They missed one of the best Norm-isms! Norm walks in, takes his usual seat & says this to Sam, "It's a dog eat dog world out there, Sammy, and I'm wearing milk bone underwear!" Classic!
@@fernandoguevara8258 What do you mean? Norman is literally his name. She's being overly formal to put her "flair" on it, she also always waits until everyone else says Norm to go too
@@rohunsaigal2576 Yes, I noticed that as well. Yet another detail in the scripting that the talented writers used for character development. Diane was indeed a pseudo-intellectual, and had trouble being part of the crew at Cheers. She ALWAYS (when present) said "Norman" after everyone else said "Norm!"
Frazier and Lilith's intelligence was on clear display on Cheers, but I always felt that Norm was smarter than he let on. Excellent with figures, clear understanding of space and color, knew the makings of a good beer, and was quite philosophical as well. I don't know about you, but that sounds like someone who is perceptive and intelligent.
"Sharing a drink they call loneliness, but, it is better than drinking, alone." From "Saturday Night's alright for fighting the Piano Man." Billy Joelton John.
Always felt that the first season was the perfect season. Had a lot of great short stories and it was full of charm. If only Frasier were here at that time.
I've been a regular in a few bars over the years and they all have their Norm. There's always at least one guy that just seems to always be there no matter when you come in.
Got to know George Wendt years ago as I went to school with his sister, Marty. George once confided to us that from the time he enters Cheers until he gets to the barstool, he writes the bit, uncredited. Watch Danson when he delivers the set-up; he usually has a bottle of water in hand to put to his mouth to hide his laughing at the punch line which is unknown until actual taping.
@@susanb2015 - Well, I trust George more than your apparent attitude of "well, I didn't know that, so it can't be true." By the way, it is also included on the Cheers special highlighting the show's tenure. But, what would they know, right, comrade?
That explains that. Chicago native George "Da Bears!" Wendt trained with Chicago's very own landmark Second City Improv Group starting out. And to cite their Roster since The Fifties would require more devotion than a 21st Century attention span is expected to have. Wendt was already a master improvisationalist before he was cast in "Cheers."😂📺🍺B.W.
That bit about drinking cold drinks when it's cold outside to even-out your temperature is something I occasionally found myself telling my friends back in school. All this time, I thought it was just something I made up, so it was pretty surprising to see somebody else saying it. I wonder if I saw this show in my formative years and just forgot about it... XD
2:27 in and I already feel like a crew member who's shot the scene a thousand times... and each time it's a great entrance, like clockwork. Must have been a fun show to work on.
I’ll be 42 years old in March. During my sophomore year in college, so I guess I was maybe 19, my roommate, who’s still my best friend, invited me down to a small gathering that his brother (who went to the same school) was having with his roommates and some other friends. They were juniors and lived in “upperclassman” housing kind of at the edge of campus. So called rules weren’t really enforced down there. They were pretty much left left alone, which was nice. Anyway we went down there and I was wearing a Cheers t-shirt with a bunch of Norm-isms on the back. They had a bar there and I didn’t know anybody, so that night I basically just sat at the bar and drank beer. The guys there noticed my shirt and also noticed that wasn’t really doing anything besides sitting at the bar drinking, so they started calling me Norm. After that night I became friends with all of them and made other friends through them too, but I was forever known as Norm. Everywhere I went and everybody I knew, referred to me as Norm. I was at a house party the night one of my friends met a girl who he eventually married and had kids with. I spent a lot of time with her in college and she always knew me as Norm, but before they got married she actually called me and asked me what my real name is because she didn’t want to put “Norm” on her wedding invitation. But I still talk to my college buddies all the time and also new people I’ve met too and it’s just like second nature to call me Norm. If any of my old friends started to call me by my real name it would sound really odd to me at this point.
I love this show! One of my favorite openings was a guy coming in to Cheers for the first time in 20 years and talking about how everything has changed. He said they even changed the paneling. Woody says “Where?” And he answered, “Over there, behind Norm!”.
