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#1 - What is... Cliff Clavin?
Season 8 Episode 14
Aired 1/18/1990
Jeopardy makes an appearance in Boston, and Cliff gets on the show. The Jeopardy! round had all 6 categories Cliff specializes in, such as celebrities or the US Postal Service. But when Final Jeopardy approaches, he loses all his money putting a stupid response ""Who are three people that have never visited my kitchen?"" and becomes depressed afterwards. Meanwhile someone has stolen Sam's little black book and started ringing all the girls in it.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
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#2 - The Stork Brings a Crane
Season 8 Episode 6
Aired 11/2/1989
Lilith spoils Rebecca's elaborately planned celebration of Cheers' 100th anniversary by going into labor.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: David Lloyd
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#3 - Cry Harder (2)
Season 8 Episode 26
Aired 5/3/1990
Rebecca and Sam both have mixed emotions as they face the fact that Robin Colcord, after proposing to Rebecca, is arrested for insider trading based on information supplied by the once and future owner of Cheers.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Phoef Sutton
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#4 - Indoor Fun with Sammy and Robby
Season 8 Episode 19
Aired 2/22/1990
Rebecca dreams of a perfectly romantic day with Robin. Robin on the other hand has dared Sam to a series of adolescent challenges.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Phoef Sutton
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#5 - The Improbable Dream (1)
Season 8 Episode 1
Aired 9/21/1989
Just as Rebecca fears for her sanity because of the erotic dreams she's been having about Sam, multi-millionaire Robin Colcord sweeps her off her feet.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Cherie Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
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#6 - Finally! (1)
Season 8 Episode 15
Aired 1/25/1990
Tonight might be the night that Rebecca and Robin finally get together, despite Sam's presence.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
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#7 - Severe Crane Damage
Season 8 Episode 18
Aired 2/15/1990
Lilith goes on a talk show to promote her new book about men who are bad for women and takes along her prime example-Sam.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
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#8 - The Two Faces of Norm
Season 8 Episode 5
Aired 10/26/1989
Norm invents a strict curmudgeon of a partner to boss around his easygoing paint crew while Sam goes crazy with concern after selling his precious 'Vette.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Eugene B. Stein
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#9 - Bar Wars III: The Return of Tecumseh
Season 8 Episode 21
Aired 3/15/1990
Despite the truce negotiated by Rebecca, the gang decides to warm up the cold war against Gary's Olde Towne Tavern when they notice the statue of Tecumseh the Indian is missing.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
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#10 - The Improbable Dream (2)
Season 8 Episode 2
Aired 9/28/1989
Just as Rebecca fears for her sanity because of the erotic dreams she's been having about Sam, she's swept off her feet by multi-millionaire Robin Colcord.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Cherie Steinkellner, Bill Steinkellner
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#11 - Death Takes a Holiday on Ice
Season 8 Episode 7
Aired 11/9/1989
Carla learns that Eddie led a secret life when a second widow shows up at his funeral.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
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#12 - Two Girls for Every Boyd
Season 8 Episode 9
Aired 11/23/1989
Woody has trouble with the love scenes for his first starring role and the guys have a beard-growing competition.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
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#13 - Finally! (2)
Season 8 Episode 16
Aired 2/1/1990
The aftermath of their get together isn't all she hoped it would be, when Rebecca finds Robin with another woman.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
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#14 - Woody or Won't He
Season 8 Episode 17
Aired 2/8/1990
A mechanical bull gets the better of Cliff while Woody tries to deal with the romantic advances of his girl friend's mother.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Brian Pollack, Mert Rich
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#15 - Cry Hard (1)
Season 8 Episode 25
Aired 4/26/1990
Rebecca and Sam both have mixed emotions as they face the fact that Robin Colcord, after proposing to Rebecca, is arrested for insider trading based on information supplied by the once and future owner of Cheers.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
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#16 - A Bar is Born
Season 8 Episode 3
Aired 10/12/1989
Rebecca prepares herself to spend her first night with Robin Colcord while Sam takes the first step towards owning the bar again.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Phoef Sutton
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#17 - Loverboyd
Season 8 Episode 22
Aired 3/29/1990
Woody moons over the fact that Kelly is going to Europe to attend school and Norm suffers through being the designated driver for the evening.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Brian Pollack, Mert Rich
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#18 - The Art of the Steal
Season 8 Episode 10
Aired 11/30/1989
Rebecca and Sam are trapped overnight in Robin Colcord's deluxe security apartment while the gang passes the time playing Monopoly.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Sue Herring
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#19 - Feeble Attraction
Season 8 Episode 11
Aired 12/7/1989
Norm fires his secretary, who sees it as proof that he's wildly attracted to her and Rebecca becomes obsessed with a surprise hidden in the desk Robin, gave her.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Dan O'Shannon
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#20 - 50-50 Carla
Season 8 Episode 20
Aired 3/8/1990
Carla and Eddie's other widow Gloria become best buddies but the friendship is threatened when Carla learns the two-timer left $50,000 in insurance and Woody worries about a nude scene when he's cast in a revival of Hair.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
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#21 - How to Marry a Mailman
Season 8 Episode 4
Aired 10/19/1989
The young woman Cliff turned in for stealing a Post Office vehicle returns from Canada with an offer that literally blinds Cliff.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Brian Pollack, Mert Rich
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#22 - For Real Men Only
Season 8 Episode 8
Aired 11/16/1989
Frasier and the guys cringe over plans to attend his son's circumcision while Rebecca struggles to throw an interesting retirement party for a very dull corporate employee.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Pollock, Elias Davis
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#23 - Mr. Otis Regrets
Season 8 Episode 24
Aired 4/19/1990
Sam makes Rebecca jealous in many strange ways by telling her that he scored with Robin's other girl friend, and Woody is flabbergasted when a girl answers his ad for a roommate.
Director: Andy Ackerman
Writer: Ken Levine, David Isaacs
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#24 - Sam Ahoy
Season 8 Episode 12
Aired 12/14/1989
Robin lends Sam and the gang his yacht race in a regatta, but the motley crew discovers a bomb in the refrigerator, right next to the beer.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: David Lloyd
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#25 - The Ghost and Mrs. Lebec
Season 8 Episode 23
Aired 4/12/1990
Carla feels compelled to call in an exorcist when Eddie's ghost appears in the bar and Rebecca complains to a TV station about a defective hair removal system.
Director: James Burrows
Writer: Dan Staley, Rob Long
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Season 8 Ratings Summary
"What is... Cliff Clavin?" is the best rated episode of "Cheers" season 8. It scored 8.3/10 based on 540 votes. Directed by Andy Ackerman and written by Dan O'Shannon, it aired on 1/18/1990. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "The Stork Brings a Crane".