Cheers (TV Series) The Bartender's Tale (1985) User Reviews

The Bartender's Tale (#3.23)

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 12 May 2014]

Sam now needs to find a replacement for Diane. He goes through waitresses and Carla picks one that is perfect. She is a career waitress and great at the job. At the same time she is not hot so Sam won't date her. But one day her daughter comes to the bar and Sam wants to date her. He asks permission but the waitress thinks he has hots for her and he has to find a way to end this confusion.

A pretty fun story. First I didn't like it too much as it seemed to be against older women, but when they made the character so incredibly passionate that men died from it I found it hilarious.

We also saw a bit about Frasier and Diane in Europe and his mistake in the tips was another great joke.

The New Barmaid

[Hitchcoc · 7/10 · 17 August 2019]

After picking nothing but gorgeous women for Diane's replacement, Carla moves in and chooses a rotund British career waitress. She is excellent to say the least. But she has a daughter who is a lingerie model and you can guess where Sam is going. It's a pretty good episode.

Just A Fun Episode

[dgplatt-60121 · 9/10 · 26 March 2024]

This is a quintessential Bar Episode, even if some of it takes place thousands of miles away. A character walks into the bar, amuses and delights everyone, and is never seen again.

Sam has been scrambling to replace Diane, and Carla is annoyed that Sam is auditioning applicants as if they're potential dates. Lillian Huxley is the perfect choice: warm, competent, and entertaining, and not a source of sexual temptation. Sam agrees to hire Lillian, and soon the bar is echoing with bawdy songs and good times. Lillian's a hit!

Then, her daughter Carolyn - a sexy lingerie model - shows up. Sam has to resist temptation as well as deal with the advances of Lillian, who turns out to be just as randy as Sam himself.

This is a heck of a lot of fun, and Lillian is an all-time great one-episode character. Sam's attempts to navigate the affections of both mother and daughter are very funny, as is Sam's reaction when he finds out how Lillian's previous husbands died.

There's not a lot for Diane and Frasier to do in this one, but there's a funny bit when Frasier miscalculates the US-Italian currency exchange and tips a bellboy a lot more than he planned.