2 shows from this period that I loved. Cheers and Hill St Blues. The TV gods gave us these 2 shows that are loved to this day. As a young guy I gave up my Friday nights out, so as I wouldn't miss an episode of either show.
say what you want about cliff hes absolutely right about this: when i was working as a bike messenger in NYC i used to tell the new guys the same thing, never drink ice cold water when overheated and hot drinks when its freezing out
OMG, I guess I'd almost forgotten how classic this show was. I may just watch them all again from first to last episode this winter. Cheers is so awesome. Why can't they come up with something even half this good again now? I know, it probably wouldn't be PC.
@@daniels.martiniii3813 yes I've spoken to a few Americans over here saying they don't have pubs like we do,I mean just about every one is welcome,always a joke going around or a piss take of someone,you get the odd flare up between young blokes but generally good, here in Australia it's our second home . Cheers.
@@bakedto420 A thin clear plastic filament was attached from the corner of the bar to the handle of the mug. Ted slid the mug. As it reached the elbow the filament tugged at the handle and swung it around the counter. Needless to say, the studio audience went nuts.
This place reminds me of in the 1950’s when I used to tag along with my Father when he went to the neighborhood bar for Beer to bring back home. But he would always get a beer there just to sociable. I however liked to play the shuffleboard bowling machine. If I wasn’t doing that they had a bowl of hard boiled eggs on the bar and you could eat as many as you wanted for free. There always seemed to be Regulars there all the time when we went there. If I went around the room and tried to talk to any of them they would flip me Quarter or whatever they had in their pocket then tell me to beat it.
Missed the two best ever Norm-isms: "How's the world treatin' ya Norm" "Like a baby treats a diaper Sammy." "What's new Norm?" "It's a dog-eat-dog world out there Sam and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear."
D: what I can’t fathom is how one drinks ice cold beer in freezing cold weather. Norm: Cliff, explanation please. D: how do you know he has one? Norm: $5 says he does. $10 says it’s a doozy. Love that conversation... also love coach: how is life treating you Norm? Norm: like it caught me in bed with his wife.
There's one where Sam came in and found Norm had been locked in. "Were you here all night? I'm sorry!" "No problem, Sam. Hey, could you teach me how you change a keg?"
She, and we all know who she is, was the show for me. She left, the show lost its magic It became a better comedy show, Kirstie Alley was a better comic actress, but shows don't become great hits because of their jokes - there's more to it than that
Searched and purchased over the yrs. DVD's of TV shows from the 60's to the 90's. Have a full book self 4 ft. by 6 ft. full of all of those shows and canceled cable. Saving money on cable and enjoying TV shows once again.
My top two favorites are: "What you up to, Norm?" Norm: "My ideal weight if I was 11 ft tall" the other from Noem: "its a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing milk bone underwear."
“What are you up to, Norm?”
“My ideal weight….if I was 8 feet tall.”
Classic.
Coach:" How's life treating you Norm?'
Norm: " Like a baby treats a diaper"
Salmonella huh?
They missed one of the best Norm-isms! Norm walks in, takes his usual seat & says this to Sam, "It's a dog eat dog world out there, Sammy, and I'm wearing milk bone underwear!" Classic!
" How's the World treating you Norm ? " -- " Like a Baby treats a Diaper "...
How's life Mr Peterson.
Oh I look at it every once in while while in the John. Lmao
That’s definitely Norm’s best line
totally agree
I can't believe they didn't include my favorite Normism:
"It's a dog eat dog world, and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear"
It was season one dude.....that came later.
I like the one... what’s shaken... both chins and all four cheeks
"What's goin' down?"
"My buttcheeks on this barstool."
Devo?
Norman!
I miss this show, hard to believe it's been almost 30 years since it went off the air.
Almost...
I remember they said they were going to reveal Norms tab on the last episode and they never did.
I hope I got this right.
Woody: Norm! Can I draw you a beer?
Norm: No Woody, I know what they look like, just pour me one instead.
Close enough.
