So she tries to throw it wayy wide, but we still hear a -clunk-. Then Coach’s voice: “I’m on my way to first!”
Or after one of Woody’s [can’t remember the name of his hometown] stories, the boys are sitting there, marveling, and Frasier says something like, You know, from a psychological standpoint, Woody’s hometown sounds like a fascinating place. Cliff or Norm says, You think you’d ever want to pay it a visit, Doc? Frasier’s classic response: And end up a sacrifice to the corn god? Thank you, no.
not a funny moment, but touching
After cancelling the wedding Sam and Diane and saying goodbye, altho Diane insists it’s only “untill I finish my book”.
sam: Have a nice life
diane: Don’t say that. I’ll be back.
sam: ok
Diane leaves and Sam daydreams about the two of them several years into the future, happy at home. daydream ends and Sam says to no one “Have a nice life”
It made me realize he really loved Diane, that he wasn’t just a hounddog enjoying the flavor of the month
I loved John Hill. My favorite episode with him was when Sam sics Carla after him to get him to sell part of the bar back (although I may be remembering incorrectly) and Carla ends up sleeping with him. I like when in the morning Sam goes to Carla’s house and John is there in Carla’s robe.
“Saaaaaaa-aaaaammmmmmm.” Heh. I also loved John Hill in the Elvis wig when Carla was upset that she hadn’t gotten an annual sign from Elvis.
I can’t remember the whole set upor the details , but Sam is afraid he got a girl pregnant(or something like that) and Carla talks him into making a deal with god that he won’t sleep around anymore. The crisis passes and he immediatly finds a Girl to go home with.
Carla warns him not to break the deal with God, and he blows it off saying somthing like “Oh yeah God is going to appear and smite me” as he walks toward the door. There is a perfectly timed pan following Sam nearly running into a bearded and staffed Moses who pronounces “Stop Sinner!” (or something)
It was actually Woody in costume for a play they had set up earlier in the show. But it was just such perfect timing and unexpected.
Woody: “Ah, my Aunt Edna’s killer fudge brownies!”
Gang: “Killer eh? Why do they call them that? They’re really good?”
Woody: “Well, the first time my Uncle smelled them baking he ran in from the field and got hit by a combine. He held on for a couple of days…in the end he was just praying to die. Well, eat up!”
The final episode of the first season, when Sam & Diane are having their first big blow-out in the office. Sam gets irritated and suggests Diane leave. He opens the door…and everyone in the bar has their ears pressed up to the door.
The episode in which a colleague of Frasier, who has written a book about fidelity in marriage, comes on to Rebecca. The finale of the episode, when the man’s wife shows up and discovers Rebecca, Sam, and a sexy chambermaid and a violinist in the closet was priceless.
When Carla holds a seance with Madame Zora to contact Eddie’ ghost. Frasier derides Madame Zora by saying (paraphrasing):
Frasier: So-called psychic phenomenon is nothing more than a shill-game. Psychics are merely charlatans who lure half-wit neurotic fools and charge them exorbitant amounts of money only to tell them whatever they want to hear.
Carla: How is that any different from what you do, Fraz?
Frasier: (Looooong pause) I can prescribe drugs.
One of my favorite episodes dealt with Diane’s inability to become part of “the gang.” One day everybody at the bar is kind of bored and unsure of what to do with their evening. Sam bursts into the bar with the news that “The Magnificent Seven” will be airing on his satellite that night and everybody springs excitedly into action. It apparently is a major event for our friends at the bar.
Diane, gathers up her coat and says “It will be exciting to compare it to Akira Kurosawa’s ‘The Seven Samurai’” and Sam brushes past her saying something to the effect of “yeah we’ll do that, don’t forget to lock up at closing time.” on his way out. Diane, crushed because she thought she was going to be included throws a major fit about never being included and storms out, leaving the regulars to ponder how much they hurt her feelings. Slowly, in a quiet moment of reflection, they decide to cancel the evening’s festivities and begin to sulk around the bar.
Then Carla glances out of the corner of her eyes and starts to sing, “Dum…DUM-DUMdum, dum-dumDUMDUMdum…”
Norm smirks and kicks in… “Na naaaaaaa, nana nanaaaaaaaa!”
And soon the entire bar is singing the theme to Magnificent Seven, grabbing their coats and marching out the door on their way to watching the Seven ride!
Later, in order to do something that Diane wants to do and make her feel like part of the gang, they go to an opera with her, which is of course a big hit with everyone. (Not!) Classic moment… In a quiet part of the opera there is the distinctive hiss-POP of a beer can opening. Everybody whirls around to look at Norm who is enjoying a nice cold brew…
As the opera nears the end, the camera pans across the faces of the Cheers gang one at a time… each one with his/her head tilted back, fast asleep… Stopping on Diane at the end of the line - asleep as well! The opera ends and the applause wakes everybody up, and everybody thinks they are the only one to fall asleep, casting nervous glances around as they clap, hoping no one noticed.
