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It looks great: season two of the situation comedy many consider the best ever produced on American television has a superb presentation on this DVD collection. The colours are rich, the images sharp--a vast improvement over those murky reruns in perpetual TV syndication. Then, of course, there are the consistently brilliant episodes from Cheers' sophomore year. Despite its low-rated debut in 1982, the ensemble farce set in a Boston bar confidently returned with several strong story arcs, including the turbulent, screwball romance between intellectual poseur Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) and affable primitive Sam Malone (Ted Danson), romantic conflicts for the sexually voracious and deeply cynical barmaid Carla (Rhea Perlman) and marital separation for beloved barfly Norm (George Wendt). With John Ratzenberger signing on as a full-time cast member (playing pompous jive-slinger and postman Cliff Claven), and those opaque one-liners by the clueless Coach (Nicholas Colasanto), Cheers was firing on all cylinders.
Episode highlights include "They Call Me Mayday", in which talk-show personality Dick Cavett, playing himself, convinces Sam the public would be interested in the former major league pitcher's autobiography--a notion that throws the unpublished, would-be novelist Diane into disbelief. Also wonderful is "Where There's a Will," guest-starring George Gaynes as a rich, dying man who leaves the gang $100,000 on a paper napkin will. "No Help Wanted" finds Sam's friendship with down-on-his-luck accountant Norm strained when the latter has a go at the bar's books, while the great "Coach Buries a Grudge" features the addled, elder statesman of Cheers delivering a memorable eulogy for a friend after discovering the dead man had an affair with his wife. Opinions vary about the worthiness of Cheers' latter years (the show ended in 1993), but no one disputes the merit of its ground-breaking start. --Tom Keogh
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By Susie G
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Very funny and very clever. We'll be watching this over and over again and it just gets better with every viewing. It has held up well even though the fashion dates it. The scriptwriting is brilliant and incredibly well-paced and it has a real feel-good factor except that one laments the loss of the art of comedy and good writing evident in most of the American comedies showing today.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By G. Edwards
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As with all the Cheers series simply excellent, genuine comedy that doesn't have to rely on the 'crude' side of life to make you laugh, I've now bought the first 3 series and look forward to buying the rest.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This was where Cheers really took off. Season two saw the beginning of the Sam/Diane relationship which would continue to be on agian/off agian for the next 3 years and formed the basis for most of the plots. This season is full of so many great moments such as Diane trying to impress Dick Cavertt with her poetry. For me though a real classic moment was the pre credits sequence in the episode Battle of the Exes when Diane tries to book a romantic weekend at a little hotel by a lake hoping that Sam will come to think of it as 'Their' place only to be asked when she books a room for Malone if she is talkng about Sam Malone and does she want his usual room?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By John Bywater
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Very good brings back memories of several years ago interesting to see the change in lifestyle and fashion. well worth watching
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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having watched cheers on channel four when it started ,i thought i`d re visit it on dvd ,bought season one and enjoyed it as new , so i`m going too buy all the seasons bit by bit , so if you want a good laugh and like american comedys but it ,you won`t be disappointed
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By The Emperor
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Format:DVD
Another brilliant season of Cheers.
Maybe the greatest ever American sitcom
The picture quality is adequate. The lack of extras is a letdown again.
Maybe the greatest ever American sitcom
The picture quality is adequate. The lack of extras is a letdown again.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have been watching some of the episodes. Cheers is as good and funny as I remember it to be from the firtst time I watched it years ago. I am very pleased with this purchase and will probably continue buying further episodes.
By Julie Miller
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You can never have enough Cheers shows! It is nice to be able to buy a season at a time, as well as the box set. Thanks.
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Cheers - complete season 2 (DVD)
Cheers is a highly amusing sit-com full of bizzare and at the same time normal daily life mostly likeable personalities
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Love Cheers. Always funny. Great script writing even though it was broadcast in 1983, the humour never dates. Expect the unexpected regarding the humour.
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