St. Elsewhere meets Cheers 

What I find the weirdest about this is the comedy world of "Cheers" taking place without a studio audience.

Interesting seeing Cheers from the perspective of the customers.

I've never seen St Elsewhere and wouldn't be here but for Cheers, but after watching that, I might have to give it a watch one way or the other. What a fantastically written and acted scene!

This is why -- as a teen of the 80s -- NBC was a network without peer during my culturally formative years.

The unique setting of Cheers aside, is there a show around today that could pull this off? I mean do a 12-minute long scene consisting of basically nothing but a conversation between 3 people and keep it as interesting as this?

This took place on St. Elsewhere, but unless the doctors took a cab, the most unrealistic part is that they found PARKING in Boston.😉😂💗

I disagree with those saying this crossover didn't work. St. Elsewhere was a very off kilter kind of show. It was like ER crossed with Arrested Development, with a little Hill Street Blues and Modern Family for good measure. It made perfect sense for the docs from St. E and the folks from Cheers to cross paths in this way.

st.elsewhere is the best show in the history of amercian television and this scene is mesmerizing and unforgettable because of the brilliant, subtle, and complex writing and acting. The fact that it does it with no action or plot, but just 3 old guys talking about life is simply amazing and wonderful.

This was an interesting dynamic seeing Cheers done in a more serious light without any laughter in the background.

This was a great crossover. You get a sense how much of a slur St. Elsewhere is the way Carla announced it and the whole bar booed them like they did at Red Sox futility. But these doctors handled it with dignity. It's also a credit how good the Cheers cast was in that they were able to stay in their respective characters in a more serious context.

WoW. That 12 minutes was like 10 hours of high quality acting. Nicely Done!

"It's probably from slinging back all those beers. No wonder the mail never gets delivered!" Ha! Great line from William Daniels..and Ed Flanders' soliloquy about his father is simplistic and heartrending. Wonderful series (except for the stupid, lame-ass final episode.)

This must have inspired Sam to become Dr John Becker.

Wait ... so Cheers takes place within the imagination of a kid staring into a Snowglobe? Wait ... so Fraiser takes place within the imagination of a kid starting into a Snowglobe?

"NOT filmed before a live studio audience!" Brandon Tartikoff must've been on some special kind of grass at the time.

"Today's women don't have any sense of gentility!" Hmm...shame Diane wasn't in this scene, to give the lie to that statement. It'd have been interesting to see her give one of her classic over-eloquent monologues to the doctors....

the thing i like about this crossover was the fact that the cheers cast isnt a huge part of the episode its basically just a cameo appearance. No huge plot where norm would have a heart attack and have to be rushed to that hospital or something along those lines. they recognized that something like that wouldnt work because cheers was a sitcom and st elsewhere was a drama

One of the best written and acted series ever!!

Lol Mark Craig and Carla Tortelli trading insults couldn't ask for a better match.

OMFG! I was a big fan of _Cheers!_ back in the 80s but _St. Elsewhere_ was not a show that I ever watched back then or even knew much about so I never saw this before! I only just learned about it a little while ago while reading about something else so I decided to look for it here, and this is _such a total BRAIN FUCK!_ It _seriously_ feels like I'm tripping on some powerful hallucinogen! *Sequence of My Thoughts While Watching This:* Jesus! I'm seeing the set of _Cheers!_ 😮 But it's the doctors from _St. Elsewhere!_ And they're engaging in _serious dialog!_ But we're in _Cheers!_ 😮 And now here's _Carla,_ being all sarcastic and hostile, like always! And of course, that's _FUNNY!_ 😄 But _NOBODY'S LAUGHING!_ There's _no live audience!_ Not even a _laugh track!_ 😮 So she turns around. Okay! I know how this works! Now once her back is turned one of them will deliver some witty, wry observation about what just happened and we'll all laugh! 😄 [pause] WTF? Where was the _comeback?_ They're just going on as if that funny, weird exchange _never happened!_ 😮 And now here's _Norm!_ *Norm:* "Evenin', everybody!" *Everybody:* _"NORM!"_ Okay! Now we're talkin'! Suddenly, for just a second, the world makes sense to me again! I know where I am now! 😄 Now the camera will pan across the set, tracking him as he walks to his stool. Wait! The camera is _walking in front_ of him! _WHAT the HELL?_ 😮 And now _Norm_ is saying funny stuff! And it turns out there's a funny backstory between him and Dr. Auschlander, but they're playing it all _serious!_ 😮 But it's _FUNNY!_ I want to _LAUGH AT IT!_ 😲 But I'm not getting any _LAUGH CUES!_ 😫 No sudden camera switch. No look of surprise from any of them! Not even a raised eyebrow! And now here's this tender, dramatic moment between the three doctors. Stories about fathers and sons. So as I'm listing to Dr. Westphall talking about his autistic son and his dream about what is going on inside Tommy's mind and I'm thinking "Oh that's so beautiful and amazing!" 😭 (and prophetic: I actually _did_ know how the series ended, btw.) But at the same time I'm also listening for a hook to some kind of joke because I'm still struggling with all this _unresolved funniness_ from _less than a minute ago!_ 😖 And then by the time I realize I need to get back in the "drama" frame of mind, suddenly here's _Cliff,_ being all _"Cliffy"_ 😮 Do I _laugh?_ Do I sit here and reflect introspectively on _deep existential thoughts?_ My brain _seriously_ does _not know what to _*_do_* with this! 😵 Because they're not giving me the _right commands_ that I've been learning my whole TV-watching life! And then it hit me: 😳 "Holy _shit!_ They've got me _trained_ like a _goddamn _*_monkey!"_* 🐒

