Raws li classic sitcoms mus, Cheers zoo nkauj npaum li cas lub ncuav mog qab zib. Tsis muaj qhov tsis ntseeg, Larry David thiab Jerry Seinfeld's Seinfeld yuav raug pom tias yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws nyob rau txhua lub sijhawm, tab sis Cheers tau ua txoj hauv kev rau nws. Qhov tseeb tiag, Sam Simon, James Burrows, thiab Glen thiab Les Charles' Cheers tau ua txoj hauv kev rau ntau qhov yeeb yam uas peb paub thiab hlub niaj hnub no, ntau yam uas tau hais txog WandaVision. Txawm li cas los xij, Cheers, zoo li ntau lwm cov sitcoms, zoo dua li feem ntau ntawm cov yeeb yam tam sim no tawm. Tab sis raws li ib tsab xov xwm zoo heev los ntawm GQ, Cheers tau txais kev tshoov siab los ntawm lwm tus nyiam sitcom… ib tug me ntsis laus dua… thiab los ntawm qhov deb ntxiv… Peb tab tom tham txog John Cleese tus txawj ntse thiab txaus ntshai funny, Fawlty Towers.
Ntawm no yog qhov tseeb ntawm Cheers thiab Fawlty Towers tau tshoov nws li cas…
Lub Koom Txoos Ntawm "Ib Tug Neeg Yudais Thiab Ob Tug Neeg Maumoos"
Nws tau rov qab rau lub Cuaj Hlis 1982 thaum Cheers thawj zaug hauv NBC. Cov yeeb yam hais txog tus tswv tsev bar thiab tag nrho nws cov npoj yaig thiab cov neeg siv khoom sai sai dhau los ua ib qho ntawm cov neeg nyiam tshaj plaws ntawm txhua lub sijhawm. Raws li Cheers kws sau ntawv thiab tsim tawm, Sam Simon tau hais rau GQ ntau xyoo tom qab qhov yeeb yam kawg, "Nws yog ib yam dab tsi loj dua li lub sitcom". Tau kawg, Sam Simon yuav paub txog qhov ntawd… nws yog tus txiv neej lub luag haujlwm rau The Simpsons ib yam nkaus.
Raws li GQ tsab xov xwm, lub tswv yim rau Cheers tau tshwm sim thaum lub sijhawm xyoo 70s thaum lub siab nyiam TV tus thawj coj James Burrows tau ua haujlwm nrog Glen thiab Les Charles ntawm lwm lub npe hu ua Taxi. Peb ntawm lawv tau sib koom tib tus neeg sawv cev uas tau hais tias lawv koom ua ke thiab tsim ib yam dab tsi ntawm lawv tus kheej, piv rau lwm tus neeg ua yeeb yam.
"Taxi yog qhov nyuaj heev vim peb tau ua haujlwm rau cov thawj coj tsim khoom, thiab peb tau sim ua haujlwm rau peb tus kheej lub tswv yim ntawm qhov funny thiab dab tsi yog zaj dab neeg zoo," Glen Charles, uas tau lees paub tias yog tus kws sau ntawv thiab koom nrog. -tus tsim ntawm Cheers, hais rau GQ. "Nws zoo li cais koj lub hom phiaj. Jimmy yog tus thawj coj hauv tsev thiab [Les thiab kuv] yog cov tsim khoom, thiab peb muaj kev sib txuas lus ntau ua ke."
Peb ntawm lawv ib txwm ua tau zoo, raws li Glen tus tij laug Les Charles.
"Kuv xav tias peb xav zoo li ib lub sijhawm zoo li peb nyob hauv tib chav kawm ntawv qib siab, thiab raug mob ntau yam thiab raug mob rau peb cov egos," Les said.
Thiab nws yog ib qho txawv me ntsis, vim Jimmy Burrows yog ib tug neeg Yudais thiab Glen thiab Les yog "ob tug Neeg Maumoos" tab sis qhov kev sib raug zoo ntawm lawv txhua tus.
