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In its sixth season, Cheers introduced its second major--and most significant--cast change. Following the events of season 5, Sam (Ted Danson) returns from his aborted around-the-world boat trip to find the old gang gone, Carla (Rhea Perlman) and Woody (Woody Harrelson) wearing uniforms more fit for a barbershop quartet, and a tough new boss who reportedly "eats live sharks for breakfast." The new boss, Rebecca (Kirstie Alley, probably best known at the time for her appearance in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan and later to anchor such series as Veronica's Closet and Fat Actress), grudgingly hires back Sam, but has him positively befuddled with her resistance to his masculine wiles. She's not as tough as she seems, however, getting weak in the knees at the thought or sight of her corporate boss, Evan Drake (Tom Skerritt).
After the Diane debacle, the irony of the sixth season is that wedding bells are in the air. Carla is on the verge of hitching up with her Boston Bruins boyfried, Eddie LeBec (Jay Thomas), until a string of bad luck threatens to tear apart the "two most superstitious people in the world." Then Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) is the victim of a prank that turns serious when he decides to dump live-in psychologist-lover Lilith (Bebe Neuwirth) in order to "pursue the fair Rebecca." Other events of the season include Sam as a rapping sportscaster, Sam and Woody being sold in a charity auction, Woody entering a romance with an older woman while dressed up as Mark Twain, and another showdown with Gary's Old Town Tavern. Cheers missed Shelley Long, but it remained a high-quality show; her career missed Cheers infinitely more. --David Horiuchi
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
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Season 6 marks the start of a new era at the Boston Bar. Following Shelley Long's exit at the end of Season 5, Kirstey Alley (sp) acts as her replacement, with a seamless transition, capturing the eagle eye of Malone, to make for another hilarious rivalry between the two.
It takes a while to get going, but when it does, its Cheers as it always has been, with all the cast delivering top notch performances as always, and the characters becoming deeper, now that the whole Sam/Diane dynamic has been laid to rest.
It is definitely different, but still as funny as ever, with pretty much every episode being a classic. The first half of episode one seems weird, but theres a moment when everything clicks into place, and you realise that nothing is broken at all. In two words, buy it!
It takes a while to get going, but when it does, its Cheers as it always has been, with all the cast delivering top notch performances as always, and the characters becoming deeper, now that the whole Sam/Diane dynamic has been laid to rest.
It is definitely different, but still as funny as ever, with pretty much every episode being a classic. The first half of episode one seems weird, but theres a moment when everything clicks into place, and you realise that nothing is broken at all. In two words, buy it!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Love cheers and have got all 6 seasons so far but when is season 7 being released? Its been 10 months since this release and in the states they are about to release the ninth season on dvd.I dont own a multi region player,i have always bought region 2 and i am going to be SO annoyed if they dont release the other seasons! This was written in March 2008 so apologies if they are out when you are reading this but as of today they are not!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Well Shelley Longs gone, and Kirstie Alley joins the cast as the gruff owner of Cheers and she plays it marvelously. Kirstie was a fantastic addition to an already talented cast and the Kirstie years are my favourite. She was slightly more moody in these earlier episodes but she came to liking Sam slightly more, only slightly, along way down the line. The only downside to this set is the slightly amateurish design of the packaging. This was not consistent with the previous five releases, it verges on the look of something a beginner of Photoshop might knock up in five minutes. This doesnt and hasn't put me off buying the releases obviously. Unfortunately as no network in the UK now has the rights to screen Cheers any longer this is your only chance to catch this show.
Make it a double whammy and buy Frasiers season 6 also.
Make it a double whammy and buy Frasiers season 6 also.
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