" Thanksgiving Orphans " is the ninth episode of the fifth season of the American television sitcom, Cheers, written by Cheri Eichen and Bill Steinkeller and directed by James Burrows. It premiered originally on November 27, 1986, on NBC. Characters do not have family or friends to spend time with, and some of their plans backfire. They gather for a Thanksgiving party that slumps into a food battle. Burrows recorded a scene of a (only partly choreographed) food fight two times. This episode has a positive reception. TV Guide ranked number seven on the list of 100 Largest Episodes of All Time, while The Huffington Post entered the order of food bouts in the list of 10 Most Awkward Gratitude Scenes at All Times from the movies and television.
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Plot
At Thanksgiving, Sam (Ted Danson) has a plan with his girlfriend, Wendy. Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) is lonely, and wants some company. Cliff's mother volunteers feed the homeless, but Cliff (John Ratzenberger) - who has been doing this for the past year - does not want to do it. Norma (George Wendt) does not want to go to her mother's house that is too hot where there is no beer or television. Woody (Woody Harrelson) did not visit his family in Indiana. Carla's sons with her ex-husband Nick. At Diane's insistence, Carla (Rhea Perlman) invites the gang for a potluck Thanksgiving. However, Diane (Shelley Long) has been invited to the annual Thanksgiving feast of American literature professors where she hopes to meet William Styron.
In the new house of Carla (first seen in the 1986 episode, "House of Horrors with Formal Dining and Used Brick"), Norm arrives with raw turkey and puts it in Carla's oven while she explains that Vera goes to her mother's house alone. Sam arrives with dessert, but without Wendy; he and his sister, who had arrived from out of town, did not want to go to Carla's. Diane then arrives, dressed as a pilgrim. At the professor's party, he found that he was invited to become a housemaid, and shed tears. The gang decides to let it stay for dinner.
In the dining room, Diane ordered them to wait for dinner until the turkey was ready. As the suppertime passes, the turkey is still very undercooked and the frosting has become cold. Carla and Norm began to blame each other for cooking a slow turkey. Norma threw some of Carla's peas at her, and she then threw the carrot at him. Cliff throws mashed potatoes at Frasier, who accidentally throws the sauce skin back into Woody, which is intended for Cliff. The whole gang was ready to start a food bout until Diane stood up and told them aloud to stop. When he almost scolded them, Sam threw cranberry sauce at him, so the food battle resumed. By the time the food battle was over, the turkey was finally cooked. The gang was calm and decided to eat what they could. Diane came out of the kitchen and threw a pumpkin pie to insult Sam for throwing cranberry sauce at him. Pie misses Sam but accidentally hits Vera as he enters. Vera told Norm to get her jacket, and Norm said, "Yes, honey."
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Production
Cheri Eichen and Bill Steinkellner wrote the episode and directed by James Burrows. Burrows shoots a scene of two-way fights, with scenes without choreography after the point where Sam Malone's character throws a cranberry sauce on Diane Chambers's face. Extended produce strong food odor around the set. In one of the food bouts, the floor is covered with a "plastic sheet" to prevent vital materials from breaking while the players slip on the floor during the scene. However, the effort was ineffective. After the episode aired, the production crew received some angry letters that disagreed with the food-fighting scene "at a time when world hunger is the political cause of du jour." According to Burrows, the food that was not used for the scene was donated to charity.
Bernadette Birkett, whose husband George Wendt plays Norm Peterson, appears in the episode as Norm Vera's wife, though Birkett is not credited for the role. Vera's face was never seen by the audience because she was struck by the pumpkin pie thrown by Diane. Birkett previously appeared in the 1984 episode, "Fairy Tales Can Come True", as Sharon O'Hare, dressed as Tinker Bell on Halloween.
Reception
This episode aired on NBC on Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1986. For the week ending November 30, he got the sixth highest Nielsen rating at 21.7, with 38 shares. Leigh Weingus of The Huffington Post puts the order of the food bout in the list of 10 Most Awkward Thanksgiving Scenes of All Time from movies and television. TV Guide ranked number seven on the list of 100 Largest Episodes of All Time. IGN calls it the fourth best episode of Cheers , highlights the intelligent dialogue and the bonds between characters.
An A.V. Club reviews retrospective groups praising episodes, especially for food bouts. The reviewers also highlighted the effective short reference and toasting of characters to their previous colleagues and friends, the late Coach Ernie Pantusso, and setting up most of the episodes at Carla's house rather than in the bar. Molly Eichel, one of the observers, was especially interested in moments other than food bouts, such as "childish" (also described as "devolution") of character, Diane's virtue against the gang, and Eichel's "favorite parts", Vera's awaited appearance -Wait, though his face is covered with pumpkin cake.
References
- Bjorklund, Dennis A. Cheerful TV: Comprehensive Reference (eBook ed.). Praetorian Publishing - via Google Play.
External links
- "Orphaned Acknowledgments" on IMDb
- "Thanksgiving Orphan" at TV.com
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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