Don't Paint Your Chickens

Episode aired Feb 23, 1989
TV-PG
30m

IMDb RATING

7.6/10

511

YOUR RATING

Ted Danson and Lisa Aliff in Cheers (1982)

Comedy Drama

Sam is dating a young woman named Erin. Sam meets Erin on the pretense that he is totally into athletics - tennis, hiking, cycling, running to name a few activities - since she implies that'... Read allSam is dating a young woman named Erin. Sam meets Erin on the pretense that he is totally into athletics - tennis, hiking, cycling, running to name a few activities - since she implies that's what she's into, and will only date men like that. After a few dates, he becomes so tire... Read allSam is dating a young woman named Erin. Sam meets Erin on the pretense that he is totally into athletics - tennis, hiking, cycling, running to name a few activities - since she implies that's what she's into, and will only date men like that. After a few dates, he becomes so tired that he feels he needs to call it off with her, but will he be truthful about the reason... Read all

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IMDb RATING

7.6/10

511

YOUR RATING

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Featured reviews

7Hitchcoc

Two Workouts

Same meets a beautiful young, athletic woman and then overuses his tired body to impress her. He cycles, climbs, swims, runs, on and on, until there is little left of him. The other plot involves Rebecca using Norms modest painting abilities as a springboard to her promotional skills. This one has a particularly fun ending.

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Been there, done that

This one plays out like a rehash of two better episodes. The first storyline is similar to Norm At The Top but with Rebecca swapped for Diane as Norm's booster. Norm and Rebecca have developed a mildly charming brother-sister dynamic, and there's some funny physical comedy but this is still pretty dull.

The other plot (involving Sam and his athletic date) is a less serious remake of Dark Imaginings and it's yet another example of Sam regressing. The Magnificent Pagan Beast has become what Diane always thought he was: an aging horny jock. Even in a pretty bad season his lack of introspection is glaring.

Trivia
A plaque now hangs on the back bar post

Goofs
At 14 minutes and 46 seconds in, Rebecca calls Colonel Sanders "Colonel Standers".

Quotes
Dr. Frasier Crane: Congratulate the doctor. I'm doing a piece on the psychological ramifications of Ingmar Bergman's later works for American Film.
Norm Peterson: Oh, that's great Frase.
Dr. Frasier Crane: I'd like to read it to you to see if it's still accessible to the layman. May I have your opinion?
Carla LeBec: Sure: buy a new suit, get a haircut, and stay home.
Dr. Frasier Crane: Thank you, Carla. Now, I call the piece, "Ingmar Bergman: Poet of the Subconscious". The films of Ingmar Bergman...
Norm Peterson: Boy, who could forget her in 'Casablanca', huh?
Dr. Frasier Crane: No, no, you're thinking of Ingrid Bergman, I'm talking about Ingmar Bergman.
Woody Boyd: Ingmar Bergman, the boxer?
Cliff Clavin: No Woody, you're thinking of Ingemar Johansson.
Sam Malone: You mean the guy that knocked out Floyd Patterson?
Norm Peterson: No, no, no, Sonny Liston knocked out Patterson.
Pete: Who knocked out Johansson?
Norm Peterson: Patterson.
Steve: Before Liston?
Norm Peterson: No, Johansson knocked out Liston.
Cliff Clavin: Well, who knocked out Patterson?
Woody Boyd: Was it Ingrid Bergman?
Pete: Ingrid Bergman...
Dr. Frasier Crane: [yells] Shut up, shut up! Not one more word. I came in here to discuss Ingmar Bergman, not to start an Abbott and Costello routine.
Norm Peterson: Actually, I thought it was more like Martin and Lewis.
Sam Malone: You mean, Joe Louis?
Cliff Clavin: Oh, he's the one who knocked out Floyd Patterson.
Woody Boyd: Then who knocked out Lou Costello?
Dr. Frasier Crane: [exasperated] Apparently Ingrid Bergman.
Woody Boyd: Boy, she was tougher than she looked.