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Cheers Season 3 |
| Cheers Season 3 : |
| The third season of Cheers an American television sitcom originally aired on NBC in the United States between September 27 1984 and May 9 1985. The show was created by director James Burrows and writers Glen and Les Charles under production team Charles Burrows Charles Productions in association with Paramount Television. The third season is available on DVD in a four-disc set. The season marks major events that affected or could have affected the show. Kelsey Grammer made his debut as psychiatrist Frasier Crane intended as part of a love triangle with Sam and Diane for the season. Actresses Rhea Perlman and Shelley Long were pregnant; Perlman's pregnancy was written into her character while Long's was hidden to avoid effects on her character. This was the final season for Nicholas Colasanto as Coach Ernie Pantusso; Colasanto died of a heart condition which worsened during production contributing to his absence from a number of episodes before his death in February 1985. |
| Episode 1 - [Rebound Part 1] |
| Details : Coach asks Diane to return to Cheers from her self-imposed vacation to help Sam who has fallen off the wagon. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | Writer : Les Charles | Writer : Glen Charles | |
| Air Date : Sep. 27, 1984 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 2 - [Rebound Part 2] |
| Details : Coach asks Diane to return to Cheers from her self-imposed vacation to help Sam who has fallen off the wagon. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | Writer : Les Charles | Writer : Glen Charles | |
| Air Date : Oct. 04, 1984 |
| Episode 3 - [I Call Your Name] |
| Details : Frasier asks Sam for some advice about his more intimate relationship with Diane and Cliff hides out from a vengeful fellow postal employee. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | Writer : Peter Casey | Writer : David Lee | |
| Air Date : Oct. 18, 1984 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★★★ |
| Episode 4 - [Fairy Tales Can Come True] |
| Details : Cliff meets a woman during a costume party at Cheers that he likes very much but he's afraid to see her again as himself. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : J. Alan Thomas | Writer : Sam Simon | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Oct. 25, 1984 |
| Episode 5 - [Sam Turns The Other Cheek] |
| Details : Sam makes up an elaborate story to explain how he got shot in the rear end not wanting to tell everyone the real reason - he was shot at by a jealous husband. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Carmen Argenziano | Director : James Burrows | Writer : David Lloyd | |
| Air Date : Nov. 01, 1984 |
| Episode 6 - [Coach In Love Part 1] |
| Details : Coach falls in love with a woman who dumps him after she wins a big lottery while Sam strikes out with her daughter. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : David Angell | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Nov. 08, 1984 |
| Episode 7 - [Coach In Love Part 2] |
| Details : Coach falls in love with a woman who dumps him after she wins a big lottery while Sam strikes out with her daughter. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : David Angell | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Nov. 15, 1984 |
| Episode 8 - [Diane Meets Mom] |
| Details : Diane meets Frasier's mother who quietly threatens to kill Diane if she doesn't leave Frasier alone. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | Writer : David Lloyd | |
| Air Date : Nov. 22, 1984 |
| Episode 9 - [An American Family] |
| Details : Nick returns and demands of Carla a more equitable division of their marital property: namely him getting custody of one of their kids a demand to which Carla agrees. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Nov. 29, 1984 | Rating ➦ ★★★★★★ |
| Episode 10 - [Diane's Allergy] |
| Details : Diane suffers a mysterious allergic reaction after moving in with Frasier. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | Writer : David Lloyd | |
| Air Date : Dec. 06, 1984 |
| Episode 11 - [Peterson Crusoe] |
| Details : Norm becomes aware of his own mortality and decides to throw it all in and take off for Bora Bora. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : David Angell | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Dec. 13, 1984 |
| Episode 12 - [A Ditch In Time] |
| Details : Sam meets one of Diane's intense friends who has her parents over to meet Sam their future son-in-law hours after their first date. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Ken Estin | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Dec. 20, 1984 |
| Episode 13 - [Whodunit] |
| Details : Frasier is devastated when he learns that his learned mentor has been dating Carla who also has a little surprise of her own. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Ernie Sabella | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Jan. 03, 1985 |
| Episode 14 - [The Heart Is A Lonely Snipe Hunter] |
| Details : The guys take Frasier on a snipe hunt in the woods after Diane asks them to include the psychologist in their masculine pursuits. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Jan. 10, 1985 |
| Episode 15 - [King Of The Hill] |
| Details : Sam returns to the mound for a charity softball game against Playboy bunnies but his competitive spirit ruins the day when he strikes them all out. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Jeana Keough | Ola Ray | Heidi Sorenson | David Paymer | Writer : Elliot Shoenman | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Jan. 24, 1985 |
| Episode 16 - [Teacher's Pet] |
| Details : Sam and the Coach are taking the same night school course in geography but while Coach studies Sam dates the teacher. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Jan. 31, 1985 |
| Episode 17 - [The Mail Goes To Jail] |
| Details : Norm gets arrested when he finishes the route for an ill Cliff but Cliff refuses to back up Norm's explanation to the authorities. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Troy Evans | Director : James Burrows | Writer : David Lloyd | |
| Air Date : Feb. 07, 1985 |
| Episode 18 - [Bar Bet] |
| Details : Sam stands to lose the bar to an old friend because of a bet that he would marry Jacqueline Bissett before a certain date. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Laurie Walters | Dean Dittman | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Feb. 14, 1985 |
| Episode 19 - [Behind Every Great Man] |
| Details : Sam faces the ultimate challenge to his skills as a male animal; a lady reporter who has been investigating the Boston singles scene and has heard every line in the book. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | Writer : Ken Levine | Writer : David Isaacs | |
| Air Date : Feb. 21, 1985 |
| Episode 20 - [If Ever I Would Leave You] |
| Details : After his second wife Loretta kicks him out Carla's ex-husband Nick Tortelli comes to Cheers asking Carla to take him back. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Director : James Burrows | Writer : Ken Levine | Writer : David Isaacs | |
| Air Date : Feb. 28, 1985 |
| Episode 21 - [The Executive's Executioner] |
| Details : Norm is promoted to company hatchet man because of his unique style for letting people go. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Warren Munson | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Mar. 07, 1985 |
| Episode 22 - [Cheerio Cheers] |
| Details : Diane announces that she's leaving Cheers to accompany Frasier to Italy and Sam throws her a going-away party. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Sam Simon | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Apr. 11, 1985 |
| Episode 23 - [The Bartender's Tale] |
| Details : Carla insists that Sam should hire an older woman to replace Diane but she doesn't reckon on Sam's attraction to the woman's daughter. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Rhonda Shear | Writer : Sam Simon | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : Apr. 18, 1985 |
| Episode 24 - [The Belles Of StClete's] |
| Details : Carla calls together her former classmates from St. Clete's School for Wayward Girls to plot revenge on their former sadistic principal whom she spots drinking at Cheers. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Ken Estin | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : May. 02, 1985 |
| Episode 25 - [Rescue Me] |
| Details : Frasier proposes to Diane while they're in Italy and she makes an emergency call to Sam hoping he'll talk her out of it. |
| Guest Cast and Crew : Writer : Ken Estin | Director : James Burrows | |
| Air Date : May. 09, 1985 |