A classic character in the Cheers universe in introduced in the open of this episode...The Flim-Flam man Harry, played by Harry Anderson before Night Court made him into a famous wacky judge. In this episode alone he steals ten bucks from Coach, cons Norm out of 10 bucks, gets a 3 card Monte game going at the bar, and steal a Honda. Somehow, you still love him.
The story in this episode is a little lackluster, however. Sam gets interviewed by an old teammate who is now a local sportscaster named Dave. (Played by Hunter star and former Los Angeles Ram, Fred Dryer) The whole bar is excited to have Sam on TV, but Diane finds the whole thing sad, as if Sam is punctuating how washed up he is by agreeing to be on TV.
Turns out that Dave is only interviewing Sam because a bunch of other Boston sports heroes cancelled. When Dave gets told that John McEnroe "wants to get something off his chest", he ditches Sam mid-interview and Diane is left to pick up the pieces of Sam's fragile ego. She does so by encouraging him so much that he spontaneously steals a kiss, causing her to use her "Practical Feminism" training and flip him on to the pool table.
Best Line from the Episode:
Coach: You're right Carla, I don't know what it is. Sometimes, I just think of the smartest thing to say, and then it comes out so stupid.
Carla: That doesn't make any sense.
Coach: Well, you should have heard it before I said it.
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