While shows likeI Love Lucyare credited with jump-starting the format,Cheerstruly is the series that perfected it.
In aninterview with Yahoo, the creative minds behindCheersreflected on howthe classic episodecame to be.
It was a little bit against policy, to have a Very Special blah blah blah.
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Her co-writer and husband,Bill Steinkellneragreed that it was something special.
I always liked [Thanksgiving Orphans] because personally, emotionally, that was my family at Thanksgiving.
Except we didnt have a fun food fight.
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We just had more depressing depressiveness, he explained.
The popular ’80s sitcom somehow did the impossible.
The two continued to explain that the dysfunctional gathering was what really made them interested in pursuing the episode.
Even upon re-watches, the excitement and dread builds the entire episode.
Pera blog run byCheers co-creator,Ken Levine, the episode debuted during the Stop World Hunger campaign.
As Levine explained: Cheersgot a lot of flack for that episode.
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According to Yahoo, the producers got a number of angry letters from viewers.
We sent the food we didnt use to the mission, Burrows explained.
But you know what?
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You get complaints no matter what you do.
Cheryl went on to explain that the story didnt make waste of the feast either.
We thought, ‘Oh no, were not wasting it, she said.
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Theyre still going to eat it!
Theyre just going to eat up off the mantel, and off their lap, and off each other.
So the foods not going to waste.
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The regulars of the Boston bar “Cheers” share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.
