Cheers: Season 05
Paramount Pictures (1986)
Comedy
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Seen ItYes
097360698947
IMDB   8.1
635 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Mark Arnott Mark
Woody Harrelson Woody Boyd
George Wendt Norm Peterson
Thomas Babson Tom Ballard
Raye Birk Walt Twitchell
Kelsey Grammer Dr. Frasier Crane
Bebe Neuwirth Dr. Lilith Sternin-Crane
Kirstie Alley Rebecca Howe
John Ratzenberger Cliff Clavin
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli
Nicholas Colasanto Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso
Bernadette Birkett Vera Peterson
Josh Clark Jordan Brundidge
John Cleese Dr. Simon Finch-Royce
Tim Cunningham Tim
Director
James Burrows
Tim Berry
Producer James Burrows
Glen Charles
Writer Jeff Abugov
Phoef Sutton
Cinematography John Finger
Musician Craig Safan


Sam (Ted Danson), a former pitcher for the Boston Redsox, owns and runs Cheers, a cozy bar in Boston. Somewhat snobby, beautiful and intelligent Diane (Shelley Long) -- forced to become a waitress when her fiance jilts her -- constantly bickers with Sam. Eventually, they fall in love. Several wacky characters make the bar their home-away-from-home, including sarcastic waitress Carla (Rhea Perlman), beer-loving Norm (George Wendt) and Boston letter carrier Cliff (John Ratzenberger). A few seasons later, Sam sells the bar to buy a boat and sail around the world. But his boat sinks and he returns to bartending. Rebecca (Kirstie Alley), the new (more ambitious) manager, hires him back. They love to hate each other and eventually get together as well.
Episodes
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/25/1986  1.  The Proposal
We finally found out who Sam's telephone proposal at the end of the last episode was to - Diane! But Diane fears that Sam is meerely on the rebound after breaking up with Janet, so asks him to repeat the proposal in a more romantic occasion, but when he does (on a boat), she refuses, causing Sam to make her walk the plank. Later Diane says she does want to get married, but Sam has now retracted the proposal.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Lee  / Peter Casey 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/2/1986  2.  The Cape Cad
Diane follows Sam to Cape Cod in an effort to ruin his weekend with another woman.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Andy Cowan  / David S. Williger 
Guest starring:  Willie Garson, Brenda Strong, Don Perry, Sid Conrad, Kathryn White
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/9/1986  3.  Money Dearest
Cliff's ecstatic when his mother decides to marry a wealthy man until the groom decides to give it all away to charity.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Janet Leahy 
Guest starring:  Richard Erdman
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/16/1986  4.  Abnormal Psychology
Diane tries to help Lilith, the lady psychologist attracted to Frasier, to soften her appearance and surprise Frasier during their television debate.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Janet Leahy 
Guest starring:  Richard Herkert, Steve Giannelli, Alan Koss, Tim Cunningham
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/30/1986  5.  House of Horrors With Formal Dining and Used Brick
Cliff finds a reasonably priced older home for Carla to buy that turns out to be haunted.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Angell 
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/6/1986  6.  Tan N' Wash
The gang insists on getting in on Norm's new business investment then complains bitterly when it looks like a washout.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Bill Steinkellner  / Cheri Steinkellner 
Guest starring:  Paul Willson, Steve Giannelli
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/13/1986  7.  Young Dr. Weinstein
Stung by Diane's attitude, Sam tries to impress her by getting reservations at the most exclusive restaurant in Boston.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Phoef Sutton 
Guest starring:  Josh Clark, Kristi Somers, Dennis Robertson, Joseph Kell
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/27/1986  8.  Knights of the Scimitar
Cliff prods a reluctant Norm to join his lodge and Sam thinks Diane has invented a suitor to make him jealous.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Jeff Abugov 
Guest starring:  J. Eddie Peck, Steve Vinovich, Raye Birk, Bill Deland, Dwier Brown
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/27/1986  9.  Thanksgiving Orphans
The gang gathers at Carla's house for a Thanksgiving dinner of frozen turkey and overdone peas.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Bill Steinkellner  / Cheri Steinkellner 
Guest starring:  Bernadette Birkette
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/4/1986  10.  Everyone Imitates Art
Diane becomes obsessed with tracking down a poem she's sure Sam plagiarized and had published in a literary magazine that has repeatedly turned her work down.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Heide Perlman 
Guest starring:  Michael Holden
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/11/1986  11.  The Book of Samuel
Woody delves into Sam's legendary black book to find a date to impress his former girl friend, who is coming to Cheers to introduce her fiancé.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Phoef Sutton 
Guest starring:  Amanda Wyss, Katherine McGrath, John Brace, Pamela A. Hedges, Barbara Chase
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/18/1986  12.  Dance, Diane, Dance
Frasier's effort to lighten a dance instructor's harsh criticism of Diane's efforts backfires when she decides to audition for the Boston Ballet.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Jeff Abugov 
