Cheers (TV Series)

No Rest for the Woody (1992)

Ted Danson: Sam Malone

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Quotes 

• 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.