"America waited for him to walk into a bar every Thursday night and say something funny," Grammer said of his late castmate, who died this week. "And they just knew he wouldn't disappoint."

Any consideration of ensemble-driven sitcoms has to include “Cheers,” and any consideration of “Cheers” has to include George Wendt, whose Norm Peterson was the bar fly’s bar fly. Considering Norm’s bulk, bar bear would be a more accurate description.