Have a beer with Norm and Cliff! Check out our interview with George Wendt and John Ratzenberger
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2024
- Heritage Auctions' Steve Lansdale sits down with George Wendt and John Ratzenberger who played Norm and Cliff on the TV show "Cheers."
As part of The Comisar Collection, Heritage Auctions is selling the actual bar from "Cheers." Watch as Wendt and Ratzenberger reminisce of the show, which aired from 1982 to 1993.
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These guys have been around a long time. I remember the easy times watching Cheers with my parents. You can kiss those days goodbye. We live in a world of madness now. 😢
In today's world we could use a Cheers now more than ever.
My wife was in LABOR in 1985, while the shows were in their first run, and it was half way through an episode of Cheers, which my wife and I were watching. Her contractions were close and I asked her if she was ready to go to the hospital.......she said "Well......as soon as Cheers is over." This show means so much to us then and to this day. The characters are deep, personal friends. The chemistry between Norm and Cliff was so incredible, and these two incredible actors, along with the writing, is what made it happen. The show was a magical moment in TV history. I am glad to see someone will be owning the set and keeping it "alive."
Sincerest thank you to all involved for putting this video together. It was great to see Norm and Cliffy posted up at their usual spots again. Cheers indeed 🍻
I remember the episode when someone occupied Norm's stool.
Some years back, my younger brother and his roommate, both of whom worked on the fringes of the Industry, often gave epic Hollywood parties. In place of a living room, they erected a full barroom. I attended one of their parties, where, upon entering, I spied two lookalikes for actors Wendt and Ratzenberger seated at the end of the bar. To my delight, I discovered these were not lookalikes, but the actual actors. Some guest who worked nearby at Paramount brought these two legendary hard partiers along. I don't remember much of the evening, but I do recall I had a great time.
I'm sure that whoever bought it would be thrilled to have Norm and Cliff come over for a beer. I know I would if I bought it.
Sold for $675,000
@@comedybytescast no S#!t. Obviously I was referring to the actors who played the characters but I don't think you are smart enough to understand that so I will spell it out.
@@comedybytescast because they would make interesting guests and I'm betting they would share insights into a television show they were involved with that I found enjoyable.
@@comedybytescast It would be dumb to expect these two guys to be EXACTLY like they were on the show. I have also seen them in other stuff and think the overall experience would be interesting but I wouldn't expect them to actually be like Norm and Cliff because I know the difference between TV and reality.
Cheers the greatest ever, even today it still stands the test of time
Cheers and Frazier both were incredible
A wonderful part of my youth and these two were the best!
I Keep Cheers on as background noise still all day every single day! Every episode still cracks me up! Its good to see you guys❤❤❤
Isnt it wild that these guys were in their 30s when the show started?! They looked 20 years older.
Getting old really sucks , Time passes so fast it seems like only yesterday that i started watching cheers on Friday evenings here in the UK but its been forty years now,
Epic! Blessings to these knuckleheads! 🙏❤️🙏
I still watch CHEERS today! It never gets old......GREAT INTERVIEW!😃😃❤
Thx for the memories
These guys were great because they were real and funny as hell. Loved this show.
I want to win this auction just to have a beer with Norm and Cliff.
Cliff is the same size as norm now 😂😂😂
That happened when he retired from the PO and stopped walking his route.
I can't believe that it's complete! Still has the seats, and serving station behind the bar.
These 2 really were the ones that made the show so popular. Always loved their interactions on TV.
That's two legends that really made the bar a fun place to be..😍 Love the fact that they actually got paid to go to work and drink beer and talk sh@t..😝😉👊
All correct except the beer, nothing had alcohol in it..usually coke, or tea and colored water, beer was probably something like O'Douls...
Who else spent more time at Cheers than at the local pub?
@@thedbcooperforum I watched a great cast interview where George Wendt suggested that the prop person put cans of warm Near Beer into the soda machine in the bar's tap. He also added some salt into the glass each time to give it that foam look since the drink would always appear flat.
@@acslater8899 Quick search....
“It was near beer, and it was non-alcoholic beer, and they wanted it to be draft,” Wendt said during the panel. “So it was warm and flat, and the prop man put salt into it. So it was warm, flat, salty, non-alcoholic beer.”
Adding salt to beer enhances the appearance of bubbles without the hassle of actually carbonating it, according to Renegade Brewing. It briefly forms a foam head - characteristic of a traditional draft pour - when combined with the beer’s carbon dioxide.
@@thedbcooperforum that's it!! Yes!
Hard to believe that I actually miss this show
Why is it hard? It was an incredibly funny show
You can see why the phrase good things happen to good people holds true once in a while. Super classy and funny guys. What a great show. An important part of our lives at the time really. Taxi also comes to mind in this legendary ensemble category.
What a great show from back in the day. This and Taxi were 2 of the great ones.
