Watch: This episode of ‘Cheers’ hilariously nails the pandemic cleaning panic
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One of the benefits of quarantine is catching up on every single television show ever made. There's nothing better than revisiting some of the classics and clearly, Cheers has to make that list. What's extra entertaining is when these 40-year-old shows accurately predict the future (like these M*A*S*H episodes).
In episode five of season one, Cheers absolutely nails it.
In this episode, titled "Coach's Daughter," customer Chuck (played by Tim Cunningham) sits at the bar and tells bartender Sam (Ted Danson) and the Cheers' regulars that he has a new job at a biology lab. He shares his anxiety about working with mutant viruses and the reaction from the Cheers' crew couldn't be any more fitting to what we are experiencing with COVID-19.
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Cheers ran from 1982 through 1993 with 275 half-hour episodes. Although it was almost cancelled early on, it made it an impressive 11 seasons. Set in a bar in Boston, visiting the friendly location on the airwaves became a weekly household staple, with everyone wanting to visit the place, "Where everybody knows your name." Cheers earned 26 Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards and many other accolades. It remains one of the best shows in history.
Cheers had several episodes with military-connected plots, although none better than "One for the Book," which aired December 9, 1982. In this iconic episode, two customers enter the friendly neighborhood establishment, and of course their paths should meet. One is Buzz Crowder played by Ian Wolfe.
Buzz and his buddies from WWI agree to meet every 10 years for a reunion, but just as we see with our WWII veterans present day, Buzz's peers are dwindling. In this episode, Buzz is the last one left. Luckily for him, you may walk into Cheers alone, but you'll never leave without making friends. In "One for the Book," that friend happens to be a young man getting ready to head to the monastery and looking for a night of fun before he becomes a monk.
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While Cheers ran on NBC, all 275 episodes are now available for streaming on CBS All Access. Start today and we're confident you can finish the series before the end of quarantine. Or, let's be honest, by the end of the week.
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