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adamconover:

boringoldraphael:

For your vintage feel-good cry of the day — On Cheers, Coach tries to talk his daughter out of marrying a man who doesn’t love her.

I think Conover showed me this scene like a year ago, and even without the context of the rest of the episode it’s incredibly powerful. Sincerity is the hardest thing to pull off in comedy and a lot of shows don’t even try. Or they do try and it feels cheap and unearned. But when a comedy dares to just not be funny for a few minutes, and when they pull it off, it’s like nothing else.

Scenes like this one — this is what television is for.

This makes me cry every time. And to think that this was just the fifth episode of the first season! Cheers defines hitting the ground running.

Jesus Christ you guys. Television. 

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    1. internethanley reblogged this from sarahjburton
    2. sarahjburton reblogged this from leilacohanmiccio and added:
      This is for @cjs5005 and @ibishcomedy
    3. thecomedylocal reblogged this from leilacohanmiccio
    4. leilacohanmiccio reblogged this from boringoldraphael and added:
      Oh god, bawling. Cheers is the best.
    5. jonathanmarballi reblogged this from totallymorgan and added:
      …I didn’t think this would ACTUALLY make me cry. At my desk. At the office. It did.
    6. bransonreese reblogged this from totallymorgan and added:
      THIS SCENE. EVERY TIME.
    7. totallymorgan reblogged this from adamconover and added:
      Jesus Christ you guys. Television.
    8. onehundreddollars reblogged this from khealywu and added:
      I want to write shows with heart first, comedy second. Cheers is a great model.
    9. getoffmyblog reblogged this from adamconover
    10. khealywu reblogged this from adamconover and added:
      YUP CRIES. Kevin or Tanouye posted this last year while I was in London, and I remember standing against a stone wall in...
    11. cathrynmudon reblogged this from kellyqehudson and added:
      oh. wow. (also, Allyce Beasley sounds exactly like Abra Tabak.)
    12. adamconover reblogged this from boringoldraphael and added:
      first season! Cheers defines hitting
    13. paulbriganti reblogged this from kellyqehudson
    14. kellyqehudson reblogged this from anthonyking and added:
      This made me cry last night. HE REALLY BELIEVES IT. He is so vulnerable in this moment and that is my biggest weakness....