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- From: glazier@isr.harvard.edu (Andrew Baker Glazier)
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- Subject: Norm (Cheers) Quotes List
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 21:13:39 GMT
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-
- Here is a list I came across a while back. Enjoy the timeless
- wisdom of Norm.
-
- The Normisms file, Version 1.3.
-
- Maintained by rjc@math.princeton.edu (Raymond Chen). Please
- do not distributed modified versions of this file. This
- header may not be deleted.
-
- In chronological order:
-
- The Coach's Daughter:
-
- Norm: Gentlemen, start your taps.
-
- Any Friend of Diane's:
-
- Coach: How's life treating you, Norm?
- Norm: Like it caught me in bed with his wife.
-
- Friends, Romans, and Accountants:
-
- Coach: How's life, Norm?
- Norm: Not for the squeamish, Coach.
-
- Truce or Consequences:
-
- Coach: How's it going, Norm?
- Norm: Daddy's rich and Momma's good lookin'.
-
- Coach Returns to Action:
-
- Sam: What's up, Norm?
- Norm: My nipples. It's freezing out there.
-
- Endless Slumper:
-
- Coach: What's the story, Norm?
- Norm: Thirsty guy walks into a bar. You finish it.
-
- The Spy Who Came in for a Cold One:
-
- Sam: What's new, Norm?
- Norm: Most of my wife.
-
- Now Pitching, Sam Malone
-
- Coach: Beer, Norm?
- Norm: Naah, I'd probably just drink it.
-
-
- Let Me Count the Ways:
-
- Coach: What's doing, Norm?
- Norm: Well, science is seeking a cure for thirst. I happen
- to be the guinea pig.
-
- No Help Wanted:
-
- Coach: Can I draw you a beer, Norm?
- Norm: No, I know what they look like. Just pour me one.
-
- Coach: How about a beer, Norm?
- Norm: Hey I'm high on life, Coach. Of course, beer is my
- life.
-
- Fortune and Men's Weights:
-
- Coach: How's a beer sound, Norm?
- Norm: I dunno. I usually finish them before they get a word
- in.
-
- Coach: What's up, Norm?
- Norm: Corners of my mouth, Coach.
-
- Snow Job:
-
- Coach: What's shaking, Norm?
- Norm: All four cheeks and a couple of chins, Coach.
-
- Coach: Beer, Normie?
- Norm: Uh, Coach, I dunno, I had one this week.
- Eh, why not, I'm still young.
-
- Norman's Conquest:
-
- [Norm comes in with an attractive woman.]
- Coach: Normie, Normie, could this be Vera?
- Norm: With a lot of expensive surgery, maybe.
-
- I'll Be Seeing You (Part 2):
-
- Coach: What's up, Normie?
- Norm: The temperature under my collar, Coach.
-
- Diane Meets Mom:
-
- Coach: What would you say to a nice beer, Normie?
- Norm: Going down?
-
- [Norm returns from the hospital.]
- Coach: What's up, Norm?
- Norm: Everything that's supposed to be.
-
-
- Peterson Crusoe:
-
- [Norm comes in, depressed. He just stands by the door with a
- sullen face.]
- Norm: [mutters] Afternoon, everybody.
- All: Norm? (Norman?)
-
- The Heart is a Lonely Snipehunter:
-
- Sam: What's new, Normie?
- Norm: Terrorists, Sam. They've taken over my stomach.
- They're demanding beer.
-
- King of the Hill:
-
- Coach: What'll it be, Normie?
- Norm: Just the usual, Coach. I'll have a froth of beer and
- a snorkel.
-
- The Mail Goes to Jail:
-
- Coach: What would you say to a beer, Normie?
- Norm: Daddy wuvs you.
-
- Behind Every Great Man:
-
- Sam: What'd you like, Normie?
- Norm: A reason to live. Gimme another beer.
-
- Norm: Afternoon, everybody.
- All: Norm!
- Cliff: Afternoon, everybody.
- All: [silence]
-
- The Executive's Executioner:
-
- Sam: What will you have, Norm?
- Norm: Well, I'm in a gambling mood, Sammy. I'll take a glass
- of whatever comes out of that tap.
- Sam: Oh, looks like beer, Norm.
- Norm: Call me Mister Lucky.
-
- Birth, Death, Love and Rice:
-
- Sam: What do you say, Norm?
- Norm: Any cheap, tawdry thing that'll get me a beer.
-
- Woody Goes Belly Up:
-
- Sam: What do you say to a beer, Normie?
