Airdate: 2/17/83
Sam enters Diane
in the Best Boston Barmaid contest, and she’s furious at being part of an exercise
in female dehumanization – until she schemes to use her victory speech as a diatribe against
the event. When Sam learns of her plan he tries to dissuade her, but when the
time comes Diane is so excited about her prize, a trip for two to Bermuda, emotion
overcomes agenda and she scream her head off with joy.
Fun superego vs,
id-based battle of wits between Sam and Diane, with Diane always perfectly
representing logic and moralism and Sam the ultra-embodiment of hedonism and
emotion – and both edging ever s slightly toward the middle ground. One thing
that occurs to me: Cheers is always
unpredictable; we know Diane’s best laid plans won’t come to fruition but we
don’t know how, and that’s the fun of
it.
Cold open: A
classic! Tip O’Neill, playing himself, drops by Cheers to escape the
long-winded personal philosophy of a strange woman, who turns out to be Diane.
Cliff goads Norm into bashing the Congress, not knowing Tip is right next to
him.
Norm’s opener: I
need time to kill before my second beer. How about my first?
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