He said in a 2021 interview regarding his show tryout.
“My friend Pat Finn always reminds me what the audition was for ‘Cheers: I needed to look like a guy who wanted another beer,” he stated, acknowledging the creators of the program for their accomplishment.
” Norm is simply me with improved writing. Every Wednesday morning, he added, there were hundreds, if not thousands of performers who could have presented the exact jewels I was given on a silver platter.
According to The New York Times, the Chicago native claimed that being more than a little bit round allowed him to connect with viewers who knew people his size from their neighborhood pub.
Wendt once observed, “One nice thing about being fat for a living is that you don’t worry about losing weight or dieting.”
“I’m not sure how much I would have to lose before it became obvious. Anyhow, if I shed 100 pounds people would think, “Oh, no, not another fat comedian wanting to be a leading man!” he added.
