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Boozing With Laughter

by dennis sampson

Cheers: The Complete Eighth Season

Tom Anderson, Sue Herring, David Isaacs, Ken Levine, David Lloyd, Rob Long, Dan O’Shannon, Brian Pollack, David Pollock, Mert Rich, Dan Staley, Eugene B. Stein, Bill Steinkellner, Cheri Steinkellner, Phoef Sutton

Created by Glen Charles & Les Charles

Even in the eighth season, Cheers not only continued its tradition of excellent storylines, great characters, and remarkably witty dialogue, it actually surpassed some of its earlier years in quality.  It’s amazing that this late in the series, the gang of friends who all but live at the tavern in Boston didn’t grow tiresome.  The laugh-out-loud episodes like Cliff’s (John Ratzenberger) appearance on Jeopardy and “Cry Hard,” where the gang visits Rebecca’s (Kirstie Alley) boyfriend’s apartment are not so much exceptional as they are par for the series’ course.  Couple this with the fact that the show never slipped into pat stupidity (as most sitcoms have a tendency to do in their early seasons, much less their eighth), and it’s easy to see why Cheers is such a model of the medium.  Paramount has neglected to include any extras on this much-deserving set, which seems to have become custom with their classic sitcoms.

Cheers: The Complete Eighth Season
Paramount Home Video

Not rated; 619 min.

$38.99

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Dennis Sampson is a commercial production coordinator and unproduced screenwriter. He currently lives in Los Angeles with his better half, Susan, and their dog Tripp.

Cheers: The Complete Eighth Season courtesy Paramount Home Video

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