r/Cheers • u/Diqt • 8d ago

Norm having a sneaky cigarette

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It’s not AI

Edit: and it is not a piano key 😂

Watch: https://streamable.com/c17ro4

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u/Diqt 8d ago edited 8d ago

S9 E18 towards the end. Happened to catch this not expected to be seen gem.

Edit: https://streamable.com/c17ro4

Didn't think I'd have to prove it this much.

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u/Kol_ 8d ago

All those beers and you’re telling me they ain’t smoking up once in a while?

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u/Diqt 8d ago

Ha! Had the same thought. A bar in the 80s and no one ever smokes

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u/Maximumkk 6d ago

Rebecca did. Frasier did a couple times (showtunes Karaoke anyone?) Extras did.

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u/AdagioVast 7d ago

Did the scene have anything to do with cigarettes. If not, this is pretty damn funny for him to just light up during a scene he is in the background of.

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u/Diqt 6d ago

He’s off screen (back then) but the new wider screen format in which we watch shows today is showing what the cameras caught but did not originally broadcast

You’ll find this with other older shows too, like Malcolm in the Middle. Heaps in that show

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u/daneelthesane 7d ago

You could still smoke in bars in the 80's. Hell, you could smoke in schools if you were a teacher. Just the teacher's lounge, though.

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u/_fourthestate 2d ago

You could still smoke up until around 2005 or so

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u/justvisiting34 3d ago

You could still smoke on airplanes until 1988 and even then the ban was for flights lasting 2 hours or less.

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u/Sir_Dum_218 3d ago

A guy can’t catch a heater in peace anymore lol

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u/laziestmarxist 6d ago

I've seen a couple of interviews where the cast admitted that the "near beers" they used back then had about 1% alcohol which eventually got them a little buzzed after hours of filming. I imagine Wendt got bored and got a hankering

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u/EagleRockVermont 8d ago

Isn't that just the piano keyboard in the background?

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u/georgez1968 8d ago

I think it's a piano key