Cheers-Season 3 (1982) |
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General | Extras | ||
Category | Comedy |
Featurette-Virtual Vera Featurette-Shrink-Warped: Introducing Frasier Crane Featurette-Carla's Whipping Boy Featurette-Nicholas Colasanto: His Final Season Featurette-Cheers Bar Tour |
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Year Of Production | 1982 | ||
Running Time | 619:00 | ||
RSDL / Flipper |
Dual Layered Multi Disc Set (4) |
Cast & Crew | |
Start Up | Language Select Then Menu | ||
Region Coding | 4 | Directed By |
Andy Ackerman Rick Beren Tim Berry James Burrows |
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Paramount Home Entertainment |
Starring |
Ted Danson Shelley Long Kirstie Alley Nicholas Colasanto Rhea Perlman John Ratzenberger Woody Harrelson Kelsey Grammer Bebe Neuwirth George Wendt |
Case | Amaray-Transparent | ||
RPI | $69.95 | Music |
Judy Hart-Angelo Gary Portnoy Craig Safan |
Video | Audio | ||
Pan & Scan/Full Frame | Full Frame |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) French Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) |
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Widescreen Aspect Ratio | None | ||
16x9 Enhancement | No | ||
Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
Original Aspect Ratio | 1.33:1 | Miscellaneous | |
Jacket Pictures | No | ||
Subtitles |
Danish English for the Hearing Impaired Spanish French Italian Norwegian Swedish English Titling |
Smoking | Yes |
Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
Action In or After Credits | Yes |
Unfortunately, season 3 was earmarked by tragedy. It would be the last time we would delight in Coach's child-like good natured innocence. Sadly, Nicholas Colasanto passed away towards the end of the season, but the legacy of his wonderful performance as the loveable Coach would never leave Boston's favourite watering hole.
Cheers season 3 is simply a must have for fans of the show, so sit back and enjoy.
Season 3 contains the following episodes:
Rebound (1) & (2)
Coach asks Diane to return to Cheers from her self-imposed "vacation" to help Sam, who has fallen off the wagon.
I Call Your Name
Frasier asks Sam for some advice about his more intimate relationship with Diane and Cliff hides out from a vengeful fellow postal employee.
Fairy Tales Can Come True
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.
Sam Turns the Other Cheek
Sam makes up an elaborate story to explain how he got shot in the rear end.
Coach in Love (1) & (2)
Coach falls in love with a woman who dumps him after she wins a big lottery while Sam strikes out with her daughter.
Diane Meets Mom
Diane meets Frasier's mother, who quietly threatens to kill Diane if she doesn't leave Frasier alone.
An American Family
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.
Diane's Allergy
Diane suffers a mysterious allergic reaction after moving in with Frasier.
Peterson Crusoe
Norm becomes aware of his own mortality and decides to throw it all in and take off for Bora Bora.
A Ditch in Time
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.
Whodunit?
Frasier is devastated when he learns that his learned mentor has been dating Carla, who also has a little surprise of her own.
The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter
The guys take Frasier on a "snipe" hunt in the woods after Diane asks them to include the psychologist in their masculine pursuits.
King of the Hill
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.
Teacher's Pet
Sam and the Coach are taking the same night school course in geography, but while Coach studies, Sam dates the teacher.
The Mail Goes to Jail
Norm gets arrested when he finishes the route for an ill Cliff, but Cliff refuses to back up Norm's explanation to the authorities.
Bar Bet
Sam stands to lose the bar to an old friend because of a bet that he would marry Jacqueline Bisset before a certain date.
Behind Every Great Man
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.
If Ever I Would Leave You
A changed Nick comes crawling back to Carla after Loretta kicks him out.
The Executive's Executioner
Norm is promoted to company hatchet man because of his unique style for letting people go.
Cheerio, Cheers
Diane announces that she's leaving Cheers to accompany Frasier to Italy and Sam throws her a going-away party.
The Bartender's Tale
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.
The Belles of St. Clete's
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.
Rescue Me
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.
Cheers Season 3 is presented in an aspect ratio of 1:33:1 as it was originally broadcast on television. It is not 16x9 enhanced for widescreen viewing.
The episodes presented on this four disc set have a reasonably sharp image. There appeared to be no aliasing nasties and edge enhancement is minimal at worst. Shadow detail is quite acceptable and there are no low level noise problems spoiling the transfer. There are patches of grain here and there, but for a twenty year old show the image is very decent.
Colours are natural if a little washed out, but once again I'd suggest this is the best the show has looked since it originally aired.
The episodes have minimal problems with video artefacts and dirt, and those that are present are not intrusive.
Paramount have delivered the goods image-wise with Season 3 - if only the collection of extras had been given this amount of care I'd be a happy camper, but more on that later.
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Season 3 has been given four audio tracks in Dolby Digital 2.0 surround. The tracks are in English, French, Spanish and Italian.
The show's dialogue is clear with no audio sync anomalies.
The show's music continues the quality set down in previous seasons and adds to the wonderful atmosphere of each episode.
Surround channel usage is basically limited to the show's music. With the exception of the occasional background crowd banter, the only audible sound found in the rear channels is the show's music.
The subwoofer's contribution is very limited, but adds the requisite bass when needed.
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Consists of a number of short clips from series 3 all involving "one liners" which relate to Norm's wife, Vera.
Consists of a number of short clips from series 3 all involving "one liners" which relate to Kelsey Grammer's role of Frasier Crane. (Note Kelsey Grammer's role took out the record for the longest running character on TV in 2004, displacing the previous record holder James Arness who played the role of Marshall Matt Dillon in the western series "Gunsmoke").
Consists of a number of short clips from series 3 all involving "one liners" which relate to the running "war" between Carla Tortelli (played by Rhea Pearlman) and postman Cliff Claven (played by John Ratzenberger).
Consists of a number of short clips from series 3 all involving "one liners" relating to "Coach" interspersed with tributes to Nicholas Colasanto's influence on the series by actors Ted Danson (Sam Malone), Rhea Pearlman (Carla) and George Wendt (Norm Petersen).
Cheers Bar Tour
A virtual tour of the Cheers Bar (using the directional controls of the DVD Player remote control). At each stop a fact or piece of trivia is given to the viewer.
Overall, the special features are a disappointment giving very little insight into this extraordinarily successful show.
NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
All versions of series three are the same.
Cheers Season 3 not only continues the quality production set up in previous seasons, but it actually improves on them, and is the perfect example as to why this long running sitcom is so revered. Unfortunately the presentation is a mixed bag. The episodes look and sound fine, but the extras are an afterthought that don't do the series justice.
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Review Equipment | |
DVD | Pioneer DV-535, using Component output |
Display | LG 76cm Widescreen Flatron Television. Calibrated with Video Essentials. This display device is 16x9 capable. |
Audio Decoder | Sony HT-K215. Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
Amplification | Sony HT-K215 |
Speakers | fronts-paradigm titans, centre &rear Sony - radio parts subbie |