This show is a classic.I watched every episode when new and it makes me miss those wonderful 1980s even more.Funny show.
Norm: Afternoon, everybody!
Everybody: Norm!!
Diane: Norman.
You forgot the question mark. :p
Diane did it so well
She was always so proper.
Diane,,,,
Was very paced!
(Slow)
Lol
I never realized she did that and after such a long pause. It’s like clock work.
How I miss the 1980s. Or, indeed, any year that didn't start with a *2.*
Same here.
Never thought of that. That's indeed true for me too.
This is becoming more relevant with every passing year.
I miss the years without social media.
I miss the years without a computer in my pocket that is like a chain around my neck.
My favorite Norm line is "Women, you can't live with them, pass me the beer nuts."
I have quoted that my whole life! :D
Absolutely writing and acting were superb on this show
2:55 is my favorite one.
"What's up, Norm?"
"My nipples. It's freezing out there!"
And the ensuing beer slide is even better.
My favorite I didn't see here norm says "its a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing milkbone underwear"
I actually JUST watched that episode “Coach Back In Action” on Netflix
@@rlfgarrison mine too
Love how Sam times the slide so the beer reaches Norm's spot as soon as he sit's down
Man I miss the 80's so much. This brings back so many memories. Thank you.
Always gives me nostalgia when Diane says Norman instead of Norm. It just feels wholesome
Somehow sounds like Diane had the old Sue Thompson hit on her mind
I think of Psycho, but to each their own.
I always felt that, in a way, she was
trying to encourage him to be "better"
by addressing him that way.
@@fernandoguevara8258 What do you mean? Norman is literally his name. She's being overly formal to put her "flair" on it, she also always waits until everyone else says Norm to go too
@@rohunsaigal2576 Yes, I noticed that as well. Yet another detail in the scripting that the talented writers used for character development. Diane was indeed a pseudo-intellectual, and had trouble being part of the crew at Cheers. She ALWAYS (when present) said "Norman" after everyone else said "Norm!"
The chemistry between actors and writers is pure gold. This was one of the last great sitcoms
“Last great”? The Good Place is the best sitcom ever made and it only ended in 2019
Love how coach screams it
When Frasier's baby says his first word, "Norm!" And Lilith mistakes it for Mommy. A later season, I know.
Killer Editing , Perfect Timing
Frazier and Lilith's intelligence was on clear display on Cheers, but I always felt that Norm was smarter than he let on. Excellent with figures, clear understanding of space and color, knew the makings of a good beer, and was quite philosophical as well. I don't know about you, but that sounds like someone who is perceptive and intelligent.
Brian OSullivan Woody beat Frasier at chess,
@@mr.b7486 Marty {from Frasier} also beat Frasier at chess, quite easily. I can assume Frasiers not a great strategic player.
Doink who would win between Woody and Marty.
Smart enough to understand when life is good enough. The law of diminishing returns.
Norm was an accountant, those folks are educated and savvy…
Norm : "It's a dog-eat-dog world out there and I'm wearin' milkbone underwear" - My personal favorite Norm-ism!
That's always been my favorite too! Cracks me up Everytime. 😁
Coach: Hey Norm, how come you and Vera never had any kids?
Norm: I can't, Coach.
Coach: Gee, sorry, Norm...
Norm: I look at Vera, and... I just can't.
"How's life in the fast lane?"
"Dunno, can't get on the on-ramp."
Peter: He was talking to ME Norm!
imdb88 QUIT STEALING MY PUCHLINE YOU FAT DRUNK
Cheers /Frasier the best sitcoms to come out of america 100% 😂👍
tamer gross 👍👍
Definitely
tamer gross
For that era they were top notch.
I was always partial to Barney Mill and Archie Bunker.
I think Ted Danson's next project, Becker was better than Cheers and Frasier
One of only a handful of shows that had the perfect cast.
Bars can be very sad places. Some people spend their whole lives in bars. Just yesterday some guy sat right here next to me for eleven hours. LOL
one guy sat next to me for eleven years.
