Cheers: Uncle Sam Malone

I don't understand the high rating, it is just a weird commercial. In my opinion, it is painfully set up, and impossible to watch.

There's no real cleverness to do what is essentially product placement, and the actors seem a little embarrassed.

This is an 11 minute mini episode. I could only watch the first and last few minutes, since the 7 minutes in between is just Cliff being Cliff spouting off about savings bonds. The are a few gags tho and it's good to see the old cast together. A curious epi-mercial sponsored by the US government. Propaganda for sure but a fun little trip down memory lane.

Just to fill space, I'll add that I'm currently watching season 10 and you can really see how these guys have aged over the years, especially Cliff.

The idea of calling it "Uncle Sam Malone" is clever since it is a commercial for government bonds. Whoever came up with this idea probably thought they were clever and that this would reach alot of Americans. I wonder how many people bought bonds because of this lol.