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Commercial agent Lana Marshall comes into the bar with her latest client, a handsome but dim Czech hockey player. She specializes in professional male athletes, both in a professional representation sense and personal sense, as she sleeps with her clients. Once Carla tells her that Sam was once a professional athlete, Lana sets her sights on him. Flattered, Sam agrees to become her next client and bed-partner as he's searching for the spotlight, something that's been missing in his life since he quit baseball. After a while, he's happy with his new acting career, but unhappy that he feels that he is expected to perform for Lana between the sheets on command. Diane and Coach, using slightly different tactics, try to convince Sam that the loss of his self-esteem is not worth the acting career. Sam admits his decision and Lana's subsequent action is a bittersweet moment in this phase of his life.

The first episode to open with "Cheers is filmed before a live studio audience"

Only episode where Coach wears long sleeves.

When Carla uses the word "Wamsutta", this is in reference to the bedsheets made by the company of that name.

Carla uses the name Wamsutta as a slang. Wamsutta was the name of the famous Wampanoag Indian.

Cliff claims to have bumped into Senator Ted Kennedy. Kennedy was an American politician who served in the United States Senate from Massachusetts for almost 47 years, from 1962 until his death in 2009. He ran unsuccessfully for President in 1980.


Episode cast overview:
Ted Danson Ted Danson - Sam Malone
Shelley Long Shelley Long - Diane Chambers
Nicholas Colasanto Nicholas Colasanto - Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso
Rhea Perlman Rhea Perlman - Carla Tortelli
George Wendt George Wendt - Norm Peterson
Barbara Babcock Barbara Babcock - Lana
Rick Hill Rick Hill - Tibor Svetkovic (as Richard Hill)
Luis Tiant Luis Tiant - Luis Tiant
Jan Rabson Jan Rabson - Director
Paul Vaughn Paul Vaughn - Paul
John Ratzenberger John Ratzenberger - Cliff
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