Sam Quote #1089
Quote from Sam in Jumping Jerks
Sam: That's great. So you come back to the bar and you lie and you stir up everybody's imagination to the point where you get me up here. I mean, that's low. You know something? I'm gonna do it anyway. It's not often you get a second chance at life.
Cliff: What? What are you talking about?
Sam: There was this night when I was playing in Tiger Stadium towards the end of my career. I'd been on the bottle for a while and the coach hadn't been using me. But this was gonna be a big game, so I decided I wouldn't have a drink all day long. I was dying, but I knew this would be my last chance to prove myself as a major league pitcher. Sure enough, late innings, the call comes down, send Malone in. I told them that I couldn't play. My arm hurt. I chickened out. I was afraid to go out there. I turned tail and I slunk back to the locker room. And I've regretted it every day of my life. And I'll tell you something, damn it. I'm not going to let that happen this time. I'm going out there. Okay, Bob, what do I do here?
Bob: Remember what I told you. Get down on the door, count to three, go.
Sam: One, two... Okay, here's our story.
Cheers Quotes
‘Jumping Jerks’ Quotes
Quote from Norm
Sam: No, I'm doing this for Rebecca. I figure the farther I fall, the hotter she gets. Who's with me?
Norm: I am, Sammy.
Cliff: Norm, you turncoat you!
Norm: No, Cliffie, it's as if my whole life came down to this one moment! And if I jump and I make it, I prove to myself that I am worth something. That there's a reason for me being on this Earth. Then I can just sit down and plant it on that bar stool for the rest of my life. Let's go!
Quote from Sam
Rebecca: Thank you for caring. You see, Sam? And you said very few of our customers would care enough to write down suggestions.
Sam: No, I said very few of our customers could write.
Rebecca: Well, you are wrong. I mean, look at all of these. Read that. Let's see how we can make Cheers more responsive to its customers' needs.
Sam: Uh... "Cheers should have a happy hour."
Rebecca: Not legal in the state of Massachusetts.
Sam: All right. "Serve hot hors d'oeuvres."
Rebecca: Conflict of interest with Melville's.
Sam: Oh, the old place is really shaping up, isn't it?
Rebecca: You know, there's got to be one practical suggestion in here. Now here's one. [gasps] Ooh, it's a long one. That means someone really cared. "The thing I like best about Cheers is the sense of warmth and affection I get from the employees, especially the manager, who seems to be a generous, open-hearted woman." Did you hear that? The manager. "In fact, the only thing needed to complete the loving family feeling of this bar, would be if the manager made the naked pretzel with the bartender."
[Rebecca scrunches up the paper and throws it on the ground]
Quote from Norm
Norm: Sammy, Magnificent Seven!
Sam: Great movie.
Norm: No, that's my order. Come on.
Woody: Hey, I never sat down at this bar as a customer. What's good here?
Norm: I've heard the beer's okay.