“‘Young lady drink levels all mankind. It is the ultimate democrat, if you like that sort of thing. A drunk beggar is as drunk as a lord, and so is a lord. And have you ever noticed that all drunks can understand one another, no matter how drunk they are and how different their native tongues?'”
Terry Pratchett; Unseen Academicals
#Discworld #Cheers #RIPNorm #WhereEverybodyKnowsYourName 🍻💙
In a Cheers episode, George Wendt’s “Norm” has a shot at a brewery job, but—even though he knows all about beer—he fumbles the interview in a fit of nervous gibbering.
When I saw that as a teen, it was the most disturbingly relatable thing I’d seen on TV
(Until I saw Mommie Dearest😅)
#RIPNorm
George Wendt, the Beer-Loving Norm on ‘Cheers,’ Dies at 76

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