“The Norm you see in “Cheers” has been years in the making,” he remarked. ” Apart from our love of beer, I possess several traits in common with him. Still, I feel more happier than Norm does.
Rest in power George Wendt. One of the greatest character actors of our generation.
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— Danny Deraney (@DannyDeraney) May 20, 2025
“Long before ‘Cheers,’ I drank beer. People are happy when I stack some six packs on top of my grocery shopping cart. I tell them I’m heading home to rehearse.
He added that free beers “were stacked up at our table all the time” at one place while in Pittsburgh filming a movie.
He remembered, “I’d be sitting at a pub and a guy would notice me and start wiping his eyes profoundly, shake his head and ask, ‘That you?,’ during Buenos Aires filming. Then, bingo—free beer.
Wendt claimed he drank an alcohol-free variant instead of beer on the shoot.
