was when he passed himself off as a judge and it took years for anyone to catch on.

[@grantadamson3478]

LOL

[@DamienMandeville-qi5um]

Should heaven make my judgement nessesary I hope I'm in his court.

[@formerfarmer1718]

Cheers is the pinnacle of sitcoms!! Each actors perfect writing perfect!

[@gb3496]

Still THE BEST sitcom of all time...

[@dahlflynn2431]

One of the best. M*A*S*H for me personally was the best sitcom. But for 80's sitcoms cheers was probably the best.

[@KnifePhD73]

That second cold opening Keenan Ivory Wayans was the guy who said ' Those are our drinks' 😄

[@greathornedowl3644]

It was a classic, in its time. Not that long ago, although now seems like ages

[@gibraltarbritish6871]

You always know class when you can watch it forty years later and it hasn’t aged a bit. Same with Taxi.

[@trwsandford]

I tried to explain this show to my nephew. He didn't get it. I showed him this compilation... he got it!

[@Rileybenitezz]

Shelly long! 🙌❤

[@mathewgmarsac5648]

Possibly the greates show ever on network TV

[@RazaAli-l4z]

Gosh used to love watching this cheer….

[@debbiekakes3663]

I Loved this show as a kid in the 80's and now as an adult i can see now why my childhood was the Best!!!

[@thekeef2187]

This makes every other sitcom second place, I have no higher compliment. Cheers was like white noise, comfort food, a warm blanket a best friend and more...

[@SherryRadway]

Bringing teenage memories back. Love it great show great opening tune.

[@ztwntyn8]

I can make my eyes vibrate. Freaks ppl out still. I was a kid 35 years ago give or take. I remember this in the summer when the show got popular or came out. Dad grilling and life was good.. early/mid 80s miss it

[@SuzetteGrist]

Loved this series. ❤❤❤❤😂😂😂🎉

[@rainewaters6371]

Beautiful wooden bar! 🍹

[@hectornegron9155]

Thanks for the upload. Hadn't watched this show since I left NYC in 1994.

[@JohnSavis]

My dad watched this when I was a kid. This feels like home

[@paulwatson3025]

Classic show. Better than i thought it was when i first watched but then realized how hilarious it was even as a kid

[@ukporkpie7829]

What an absolute gem to pop up for me after last week! This was perfect!

[@JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf]

Cheers in Boston Massachusetts 🇺🇸

[@JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf]

We love Ernie

[@JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf]

We love Frasier

[@JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf]

Cliff and Norman Peterson you rock and roll forever

[@JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf]

Rebecca and Carla go away for good

[@JohnnyKennedy-sf4sf]

My beautiful baby bride Mrs. Sarah Kennedy from Brooklyn new York 🇺🇸 hi queen Sarah hi honey I love you you are so sweet and cute and beautiful love your wonderful husband Johnny Kennedy

[@uasiva1997]

Please upload Cheers and Frasier all seasons full episodes on KZbin. Supporters like this lol 😂

[@kharishmamakhni7002]

Im still in love with Ted danson ❤ 2024. He aged so well

[@thewebstylist]

Still absolutely timeless and priceless All Ways 🙌🏻❤️📺💯🎥👏🏻

[@daviethistle6211]

Luvved Cheers from Bonnie Scotland! 🤘🏻🤣🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jodie4609]

It makes a nice break in the day doesn't it

[@GregStallion]

There is no sitcom better than Cheers!

[@lindamclellan6113]

The tutor was the social worker in Mrs. Doubtfire.

[@towcub]

Pure gold.

[@Rileybenitezz]

“What’s new norm?!” Norm: most of my wife 💀

[@user-Borgus]

That was wonderful!

[@1EQUALS-INFINITY]

I remeber this. I was young but was too in a really bad place at that time-I felt so lost.

[@MikeS-z5z]

Cheers is filmed before a live studio audience.

[@robadams5799]

Where have I seen "Miss Guilder" before? 10:11 - Carla said "six bucks an hour" but that's not what the caption said. 😲 15:15 - Look at Dianne handle those pretzels with her bare hands. Hello, Health Inspector? 24:37 - Not only does Ted Danson fall down for that "Bonanza" joke, but you actually see his feet in the air-comedy gold. 25:08 - Diane said "Der Ring des Nibelungen", but the caption said "Ners ring of the new lungs." I kid you not. 23:40 - Sam: "He survived the Titanic? Coach: "I forgot to ask." When I was in junior high we were assigned to write an original story and read it to the class. One bright spark wrote a tale in which he did not survive. He actually stood there and read "Then I died." 25:55 - Dialogue: "I put up with your sporting events." Caption: "I put up with your squirting events."

