Norm

[Dogtrousers]

I very much enjoyed the early ones, with the Diane character in it. I used to watch them on my little portable when I lived in the US.

 

[Electric_Andy]

Never watched it but I do appreciate it was toward the top of US comedy. As an avid Friends fan I can understand why it was so popular. Always sad to hear someone going at the relatively young age of 76

 

[Drago]

Never watched it but I do appreciate it was toward the top of US comedy.

That's a low bar!

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

That's a low bar!

I would put it just below Mash
the UK version of MASH - without the laugh lines

everything else - not so sure - never like Friends much

 

[Evil_Breakfast]

"What are you up to, Norm? My ideal weight if I were 11 feet tall." is still one of the funniest lines American (situation) comedy has produced.

 

[Dogtrousers]

Did someone get out of bed on the wrong side this morning?

I can't say I've ever watched it.

That's a low bar!

 

[markemark]

There's a lot of excellent US comedy series over the decades. Cheers was definitely one of them. It's a little dated but still holds up quite well. Norm was a great character.

 

[N0bodyOfTheGoat]

For some reason reading he was only 76 shocked me, but I had it in my head that Cheers finished much earlier than '93.

Makes sense, as I knew Frasier was a spin-off.

 

[Drago]

Did someone get out of bed on the wrong side this morning?

I just don't dig American sitcoms is all.

Now, seventies soviet sitcoms, priceless! Their version of Terry and June, Pavel and Olga, is class.

 

[Dogtrousers]

I just don't dig American sitcoms is all.

Now, seventies soviet sitcoms, priceless! Their version of Terry and June, Pavel and Olga, is class.

Well, if that's the case why are you posting in an appreciation thread about an actor who has just died?

(Who appeared in a show you never watched )

 

[Drago]

All sorts of reasons. Because it's sad that the chap has died. Because I can. Because I don't need your permission. Because although I've never watched it I know of it. And so on.

 

[briantrumpet]

"What are you up to, Norm? My ideal weight if I were 11 feet tall." is still one of the funniest lines American comedy has produced.

I think it was really a vehicle for good one-liners made funny by knowing the characters saying them. I think Norm probably had more than anyone else.

 

[Electric_Andy]

one-liners made funny by knowing the characters saying them

I think this is the essence of it. If you watch it, you get to know the characters, and a line said by someone else would not be funny, but for the characater you know, it is funny. Probably one of the reasons humour works well in sitcoms and not so well in Hollywood films

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Did someone get out of bed on the wrong side this morning?

Yes, his bed is fixed to the wall!

 

[postman]

If i remember rightly the bar had copper signs on the bar,telling you who sat where,and we climbed a very narrow staircase,very odd.But i did get a half of something to drink.