Was Diane Chambers originally a teacher before working at Cheers? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Hawkee · 10-22-2017, 04:48 AM

I have just started watching Cheers The Complete First Season on DVD and I noticed that when Diane Chambers makes her debut at Cheers it is rumored that Diane was a teacher and I wondered if Shelley Long modeled the character Diane Chambers after one of her family members who was a teacher or a high school teacher from Shelley Long's high school years?. Because I never knew this fact until I started watching Cheers on DVD
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RetroGuy2000 · 10-22-2017, 05:37 AM

I don't think she was a teacher. She was a graduate student at Boston University before she came to Cheers.

Hawkee · 10-22-2017, 06:36 AM

Wow what an interesting fact about the character Diane Chambers Retroguy2000. I have started watching Cheers Season 1 on DVD yesterday morning because I had just finished watching Growing Pains Season 1 on DVD and I thought I would watch Cheers next and it's so fun to see
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MA · 10-22-2017, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by LaBestia

Wow what an interesting fact about the character Diane Chambers Retroguy2000. I have started watching Cheers Season 1 on DVD yesterday morning because I had just finished watching Growing Pains Season 1 on DVD and I thought I would watch Cheers next and it's so fun to see
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I'm taking it that you already saw the episode with the first appearance of Harry Anderson as Harry "The Hat" Gittes.

RetroGuy2000 · 10-22-2017, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by LaBestia

Wow what an interesting fact about the character Diane Chambers Retroguy2000. I have started watching Cheers Season 1 on DVD yesterday morning because I had just finished watching Growing Pains Season 1 on DVD and I thought I would watch Cheers next and it's so fun to see

Happy viewing!

chipsaugratin · 10-22-2017, 10:23 AM

Diane was not a teacher per se. She was Sumner Sloane's teaching assistant at BU for nearly 2 years.

edoug · 10-22-2017, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by MikaelaArsenault

I'm taking it that you already saw the episode with the first appearance of Harry Anderson as Harry "The Hat" Gittes.

I wonder if they wrote the part of Harry "The Hat" just for him.

10-22-2017, 04:48 AM	#1
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RetroGuy2000 Julie,Julie Anne,&Felice 4Ever Forum Star Join Date: Dec 27, 2013 Posts: 16,914	I don't think she was a teacher. She was a graduate student at Boston University before she came to Cheers.
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10-22-2017, 06:36 AM	#3
Hawkee Michael Fassbender Fanatic Moderator Forum Star Join Date: Jan 17, 2016 Location: California Posts: 10,816	Wow what an interesting fact about the character Diane Chambers Retroguy2000. I have started watching Cheers Season 1 on DVD yesterday morning because I had just finished watching Growing Pains Season 1 on DVD and I thought I would watch Cheers next and it's so fun to see Bestie

10-22-2017, 10:23 AM	#6
chipsaugratin Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 07, 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 194	Diane was not a teacher per se. She was Sumner Sloane's teaching assistant at BU for nearly 2 years.