"Sharing a drink they call loneliness, but, it is better than drinking, alone." From "Saturday Night's alright for fighting the Piano Man." Billy Joelton John.
ROTFL 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂 that's too funny.
I have fallen and i can't reach my keg ñapp
Lol
Always felt that the first season was the perfect season. Had a lot of great short stories and it was full of charm. If only Frasier were here at that time.
One of my favorites was, " Sammy stop me at one.....no make that one-thirty."
I can't believe they didn't include:
"What's shaking?"
And he responded:
"Four cheeks and two jowels".
What a line!!!
"What else you gonna do with it" ....... love Cliff Claven.
“Norm, how’s life treating ya? Norm: like I just run over it’s dog.” Absolutely Classic Line.
"Norm! what's shakin Norm? All 4 cheeks and a couple chins Sam." Love that one.
I was waitin for that one too Shawn.
I've been a regular in a few bars over the years and they all have their Norm. There's always at least one guy that just seems to always be there no matter when you come in.
Got to know George Wendt years ago as I went to school with his sister, Marty. George once confided to us that from the time he enters Cheers until he gets to the barstool, he writes the bit, uncredited. Watch Danson when he delivers the set-up; he usually has a bottle of water in hand to put to his mouth to hide his laughing at the punch line which is unknown until actual taping.
@@susanb2015 - Well, I trust George more than your apparent attitude of "well, I didn't know that, so it can't be true." By the way, it is also included on the Cheers special highlighting the show's tenure. But, what would they know, right, comrade?
@@susanb2015 - Ratzenburger and Wendt were both credited with writing as was Nick Colasanto. Wendt owned the floor from the front door to the stool.
That explains that. Chicago native George "Da Bears!" Wendt trained with Chicago's very own landmark Second City Improv Group starting out. And to cite their Roster since The Fifties would require more devotion than a 21st Century attention span is expected to have. Wendt was already a master improvisationalist before he was cast in "Cheers."😂📺🍺B.W.
One of my favorites was: Diane: "Hey Norm, is Jack Frost nipping at your toes?" Norm: "Yes, and now we'll see if Joe Beer can warm them up!"
That bit about drinking cold drinks when it's cold outside to even-out your temperature is something I occasionally found myself telling my friends back in school. All this time, I thought it was just something I made up, so it was pretty surprising to see somebody else saying it. I wonder if I saw this show in my formative years and just forgot about it... XD
Years Later Norm was ALMOST left in the Bar again but that time they came back for him before he could turn on the T.V.
2:27 in and I already feel like a crew member who's shot the scene a thousand times... and each time it's a great entrance, like clockwork. Must have been a fun show to work on.
RIP Coach,
honestly...the greeting Norm gets is how Im greeted when I walk into my local Starbucks...I kinda love it actually 🤙🤙
got em all on DVD. Best TV show ever on TV.
I’ll be 42 years old in March. During my sophomore year in college, so I guess I was maybe 19, my roommate, who’s still my best friend, invited me down to a small gathering that his brother (who went to the same school) was having with his roommates and some other friends. They were juniors and lived in “upperclassman” housing kind of at the edge of campus. So called rules weren’t really enforced down there. They were pretty much left left alone, which was nice. Anyway we went down there and I was wearing a Cheers t-shirt with a bunch of Norm-isms on the back. They had a bar there and I didn’t know anybody, so that night I basically just sat at the bar and drank beer. The guys there noticed my shirt and also noticed that wasn’t really doing anything besides sitting at the bar drinking, so they started calling me Norm. After that night I became friends with all of them and made other friends through them too, but I was forever known as Norm. Everywhere I went and everybody I knew, referred to me as Norm. I was at a house party the night one of my friends met a girl who he eventually married and had kids with. I spent a lot of time with her in college and she always knew me as Norm, but before they got married she actually called me and asked me what my real name is because she didn’t want to put “Norm” on her wedding invitation. But I still talk to my college buddies all the time and also new people I’ve met too and it’s just like second nature to call me Norm. If any of my old friends started to call me by my real name it would sound really odd to me at this point.
