Cheers: The Complete Series

Once in a while, a TV series will catch lightning in a bottle, with an interesting premise, intelligent writing, and a stellar cast. "Cheers" was one of those series. Sam "Mayday" Malone (Ted Danson) is the charismatic owner of the bar. He is a former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher and a recovering alcoholic. Mostly, he is an aging babe hound whose life revolves around chasing and bedding women. Diane Chambers (Shelley Long) is an over-educated, sophisticated snob who is abandoned by her fiancé at Cheers. Without a job or marketable talent, Diane reluctantly becomes a cocktail waitress at Cheers. The Sam and Diane relationship became the central focus of the show for the first five seasons. The strength of the show was proved when Diane left, and was replaced by Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley). Rebecca brought a new dynamic to the series as the bar's manager, and the excellent quality of the episodes continued for the remainder of the series. Another one of the main characters was the beloved and befuddled Ernie "Coach" Pantusso (Nicholas Colasanto). Unfortunately, Nicholas died during the third season. He was replaced in the fourth season by Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson), a naïve, befuddled bartender from Indiana. As the writers explained in one of the bonus features, Woody's character was written as the son of Coach's character.Rounding out the cast was wisecracking cocktail waitress Carla Tortelli (Rhea Perlman), barstool-and-beer loving Norm Peterson (George Wendt), know-it-all mailman Cliff Clavin (John Ratzenberger), psychiatrist in need of therapy Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), and clinical, cold-as-ice Lilith Sternin-Crane (Bebe Neuwirth). Such was the popularity of "Cheers" that when "Frasier" became a TV series, many of the Boston bar's characters made guest appearances. All 270 "Cheers" episodes from Seasons 1-11 are packed onto 45 discs in two separate boxes. Unlike other box sets I have purchased in the past, there were no defective discs in this box set. I did notice that the commercial promos for the final season's episodes looked very dark. Occasionally, brief shots in some episodes also looked very dark, when compared to the rest of the scene. All of the bonus features, such as profiles of characters, a trivia game, and a blooper reel, are included in the first three seasons. The last episode of "Cheers" was preceded by a pre-game show hosted by Bob Costas. In addition, it was followed by a special "Tonight Show" with Jay Leno, broadcast live from the Bull & Finch Pub in Boston. Unfortunately, neither of those are included in the box set as bonus features. In addition, no episodes with commentaries from cast members and/or writers are included. All in all, despite what it's lacking, it’s well worth owning this box set for all that it includes - every episode from one of the greatest TV sitcoms of all time!

This is a show that starts off rocky and gets better. The part I didn't like: the male characters spend 90% of the time slobbering over women, talking about sex, and treating women like objects. The main character, Sam Malone, is a womanizer and prides himself on how many women he can conquer. The other main character, Diane Chambers, is the most obnoxious person I've ever seen in a sitcom. She's a pretentious waitress who thinks she's better than everyone else. She never shuts up and likes to use big words to sound more important.Now for the good parts. Despite Sam's womanizing, he's a great guy and former professional baseball player. The conflict between him and Diane is funny because she exasperates him.Carla, the waitress, loathes Diane and has great zingers for her and the lazy guys who hang out at the bar. She's pretty much a hound herself when it comes to pursuing men. She gets pregnant at the drop of a hat, and her kids are juvenile delinquents. Scenes when her scuzzy ex-husband comes to the bar are some of the best episodes.The series gets better as it goes along and introduces new characters, like Dr. Frasier Crane, a psychiatrist who needs as much help as his patients. There'sRebecca Howe, who wants nothing more than to marry rich. She embarrasses herself by falling all over wealthy men. Then she gets sloppy when it doesn't work out, which is often. I'm talking about drinking, crying, smoking, not changing her clothes, and ignoring personal hygiene. It's hilarious.The main characters include Cliff Clavin, the mailman who takes so much pride in his uniform and his job you'd think he was in the military. He hangs out at the bar regaling everyone with stupid trivia. Norm Peterson, is Cliff's best friend and resident alcoholic, who practically lives at the bar, complains about his wife, and is always trying to get free beer. He and Cliff get into all kinds of trouble because they're goofballs with dumb ideas.Woody Harrelson plays Woody Boyd, a goofy country bumpkin who comes to Boston to fulfill his dream as a bartender. His stories about Hanover, Indiana, give you the impression everyone who lives there married their first cousins.You also get to enjoy cameos of acters and actresses who appeared on the show before they became famous. Towards the end you'll come to love the characters, except for Diane. (I never stopped hating her.) This series had one of the best final episodes I've ever seen. I didn't cry, but definitely felt misty-eyed.

First off, I would like to say the Set comes exactly as it is shown on Amazon.caIt is all the seasons 1-11 put together in a plastic wrapping with the Cheers Sticker on the front. Some of the seasons come in a wider fold out style case, and some come in a more slim hard plastic case style(non fold out)One commenter said that some seasons only contain 1 disc, which is simply not TRUE. Each season comprises of 4 separate discs with all the episodes from each season, and they are packaged securely inside the cases. Upon getting my Cheers Set I carefully took out each disc and inspected them one by one and they were perfect with no scratches or anything.Anyhow, this was on my Amazon.ca Wish List for the last 2 years and I was waiting for the price to come down...and it did.Cheers is simply one of the greatest sitcoms ever created, and the fact that it went on for 11 successful seasons goes to show how loved the show was among millions of people.Even though Cheers is an Adult Sitcom, I fell in love with it as a child and remember waiting for new episodes to air on TV even when I was only 10 years old.Time to pull up a stool beside Cliff and Normy and have a few beers.Cheers

Ordered these for my boss. They said they would come within so many days paid over £100 for them. Weeks passed on they didn't come. I had to chase them up they were in Germany! I had to pay extra to get them in the end it cost me about £150 for this. When I got them they were the wrong region. But managed to change my tv

No complaints. It's just a LOT of Cheers. I probably should have watched season 2 before deciding if I really needed to own the entire series.

The Series is great...purchased it as a gift for my daughter'b birthday! We were both very disappointed regarding the packaging. It appears on Amazon as a gift set, boxed set, unable to determine whether the set is a lengthy DVD season, (4 per season) or (1 disk per season)...that wouldn't have mattered as much as receiving a combination of seasons, some 4 disks per seasons, other 1 disk per season. This makes a huge difference regarding presentation and later on for storage. So to reiterate, the Packaging is misleading because of the way the series is being marketed on Amazon.Cheers! :o)

I received this item in 5 days I believe. I was surprised on how fast it got mailed out from time of order. When I receives that package I opened it and was happy to see the boxes of shows are in terrific condition no damages at all! I haven't opened them to watch as of yet because there a Christmas gift for my husband!But YES I would order from this person again!