Classic!
EZ
I loved what happened next:
Sam turns her down her overtures, saying "Rebecca, you’ve been drinking. And a gentleman has rules…
“And besides, you’re kind of physically repulsive at the moment”.
She responds, “Can’t ya take it?”
Another fave of mine (from the same episode):
At the celebration at the bar, Cliff inspects a helium-filled mylar balloon.
“Mylar balloons… Very dangerous!”
Paul inquires, “Why’s that, Cliff?”, immediately slapping himself on the forehead in self-annoyance. (Asking Cliff for information is like calling Mike Tyson a sissy).
Another:
The seafood restaurant upstairs from Cheers is drawing so many customers that they are spilling over into Cheers while they wait. One night, the unthinkable happens: Norm walks in to find his chair occupied by the husband of a yuppie couple. He expresses horrified confusion, and finally speaks up.
“Excuse me, but I was sitting there”
The yuppie husband replies, “Uh, I didn’t see anyone sitting here when I came in”.
Norm replies, “No , I mean yesterday”.
(Audience laughs, yuppie politely ignores Norm).
Norm squirms, and finally declares, “I don’t think you understand. I’m Norm!”
Yuppie mistakes this explanation for a friendly introduction.
“Well, hi Norm! I’m Steven, and this is Pamela”.
Pamela shakes his hand. “Hi Norm! What do you do?”
"I sit here!"
One of my favorites has to be the infamous Thanksgiving show, with the huge “Birdzilla” that never quite gets done. The food fight at the end is classic comedy.
The guys take Frazier snipe hunting. When he returns he pretends to be enthralled by the new sport and everyone goes off to take him out again. We find out though that Frazier has figured it out and is about to turn the tables.
I think my favorite scene is a dream sequence where Rebecca finally decides to give in to Sam’s advances. With the Righteous Brothers on the hi-fi, Rebecca lays back on the couch, and Sam goes to take his belt off, only to discover it will not budge. He resorts to prying at it with the fireplace poker.
Makes me laugh just thinking about it. 
I remember another instance of Frasier’s debunking someone’s superstition about signs and omens. To paraphrase:
“Life is a scientific phenomenon. Death occurs from physical causes, not some eerie, white-faced woman walking up and touching you!”
At this point, Lillith taps Frasier on the shoulder from behind, saying, “Frasier, I believe it’s time to go”.
The yell Frasier lets out makes it clear that he’s not completely free of superstition.
Some favorites:
“Un Film de Diane Chambers”
Cliff’s date with Diane, the episode had some great lines, but Cliff’s Misty was the best.
Woody as Veggie-Boy shoving Frasier aside “Out of my way old man, I got crops to raise!”
Two classic sex-farce episodes, one at a ski chalet, the other on some rich guy’s yacht.
The yacht one ends with Sam pretending to be asleep when Rebecca gets into his bed (IIRC, because there was nowhere else for her to sleep). Twice, Sam “accidentally” turns over towards her, flopping his arm over her, his hand perilously close to copping a feel. The third time he tries this stunt, she takes his hand, dangles the fingers inside a nightstand drawer, and slams the drawer shut, hard, as the episode goes black.
I’ll need some help getting this one correct, but it really cracked me up.
The gang is talking about living forever, and at some point Lillith says to Frasier, “Oh come on, Frasier, you don’t actually think you can live forever if you don’t talk about it, do you?”, and Frasier snaps back: “Well, I guess I’ll never get to find out now! Will I!”
Frasier is telling Sam that Lilith has been acting strangely earth-motherish as she progresses in her pregnancy. A heavily pregnant Lilith walks into the bar and greets Sam, “Hello, my friend. Touch my breasts; I am lactating!”
Cliff has developed a hybrid vegetable that he believes will make him a zillionaire: a cross between a beet and a rutabega, the “rootabeeta”. He’s made several recipes from it and is trying to get people in the bar to sample them. Woody’s equally dim-witted (but very rich) girlfriend comes in looking for him, and Cliff meets her at the door, tray in hand, saying, “Rootabeeta fajita-in-a-pita?” She replies, “No habla espanol, senor.”
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.
I remember a similar bit where Rebecca was wallowing in self pity, remembering how unpopular she’d been in high school.
Woody offered his sympathy: “I know what you mean, Miss Howe – people made fun of me in high school too, always calling me names like ‘Egghead’ and ‘Super Brain’.”
After Woody was out of earshot, Norm declared, “Someday, before I die, I’ve gotta visit this town!”
Darn, my favourite moment has already been taken. (The one where everyone grrets Dianne with cries of “Norm”)
Second best, Frasier and Lilith are worried because Freddie hasn’t said his first word yet. Then Norm arrives, and Freddie calls out his name.