There's so much 'crap' loaded on the networks these days....that you really go begging for shows to watch. Reinventing? Well....why not go to another different scenario?
One of the ten great characters of all time, was 'Cliff' from Cheers. Cliff was the postal guy who seemed to live out of the bar....knowing virtually everything in life but rarely telling you his life story.
So my idea is this....instead of using Cliff for Cheers at age 47.....retell Cliff's situation in life at age thirty.
Cliff was this guy who got the postal job at 18 but rarely showed up to work, yet never got missed. In his part-time, he attended (without paying, naturally) various college classes and lectures. At some point, he puts on a suit and sets up fake lectures at the university....pretending to be some PhD guy, and has the lecture hall filled to capacity. Eventually, the university figures all this out, being highly embarrassed at the accomplishments of the fake Cliff professor.....then decides to give Cliff a PhD under the table if he just quietly leaves.
Cliff returns to the real postal world and can't find happiness in a full-time work capacity.....so he drinks a good bit to make up for his situation in life.
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