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Fortune and Men's Weight
Season 2, Episode 17
Airdate February 2, 1984
Written by Heide Perlman
Directed by James Burrows
Produced by James Burrows,
Glen Charles,
Les Charles
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Fortune and Men's Weight is the seventeenth episode of the second season of Cheers, and the thirty-ninth episode overall.

Starring: Ted Danson (Sam Malone), Shelley Long (Diane Chambers), Nicholas Colasanto (Ernie "Coach" Pantusso), Rhea Perlman (Carla Tortelli), John Ratzenberger (Cliff), George Wendt (Norm Peterson)

Alan Fine (Delivery Man #1), Charles Champion (Delivery Man #2), Al Rosen (Al), Tim Cunningham (Tim)

Contents

Plot Overview

Coach is conned into buying a fortune-dispensing antique scale. When the fortunes prove to be eerily accurate, even Diane begins to suspect that the machine has supernatural powers.

Notes

Arc Advancement

Happenings

Characters

Referbacks

Trivia

The Show

  • This is the first time Al Rosen makes an appearance as Al, the wisecracking old drunk.

Behind the Scenes

Allusions and References

Memorable Moments

  • At the very end of the episode, Sam and Diane, Sam and Diane, believing that the machine's next fortune will determine their relationship's fate, find a message reading "Machine empty. Order more fortunes today."

Quotes