# Favorite 'Cheers' moments **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 29, 2005, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139 "2005-11-29T00:10:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/81 "2005-11-30T22:22:13Z")
> [@Art Vandelay](#): > > Kelly (paraphrasing): Woody! Oh I should have known! The long hours away from me, the obviously phony excuses to get away from me. It all makes sense now - _You’re in a play and you didn’t tell me._ That’s the one! 😛 And also the bar watching Kelly and some other girl get into it: Crowd: CAT FIGHT, CAT FIGHT!! Kelly: If you don’t stop, I’ll, I’ll _hurt your feelings_!! Crowd: Kitten fight, kitten fight. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/82 "2005-11-30T22:38:05Z")
> [@Raygun99](#): > > Except the sign was wrong, and the real attack word was Geronimo. sounds like a plot from “Gary’s Olde Time Tavern” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/83 "2005-12-01T00:14:35Z")
> [@Gilligan](#): > > I think it was in Cliff’s celebrity vegetable episode, with the Nixon potato, or some other where Cliff was going on and on about something, when Frasier just looked at him and said ,“Hello in there, Cliff. Tell me, what color is the sky in your world?” First time I had heard that line. Damn! I was going use that one. IIRC, what Cliff was going on about was about how the people in his family had an extra set of molars in the back, which was proof that they were the rightful heirs to the Russian throne, or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/84 "2005-12-01T02:27:29Z")
“How’s the world treating you, Mr. Peterson?” “Like a dog treats a fire hydrant.” I can’t think of a single bad episode of that series. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/85 "2005-12-01T02:33:04Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > “How’s the world treating you, Mr. Peterson?” > > “Like a dog treats a fire hydrant.” > > I can’t think of a single bad episode of that series. > > Regards, > Shodan It’s a dog eat dog world and I’m wearing Milkbone underwear. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/86 "2005-12-01T02:58:11Z")
“What’s shaking Mr. Peterson?” “All four cheeks and a couple of chins.” “How’s the word treating you Mr. Peterson?” “Like a baby treats a diaper.” ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/87 "2005-12-01T03:04:21Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I’m the first person to mention Cliff on _Jeopardy!_ What I especially loved about that episode was seing Alex Trebek, possibly the most courteous, deferential person on the planet, gratuitously lambasting Cliff for his incredibly idiotic bet and answer. Can’t remember the exact words, but it was like, “Cliff, I can’t believe you did that! How could you have been so stupid?!” And I know someone already mentioned the list of topics (that were _perfectly_ lined up with Cliff’s life experiences) but I the ones I sort of remember were ‘Dog Bites’, ‘Overbearing Mothers’, and (in Alex’s familiar cadence), "And lastly, “Celibacy”. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/88 "2005-12-01T09:06:05Z")
“What’s up, Mr. Peterson?” “My nipples. It’s cold as hell outside.” ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/89 "2005-12-01T10:47:36Z")
“How are you today, Mr Peterson?” “Poor.” “Oh, I’m sorry to hear that.” “No - _pour_!” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/90 "2005-12-01T11:58:47Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I can NOT remember the set=up to this one, but after one of Woody’s stories, Frasier asked, “Woody, where exactly _was_ this farm of yours?” Woody: Back on the farm, we’d call a girl like that ‘ethereal.’ Another moment: Woody: [awestruck] Wow, what was it like to be alive during the nineteen-sixties? Frasier: [deadpan] I don’t know, Woody. I was too busy taming the west. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/91 "2005-12-01T13:14:06Z")
I loved hearing Frasier saying in his finely tuned voice, “Everybody have fun tonight! Everybody Wang Chung tonight!” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/92 "2005-12-01T13:16:51Z")
Wasn’t there an episode where Woody gets the drop on Sam over a raise? Woody got Sam so confused, at the end, instead of an $80 a month raise, Sam agreed to give Woody a $25 a week raise? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/93 "2005-12-01T13:24:01Z")
Then there was the time Frasier agreed to be a clown at a kids’ party, but didn’t know he was wearing a trick costume. Something he did would make his pants drop and he wasn’t wearing underwear. ---