I love this show! One of my favorite openings was a guy coming in to Cheers for the first time in 20 years and talking about how everything has changed. He said they even changed the paneling. Woody says “Where?” And he answered, “Over there, behind Norm!”.
2 shows from this period that I loved. Cheers and Hill St Blues. The TV gods gave us these 2 shows that are loved to this day. As a young guy I gave up my Friday nights out, so as I wouldn't miss an episode of either show.
What I had forgotten is Coach basically screaming Norm's name. Hilarious.
I frequently use the "like it caught me in bed with its wife" when asked how life is treating me. Norm is just the best.
Norm was one of the best characters of all time...
Just remembered how much I loved this show it was brilliant especially when woody came into it
mark jeffers loved coach though
@@mr.b7486 They we're both great in their own way. Kind of like comparing Curly with Shemp, I suppose.
They don't write sitcoms like this anymore.
In fact they don't [insert verb] [insert noun] like this anymore
Woody: What's going on Mr Peterson?
Norm: Let's talk about what's going down Mr Peterson.
My favorite is “What’s shakin’ Norm?” “All four Cheeks and a couple of chins.”
say what you want about cliff hes absolutely right about this: when i was working as a bike messenger in NYC i used to tell the new guys the same thing, never drink ice cold water when overheated and hot drinks when its freezing out
My 'Cheers' was 'Ernie's' in Scottsdale Arizona and everyone who knew me would say, "Mikey!" whenever I entered the bar.
OMG, I guess I'd almost forgotten how classic this show was. I may just watch them all again from first to last episode this winter. Cheers is so awesome. Why can't they come up with something even half this good again now? I know, it probably wouldn't be PC.
"What'll it be, Norm?"
"Fame. Fortune. Fast women."
"Oh, yeah? How 'bout a beer?"
"Even better."
love it
Like how Diane always says Norman.
I totally forgot just how funny this show was.
Missed my favorite:
"How's life, Norm"
"It's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear." 😂
My favorite tòoo
I watched this show as a kid and I just couldn't wait to go to a pub .
Same. Sadly we don't have pubs in Texas where I live.
@@daniels.martiniii3813 yes I've spoken to a few Americans over here saying they don't have pubs like we do,I mean just about every one is welcome,always a joke going around or a piss take of someone,you get the odd flare up between young blokes but generally good, here in Australia it's our second home . Cheers.
Love the cold beer discussion starting at 3:32 when he gets the explaination from cliff
Norm!
Woody; what's going on Mr Peterson?
Norm; let's not talk about what's going ON Mr Peterson, let's talk about what's going INTO Mr Peterson! Lol
Sam's bar slide is legend
that cant be real, musta stringed it
@@bakedto420 It was real, they did it with wax on the bar.
@@stewartharris72 stringed
@@bakedto420 A thin clear plastic filament was attached from the corner of the bar to the handle of the mug. Ted slid the mug. As it reached the elbow the filament tugged at the handle and swung it around the counter. Needless to say, the studio audience went nuts.
@@TheWhiteDeath115 I knew it!.. Are you just a fan?..
This place reminds me of in the 1950’s when I used to tag along with my Father when he went to the neighborhood bar for Beer to bring back home. But he would always get a beer there just to sociable. I however liked to play the shuffleboard bowling machine. If I wasn’t doing that they had a bowl of hard boiled eggs on the bar and you could eat as many as you wanted for free.
There always seemed to be Regulars there all the time when we went there. If I went around the room and tried to talk to any of them they would flip me Quarter or whatever they had in their pocket then tell me to beat it.
The one they didn't do... (which is my favorite)
"Norm, what's going down?"
"My butt checks on this stool Woody"
it says "season 1"
Missed the two best ever Norm-isms:
"How's the world treatin' ya Norm"
"Like a baby treats a diaper Sammy."
"What's new Norm?"
