Could they have really gotten by with just 2 bartenders and 1 waitress? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

McFly121 · 05-04-2004, 06:17 PM

Funny how they never replaced Diane with another waitress after she left. Even if it was a non-regular cast member in the background to give it more realism. Even after Sam sold the bar they only had Woody, Carla and that guy Wayne. Sam replaced Wayne and no one else was hired to help out Carla and Woody. Of course, Cheers was not packed every night, but still had decent sized crowds.

WilCap · 05-04-2004, 06:20 PM

yea, you are right on that.

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Chambers · 05-04-2004, 06:23 PM

please join us! you can be norm or somebody - we'll fill you in on everything - just walk in.

MaydayMalonesGirl · 05-04-2004, 07:22 PM

I've noticed that. Even in the Diane years, there are certain scenes where no one is working. In the episode Everyone Imitates Art I noticed that during one scene Diane was reading through books, Carla was on her trip to Memphis, and Sam wasn't there. So was Woody bartending and waiting tables at the same time? It seemed a little weird.

barwars · 05-04-2004, 08:03 PM

Even if EVERYBODY worked at once.... they're still understaffed.

FamilyTiesGOP · 05-04-2004, 09:45 PM

A bar would probably go broke very quickly if it were run like Cheers. Norm alone would break a real bar.

Brian Damage · 05-04-2004, 11:27 PM

I always wondered that.

McFly121 · 05-05-2004, 11:40 AM

Brian, Trish is lookin' mighty fine there,

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Mayday, a very good point about Diane often reading. I was just watching the one where Carla's mother had "the dream" and takes Sam to her mother's. Only Woody is left to take care of the place. Trying to think of an ep where Sam, Woody, and Carla were all out of the bar at once (during business hours of course).

But Cheers had a few unrealistic bar things about it. Anyone who's been in a bar or club knows you have to SHOUT over everyone else to be heard and there's far more activity for waitresses and barkeeps.

Janice · 05-06-2004, 02:04 AM

I tended bar in Boston and other places for a few years, and there is no way that a bar the size of Cheers could get by with just two employees.

Two bartenders and two waitresses....possibly, but they would really be moving, and not socializing like they do on Cheers. I guess in the world of Sitcomland, we have to suspend disbelief and logic.

NORM · 05-06-2004, 07:08 AM

...and this isn't just any old bar, this is CHEERS

CheersChild4life · 05-06-2004, 08:30 AM

In Tv land they're never understaffed!

Dr. John Becker · 05-06-2004, 05:57 PM

Maybe that's why Carla was so angry all the time. She had NO HELP!!

ChambersVsMalone · 09-09-2004, 09:05 PM

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Originally posted by McFly121
Mayday, a very good point about Diane often reading. I was just watching the one where Carla's mother had "the dream" and takes Sam to her mother's. Only Woody is left to take care of the place. Trying to think of an ep where Sam, Woody, and Carla were all out of the bar at once (during business hours of course).

Sorry to bump a thread that's a few months old by now, but I was just looking through some old posts and wanted to comment on this one!

I was watching "Dark Imaginings" the other night, and no one seemed to be taking care of the bar! Judging by the look outside Sam's hospital window, it wasn't early morning or anything, and it had to at least have been during visiting hours, so it wasn't really late, after the bar would have been closed (closing time is what? 2am, sometimes midnight at the earliest on there?) and yet, he was in the hospital, Carla and Woody were visiting him, and just as Carla left, Diane came in.

In "From Beer To Eternity" they actually adressed that Diane and Woody closed the bar to go to the bowling alley. But that reminds me that sometimes it seems one person is in charge of the whole bar. For example, earlier in that episode when everyone came in from playing baseball, it looked like it was all left to Diane. And in "An Affair of the Heart" in season 2, Carla was on a date with Hank when Sam and Diane left to go stop them before they had sex, the whole bar was left to Coach.

TV for ya, huh?

tiff7 · 09-14-2004, 02:19 PM

it's the beauty of television, folks!

WE LOVE CHEERS!

Tiff7

05-04-2004, 06:17 PM	#1
McFly121 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 18, 2004 Location: calif Posts: 812	Could they have really gotten by with just 2 bartenders and 1 waitress? Funny how they never replaced Diane with another waitress after she left. Even if it was a non-regular cast member in the background to give it more realism. Even after Sam sold the bar they only had Woody, Carla and that guy Wayne. Sam replaced Wayne and no one else was hired to help out Carla and Woody. Of course, Cheers was not packed every night, but still had decent sized crowds.
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NORM #1 Wendt Fan Senior Member Join Date: Oct 19, 2002 Location: Wherever my wheels are rolling. Posts: 1,607	...and this isn't just any old bar, this is CHEERS
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05-04-2004, 06:20 PM	#2
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05-04-2004, 07:22 PM	#4
MaydayMalonesGirl ACID! POLICEHHHH! Forum Star Join Date: Apr 24, 2003 Location: in a van down by the river. Posts: 18,393	I've noticed that. Even in the Diane years, there are certain scenes where no one is working. In the episode Everyone Imitates Art I noticed that during one scene Diane was reading through books, Carla was on her trip to Memphis, and Sam wasn't there. So was Woody bartending and waiting tables at the same time? It seemed a little weird.

05-04-2004, 08:03 PM	#5
barwars .. Forum Star Join Date: May 04, 2002 Posts: 13,273	Even if EVERYBODY worked at once.... they're still understaffed.

05-04-2004, 09:45 PM	#6
FamilyTiesGOP _ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 28, 2003 Posts: 1,631	A bar would probably go broke very quickly if it were run like Cheers. Norm alone would break a real bar.

05-04-2004, 11:27 PM	#7
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	I always wondered that.

05-05-2004, 11:40 AM	#8
McFly121 Member Forum Regular Join Date: Feb 18, 2004 Location: calif Posts: 812	Brian, Trish is lookin' mighty fine there, . Mayday, a very good point about Diane often reading. I was just watching the one where Carla's mother had "the dream" and takes Sam to her mother's. Only Woody is left to take care of the place. Trying to think of an ep where Sam, Woody, and Carla were all out of the bar at once (during business hours of course). But Cheers had a few unrealistic bar things about it. Anyone who's been in a bar or club knows you have to SHOUT over everyone else to be heard and there's far more activity for waitresses and barkeeps.

05-06-2004, 02:04 AM	#9
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	I tended bar in Boston and other places for a few years, and there is no way that a bar the size of Cheers could get by with just two employees. Two bartenders and two waitresses....possibly, but they would really be moving, and not socializing like they do on Cheers. I guess in the world of Sitcomland, we have to suspend disbelief and logic.

05-06-2004, 08:30 AM	#11
CheersChild4life Absolutely Fabulous Senior Member Join Date: Nov 23, 2002 Location: Somwhere Fabulous Posts: 2,814	In Tv land they're never understaffed!

09-14-2004, 02:19 PM	#14
tiff7 wdwdisneylandnut4life Senior Member Join Date: Jul 26, 2001 Location: Erie, IL Posts: 2,012	it's the beauty of television, folks! WE LOVE CHEERS! Tiff7