Great to see these two Icons together.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🇬🇧
its so great to hear anything from these legends
Makes me Cry! Just also thinking How Wonderful life was back then! Sitcoms/tv/the world is Hell now!😞📺😪
Two of my favorite actors on the show. As a young kid in the early late 90s I grew up with two dogs Norm and Cliff my parents adopted from another family.
Love them both. John is actually a fb friend of mine so I have extra special love for him. What an all around great guy.
Love everything that John has done. Him and George were the secret ingredient for this show to be so popular.
I have fond childhood memories of watching Vheers, when I was growing up.
looooove this guys!!!! they were my favorite cheers character... after woody and coach 😁
I was born in 1980 this show was a huge part of my childhood. I will always remember waiting for the new episode on Thursdays but they played reruns after the 10 O’clock news so when the end credits rolled with the music playing it was time to roll over and go to sleep.
I worked in a bar when this was running...it was very similar with the usual tenders and jokes and will never forget the good times I had there..still in touch with a few and lots have passed away since then..worked from 1988 to 1995...
@@thedbcooperforum that’s awesome! My favorite bar closed down a few years ago and I haven’t drank that much since but I catch myself thinking about the good times
I always remember It on channel 4 at 10pm. Golden girls on at 9pm.
Then of course 1988 introduced to Rosanne.
@@joemcconnell2674 ya lost me past cheers...the other two I never watched...
@@thedbcooperforum I always watched Golden Girls back then. You missed a great sitcom! Well I think so anyways. The three ladies sitting eating cheesecake discussing their problems. Dorothy's mother joining them make sarcastic comments. I would watch all the US sitcoms on channel 4 on a Friday night knowing there was no school the next day back then.
When the final episode of Cheers aired, that was probably the first time I teared up at the end of a television show. I was still a teenager. Then came the infamous live after party, where everyone was totally wrecked 🙃
Good to see you again guys. Thanks for your perspective.
Making your way in the world today
Takes everything you've got
Taking a break from all your worries
Sure would help a lot
Wouldn't you like to get away?
Norm and Cliff were like part of the US Family. Fantastic Actors, Good Men. Cheers ! 🎉
NORM!......Watching this video makes me feel really, really, really old. I would put a mortgage on my house to buy that bar if it would fit into my basement...imagine having that bar to entertain people.
Best gig in Hollywood says Norm.
Thanks for the video and thanks to the great cast and writers they don't make anything near the older comedy shows anymore that come close to these guys
Love em both and cheers🇬🇧🫡
God bless Norm and Cliff! Thank you for so many memories.
What a couple of fine gentlemen, speaking eloquently from the heart about a show so many of us grew up with. Cheers and Family Ties (I think they ran back-to-back) got me through college :o)
Remember when Kramer found the set of Merv Griffin in the dumpster and reset it up in his apartment? One of the best episodes ever made.
So many great items are found that way!
I remember Ted Danson said season 1 they all pulled up in beat up cars and by the final episode they were asking each other if they knew any good live in chefs.
I would gladly pay to have a beer or two with Norm and Cliff!!
Man have they have aged but we all have still one my favorite shoes ever
It's funny you forget how the years fly by and you still think your favorite actors look the same but we all get older Cheers! Norm and Cliff.
I do hope they will show up in good health and spirit.
Wow great interview love the show makes me happy
A few years back, I got to go to a wedding at the Hampshire House in Boston, being from NY I had no idea that it was attached to the real “Cheers” what a surprise! We are there and gotta say, food was excellent, I knew that it was only used in the opening segment, but from the moment you walk up and the theme song is playing outside, CONSTANTLY! To walking through the cardboard cutouts of the cast , it may not be the set, but it is definitely Cheers, this was a great experience, especially for a TV raised child of the 80s , we felt right at home, even though we’re New Yorkers, probably the most hated group in Boston, but not at Cheers, I grown to dislike NY over the years, we actually don’t like living here anymore, but Boston is a clean beautiful City, and will definitely be visiting again one day, I highly recommend it! “Wouldn’t you like to get away?” If you haven’t been there, it’s worth the trip! RIP Kirstie Alley and Coach
I love these two. So many great moments. For me, the day after scene when they have drunkenly got their butts tattoed and have no recollection, is one of the funniest - and most ageless - scenes ever
Coach: "What do you to a beer, Norm?"
Norm: "going down!"
The bar sold for $675,000 at auction. Several other iconic items also sold for sky-high prices: The Batman and Robin costumes from the 60s TV series sold for $615,000, with the only surviving Bat-sheild going for $100,000. Johnny Carson's iconic desk from The Tonight Show sold for $215,000. Several items from All in the Family also sold, including the dining and living room sets and the stairwell ($125,000) and the chairs used in the Ninth season ($250,000).
All things that should be in a Pop Culture Museum, not some rich asshole’s house.
