Cheers: Season 09
Paramount (1990)
Comedy
In Collection
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Seen ItYes
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IMDB   8.1
629 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Kirstie Alley Rebecca Howe
Woody Harrelson Woody Boyd
George Wendt Norm Peterson
Diedrich Bader Paul
Zachary Benjamin Billy
Kelsey Grammer Dr. Frasier Crane
Shelley Long Diane Chambers
John Ratzenberger Cliff Clavin
Rhea Perlman Carla Tortelli
Nicholas Colasanto Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso
Bernadette Birkett Vera Peterson
Eric Christmas Father Barry
Anthony Cistaro Henrí
Keene Curtis John Allen Hill
Ted Danson Sam Malone
Director
James Burrows
Andy Ackerman
Producer James Burrows
Phoef Sutton
Writer Phoef Sutton
David Isaacs
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    9/20/1990  1.  Love is a Really, Really, Perfectly Okay Thing
In the afterglow of their intimate encounter, Rebecca becomes determined to deny that it ever happened, to the gang at the bar, to Robin and to herself.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Phoef Sutton 
Guest starring:  Eric Christmas, Edmund Gaynes, Christopher Abraham
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    9/27/1990  2.  Cheers Fouls Out
Sam tries to beat Gary at his own game in a grudge basketball game by recruiting Boston Celtics' star Kevin McHale as a substitute bartender at Cheers.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Larry Balmagia 
Guest starring:  James Nardini, Kevin McHale, Joel Polis, James Hornbeck, Lee Vines
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/4/1990  3.  Rebecca Redux
Sam hires a new bar manager that everyone seems to like, then learns how low Rebecca has sunk in her pursuit of new employment.
Director:  James Burrows  / Bill Steinkellner  Writer:  Phoef Sutton  / Bill Steinkellner 
Guest starring:  Perry Anzilotti, Randy Pelish, Timothy Fall, Stanley Bennet Clay, Paul Cira
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/11/1990  4.  Where Nobody Knows Your Name
Rebecca is secretly very upset when one of Robin's previous lovers goes public claiming to be his current affair.
Director:  Andy Ackerman  Writer:  Tom Anderson  / Dan O'Shannon 
Guest starring:  Arsenio Hall, Catherine MacNeal, Ron Ulstad, Paul Willson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/18/1990  5.  Ma Always Liked You Best
Cliff gets very hurt and upset when his mother decides that Woody is the son she never had, and Norm gets caught in a window.
Director:  Andy Ackerman  Writer:  Tom Anderson  / Dan O'Shannon 
Guest starring:  Rocky La Porte, John Posey, Ken Foree, James F. Dean
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    10/25/1990  6.  Grease
Norm nearly has a cow when he hears that the Hungry Heifer is closing down, and mounts an all-out campaign to keep it going, while Rebecca frets over seeing Robin as he works in the street nearby as part of a road gang.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Brian Pollack  / Mert Rich 
Guest starring:  Sheldon Leonard, John Reger
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/1/1990  7.  Breaking in is Hard to Do
Lilith and Frasier try to cope with the fact that their son needs more care from them while Rebecca and Carla try to figure out how Rebecca can pay Robin a conjugal visit in jail.
Director:  Andy Ackerman  Writer:  David Isaacs  / Ken Levine 
Guest starring:  Clive Rosengren, Edward Penn, John Boyle
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/15/1990  8.  Bad Neighbor Sam
Sam initiates a feud with the new owner of Melville's, the restaurant upstairs when snobbish restaurateur John Hill buys the building.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Cheri Steinkellner 
Guest starring:  Carl Mueller, Sandy Edgarton, Tamara Mark, E.E. Bell, Aileen Fitzpatrick, Fred Slyter
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    11/22/1990  9.  Veggie-Boyd
Woody gets a big break when he's cast in a commercial for a new vegetable drink but Cliff just feels broken when the new trivia napkins upstage him.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Rob Long  / Dan Staley 
Guest starring:  Tom Everett, Debbie Gregory, John Cervenka
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/6/1990  10.  Norm and Cliff's Excellent Adventure
Woody gets hooked on a home television-shopping channel while Norm and Cliff start a fight between Sam and Frasier.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Isaacs  / Ken Levine 
Guest starring:  Tom Klunis
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    12/13/1990  11.  Woody Interruptus
Kelly returns from Europe with a new French boyfriend and Cliff decides to have his head cryogenically frozen before he dies.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Rob Long  / Dan Staley 
Guest starring:  Michael Keenan, Douglas MacHugh
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/3/1991  12.  Honor Thy Mother
Carla's formidable mother demands on her deathbed that Carla name one of her children ""Benito Mussolini.""