- Norm: Hiya, sailor. New in town?
-
-
-
- Diane's Nightmare:
-
- Norm: [coming in from the rain] Evening, everybody.
- All: Norm! (Norman.)
- Sam: Still pouring, Norm?
- Norm: That's funny, I was about to ask you the same thing.
-
- I'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday:
-
- Sam: What's the good word, Norm?
- Norm: Plop, plop, fizz, fizz.
- Sam: Oh no, not the Hungry Heifer...
- Norm: Yeah, yeah, yeah...
- Sam: One heartburn cocktail coming up.
-
- Love Thy Neighbor:
-
- Sam: Whaddya say, Norm?
- Norm: Well, I never met a beer I didn't drink. And down it
- goes.
-
- From Beer to Eternity:
-
- [Norm goes into the bar at Vic's Bowl-A-Rama]
- Off-screen crowd: Norm!
- Sam: How the hell do they know him here?
- Cliff: He's got a life, you know.
-
- The Bar Stoolie:
-
- Woody: What's your pleasure, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: Boxer shorts and loose shoes. But I'll settle for a
- beer.
-
- The Triangle:
-
- Woody: What can I do for you, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: Elope with my wife.
-
- [Norm is angry.]
- Woody: What can I get you, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: Clifford Clavin's head.
-
- Take My Shirt... Please?
-
- Woody: How's life, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: Oh, I'm waiting for the movie.
-
- The Peterson Principle:
-
- Sam: Hey, what's happening, Norm?
- Norm: Well, it's a dog-eat-dog world, Sammy,
- and I'm wearing Milk-Bone underwear.
-
- Diane Chambers Day:
-
- Sam: How's life in the fast lane, Normie?
- Norm: Beats me, I can't find the on-ramp.
-
- Strange Bedfellows, Part 1:
-
- Woody: What's happening, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: The question is, Woody, why is it happening to me?
-
- Strange Bedfellows, Part 2:
-
- Woody: What's going down, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: My cheeks on this barstool.
-
- Woody: Hey, Mr. Peterson, can I pour you a beer?
- Norm: Well, okay, Woody, but be sure to stop me at one. ...
- Eh, make that one-thirty.
-
- Strange Bedfellows, Part 3:
-
- Woody: How are you feeling today, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: Poor.
- Woody: Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.
- Norm: No, I meant `pour'.
-
- The Proposal:
-
- Woody: Hey, Mr. Peterson, what's the story?
- Norm: Boy meets beer. Boy drinks beer. Boy gets another
- beer.
-
- Tan 'n Wash:
-
- Paul: Hey Norm, how's the world been treating you?
- Norm: Like a baby treats a diaper.
-
- Norm: Hey, everybody.
- All: [silence; everybody is mad at Norm for being rich]
- Norm: [carries on both sides of the conversation himself]
- Norm! (Norman.)
- How are you feeling today, Norm?
- Rich and thirsty. Pour me a beer.
-
- Knights of the Scimitar:
-
- Woody: What's the latest, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: Zha-Zha marries a millionaire, Peterson drinks a beer.
- Film at eleven.
-
-
-
-
-
- Chambers vs. Malone:
-
- Woody: How are you today, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: Never been better, Woody. ... Just once I'd like to be
- better.
-
- Norm's Last Hurrah:
-
- Woody: Hey, Mr. Peterson, what do you say to a cold one?
- Norm: See you later, Vera, I'll be at Cheers.
-
- Sam: Well, look at you. You look like the cat that
- swallowed the canary.
- Norm: And I need a beer to wash him down.
-
- Home is the Sailor: [the bar is completely different, since Sam
- went sailing around the world and sold the bar]
-
- Norm: Afternoon, everybody.
- Woody: Norm! [nobody else in the bar says anything]
- Norm: That was it, Woody. Last chance. I'm out of here.
-
- Norm: [comes in, pretending to be Joe Average customer,
- as part of operation Wayne Down the Dwain]
- This looks like a nice, friendly tavern. What the
- heck, I think I'll give it a chance.
- Customer: Norm!
- Norm: Not now, you idiot!
-
-
- Little Carla, Happy at Last, Part 2:
-
- Woody: Would you like a beer, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: No, I'd like a dead cat in a glass.
-
- Paint Your Office:
-
- Woody: What's going on, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: Let's talk about what's going <in> Mr. Peterson. A
- beer, Woody.
