| One of the greatest television comedies in history, | | | | Ratzenberger) round out a strong supporting cast. |
| Cheers is an absolute "must see" for anyone | | | | The Cheers (Season 4) DVD offers a number of |
| who's ever had a regular hangout "where | | | | hilarious episodes, including the first episode of the |
| everybody knows your name". The shows | | | | season which features the gang at Cheers and |
| centers itself around the friendly neighborhood | | | | their remembrance of the late Ernie Pantusso |
| Boston bar named Cheers. The bar is owned by | | | | (Coach). In this first episode, Indiana farm boy |
| former Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Sam Malone | | | | Woody Boyd arrives to meet his pen-pal (who |
| (Ted Danson). Sam has three employees - | | | | happens to be Coach), but upon learning of |
| bartender Woody Boyd (Woody Harrelson) and | | | | Coach's death, Woody is hired by Sam to be a |
| waitresses Carla Tortelli (Rhea Pearlman) and | | | | bartender. We also learn in the initial episode that |
| Diane Chambers (Shelley Long). Noted psychiatrist | | | | Diane left Frasier at the altar during the couple's |
| Dr. Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammar) is a regular at | | | | trek across Europe. The season ends with an |
| the bar (and would later star in his own series | | | | improbable romance between Sam and the |
| spin-off, Frasier). Regular barflies Norm Peterson | | | | beautiful and intelligent city councilwoman Janet |
| (George Wendt) and Cliff Clavin (John | | | | Eldridge (Kate Mulgrew). |