I decided to buy into Netflix last week. It was mostly for my wife. She’s the TV-watcher. However, I noticed that Netflix has old and classic TV sitcoms. One of my favorite TV sitcoms was “Cheers,” and they have it. So I watched a couple of episodes. It was as fun and funny as I remember. Still top shelf for sitcoms. I remembered one episode with Coach complaining about a guy who got hurt (I think the guy was injured in the bar). Coach was upset that the injured guy was whining about “intense pain.” Coach was mad that the guy wasn’t just gutting through the hurt. Coach explained that he owns the MLB record for “hit by pitch.” He perfected it. He explained how he made an art form of leaning into a pitch and taking the ball in the melon. He might have always been a lovable dummy, but more likely, his clueless mental state was due to being hit in the head so many times. 

                  

Another lovable character was Cliff Clavin. He was the know-it-all mailman who was always in the bar wearing his postal uniform. He was constantly adding useless information to a conversation. He was “Google” before Google. His character was mildly annoying because he was also saying something like: 

Well, that isn’t entirely accurate, Normie [Norm Peterson, played by George Wendt]. Beer was first fermented around 12,000 years ago by hunter/gatherers.

But the character was also relatable and lovable. 

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