Product Details

• Actors: Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Kelsey Grammer
• Writers: Glen Charles, James Burrows, Les Charles
• Producers: David Isaacs
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 12, 1995
• Run Time: 26 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302869404
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #312,098 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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Cheers, Vol. 1 - Give Me a Ring Sometime (Pilot) [VHS]

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the Premiere Episode!, September 5, 1999

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This review is from: Cheers, Vol. 1 - Give Me a Ring Sometime (Pilot) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Yep, the very first Cheers! Diane Chambers and her fiance come into Cheers to make a telephone call on their way to a romantic wedding in the Caribbean. Diane's fiance has to leave for a bit, but never returns. Sam makes the biggest mistake of his life when he offers Diane a job.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like a fine one-act play, January 1, 2002

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Mark Nave (Sandersville, MS) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cheers, Vol. 1 - Give Me a Ring Sometime (Pilot) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Seeing this recently, I was reminded how much Cheers' premiere was paced like a fine one-act play. The humor was smart, the acting wonderful. This went well beyond normal TV fare. It's hard to match this.

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Cheers Pilot, where everybody gets to learn their names, May 12, 2001

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cheers, Vol. 1 - Give Me a Ring Sometime (Pilot) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

"Give Me A Ring Sometime," the pilot episode for the celebrated television sitcom "Cheers," still stands up 20 years later. Sam "May Day" Malone (Ted Danson), the ex-Red Sox relief pitcher and recovering alchoholic, runs his Boston bar with the less than able assistance of his old pitching coach Ernie Pantusso (Nicholas Colasanto) and Carla Torteli (Rhea Perelman), the wise-cracking waitress. Into this madhouse comes Diane Chambers (Shelley Long), a teaching assistant about to leave for the Caribbean with her current fiance and former literature professor, Summer Sloan (Michael McGuire). By the end of the episode Diane has been jilted, Sam offers her a job as a waitress, and the rest is televison history. Written by Glen Charles & Les Charles, the script sells us on the characters right away. My only complaint is that I would have liked to have seen more bar arguments like the one they have in this episode concerning "the Sweatiest Movie" of all time. Summer Sloan might be a nattering boob, but the man does know his sweaty films. This tape is the first volume in the "Cheers" series.