Sam thinks Diane's oldest and best friend is hitting on him. Diane knows better, but becomes paranoid after Carla eggs her on.Sam thinks Diane's oldest and best friend is hitting on him. Diane knows better, but becomes paranoid after Carla eggs her on.Sam thinks Diane's oldest and best friend is hitting on him. Diane knows better, but becomes paranoid after Carla eggs her on.
Lee Allen
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Patti Arpaia
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Elliott Broones
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Joan Carey
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Bruce Dobos
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Noel Farmer
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Camille Hagen
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Fritz Hess
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
John Kochian
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Frannie O'Carroll
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Michael Prokopuk
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis episode features the shorter version of the theme song and includes the 'ahhhh's' in the chorus.
- GoofsSam is supposed to be an on the wagon recovering alcoholic, but he pours three glasses of wine at Diane's spaghetti dinner. One for Diane, one for himself and one for Markie Post's character. However, as this is Diane's apartment and she cares about Sam's condition, she obviously uses non-alcoholic wine.
- Quotes
Diane Chambers: [to everyone in the bar] This is Heather Landon, my oldest friend.
Carla Tortelli: Meet her this morning?
Diane Chambers: That's Carla. She's likes a little witty repartee. She's just not capable of it.
- SoundtracksWhere Everybody Knows Your Name
Written by Judy Hart-Angelo and Gary Portnoy
Performed by Gary Portnoy
Featured review
More boilerplate S & D
SAM: I've eaten through worse than this.
Viewers who complained that second season Cheers was in danger of becoming the Sam & Diane Show could point to this one as a key example. It's funny, but it's also spinning its wheels with the notion that our lovers are hot for each other but completely wrong for each other.
Markie Post (a year away from joining the cast of Night Court) plays Diane's old friend Heather. It's not exactly a perfect match - Heather seems too down-to-Earth to have been friends with snooty Diane - but that's beside the point. The main problem is that Heather is clearly attracted to Sam. Sam, being a major Babe Hound, is keyed into this right away, while Diane only comes to realize this when Carla fills her in.
It's a familiar dance - conflict is introduced, Diane blows up at Sam, followed by a tentative reconciliation. It's getting a bit old, but in the new year they'll move on to other things.
The subplot involves Coach getting a big dog to protect the bar, and it illustrates an interesting point: animals are funnier when heard but not seen. The image of "The Beast" conjured by a few sound effects is funnier than actually showing said pooch would have been.
Viewers who complained that second season Cheers was in danger of becoming the Sam & Diane Show could point to this one as a key example. It's funny, but it's also spinning its wheels with the notion that our lovers are hot for each other but completely wrong for each other.
Markie Post (a year away from joining the cast of Night Court) plays Diane's old friend Heather. It's not exactly a perfect match - Heather seems too down-to-Earth to have been friends with snooty Diane - but that's beside the point. The main problem is that Heather is clearly attracted to Sam. Sam, being a major Babe Hound, is keyed into this right away, while Diane only comes to realize this when Carla fills her in.
It's a familiar dance - conflict is introduced, Diane blows up at Sam, followed by a tentative reconciliation. It's getting a bit old, but in the new year they'll move on to other things.
The subplot involves Coach getting a big dog to protect the bar, and it illustrates an interesting point: animals are funnier when heard but not seen. The image of "The Beast" conjured by a few sound effects is funnier than actually showing said pooch would have been.
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