Rhea Perlman is weighing in on the recent death of her former “Cheers” co-star, George Wendt. “That was the saddest thing ...

The character of Norm Peterson from the iconic television show Cheers is an absolute fan-favorite, thanks to his witty ...

Hilary Norman Peterson passed away this week at the age of 76. Originally from Chicago, a childhood visit to the Boston Garden convinced Norm that a city in Massachusetts would be the place where ...

Sure, “Cheers” billed itself as a place where everybody knows your name. But there was really only one name everyone in that famous TV bar knew. It belonged, of course, to Norm (né Hilary ...

There’s hardly an episode of Cheers where Norm doesn’t have a beer mug in his hand, which is what makes this quote such a funny one.. 5. “Women. You can’t live with ‘em. Pass the beer ...

The bar Cheers in Boston, which exists in dedication to the NBC sitcom, certainly expressed a sense of loss with Wendt's passing, but the Norm of it all was there as well. View this post on Instagram ...

George Wendt, who played Norm Peterson in all 11 seasons of NBC’s Cheers, has died.He was 76. Wendt’s family confirmed early Tuesday morning that he died peacefully in his sleep at home.

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.

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 ...