"Peb xav hu peb lub tuam txhab tias: 'Ib tug neeg Yudais thiab ob tug Neeg Maumoos.' Tab sis hmoov tsis, nws raug coj mus, "Jimmy Burrows hais.
Yog li, Fawlty Yees Ua Li Cas Ua Rau Tej Yam?
Ntawm 1975 thiab 1979, tsuas yog kaum ob ntu ntawm Fawlty Towers tau tso tawm los ntawm BBC. Tab sis kaum ob ntu no tau ntxim nyiam kawg thiab txij li tau ploj mus ua qee qhov kev sau zoo tshaj plaws hauv keeb kwm TV. Thiab Glen, Les, thiab Jimmy tau txaus siab rau lawv. Lawv tau tag nrho fascinated los ntawm kev tuaj-thiab-mus ntawm ib lub tsev so me me hauv ib lub nroog hauv tebchaws Askiv thiab snotty, txhoj puab heev, thiab qia dub antics ntawm tus tswv tsev so, Basil Fawlty (uas tau ua si los ntawm John Cleese uas kuj tau tsim nws nrog. nws co-star Connie Booth).
"Fawlty Towers yog qhov nyiam thaum lub sijhawm ntawd, thiab yog li peb pib tham txog cov dab neeg hauv tsev so, thiab peb pom tias ntau qhov kev txiav txim tau tshwm sim hauv lub tsev so bar," Glen hais rau GQ. "Peb tau xav txog qhov ntawd thaum peb nyob hauv ib qho bar: 'Vim li cas ib tug neeg puas yuav tawm ntawm no?'"
Yog li ntawd, qhov ntawd yog nws… nws yog qhov lawv txaus siab rau Fawlty Ntauwd uas coj cov neeg tsim khoom ntawm Cheers mus rau qhov zoo tshaj plaws hauv lub bar tuaj yeem ua tau. Tab sis, tau kawg, muaj ntau tshaj qhov ntawd…
"Peb kuj paub tias peb xav kom muaj kev sib raug zoo Tracy-Hepburn," Jimmy Burrows hais.
"Peb tau tham txog kev tso lub bar no tawm hauv cov suab puam qhov chaw, lossis hauv lub nroog me me, tab sis ib zaug peb tab tom saib ib lub nroog, peb tau mus rau Boston tam sim ntawd," Les ntxiv. "Nws tsis tau siv ntau hauv TV, thiab peb xav tau lub nroog nrog qee qhov ntxim nyiam-lub nroog uas yuav muaj cov lus Askiv zoo li pub rau hauv nws. [Ntxiv rau], nws yog lub nroog ncaws pob vwm. Thaum peb mus muag cov yeeb yam, peb yuav tsum tau muab ib co prototypes lub network yuav latch mus rau. Qhov ntawd tsis yog qhov peb xav tau, tab sis peb xav tias qhov ntawd yuav ua rau cov khoom dov."
Tab sis lub tswv yim no tau nthuav tawm qhov teeb meem loj, raws li lub network tau hais txog.
"Thaum lawv tuaj rau hauv thiab [tshwj xeeb ua yeeb yam], koj tuaj yeem hnov txog chav tsev shudder. 'Yuav ua li cas ua yeeb yam hauv ib lub bar? Peb yuav ua li cas haus cawv tag nrho?' Tab sis cov kwv tij Charles tau hais meej meej tias, 'Qhov no tsis yog hais txog qhov chaw. Qhov no yog hais txog tsev neeg; nws tsuas yog tshwm sim tsis yog ib pawg ntawm cov kwv tij thiab cov muam,' Michael Zinberg, tus thawj coj loj hlob ntawm NBC, tau hais..
"Thaum kuv tau txais thawj daim qauv ntawm tus tsav los ntawm Les thiab Glen, kuv hais rau kuv tus poj niam, 'Au, kuv tus Vajtswv, cov neeg no tau coj xov tooj cua rov qab rau TV.' Lawv tau sau zaj dab neeg ntse, txawj ntse, "Jimmy hais. "Kuv yeej tsis tau pom ib yam li ntawd hauv TV ua ntej - tsuas yog cov txiv neej zaum ncig, tham."
