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    Cheers - The Complete First Season

    Cheers - The Complete First Season
    Actors: Ted Danson, Shelley Long, Kirstie Alley, Rhea Perlman, George Wendt
    Studio: Paramount
    Category: DVD

    List Price: $29.98
    Buy Used: $13.54
    You Save: $16.44 (55%)



    New (40) Used (25) Collectible (1) from $13.54

    Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars 54 reviews
    Sales Rank: 4761

    Format: Box Set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Ntsc
    Language: English (Original Language)
    Rating: Unrated
    Region: 1
    Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
    Number Of Discs: 4
    Running Time: 539 Minutes
    Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
    Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 1.1

    MPN: D056924D
    ISBN: 0792190262
    UPC: 097360569247
    EAN: 9780792190264
    ASIN: B00008NV4G

    Theatrical Release Date: September 30, 1982
    Release Date: May 20, 2003
    Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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    Editorial Reviews:

    Product Description
    The adventures of the owners, operators and patrons of the cozy Boston bar called Cheers.
    No Track Information Available
    Media Type: DVD
    Artist: CHEERS
    Title: SEASON 1
    Street Release Date: 05/20/2003
    Domestic
    Genre: TELEVISION


    Amazon.com
    The definition of comfort television is this: You want to go where everybody knows your name. And you're always glad you came. Long one of DVD's most wanted, Cheers is at last open for business in this four-disc set that contains all 22 episodes of the first, and best, season of one of the defining series of the 1980s. Cheers inherited the mantle from Taxi as television's best ensemble-driven workplace comedy. It can be instructive to return to a long-running series' more humble beginnings. While Cheers got drunk on farce in its later seasons, it began life as a much more grounded human comedy. In these inaugural episodes, the action does not stray from the Boston bar owned by Sam Malone, a washed-up baseball player three years sober. The straws that stir the drink are the lineup of MVPs: Nick Colasanto as addled Coach; Rhea Perlman, the Thelma Ritter of her generation, as surly and fertile waitress Carla; George Wendt as quintessential barfly Norm; and John Ratzenberger as Cliff, the bar know-it-all ready with "little-known facts" (and blessedly far from the pathetic blowhard his character would evolve into).

    Spiking this concoction is the palpable chemistry between Ted Danson's Sam and Shelley Long's Diane Chambers, fledgling waitress and self-described "student of life." The battle lines are drawn in the episode "Sam's Women": He's the "dim ex-baseball player" and she, "the post graduate." But, as Carla so indelicately puts it, they can't "put their glands on hold." In the first blush of lust, they were primetime's most potent mismatched couple until Moonlighting's David and Maddie bantered entendres. Here are little remembered facts: Sam was initially "an astute judge of human character." Guest stars Fred Dryer ("Sam at Eleven") and Julia Duffy ("Any Friend of Diane's") were among those considered for the roles of Sam and Diane. A pre-"Night Court" Harry Anderson stole his scenes in his recurring role as flim-flam man Harry ("Pick a Con...Any Con"). The lack of a commentary track is a disappointment, as are the extras that wouldn't fill a shot glass. Still, Cheers patrons can expect plenty of happy hours with this set. --Donald Liebenson


    Customer Reviews:   Read 49 more reviews...

    5 out of 5 stars Hometown Bar   October 2, 2008
    Casey Kirkdale (WA)
    0 out of 1 found this review helpful

    It too me awhile to become a Cheers Fan, but once I did I was hooked. I do not recall watching it often during the first couple of seasons, probably just caught it now and again, but by the time it finally signed off I was a big fan.

    During the time I caught many re-runs and decided to get the entire first season to be able to watch it from start to finish and it was very worthwhile to be able to do so to see the show from the beginning.

    A great ensemble cast and sharp writing made it a darling of critics despite the less than steller ratings and foruntately the show continued on so there were many more wonderful years of Sam, Cliff, Norm and Carla, plus some others that were not around for the full show but were very special in their own right,

    If you liked the show at all, or have caught the first season in parts, it is really worthwhile to get this set and enjoy the beginnings of the bar where everyone knew your name.



    5 out of 5 stars Cheer for Cheers!   July 28, 2008
    AJ (Twin Cities)
    1 out of 2 found this review helpful

    What can I say--the entire first season of Cheers, starting from the pilot episode. All the original players. In a day of reality tv garbage and shock-type tv, it's so refreshing to have these old shows to watch--just good writing, good acting, and pure laughs.


    5 out of 5 stars Excellent!   June 3, 2008
    Matt (England)
    1 out of 2 found this review helpful

    I agree with the excellent writing and acting reviews given in this section. But what I would also like to add is that the DVD picture quality is superb! These DVDs are a pleasure to watch.


    5 out of 5 stars Best comedy writing on TV   July 17, 2007
    D. Mayer (Los Angeles, CA USA)
    2 out of 3 found this review helpful

    I have always felt that the Cheers writers during the first few seasons put together the funniest and most poignant sit-coms I have ever seen on TV. The first season showed consistently high quality in the writing. From the opening episode when Diane first comes into Cheers and winds up with a job, to the final episodes when Sam finally deals with his life-long jealousy of his brother, the timing is consistently excellent and the cast shows a real chemistry. The episode involving Sam's lucky bottlecap and how he licked his drinking problem will bring tears to your eyes. The episode in which Sam hires a murderer to date Diane is also here and funny as ever. These DVDs present the complete episodes, not the truncated versions now seen in syndication, so you will see footage, especially before the opening credits, that has not been seen on TV since the originals were presented. The secondary characters, especially Norm and Coach, flesh out the depth of the Cheers experience, and present priceless opportunities for hilarious one-liners. For Cheers fans, this is the real thing.


    5 out of 5 stars The first season of Cheers is a classic.   May 12, 2007
    C. Porter (Morristown, NJ)
    1 out of 2 found this review helpful

    Cheers is one of the best written series of all time. The first season is great. My wife and I loved every episode.


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