# Episode of Cheers with 2 men/light beer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** beer\ **Created:** [June 14, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-of-cheers-with-2-men-light-beer/816067 "2018-06-14T02:21:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-of-cheers-with-2-men-light-beer/816067/1 "2018-06-14T02:21:56Z")
I’m trying to remember if this scene was in an episode of Cheers. Two men come into a bar and order light beers, the bartender automatically assumes they’re gay because they ordered light beers. Was this in an episode of Cheers or perhaps another show? I remember seeing this around 1992, although I’m almost sure it was a rerun at that time. I know, not a lot to go on. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-of-cheers-with-2-men-light-beer/816067/2 "2018-06-14T02:31:22Z")
I’m pretty sure I saw something like that on some show. Maybe it was Cheers but I don’t recall any particulars, and now that you mentioned Cheers it’s hard to think of it happening on any other show. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-of-cheers-with-2-men-light-beer/816067/3 "2018-06-14T03:50:29Z")
If that’s the Cheers episode that I’m (sorta) remembering, it wasn’t the bartender who assumed that they were gay, it was Norm and Cliff, and they started trying to scare Sam that Cheers was going to turn into a gay bar if gays started hanging out there (“Ferns, Sammy, ferns!)” Later Sam discovered that they weren’t gay at all, but that two other guys, regulars at the bar, are in fact gay. At the end they both kiss Norm on his (facial) cheeks. I just hunted for the episode in IMDB and it was called "The Boys in the Bar’ and the whole first part was about a former teammate and roommate of Sam’s coming out of the closet. That’s what led to the rest of the episode. But it’s from the first season, January 1983, so it may not be the one you’re thinking of, unless you did see it as a rerun. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-of-cheers-with-2-men-light-beer/816067/4 "2018-06-14T04:02:08Z")
Perfect! And thanks. I’m sure it was a rerun as I worked the night shift in 1992 and often watched reruns at odd hours. Shows like Cheers were perfect as they didn’t require 100% focus just in case some actual work came in. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2018, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/episode-of-cheers-with-2-men-light-beer/816067/5 "2018-06-14T06:20:38Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > If that’s the Cheers episode that I’m (sorta) remembering, it wasn’t the bartender who assumed that they were gay, it was Norm and Cliff, and they started trying to scare Sam that Cheers was going to turn into a gay bar if gays started hanging out there (“Ferns, Sammy, ferns!)” Later Sam discovered that they weren’t gay at all, but that two other guys, regulars at the bar, are in fact gay. At the end they both kiss Norm on his (facial) cheeks. > > I just hunted for the episode in IMDB and it was called "The Boys in the Bar’ and the whole first part was about a former teammate and roommate of Sam’s coming out of the closet. That’s what led to the rest of the episode. But it’s from the first season, January 1983, so it may not be the one you’re thinking of, unless you did see it as a rerun. It’s the one.