Great moment in time captured here! Thank you for sharing this!!
Imagine walking into a bar and seeing these two? I'd shit myself!
Wow. It's a true treat that the "Cheers" bar set was preserved! And super cool that Ratzenberger and Wendt are still kickin' it strong. 💪😎✌️
That's awesome. They need to put this in a museum. Emmy Foundation or the new movie museum in LA.
They were VERY smart to realize just HOW lucky they were.
2 Legends - they were hilarious together and ( it's true ) the comedy writing was stellar.
I had the pleasure working on set with John, coal miners story. Nice man.
Two great actors. John's stint on the short-lived series "Legit" was legendary. Look it up if you want some good laughs.
There was a great bar in Sonoma California named Gino's that was my Cheers...everybody knew my name!
Looking great guys.
I had the pleasure to be part of the stage version of Cheers. The set was reproduced to the exact "T" The main actors looked like the original cast. I got to be a bar fly for 4 weeks in Bostons Shubert Theater for the run of he show. I don't think the show made it to Broadway. But I had a blast!
I love Cheers, such a great show. I’m also a big fan of Frasier.
Superb interview. Loved this.
Yes ask a question and let them answer without interrupting
A television show that took place in a bar, this is the first time we get to see Cliff actually drunk.
Thank you.
I use Normisms every day.......and Cliff was a hero of mine......
Both looking old now like me, I was a young man when I started watching Cheers, best comedy ever followed by Frasier.
Someone needs to auction off "A Beer with Norm and Cliff" for charity!
Maybe it should be put in the Smithsonian Institute along with other Hollywood memorabilia!
It’s a dog eat dog world and I’m wearing milkbone underwear. 😂😂😂
To that last question I say..,
GOOD ANSWER!!!
"We'll show up - we're not going to let go that easily." 😃😃👍👍🍺🍺🍻🍻
Thanks for all the laughs guys
That was a great show great cast.
2 of the greatest people ever to grace the TV screen. Still love that show to this day.
I was laughing so hard when Cliff accidentally set up Norm and he went to jail. When Norm was released he chased Cliff around the bar like a madman
Of course Norm and Cliff come with the bar, lol!
If these guys hadn't gotten their roles on "Cheers," probably nobody would have heard of them.
Instead, they are legends.
Well, who the hell knows who Amanda Davis is? What have you ever done in life?
@@johnpickford4222 Wow, look at the angry little man. I was actually saying how great it was two relatively unknown actors got those roles and made them iconic.
You sure are defensive.
Sitcom cheers was big in Ireland. I just hope the people in Boston look after the Classic set of Cheers. 🇮🇪
It's a little known fact.... Cliff is the name of a rock face...or has a rock face...love you guys!
My two favorite drunks I gained so much wisdom and insight from those two guys because they were norm and cliff they embodied their own characters and those two characters for what made the comedy work any other design I believe would have been a flop I just have to say that I still love you guys
Wonderful show. A lot of nostalgia.
Well, I hear some of the new Frasier reboot takes place in Boston, so hopefully we may see that bar one last time.
Husband used to work for Razenberger's agent. He and Ratzenberger would go to lunch at Hamburger Hamlet.
Brilliant. How awesome would that be, to by the cheers bar counter and have 2 of the most famous customers want to call over for a beer. I hope the new owner meets the guys and mabey more of the old cast someday.
Where everybody knows your name🎶
You just sang that to yourself😉
Cheers was an awesome show!!! Our family use to watch it every night... 😀
One of my favorite shows of all time! I would love to have that bar!! I would give up both nuts for it!
Best comedy ever ! Cheers.
"I'm gonna find their address and just show up", and he said it without a script!
This was a nice trip down memory lane! Thank you. I loved this show ❤ and every character in it. It brought me and my mother a lot of laughs. 😊
That George Wendt has a great head of hair.
Did they really drink beer on the set during filming? It sure looked real. That would take that dream job one step deeper into the dream!!!!
It must have been great being on that show. Cheers and The Office actors always seemed to be having fun.
_Lollipop lollipop_ : )
Nice to see this. I loved Cheers so much. 👍
Thanks! 🍻
Thought these two could have a spin off series that would develop these characters to their fullest extent. Brenda
They considered a Norm and Cliff spin off but decided it wouldn't work taking them out of the bar because you coulldn't do anything with them.
Great stuff from the legends. That was awesome!
These two are so awesome!! Classic show that I grew up watching. I still make Cliff but actually jokes lol!
What is amazing how these two actors (George and John) made their characters so fun to watch on Cheers! They also both appeared in an episode of the sitcom "Wings" when they went on vacation. On Star Trek Deep Space Nine they had a chubby alien character name "Morn" (Norm spelled backwards) who hung out at the bar on the Space Station paying homage to the character on Cheers.
They’ve become Statler and Waldorf😂😂❤
Oh my God, they have!!