31 Random Bits of Trivia About ‘Cheers’ and Its Cast of Lovable Barflies

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31 Random Bits of Trivia About ‘Cheers’ and Its Cast of Lovable Barflies

Norm! 

Man, how cool would it be right now if your name was Norm. It’s not that popular of a name, so it was probably a long shot. We were just trying to give you that same warm welcome, so feel free to put your name there in its place.

Before you check out this awesome list of Cheers facts, could you be a dear and share this with any Norm you might know? It’ll make his day — or annoy him, if he gets it all the time.

Kirstie Alley’s Career Arc

Kirstie Alley THE RISE: After a small part in Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan, Alley got her break in Cheers as Rebecca Howe. During the run of the show, she starred in Look Who's Talking and it's sequel, and she seemed destined to be a Hollywood mainstay during the 90's. THE FALL: She's got a few short-lived TV series under her belt, but after Cheers, audiences just didn't connect with her characters. This wasn't helped by her offscreen actions, like her Scientology background and criticism of the Me Too movement. CRACKED.COM

Source: Biography

Wade Boggs

WADE BOGGS CHEERS CRACKED.COM A rival bar owner sends Boggs to Cheers as a good-will gesture, but the gang thinks he's a fake and chases him into the streets. I got pantsed in 'Bar Wars,' the number-one rated episode of Cheers all time. I'm very proud of that.

Ted Danson’s Stint in Bartending School

CRACKED.COM Cheers Ted Danson went to bartending school. Danson took bartending classes in order to become a mixologist, thinking it would help the show. By his own admission, he's the world's worst bartender.

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The Original Idea for the Show

COMEDY NERD The first idea for what would become Cheers was actually to set it in a hotel. It turned out not to be realistic, though, because they'd need too many sets - but they did like the bar set, and Cheers was born from that. CRACKED.COM

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Eddie LeBec

Eddie Lebec died in CHEERS because his actor dissed Rhea Perlman. According to Cheers writer Ken Levine, Jay Thomas fielded a question in a radio show about how it was to be on the show. It's brutal, Thomas said. I have to kiss Rhea Perlman. Much more brutal than that was Eddie's death by Zamboni shortly thereafter.

Source: Looper

Ted Danson Forgetting His Lines

One time, Ted Danson couldn't remember his lines he was that stoned. A camera guy on Bored to Death smoked weed out of a Volcano vaporizer, so Ted Danson tired it the next day, for the first time in three years, he forgot his lines. CRACKED.COM

Source: Vulture

George Wendt

Uncle & Nephew Jason Sudeikis, of SNL and Ted Lasso fame, shares a funny bone with his uncle George Wendt, who played Norm on Cheers.

Source: EW

Norm and Cliff Animatronic Airport Characters

In the '9Os, there were airport bars with animatronic Cheers! characters. Somehow, people thought that travellers would want to sit down next to a creepy version of Norm before boarding their flight. Even more weirdly, the bars survived for a full ten yearsc. from 1991 to 2001.

Source: VinePair

Woody Harrelson’s Pranks

Woody Harrelson made Sean Penn think he was being taken hostage by an armed psycho. It was an incredibly elaborate prank involving Nick Nolte and two cops, and it ended with Penn going to his car with an armed man he thought was taking him his hostage, while Woody Harrelson

Source: AV Club

Coach

In the last episode of Cheers, Sam straightens a frame in an ode to Nicholas Colasanto (Coach). The picture was in Colasanto's dressing room until his

Lucy DeVito

Lucy DeVito, daughter of Danny DeVito and Rhea Perlman, doesn't divulge her last name on first dates. THETA COLOGY COMPANY 8th A on b B

Woody Harrelson

Woody Harrelson grew up with his father behind bars. POLICE HOUSTON DEPT. TEXAS to 5116 5-20-60 Charles Harrelson went to prison when Woody was only 7

The First Episode Versus the Last Episode

Cheers FIRST EPISODE LAST EPISODE CRACKEDO A bar owner After 5 years finds waitress/ a new away, waitress (and love interest love interest) in returns

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