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Cheers/Give Me a Ring Sometime

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Give Me a Ring Sometime
Season 1, Episode 1
Airdate September 30, 1982
Written by Glen Charles &
Les Charles
Directed by James Burrows
Produced by James Burrows,
Glen Charles,
Les Charles
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Give Me a Ring Sometime is the first episode of the first season of Cheers.

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

Guest Starring: Michael McGuire (Professor Sumner Sloane), John P. Navin, Jr. (Teenager), Erik Holland (Swedish Customer), Ron Frazier (Ron)

and John Ratzenberger (Cliff)

Contents

Plot Overview

Sam Malone is a former Red Sox pitcher and current ladies' man running a blue-collar Boston bar. In walks Sumner Sloane, a college professor, with his teaching assistant/fiancée, Diane Chambers. They've stopped in the bar before leaving on a trip during which they'll get married, but Sumner wants to pick up his wedding ring from his ex-wife. So he leaves to fetch the ring, leaving his beautiful, intelligent, but snobby fiancée completely out of place in the care of the bartender.

Sam begins to hit on Diane, but she resists his advances... but as time goes on, Sam becomes convinced that Sumner isn't coming back. Diane decides to prove Sam wrong by calling up the airline, only to discover that Mr. and Mrs. Sloane have already boarded. Newly single, and, since Sumner was also her boss, newly unemployed, Diane feels lost. Sam offers her a job as a waitress. Hating the idea, but unqualified to do anything else, Diane accepts.

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Characters

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Trivia

The Show

Behind the Scenes

Allusions and References

Memorable Moments

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