Wings was super underrated too

I loved Wings.

Lowell leaving was a downer but the show stayed good.

maroon barchetta said:

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I rewatched the first five seasons or so on Netflix 2-3 years ago. My son watched a bit and said "how can they make a sitcom about people sitting around in a bar talking?"

It's not a bad question.

But they did it very successfully.

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2 or 3 years ago I did the exact same thing. I think they were only offering the first 4 or 5 seasons.

I had watched it lightly in the 80s and 90s late at night. It was a great show but I never got into it. Rewatching it a few years ago made me a fan. I need to watch every season.

Most of what I saw as a kid had Kirstie Alley, in it. I really like Shelley Long's character. The show was full of likeable characters. "Cliff" might be my favorite

R.I.P Norm

The Original Houston 1836 said:

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George Wendt on with Jason Alexander - arguably the 2 greatest NBC sitcom actors of all-time, together on Seinfeld from Season 4

At the time Thursday on NBC was a rerun of Cheers at 7 for its final season, Wings at 730, Cheers at 8, Seinfeld at 830, and LA Law at 9.

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I remember early on, it was Cosby, Family Ties, Cheers, Night Court, and then Hill Street Blues.

I had such conflict because at the same time on Thursday, I also loved Magnum PI and Simon and Simon on CBS.


My memory was some combos of Cosby, Cheers, Seinfeld and then Friends were part of NBCs lineup on Thursday for a long time. (Frasier, A different world, mad about you, wings, night Court, and many I'm forgetting about).

Talk about the halcyon days of live over air broadcasting….

Loved Cheers, loved Norm. Pretty incredible to have such a beloved actor that as far as I can remember only had one notable role.

Iowaggie said:

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The Original Houston 1836 said:

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George Wendt on with Jason Alexander - arguably the 2 greatest NBC sitcom actors of all-time, together on Seinfeld from Season 4

At the time Thursday on NBC was a rerun of Cheers at 7 for its final season, Wings at 730, Cheers at 8, Seinfeld at 830, and LA Law at 9.

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I remember early on, it was Cosby, Family Ties, Cheers, Night Court, and then Hill Street Blues.

I had such conflict because at the same time on Thursday, I also loved Magnum PI and Simon and Simon on CBS.


My memory was some combos of Cosby, Cheers, Seinfeld and then Friends were part of NBCs lineup on Thursday for a long time. (Frasier, A different world, mad about you, wings, night Court, and many I'm forgetting about).

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That was the all-timer. My mom made us stop after Cheers, but if she was on the phone or doing something else, my dad let us roll at least to the first commercial break of Hill Street Blues. Pretty sure I could fall asleep today to the Hill Street Blues theme song because it was the last thing I heard before bed for years on Thursdays as a child.

Makes you wonder how much the other network heads must have hated NBC back then. NBC had a 20-year run on Thursdays from 1984 to 2004 spearheaded by either Cosby, Cheers, Seinfeld, or Friends.

That's all right Pat. There are no easy questions in this life, my friend. Except for one, that of course being the triumphant party at next year's Super Bowl.

Daaa Bears!

We watched the whole series a few years ago for the first time together. I came home from work and my wife was on episode 2 and I asked why and she just said she felt like watching something older. I said ok and watched the 2nd episode then made her start over. Absolutely hilarious.

Also funny - several scenes and damn near entire episodes were directly copied by friends. I grew up watching friends on repeat and recognized several of them.

Norm was absolutely my favorite character and this saddens me a little bit