"It's a dog-eat-dog world out there Sam and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear."
that last one had me crying when i first heard it
Wow, Norm and Cliff were so much older when I was young 🤣
34 and 35 in series 1
Ah, the good ole days when men could go to a bar and socialize and build relationships with people other than their family
1:36 "Gentlemen, start your taps!" 🍺🍺🍺🍺
D: what I can’t fathom is how one drinks ice cold beer in freezing cold weather. Norm: Cliff, explanation please. D: how do you know he has one? Norm: $5 says he does. $10 says it’s a doozy. Love that conversation... also love coach: how is life treating you Norm? Norm: like it caught me in bed with his wife.
The best Norm-ism ever is "It's a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear."
Amen
Cheers:"Norm!Coach:"What are you up to Norm?Norm:My ideal weight if I was 11 feet tall."
Favorite Sam line. He's referring a young "troubled" teen: "There are no bad boys. Just boys with bad haircuts"
I agree with the phrase.
Bar Slide= CLASSIC!!!
I loved his one when the bat crew says:"Norm, how's it going"? Norm says: "It's a dog eat dog world out there, and I'm wearing Milk Bone underwear" !
Y'left out my FAVOURITE Norm-ism:
COACH: How's life treatin' y' Norm?
NORM: The way a baby treats a diaper.
"I look at Vera & I can't..."
They have never shown the clip where Sam says "What's shaking?" and Norm replies "4 cheeks and 2 jowels!" Best intro ever!
4 cheeks and a couple of chins
Love this t.v. show hope they bring back
"Hey Norm! What's going down?"
"My blood alcohol level".
Still watch this more now since the quarantine
Loved this show! At 5:55 they should have started playing "I'm in Heaven" as Norm is forgotten in the Bar!!
" I don't want to be left alone locked in this bar all night..."
There's one where Sam came in and found Norm had been locked in. "Were you here all night? I'm sorry!" "No problem, Sam. Hey, could you teach me how you change a keg?"
"I can't do that to the Navy!"
She, and we all know who she is, was the show for me. She left, the show lost its magic
It became a better comedy show, Kirstie Alley was a better comic actress, but shows don't become great hits because of their jokes - there's more to it than that
Couldn't remember her name?
@@waynemarvin5661 no, it's a writing style - everyone knows who She is
"How's life treating you? "Like he caught me in bed with his wife." HAHAHAHA!! This was such an awesome show.
Use to watch this show for hours(VHS of course). Never cared for k.alley but loved coach and woody.
I'd forgotten they greeted Norm in a chorus every time. Dianne comes in on her own "Norman" Simple and so funny.
They left out the best “hows life treating you Norm?”
“Like a baby treats a diaper”.
I give this post a B-
Love Blues Everyday I was waiting for that also LOL!!
I WAS WAITIN ON THAT ONE TOO
My favorite!
Searched and purchased over the yrs. DVD's of TV shows from the 60's to the 90's. Have a full book self 4 ft. by 6 ft. full of all of those shows and canceled cable. Saving money on cable and enjoying TV shows once again.
EVERYBODY:"NORM!"DIANE:"NORMAN"
5:33 Diane looks at camera about to corpse from Norm's joke.
My favorite! "What are you up to Norm, my ideal weight if I were 11 feet tall"
"what would you say to a beer, Norm?
" daddy wuvs you"
Noooorrrrmmm! I really miss this show. after all these years, I still bust out laughing, and god knows we need it now.
I like the entrance when somebody says how's it going norm and he replies "the world's full of mean dogs and I'm wearing Milkbone underwear."
“It’s a dog eat dog world, and I’m wearing milk one underwear!” - Norm Peterson
Norm: "Women. Can't live with 'em . . . pass the beer nuts."
My top two favorites are: "What you up to, Norm?" Norm: "My ideal weight if I was 11 ft tall" the other from Noem: "its a dog eat dog world and I'm wearing milk bone underwear."
Along with Seinfeld and Taxi the very best of television comedies.
I love this TV show my favorite.
I love how Coach would just scream Norm
An amazingly protracted sketch. None the less AWESOME af!
One of the best shows ever on TV.