I keep waiting for the laugh track, then I remember it's not "really" Cheers.

I read that there was crossover between the two shows considering they both take place in the Boston area but never gotten to see this...until now! Thanks for positng this awesome gem up!

Three great pros. Norman Lloyd, who got his start with Orson Welles. William Daniels, who always brings a touch of class to whatever he appears in. And sad, tragic Ed Flanders, who we lost too soon. If you haven't had a chance to see St. Elsewhere, check it out. Some of it may seem dated now, but the scene when Mr. Daniels reflects on the death of his son-breaking down at a desk in a recitation of "Sam I Am", and every quiet reflective moment between Lloyd and Flanders, are powerful, memorable moments, and a great example of the Actor's Craft. Thank you, Gentlemen.

Very Cool! I thought I'd seen every episode of St. Elsewhere but this is a new one on me. Thanks for posting it.

I'd trust the doctors from St. Eligius.

I've been looking to see this for years. I always thought I dreamed about hearing that this crossover ever happened!

Mr. Feeney vs carla....my childhood in one scene

Hey, even if St. Elsewhere WERE Tommy's dream, it's possible he remembered watching Cheers, and just imagined this scene. It's a lot like how many kids fantasize about being in their favorite shows. Only...different.

It's actually hilarious that Cliff tries to get free medical advice from some random doctors in the bar because he's a mailman.

st. elsewhere...no laughtrack. different photography routines.

Dr. Craig and Carla the barmaid. These were two characters I couldn't help but develop a strong dislike for back when both shows were on prime time. Back in the 1980's, every person I met, or so it seemed, was like the two of them.

Cheers, St Elsewhere and Frasier and everyone connected to them are the imagination of Tommy Westphall.

This is so strange but cool! I'm a big fan of Cheers but I've never watched St. Elsewhere. But I love William Daniels. It's weird watching a scene in Cheers without the studio audience laughing! Such different camera angles for Cheers too since it was a sitcom.

You can hear KITT from Knight Rider in William Daniels.

This makes me want to watch the entirety of cheers without the studio audience. (edit) Also, did he just say "Feminist Bimbette" LOL, WTF!

How can you call it a bizarre crossover when St Elsewhere had *that* ending?

Mr. FEEENNNYY!!!!!

Whenever I hear Dr. Craig it reminds me of KITT.

This is one of the coolest things I’ve seen on RU-vid

I grew up watching Cheers so Carla, Norm and Cliff are like dear old friends. However, seeing them through the eyes of more or less realistic outsiders was a real eye opener. It never occurred to me what pains in the asses lovable sitcom characters are outside of a sitcom context. Carla would have driven Sam's customer's away in five minutes and put him out of business in a real life setting.

that calibre of acting has become very rare

What an arrogant idea. It doesn't help either show. The doctors come off like pricks and the Cheers characters come off very obnoxious.

Norman Lloyd, the actor playing the elderly doctor, will be 106 on November 8th.

Feeney is in Cheers!!!

Even weirder is that Norman Lloyd guest starred in an episode of “Wings” which exists in the same universe as “Cheers”

Why don't I remember this? I was a regular viewer of both shows.

two of my old favorite shows. GREAT

Don't forget "Wings"

Awesome. Cliff's scene was hilarious.

I liked both shows back in the day, but apparently not together.

Sooooo does this mean Cheers is in the same snow globe too? lol

Mortician's Delight? St. Eligius is Cool!!

7:48 set lights plainly visible behind Cliff. Also 3:42 when Norm walks in.

A rare piece of NBC history. This not a good crossover idea....its like Seinfeld in the middle of Law And Order SVU.

