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Cheers - The Complete Third Season

Cheers - The Complete Third Season

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Another round...
Review: "Cheers" is the highly-rated sit-com based around characters who frequent a Boston bar of the same name, owned by Sam Malone (Ted Danson) an ex-professional baseball pitcher and recovering alcoholic.

In this, the third season, we are introduced to waitress Diane's (Shelley Long) post-Sam new boyfriend, Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), a snooty psychologist, who appears in a handful of episodes. Perhaps his best episode is when the guys reluctantly take him fishing, but leave him holding the bag in a snipe hunt. He turns the tables on them in the end, though. In the last episode cliff-hanger, he proposes to Diane.

We also meet Carla's ex-husband, Nick Tortelli (Dan Hedaya), who is only a few rungs up the evolutionary ladder. He has a new blond bombshell bimbo wife "Low-Ret-ta". He appears in a few episodes, and is possibly the funniest character of all.

The special features are so-so overall:

1. Virtual Vera, Shrink-Warped: Introducing Frasier Crane, and Carla's Whipping Boy are just short clips of/about those characters from the episodes. Nothing new at all.
2. Cheers Bar Tour - in this, Dahl Delu talks about some of the items found around the bar, such as the Indian statue, the piano, etc. It becomes filler at the end, however, when clicking on the soda-fizzer, cash-register and ice-box only results in sound effects. Worst of all, clicking on the juke-box results in hearing the theme song for the 26th time.
3. Nice piece on Nicholas Colasanto ("Coach") who died shortly after the season ended.

This is probably the best season so far.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Another round...
Review: "Cheers" is the highly-rated sit-com based around characters who frequent a Boston bar of the same name, owned by Sam Malone (Ted Danson) an ex-professional baseball pitcher and recovering alcoholic.

In this, the third season, we are introduced to waitress Diane's (Shelley Long) post-Sam new boyfriend, Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer), a snooty psychologist, who appears in a handful of episodes. Perhaps his best episode is when the guys reluctantly take him fishing, but leave him holding the bag in a snipe hunt. He turns the tables on them in the end, though. In the last episode cliff-hanger, he proposes to Diane.

We also meet Carla's ex-husband, Nick Tortelli (Dan Hedaya), who is only a few rungs up the evolutionary ladder. He has a new blond bombshell bimbo wife "Low-Ret-ta". He appears in a few episodes, and is possibly the funniest character of all.

The special features are so-so overall:

1. Virtual Vera, Shrink-Warped: Introducing Frasier Crane, and Carla's Whipping Boy are just short clips of/about those characters from the episodes. Nothing new at all.
2. Cheers Bar Tour - in this, Dahl Delu talks about some of the items found around the bar, such as the Indian statue, the piano, etc. It becomes filler at the end, however, when clicking on the soda-fizzer, cash-register and ice-box only results in sound effects. Worst of all, clicking on the juke-box results in hearing the theme song for the 26th time.
3. Nice piece on Nicholas Colasanto ("Coach") who died shortly after the season ended.

This is probably the best season so far.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Goodbye, Coach...Hello, Frasier
Review: Another delightful addition to your collection, the complete 3rd season of "Cheers." As with previous installments, the features are a little skimpy; "Virtual Vera," "Shrink-Wrapped: Introducing Frasier Crane" and "Carla's Whipping Boy" are themed groups of clips from the third season itself...thanks, but I'll just catch the amusing moments in the actual episodes. Why not some commentary from the actors on these subjects, instead? Or how about a look at the actual Vera, portrayed via voice by George Wendt's real-life wife.

"Cheers" the DVD gives Nicholas Colasanto as skimpy a goodbye as "Cheers" the TV series gave to Coach Ernie Pantusso (who "went to visit his sister" at the end of the 3rd season and was written off the show at the beginning of the 4th with one sentence from Diane: "I was so sorry to hear about Coach."). In a wee little six minute segment, Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman and George Wendt talk about what a wonderful, sweet man Nick was and the impact he had on their lives and the show. Ted says it best when he declares that Nick was "all the sweetness in 'Cheers.'"

(On a related note, the decline of Nick's health is evident in the show itself, as Coach loses weight and almost loses his voice, which make some of the episodes hard to watch, although Nick gave an Emmy-worthy performance until the very end.)

Despite my little grumbles about the continuing lack of good extras, I still have to give this set five stars, as the quality of the show itself it just stellar. Shelley Long, the new addition of Kelsey Grammar and the rest of the cast are in top form, as always. Even after 20 years, "Cheers" remains a classic not to be missed.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Bring on Woody
Review: Best season so far of the first 3. Bring on Woody and seasons 4,5,6...........

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I can't wait for May
Review: Cheers is my therapy. You see I have a mental breakdown almost daily because I hate my job and my life is going nowhere. The only thing that keeps me from being a homocidal maniac is watching Cheers. For Cheers fans I don't think I have to explain. Watching Cheers is the same as waking up Christmas morning, losing your virginity, and getting money in the mail at the same time.

Maybe one day I'll retire, but until then keep cranking out the Cheers DVDs.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good episodes, bad extras
Review: Cheers is one of the all-time great sitcoms in tv history and P
aramount does a good job with the actual episodes. Unfortunately, the extras are severely lacking as they are on the other two sets. Still, I recommend this product.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Best show ever
Review: Cheers is one of the best shows ever, and season three is one of its finest seasons. Its the first season that Frasier appears, and he adds a lot to the chemistry. Its a great show and I'm glad they aren't taking forever, like The Simpsons, to release each season.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Best!
Review: Cheers is phenomenal, and the greatest show ever. Great acting and writing make Cheers top notch. Too bad Nicholas Colasanto died at the third season. Coach was great. Cheers is my favorite show of all time, and if you by the third season, you'll find out why.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Cheers is the best show ever!!!!!!!!!
Review: I just got my Cheers: The Complete Third Season today, and it looks phenominal. I'm gonna watch it tonight, and over the course of the next few days.It's too bad the actor who played Coach, Nicholas Colasanto, died towards the end of this season he was great, and I missed him,through the other eight seasons.Though Woody Harrelson was a great replacement.The cover of this third season, is much improved over last seasons cover, but I did love the red Cheers lettering, just the pictures on the cover looked murky.The third seasons cover might be its best, so far, though the first seasons cover was great too. Cheers is the greatest show of all time. What other show can lose integral characters of the show, and still be great. Phenominal writing, and acting make Cheers top notch. And in my mind, there is not a better show in the world.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Shelley Long
Review: i love cheers and im happy the third season got realsed but i think i would just be better if they had an interview with shelley long at the end... she was the best on the show ne way


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