Airdate: 1/18/90
Cliff
passes the test – to be on Jeopardy!
He cleans up in the first two rounds, but blows it all in the final, leaving
another contestant to win by only $400. A forlorn Cliff retreats to the bar,
where Alex Trebeck himself stops by, and he helps the defeated mailman feel
better by considering leaving the show for Tibet when he concedes there could
be more than one answer for certain questions. Alas – it was all a ruse; Trebeck
just made up the story because “he scares me!”
And
on the Sammy front, the man himself discovers his lil’ black book’s gone
missing. Whoever’s got it, he discovers, is calling his women, alphabetically,
and asking them to wear sexy clothes at a meeting place (in this case, a roller
rink!) – where no one will meet them. Up until now, all his “G” women have been
targeted, so Rebecca Howe will serve as a decoy. The culprit finally
shows – a teenage boy – and Sam admonishes the boy for his chicanery, but later
winds up turning him around.
Fun
episode involves another huge hit at the time (and still is), Jeopardy! It’s fun to see Trebeck
playing himself, although the actual game could e funnier (we don’t get Cliff
answering any questions, except the last one). Selection of categories, all
pertaining to Cliff’s lifestyle, is pretty funny, though. Subplot functions
well as clever joke and whodunit.
Cold open: An older man comes back
to Cheers after 20 years and notices all the changes – but still recognizes
Norm!
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