When you take Carla, Norm and Cliff and put them in the real world you realize they really were not good people at all!

and you can see why Danson and Mandel worked together in 1986's A Fine Mess both of them were NBC stars at the time

Enjoyed this a lot more all these years later. I was still an optimist in my 20s, wanted all the characters to be all pals! What was so jarring was the st. Elsewhere's handheld following NORM! into Cheers like he was entering the ER. But now, the way the Cheers characters feel without l"studio audience" is in itself funny.

Try as I might, I could never stomach "Cheers". Other Boston themed shows like "St. Elsewhere", "Spencer", "Boston Legal" and "Crossing Jordan" were more my style.

It feels jarring to have Cheers used as a serious setting

I watched this part several times by now but could never completed the whole thing. That is why I was surprised to hear what Donald talked about the dream of Tommy. I think it was planting the seeds for the snowball finale.

Considering the end of St Elsewhere, does that mean Cheers was just a bar in an autistic childs mind? Hmm... I remember one episode of St. Elsewhere, William Daniel's character and his wife visit Philadelphia, and he actually sings a line or two from 1776, where he so memorably played John Adams. Got such a kick out of that... :-)

Oh but it makes perfect sense to a Bostonian. The real pub Cheers is based on (the Bull & Finch) is at 84 Beacon Street in Boston. Those doctors could have easily worked at St. Elsewhere in Boston's South End (actually Boston City Hospital at the time) and then on the way home to their Beacon Hill/Back Bay townhouse homes they'd stop by Cheers.

If it won't break your brain there's also an episode of Cheers where they watch St. Elsewhere on TV

Cliff, Carla and Norm aren't so funny without their laugh-track.

Francis1971: There's a reason why William Daniels reminds you of KITT. Daniels did the voice of KITT.

Good sketch,but how came I cannot find a single episold of St Elsewhere on you tube?

I watched the whole series but don't remember this crossover.

Westphal's announcement he was leaving the Hospital was poorly timed. Afterall, Daniel's wife was having heart surgery in the morning and Dr. Ego was going to be performing it. Those three gents played their roles on that show to the highest level of acting ever! Sad that Ed Flanders had to die by suicide. Norman Lloyd lived life to the fullest when he died May 21, 2021 at the age of 106. William Daniels is the only surviving cast from that inner circle. Time. Sucks.

I had completely forgotten about this and I loved St.Elsewhere. - Who recommended this establishment? - I overheard Ehrlich talk about it. lol.

This scene would be hilarious if it was part of a Cheers episode. Context is so more important in comedy

Full House meets NYPD Blue.

Where nobody knew their names

So did Cheers take place in a snow globe also? And Frasier?

Another Crossover was in the UK but it was a Comedy for Children In Need to raise Money during Xmas. Some Folks from The Soap Opera Coronation Street in Weatherfield go to visit Albert Square which is the name of the Town on Eastenders and they talk about themselves and their lives. I think that this was the First Show that dealt with the challenges of having a Child who is Autistic.

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I watched both shows almost religiously back in the first run days and don’t recall seeing this. I was put off at first since my mindset initially went to it being an episode of “Cheers”. Glad to later figure out it was “St. Elsewhere”. However, I kept expecting the sudden comic relief for which the drama show was famous but it never came. Somewhat strange in that regard.

these guys are full of it , the pretentious conversation is off the charts

Norman Lloyd just died at the age of 109 years.

As far as I know, Season 1 is the only St. Elsewhere season released on DVD. While I'd prefer to respect copyright rights, I'm proud to say, with extended middle finger, that I found a pirate set of the complete six-season series.

Tommy Westphal is being mentioned here by,I think his father.

1:23 Mr Feeny meets Mrs Wormwood. Poor Feeny needed that drink😂

@ 6:50 He is hinting about "The Tommyverse" ;)

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We don't say Boston Commons...........it's Boston Common

Brilliant meshing of two great shows

Very Good episode and scene

I had high hopes for this scene, unfortunately it just doesn't work.

rosebud

never knew this existed, interesting...

this is fucking masterclass. Am i watching cheers or am I watching St. Elsewhere

This was the crossover that we didn't think we needed. And we were right.

3:42 Are those stage lights?

I wonder what were the ratings for this television experiment of a segment. Very interesting Captain!!!

tommy, you crazy kid.

I'm shocked Poopamount even signed off on this, with St. Elsewhere being produced by a competing studio.

Cross over episodes are a bad idea. It takes one cast out of its environment and puts another show's cast in the background of its own show. In this scene, no one could ever believe that Carla got paid to wait tables with her abusive attitude to customers.

😂😂great stuff 👏

I swear that I just heard Rod Serling's voice saying "Submitted for your approval"..... 😯

Feeny In Cheers

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