-
- A Kiss is Still a Kiss:
-
- Sam: How's life treating you?
- Norm: It's not, Sammy, but that doesn't mean you can't.
-
- Let Sleeping Drakes Lie:
-
- Woody: Can I pour you a draft, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: A little early, isn't it Woody?
- Woody: For a beer?
- Norm: No, for stupid questions.
-
-
- Airport V:
-
- Woody: What's the story, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: The Bobbsey twins go to the brewery.
- Let's just cut to the happy ending.
-
- One Happy Chappy in a Snappy Serape, Part 2:
-
- Pepe: [something in Spanish]
-
- Bar Wars II: The Woodman Strikes Back:
-
- Woody: Hey, Mr. Peterson, there's a cold one waiting for
- you.
- Norm: I know, and if she calls, I'm not here.
-
- Don't Paint Your Chickens:
-
- Sam: Beer, Norm?
- Norm: Have I gotten that predictable? Good.
-
- Call Me, Irresponsible:
-
- Woody: What's going on, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: A flashing sign in my gut that says, ``Insert beer
- here.''
-
- The Two Faces of Norm:
-
- [Norm tries to prove that he is not Anton Kreitzer.]
- Norm: Afternoon, everybody!
- All: Anton!
-
- Two Girls for Every Boyd:
-
- Sam: What can I get you, Norm?
- Norm: [scratching his beard] Got any flea powder?
- Ah, just kidding. Gimme a beer; I think I'll just
- drown the little suckers.
-
- Feeble Attraction:
-
- Woody: Hey, Mr. Peterson, Jack Frost nipping at your nose?
- Norm: Yep, now let's get Joe Beer nipping at my liver, huh?
-
- Bar Wars III: The Return of Tecumseh:
-
- Sam: What are you up to Norm?
- Norm: My ideal weight if I were eleven feet tall.
-
-
-
-
-
- Loverboyd:
-
- Woody: Nice cold beer coming up, Mr. Peterson.
- Norm: You mean, `Nice cold beer going <down> Mr. Peterson.'
-
- Sam: What do you know there, Norm?
- Norm: How to sit. How to drink. Want to quiz me?
-
- Sam: Hey, how's life treating you there, Norm?
- Norm: Beats me. ... Then it kicks me and leaves me for dead.
-
- Woody: How would a beer feel, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: Pretty nervous if I was in the room.
-
- Breaking In Is Hard to Do:
-
- Woody: Hey, Mr. Peterson, what's up?
- Norm: The warranty on my liver.
-
- [Norm returns from another trip to plug the parking meter]
- Sam: What'll you have this time, Norm?
- Norm: A cow if I have to climb those stairs one more time.
-
- [The Cranes are concerned that Frederick has yet to say his
- first word.]
- Norm: Afternoon, everybody.
- Frederick: Norm!
- Lilith: He said Mommy!
-
- Bad Neighbor Sam:
-
- [The bar clientele has turned yuppie.]
- Bradley: Ciao, gang!
- All: Bradley!
-
- Veggie-Boyd:
-
- Sam: What can I do for you, Norm?
- Norm: Open up those beer taps and, oh, take the day off, Sam.
-
- It's a Wonderful Wife:
-
- Woody: What's going on, Mr. Peterson?
- Norm: Another layer for the winter, Wood.
-
- The Norm Who Came to Dinner:
-
- Sam: [answers the phone] Cheers! ... [to gang] Hey guys,
- it's Norm.
- [holds up the receiver]
- All: Norm!
- Sam: [to phone] Hey, what's shakin' man? [chuckles]
- [to gang] Where does he come up with these things?
-
- Where Have All the Floorboards Gone:
-
- Sam: What's going on, Normie?
- Norm: My birthday, Sammy. Give me a beer, stick a candle in
- it, and I'll blow out my liver.
-
- Head Over Hill:
-
- Woody: Hey, Mr. P. How goes the search for Mr. Clavin?
- Norm: Not as well as the search for Mr. Donut.
- Found him every couple of blocks.
-
- ---
-
- Not yet categorized:
-
- "How about a beer, Norm?"
- "That's that amber sudsy stuff, right? I've heard good things
- about it!"
-
-
-
- --
- "A horse! A horse! Somebody give me a horse, man, because|glazier@
- I come to bury this dirtball, not to praise him. Whaddya |harvard.isr.edu
- think I am? Whether it's nobler for the mind to make people suffer with all
- these totally outrageous arrows arrows for a fortune, or what!" -- D.R.
-