**Author:** ![RobuSensei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/919ad9/32.png) [@RobuSensei](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobuSensei)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/94 "2005-12-01T13:27:00Z")
How’s life treatin’ ya, Mr. Peterson? Beats me… …and kicks me… …and leaves me for dead. ---
**Author:** ![Alma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Alma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alma)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/95 "2005-12-01T16:33:03Z")
Oh yes, I totally forgot about Rene! I loved his episodes, when he’d try to trick Kelly into marrying him or whatever. The episode with the bet between him and Sam, about who could get the most girls, was also classic. USA! USA! USA! ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/96 "2005-12-01T16:42:17Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > I can NOT remember the set=up to this one, but after one of Woody’s stories, Frasier asked, “Woody, where exactly _was_ this farm of yours?” > > By the way, Woody’s farm is in Indiana, though I can’t remember the town. Hanover. When Kevin McHale comes into the bar he tells how Larry Bird always has funny stories about the dufuses in Hanover. He tells a story (I can’t remember for the life of me what it was), and Woody mumbles under his breath that he heard it a little differently. His version was about the dufuses in French Lick, Larry Bird’s hometown. ---
**Author:** ![Just1Lurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@Just1Lurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just1Lurk)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/97 "2005-12-01T20:21:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by **monster**. Hanover. When Kevin McHale comes into the bar he tells how Larry Bird always has funny stories about the dufuses in Hanover. He tells a story (I can’t remember for the life of me what it was), and Woody mumbles under his breath that he heard it a little differently. His version was about the dufuses in French Lick, Larry Bird’s hometown. IIRC, it was something like: McHale: “How many dufuses from Hanover does it take to change a light bulb?” Sam: “How many?” McHale: “None, because they have to drive all the way to French Lick just to get the lightbulb!” Which reminds me of another great Hanover moment: Fraiser: “Say Woody, there isn’t a chemical plant in Hanover by any chance, is there?” Woody: “Yeah, they built it on top of the old landfill, right by the reservoir. How’d you know?” Fraiser: “It just fits.” ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/98 "2005-12-01T21:04:02Z")
> [@ivylass](#): > > Wasn’t there an episode where Woody gets the drop on Sam over a raise? Woody got Sam so confused, at the end, instead of an $80 a month raise, Sam agreed to give Woody a $25 a week raise? Woody displayed a remarkable talent for picking football winners. He wanted to put his life savings of $1000 (he didn’t keep the money in his sock; he kept the map to where the money was buried in his sock) on a complicated and unlikely parlay. Sam said he would place the bet with a bookie, but figuring it for a sure loss, held back. When Woody’s ten-to-one hit, Sam offered a $100/month raise, but Woody “settled” for $30/week. Favourite line of that episode: Diane: Why don’t you call the bookie and tell him you honestly intended to place the bet? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/99 "2005-12-01T21:31:21Z")
Lilith: That damn bar. In context, hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139/100 "2005-12-01T21:32:28Z")
> [@Alma](#): > > Oh yes, I totally forgot about Rene! I loved his episodes, when he’d try to trick Kelly into marrying him or whatever. The episode with the bet between him and Sam, about who could get the most girls, was also classic. > > USA! USA! USA! Actually, his name was Henri (which everyone pronounced as a Frenchly “on-REE”). And he was a riot when he teased Woody about Kelly. Henri: “Do not worry, Woody, Kelly is always telling me how much she loves you. This morning it was so annoying I almost had to kick her out of the shower.” Woody: “…you’re kidding, right?” Henri: “But of course!” Or, after Woody had a shave: “How does my face look?” “As smooth as your girlfriend Kelly’s bottom!” “…you’re kidding, right?” “But of course!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-cheers-moments/333139.md?page=6)