Friend of George Wendt remembers the “Cheers” star

What it was like writing jokes for George Wendt on ’Cheers’

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Friend of George Wendt remembers the “Cheers” star

BROUSSARD, La. (KLFY) -- "Norm!!!" As the audiences would say anytime George Wendt's character made his entrance on Cheers. As Robert Voitier said, that same energy was felt when George Wendt entered his life. "I do remember him being and just exactly like the character he played character he played in "Cheers". I mean, he was everybody's friend, loved by all." Voitier said. Voitier and Wendt met through mutual friends at the University of Notre…

🎧 'Cheers' & Art of the 'Norm!' Entrance

BARSTOOL SPORT George Wendt as Norm Peterson, with John Ratzenberger as Cliff Clavin, in the Cheers episode ''The Proposal’, which aired Sept. 25, 1986. (NBCU Photo Bank)ShareSubscribe nowRob Long wrote on Cheers for four seasons, all of which also included writing for George Wendt, who died on May 20 at the age of 76. Today’s Martini Shot podcast is about those years together, and the transcript of Rob’s essay is in full below for paid subscrib…