George Wendt

August 11th 2010 George Wendt, who played affable, wise-cracking Norm, a regular at the end of the bar on the hit sit-com “Cheers,” returns to Broadway to take on the role of Santa Claus in a Tony-studded cast for the holiday comedy Elf. Wendt, nominated six times for an Emmy will be joined in the musical by Beth Leavel, who won a best actress Tony for the Broadway hit, The Drowsy Chaperone, said Warner Bros. Theatre Ventures which is producing the show. Based on the 2003 Will Ferrell movie...Read Full Story

Latest Articles On Celebrity Gossip Hair extension maker sues Paris Hilton in LA (AP) August 11th 2010 AP - Paris Hilton is being sued for allegedly wearing someone else's hair. Cheers’ George Wendt Leads Tony-Studded Cast in ‘Elf’ on Broadway August 11th 2010 George Wendt, who played affable, wise-cracking Norm, a regular at the end of the bar on the hit sit-com “Cheers,” returns to Broadway to take on the role of Santa Claus in a Tony-studded cast for the...Read Full Story

Latest Articles On Celebrity Gossip Cheers’ George Wendt Leads Tony-Studded Cast in ‘Elf’ on Broadway August 11th 2010 George Wendt, who played affable, wise-cracking Norm, a regular at the end of the bar on the hit sit-com “Cheers,” returns to Broadway to take on the role of Santa Claus in a Tony-studded cast for the holiday comedy Elf. Wendt, nominated six times for an Emmy will be joined in the musical by Beth Leavel, who won a best actress Tony for the Broadway hit, The...Read Full Story

George Wendt and Jon Mantegna continue to reprise that stupid super fan role from many years ago on Saturday Night Live. At a charity Just for laughs event these men reprised their roles from a long time ago. They actually were acting out a proposed screenplay that thankfully was never made into a movie. Geroge Wendt was looking very old and fat. Mike Ditka made an appearance but left before the final show as he is old and can't stay up late anymore. reviews called this a rocking night at the...Read Full Story

George Wendt practically ruined the TV show Cheers with his bad character that was somehow popular. I recently saw a great show of Taxi where he made an appearance on Taxi a year or so before Cheers was developed on NBC. He played a fat, disgusting exterminator. At least he was working in this episode. This was a bad appearance that was very short. he had maybe a couple of lines in Taxi and it is too bad this was not the same number of lines he had for the TV show Cheers. The character Norm...Read Full Story