Guest starring:  Marilyn Lightstone, Dan Gerrity
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/8/1987  13.  Chambers vs Malone
Sam proposes to Diane again and ends up charged with assault and battery when she turns him down again.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Angell 
Guest starring:  Tom Troupe, Thomas Babson, Glen Vernon, Michael Keys, Hugh Maguire, Patrick De Santis, Jack Ritschel, Lance E. Nichols
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/15/1987  14.  Diamond Sam
Sam regrets trying to buy Diane an engagement ring that is a cheap imitation.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Tom Reeder 
Guest starring:  Al Rosen
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/22/1987  15.  Spellbound
Nick vows to take Diane away from Sam when Sam defends Loretta's efforts to ditch Nick and start her own singing career.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Kimberly Hill 
Guest starring:  Dan Hedaya, Jean Kasem
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/29/1987  16.  Never Love a Goalie (1)
Carla falls for Eddie, a hockey goalie; meanwhile, Diane is foreman of a jury in an attempted murder trial.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Isaacs  / Ken Levine 
Guest starring:  Mark Arnot, Deanna Oliver
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/5/1987  17.  Never Love a Goalie (2)
Eddie's career was red-hot until he started dating Carla. The defendant in Diane's murder case comes to the bar.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Isaacs  / Ken Levine 
Guest starring:  Mark Arnot, Deanna Oliver, Brent Spiner, Suzanne Collins
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/12/1987  18.  One Last Fling
Diane gives Sam 24 hours for a final fling before their wedding.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Bill Steinkellner  / Cheri Steinkellner 
Guest starring:  Tim Holland
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/19/1987  19.  Dog Bites Cliff
Cliff is thinking lawsuit after a dog bites him while delivering the mail, until he meets the dog's beautiful and cooperative owner.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Joanne Pagliaro 
Guest starring:  Anita Morris
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/26/1987  20.  Dinner at Eight-ish
Frasier and Lilith invite Sam and Diane over for dinner to celebrate their first week of cohabitation. But things start going wrong when Lilith finds out Frasier and Diane were engaged, and she locks herself in the bathroom. Then Sam and Diane have an argument as well. Meanwhile Cliff agrees to babysit Carla's kids.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Phoef Sutton 
Guest starring:  Zetta Whitlow, Doris Grau
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/5/1987  21.  Simon Says
Diane badgers a noted British marriage counselor into seeing her and Sam for a pre-nuptial session, then refuses to heed his advice.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Lee  / Peter Casey 
Guest starring:  John Cleese, Ray Underwood
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/19/1987  22.  The Godfather, Part III
Sam's goddaughter Joyce Pantusso (the late Coach's niece) has come to Boston for a visit. Not wanting her to get into trouble, Sam asks Woody to help her out and show her around - but Woody and Joyce have a surprise for Sam when they get engaged!
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Chris Cluess  / Stuart Kreisman 
Guest starring:  Cady McClain, Joe Colligan
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/26/1987  23.  Norm's First Hurrah
Norm elaborates on his new position with a top CPA firm and is caught in his little white lies when the gang decides to surprise him at work. Meanwhile Cliff finds a $20 note - and Woody has lost one.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Andy Cowan  / David S. Williger 
Guest starring:  Tegan West, Neil Zevnik, Jeff Robie, Ron Davis
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/2/1987  24.  Cheers: The Motion Picture
The gang tries to reassure a nervous Mr. and Mrs. Boyd back in Indiana that Woody is fine and has wonderful friends in Boston by making a home movie of an average day at Cheers.
Director:  Tim Berry  Writer:  Phoef Sutton 
Guest starring:  Doris Grau
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/30/1987  25.  A House is Not a Home
Diane is haunted by the memories of the couple who lived a long and happy life together in the home she and Sam have purchased.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Phoef Sutton 
Guest starring:  Billie Bird, Douglas Seale, Stephanie Walski, Mark Smollin, Stefanie Mason, Lou Bonacki, Penny Krompier
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/7/1987  26.  I Do and Adieu
Dr. Sumner Sloane returns to Cheers on Diane and Sam's wedding day to tell her that a publisher is interested in one of her class manuscripts if she can go to work immediately on rewrites.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Glen Charles  / Les Charles 
Guest starring:  Michael McGuire, Walter Addison
Edition Details
Edition Season 5
Series Television
Distributor Paramount Pictures
Release Date 5/17/2005
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Subtitles English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Stereo [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 4

Features
Disc 01 Setting The Bar: A Conversation with Ted Danson Love At First Fight: Opposites Distract Coach Ernie Pantusso's Rules of the Game I'll Drink To That: Stormin' Norm-isms "It's A Little Known Fact...": Cheers Trivia Game