It's Lonely on the Top is the twenty-second episode of the eleventh season of the NBC series Cheers.
Synopsis[]
After sleeping with Paul, Carla can't come to grips with what she has done. In an effort to console his best friend, Sam lets her in on a shameful secret of his own...
Trivia[]
- When Sam Malone removed his hairpiece, Rhea Perlman was genuinely shocked. In the original script, Sam was supposed to tell Carla that he wears a hairpiece, not show her. Although Rhea was obviously aware of Ted Danson's hair situation, she and the cast/crew were none the wiser that he was going to improvise.
- Then-NBC President Brandon Tartikoff is sitting at the bar as an extra.
- Sam's revelation to Carla about his hair mirrors reality as Ted Danson had actually started wearing a hair piece several years earlier. This was made public in 1990 when Danson accepted his Emmy Award without the piece.