[@stephenwoehr6500]

"It's a story about a magic ring that curses everyone who owns it." I thought Norm was going to say, "I got one of those at my wedding."

[@jmdoutdoors5729]

Awesome show.

[@JS-jf7gv]

The Cheers song meant bedtime when I was young. 😂

[@clarissejones9353]

There are some shows that can stand the test of time and this is one of them my other favourite is the Mary Tyler Moore show from the 70s I was a young woman and just loved her fashion sense

[@TheSleepingonit]

I still watch Barney Miller

[@GoChiefs3311]

💯💯💯💯

[@YehyaAfrica-de9vl]

I totally agree 🎉

[@Can_non69]

Sure. Selling alcohol will always be a thing.

[@master-kq3nw]

First intro legendary haha

[@jtsquatch6381]

Shelley Long. 👍

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Good HEAVENS, the writing on "Cheers" was so legendarily wonderful, yes? What a shame that here in 202x... ummm... maybe I'm wrong, but ya don't really see anything like it. Sure, sure "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" has some monumentally groovy writing, but there's nothing like THIS in terms of comedic writing that actually worked, was performed at exemplary levels, and landed so strongly on two solid feet for DECADES. What a treasure of a series. Paramount must be over the moon that they have the rights. Also... it's hard to believe that Nicholas Colasanto isn't going to be the only one who's passed on much longer. :( But hey, we all only have so many years remaining. CHEERS! :)

[@TechJunky777]

Just realized most of my childhood was spent in a bar!!!! 🤔 Well, that explains it!

[@N0p3er5]

Cheers brings me back to a time where people were able to be themselves and accept each other's differences. I watch it for therapeutic reasons.

[@N0p3er5]

It also reminds me that it's bedtime (it always came on when it was bedtime when I was a kid)

[@altonedwards2878]

I like the guy from cheers in Christy alley❤ when she was living rest in peace Christie

[@LelandLee-d3t]

Cheers was a staple in my house

[@gustavometz]

Last one reminds me of 2020-2022 Covid times

[@MOSSFEEN]

A TIMELESS CLASSIC

[@KayepeeR]

loved this show

[@GrumpyGrobbyGamer]

Best. Show. EVER!

[@seamus9750]

My absolute favorite series as a 20 something barfly

[@generalpublic3744]

I always thought Ted Danson and Shelley Long had a wonderful chemistry in this show. True professionals.

[@JohnLedbetter-cb9ep]

Coach flubbed a line and they kept it lol

[@troyjohnson462]

Coach was awesome!!

[@adriaanboogaard8571]

I loved when Norm said I cant do that to the Navy. :)

[@irepresentthepeople]

grew up watching this

[@mrforss9756]

This is a great show

[@ztwntyn8]

Wow, I remember every episode

[@hwoods01]

all the writers are dead. and their creation lives on. perfection

[@charleslindsay3201]

that was a fun show

[@brandonatkins1593]

For some reason I just looked this up my step dad used to watch this I'm good with faces and voices. That woman that came in I swear, she from Mrs dought fire

[@fernandaacosta2525]

My favorite, I was 14 yeats old, gave me a sense of piece and at 14 I said, i will find a place like that, I did, 19o5 santa barbara, on state atreet, 196, mcloskes in ardmore pa, and 1997 A.J ON MAIN STREET IN NORRISTOWN PA,

[@patrickvanrinsvelt4466]

Such an important part of my college years.

[@master-kq3nw]

Cheers the best bar

[@c17nav]

Previous comments about the Cheers bar actually being Boston’s Bull and Finch bar are mistaken. The Cheers bar was a specifically built Hollywood studio set. Only exterior shots of the Bull and Finch were used.

[@SuperMickey57]

Seeing this clip reminded me that Paul played one of the Bobs in Office Space! Two minor but so very memorable roles where Paul Wilson stole the show!

[@altonedwards2878]

Norm from cheers was a fun guy too😅

[@robdixon7732]

I didn't realize that old lady from Mrs. Doubtfire was on Cheers.

[@carrieheffernan1685]

The actor who played Paul was originally named Glenn. I wonder why they changed it. Maybe he was originally named after one of the Charles brothers.

[@annnonymous952]

A crash course in actual comedy writing for people raise on "The Office."

[@altonedwards2878]

There's a late coach😢 rest in peace buddy we love you from cheers

[@d1rtybubbl3YT]

21:31 We all know what hes talking about wink wink

[@nondesperado]

23:38 That guy in the background to the left looks like Dennis Farina.

[@Gamma_Hydra]

Is that Keenen Ivory Wayans in the second cold open that says - "Those are our drinks."? I paused it when he walks by and I'm pretty sure it's him.

[@happygoluckyme6926]

It is!