@Lazarou I remember watching Cheers in the 1990s on Fridays at 21:00 on Channel 4. The highlight of any episode would be George Wendt's entrance into the bar and the associated cry of 'Norm' from those assembled.
@bibliolater same, and then somebody would ask him how his day was and they'd be a joke, good times!
@Lazarou I think one of the attractions of Cheers was the fact that it was fictional and did not portray reality. If they had to make it real, image how many obnoxious characters they would have had to introduce?
@bibliolater I wish Bars/Pubs were as fun as Norm made them out to be.