Ted Danson credited as playing...
Sam Malone
- Sam Malone: Ah, how do you do, Mr. Gaines, I'm Sa...
- Mr. Walter Gaines: No, don't introduce yourself to me.
- Sam Malone: Oh, that's right. We've met.
- Mr. Walter Gaines: No. I just don't care who you are.
- [the bar is dark and seemingly empty as it's closed for the evening. The telephone rings, and the answering machine picks up]
- Sam Malone: [voice on the answering machine] Hi. This is Cheers. Leave a message at the beep.
- [the answering machine beeps]
- Vera Peterson: [voice on the telephone] Norm, this is Vera. Please pick up. Norm! Norm!
- [Vera hangs up the telephone. The telephone rings again and the answering machine picks up]
- Sam Malone: [voice on the answering machine] Hi. This is Cheers. Leave a message at the beep.
- [the answering machine beeps]
- Vera Peterson: [voice on the telephone] Norm, I know you're there. Pick up the phone, Norm. It's three o'clock in the morning. I want you to come home. Norm? Norm!
- [Vera hangs up the telephone. The telephone rings again and the answering machine picks up]
- Sam Malone: [voice on the answering machine] Hi. This is Cheers. Leave a message at the beep.
- [the answering machine beeps]
- Vera Peterson: [voice on the telephone] Hi, Sam? This is Vera Peterson again. Listen, uh, ignore those messages. It turns out, Norm was here in bed next to me the whole time. And I thought that big lump was our dog. Who knew?
- Sam Malone: [about the enagement ring Woody bought for Kelly] How can you afford that on your salary?
- Woody Boyd: Oh, don't worry, Sam. I'm getting a night job.
- Sam Malone: You're going do another job when you leave here at two thirty in the morning?
- Woody Boyd: Yup. Graveyard shift.
- Sam Malone: Where?
- Woody Boyd: Graveyard, Sam.
- Woody Boyd: [sarcastically] Gee whiz, say goodnight Gracie.
- Kelly Gaines: [about Woody] Is he OK?
- Sam Malone: Yeah, he's fine. It's just he's been working twenty-four hours a day for the past four days.
- Kelly Gaines: Is that a lot? I'm not part of the workforce.