Norm gets a promotion as a "corporate killer," but he's not sure that he can handle being the guy at the office who fires people.Norm gets a promotion as a "corporate killer," but he's not sure that he can handle being the guy at the office who fires people.Norm gets a promotion as a "corporate killer," but he's not sure that he can handle being the guy at the office who fires people.
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- Ernie 'Coach' Pantusso
- (credit only)
- Michael
- (as Randy Miller)
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
- Bar Patron
- (uncredited)
- Tom
- (uncredited)
- Illusory Businessman
- (uncredited)
- Customer
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIt won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Live and Tape Sound Mixing and Sound Effects for a Series.
- GoofsIn the closing credits, guest star Raye Birk's character, Walt Twitchell, is listed as "Wait Twitchell".
- Quotes
Carla Tortelli: [approaches a seated customer] Bye. It's been a pleasure, sir.
Michael: Thanks.
[gets up from the table and leaves a 25-cent tip]
Carla Tortelli: Wait a minute.
[grabs his arm]
Carla Tortelli: Is this for me?
[points at the quarter, picks it up]
Michael: Yes.
Carla Tortelli: [excitedly, to everyone in the bar] Whoa wow, a quarter!
[holds up the coin]
Carla Tortelli: He left me a whole quarter.
Michael: Hey look...
Carla Tortelli: Considering all that great service I gave him, I was expecting a big tip, but nothing of this magnitude.
Michael: Would you hold on...
Carla Tortelli: That does it. Thanks to him, I am on easy street. Now, I'm going to retire.
[kisses the quarter]
Michael: Hey look, all right. I'll give you some more, OK? Here. Do you have change for a ten?
[hands out a $10 bill]
Carla Tortelli: Yeah.
[grabs the $10 bill and gives him back the quarter]
Carla Tortelli: Now beat it.
- ConnectionsReferenced in St. Elsewhere: Cheers (1985)
- SoundtracksWhere Everybody Knows Your Name
Written by Judy Hart-Angelo and Gary Portnoy
Performed by Gary Portnoy
This episode works like a fable: Norm feels awful about firing people, and his sympathy ironically makes him good at his job. Is it meant as a metaphor for the corporate world itself? Possibly, but more likely the writers just thought it was funny.
In the subplot once again Cliff's cowardice does battle with his anger. Cliff's neighbours are annoying him, and he sends a strongly worded letter (written with the assistance of Carla so it's extra nasty) he immediately regrets. Trying to retrieve an unfortunate message is as old as Greek tragedy, and here it introduces Cliff's post office rival Walter Twitchell. Again, this is a filler episode.
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