Sitcom’s creators attended University of Redlands and one frequented the bar Gay 90s, columnist David Allen writes.

For 11 years, fans watched George Wendt saunter onto the screen and into Cheers bar as his friends and its patrons shouted out "Norm!" to which he always responded with a sarcastic one-liner that ...

Some will say Cheers was a refuge from Vera (the wife we never saw) too, but for “The Peterson Principle,” the episode in which Norm defended Vera’s honor. Norm loved Vera, but not his job.

That’s one reason I always loved the character of Norm Peterson on the sitcom “Cheers,” played by George Wendt, who has now cashed out his tab at the age of 76 and left this earthly barroom ...

On May 20, George Wendt died at the age of 76. Wendt played Norm Peterson on the sitcom "Cheers" for its entire run from 1982 to 1993. I loved "Cheers" and never missed an episode.

Again, Norm came to Cheers to get away from a job that was work. The view here is that Norm made sense as a character in the ‘80s, and by extension made sense to viewers, exactly because he didn ...

One word can have such an impact. “Cheers” star George Wendt, who died May 20 at the age of 76, left behind a legacy in the annals of TV comedy that is hard to equal, thanks to one word: Norm.

Wendt was best known for his Emmy-nominated portrayal of the beer-guzzling Norm Peterson on the revered NBC sitcom Cheers, on which he starred across all 11 seasons. Grammer's Dr. Frasier Crane ...

George Wendt, an American actor and comedian who earned six consecutive Emmy nominations for his performance as Norm Peterson on the beloved NBC comedy series “Cheers,” died Tuesday morning at ...

WireImage Wendt was famous for playing Norm Peterson in the iconic sitcom “Cheers,” which aired on NBC for eleven seasons from 1982 to 1993.

Wendt was on Cheers for the entirety of the show’s epic run from 1982–1993. On a series full of beloved characters, his Norm Peterson was arguably the most beloved, with his entry into a scene ...

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