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Brian Pollack  / Mert Rich 
Guest starring:  Sada Thompson, Oceana Marr, Josh Lozoff, Carol Ann Susi, Randy Pelish
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/10/1991  13.  Achilles Hill
Sam decides to settle his feud with John Hill by dating the man's daughter and Carla fears that the foosball table is possessed.
Director:  Andy Ackerman  Writer:  David Isaacs  / Ken Levine 
Guest starring:  Valerie Mahaffey, Eric Christmas, Diedrich Bader
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/24/1991  14.  The Days of Wine and Neuroses (1)
Rebecca parties hearty to hide her second thoughts after Robin finally pops the question and Frasier develops a passion for the new sing-along machine.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Brian Pollack  / Mert Rich 
Guest starring:  Calvin Jung, Shad Willingham, Kristine Knudson
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    1/31/1991  15.  Wedding Bell Blues (2)
Rebecca awakens on her wedding morning raring to go, and seems determined to ignore Sam's attempts to remind her of her doubts, and Righteous Brother Bobby Hatfield upstages Frasier.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Tom Anderson  / Dan O'Shannon 
Guest starring:  Bobby Hatfield, Ray Stricklyn, Ron Abel, George Case
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/7/1991  16.  I'm Getting My Act Together and Sticking it in Your Face
Rebecca has trouble accepting the fact that she cancelled her wedding with Robin and Frasier translates Dickens' classic prose into Boston vernacular.
Director:  Andy Ackerman  Writer:  Rob Long  / Dan Staley 
Guest starring:  Jeff McCarthy, Jan Gan Boyd
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/14/1991  17.  Sam Time Next Year
On Valentine's Day, Sam winds up laid out due to back trouble on the 20th anniversary of his annual tryst with Lauren.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Larry Balmagia 
Guest starring:  Barbara Feldon, Michael Dukakis, Roger Eschbacher, Gibby Brand, Don Took
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/21/1991  18.  Crash of the Titans
Rebecca decides on a new goal in life and begins by flattering John Hill in an effort to get his lease for the bar.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Rob Long  / Dan Staley 
Guest starring:  Jeremiah Morris
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    2/28/1991  19.  It's a Wonderful Wife
Norm develops a rich paranoia and decides to look for another bar when wife Vera gets a job upstairs at Melville's, and Lilith helps the gang celebrate Frasier's birthday.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Sue Herring 
Guest starring:  Heather Lee, Bernadette Birkett
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/14/1991  20.  Cheers Has Chili
Rebecca wants to serve Woody's chili in the poolroom despite Sam's heartfelt objections.
Director:  Andy Ackerman  Writer:  Phoef Sutton  / Bill Steinkellner 
Guest starring:  Robert Machray, Stanley Clay
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/21/1991  21.  Carla Loves Clavin
Carla faces the hardest task of her life when she tries to be nice to Cliff after learning he's one of the judges for the Miss Boston Barmaid competition.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Rob Long  / Dan Staley 
Guest starring:  Dante DiLoreto, Nathan Davis, Jessie Scott
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    3/28/1991  22.  Pitch it Again, Sam
Sam's old baseball rival shows up to goad Sam into a final round on the mound, but Sam isn't too sure he wants to go.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Rob Long  / Dan Staley 
Guest starring:  Michael Fairman, Henry Woronicz, Zachary Benjamin, James Ellis Reynolds, Peter Kevoian, Michael Cannizzo, Joel Anderson, Victoria Barrett, Leanne Griffin
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/4/1991  23.  Rat Girl
Lilith grieves over the death of her favorite lab rat while bar support Paul proves an unlikely target for a sexy seduction.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  David Isaacs  / Ken Levine 
Guest starring:  Beth Toussaint, Cheryl Lynn Bruce, Andre Miripolsky
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    4/25/1991  24.  Home Malone
Sam enters a whole new world when he babysits for Frasier and Lilith, and Woody worries about Kelly when she goes to work at Cheers as part of a school project.
Director:  Andy Ackerman  Writer:  Tom Anderson  / Dan O'Shannon 
Guest starring:  Gary Lee Davis, Norman Compton, Steve Hulin
    Seen it: Yes   30 mins    5/2/1991  25.  Uncle Sam Wants You
When Sam finds it difficult to back away from Frasier's son, he decides to have one of his own-if only he can find the right mommy.
Director:  James Burrows  Writer:  Rob Long  / Dan Staley 
Guest starring:  Pete Wilcox, Tress MacNeille
Edition Details
Series Television
Distributor Paramount
Release Date 4/29/2008
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 5