# George Wendt dead at 76 {Norm!} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** celebrity-death\ **Created:** [May 20, 2025, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597 "2025-05-20T20:14:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597/41 "2025-05-21T15:45:27Z")
Being somewhat too young for Cheers, and with parents that never watched it, my exposure to the name George Wendt was from an episode of Animaniacs. Where he was mentioned several times in a way that was meaningless to me. “They get constantly interrupted and pestered by two pesky survey ladies from the Midwest, one blonde and the other a redhead, who ask them such dumb questions as “Do you eat beans?”, “Do you want to see a new movie starring George Wendt?” and “Do you eat beans with George Wendt?”.” ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597/42 "2025-05-21T15:55:09Z")
Followed by all the regular cast giving Norm odd looks, and him replying “I have a life, you know.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597/43 "2025-05-21T17:53:34Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Cheers is the best example of an ensemble cast. Each character had a specific role in creating the comedy. It’s a great one. So was Arrested Deveopment, MASH, Scrubs. I love the cast of MASH the most, though. Especially seasons 6-11. Arrested Development is so zany, it’s incredible how different every character is and how they add to the comedy. So many potential Emmy winners on that show. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597/44 "2025-05-21T18:36:03Z")
I remember an episode where Norm’s secretary (I think that’s who she was) developed a crush on him, and began stalking him. He complained about it to Sam. “I come to the bar, she’s here. I go up to feed the meter, she’s there. I come back to the bar, she’s here again. Somehow, she’s figured out my whole routine!” ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597/45 "2025-05-21T19:10:31Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > They get constantly interrupted and pestered by two pesky survey ladies from the Midwest, one blonde and the other a redhead, who ask them such dumb questions as “Do you eat beans?”, “Do you want to see a new movie starring George Wendt?” and “Do you eat beans with George Wendt?”.” “Do you want to see George Wendt in a bean-eating movie?” ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597/46 "2025-05-21T20:05:08Z")
I’m kind of disappointed that the thread title isn’t “ **George Went**.” ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597/47 "2025-05-21T20:21:12Z")
He was a good George, as Georges go. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597/48 "2025-05-21T21:13:14Z")
And as Georges go, he Wendt. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597/49 "2025-05-21T22:44:07Z")
He died on the anniversary of the [airing of the final Cheers episode on May 20, 1993](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_for_the_Road_(Cheers)); 32 years later to the day. ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2025, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597/50 "2025-05-21T23:37:58Z")
He was in a great episode of _The Larry Sanders Show_ (“Hank’s Night in the Sun”, where Hank gets to guest host). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597/51 "2025-05-22T01:48:37Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > As a bonus, the gang were at a bowling alley, and he entered the bar area and everybody there shouted his name. Didn’t the same thing happen when he went into the Hungry Heifer? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597/52 "2025-05-22T03:03:11Z")
And at Gary’s Old Time Tavern, IIRC. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/george-wendt-dead-at-76-norm/1018597.md?page=2)