section_path: Career/1994–1999: Post- Cheers
section_name: 1994–1999: Post- Cheers
paragraph_text: 1994–1999: Post- Cheers
  
  Following his success on Cheers, Wendt starred in the short-lived The George Wendt Show, which featured him as a garage mechanic with a radio show, based on the NPR radio show Car Talk. The George Wendt Show aired from March through April 1995. Wendt also appeared on The Larry Sanders Show as a guest on the show. Wendt starred as the killer in one of the last episodes of the TV series Columbo, portraying a thoroughbred horse owner in the 1995 episode Strange Bedfellows. Wendt appeared as himself on Seinfeld and reprised the character Norm Peterson on The Simpsons episode " Fear of Flying ", two episodes of Family Guy, "Road to Rupert" and "Three Kings", and the Frasier episode "Cheerful Goodbyes". In the same year as his Frasier guest appearance, Wendt played the bartender to Ted Danson 's character in Becker (the inverse of their relationship on Cheers). In 1994, he played the Lumber store guy in the film The Little Rascals. In 1995, he appeared in the film Man of the House as Chet Bronski, the stepfather of Norman (Zachary Browne), starring with Chevy Chase, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Farrah Fawcett. He also portrayed Martin Barnfield in the Spice Girls ' movie Spice World (1997), and played the role of Old Man Dunphy's closeted homosexual friend Joey in the 1999 film Outside Providence.
  
  In early 1997, Wendt joined the cast of the NBC sitcom The Naked Truth as Les Polonsky, the new owner of the celebrity tabloid where the series' main characters worked. Wendt's role only lasted 13 episodes as The Naked Truth underwent further creative changes for its next season. In 1998, Wendt was one of the three characters in a London West End production of 'Art' with David Dukes and Stacy Keach. He would later join the Broadway production of the play, starring alongside Judd Hirsch and Joe Morton.
  
  Following his success on Cheers, Wendt starred in the short-lived The George Wendt Show, which featured him as a garage mechanic with a radio show, based on the NPR radio show Car Talk. The George Wendt Show aired from March through April 1995. Wendt also appeared on The Larry Sanders Show as a guest on the show. Wendt starred as the killer in one of the last episodes of the TV series Columbo, portraying a thoroughbred horse owner in the 1995 episode Strange Bedfellows. Wendt appeared as himself on Seinfeld and reprised the character Norm Peterson on The Simpsons episode " Fear of Flying ", two episodes of Family Guy, "Road to Rupert" and "Three Kings", and the Frasier episode "Cheerful Goodbyes". In the same year as his Frasier guest appearance, Wendt played the bartender to Ted Danson 's character in Becker (the inverse of their relationship on Cheers). In 1994, he played the Lumber store guy in the film The Little Rascals. In 1995, he appeared in the film Man of the House as Chet Bronski, the stepfather of Norman (Zachary Browne), starring with Chevy Chase, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, and Farrah Fawcett. He also portrayed Martin Barnfield in the Spice Girls ' movie Spice World (1997), and played the role of Old Man Dunphy's closeted homosexual friend Joey in the 1999 film Outside Providence.
  
  In early 1997, Wendt joined the cast of the NBC sitcom The Naked Truth as Les Polonsky, the new owner of the celebrity tabloid where the series' main characters worked. Wendt's role only lasted 13 episodes as The Naked Truth underwent further creative changes for its next season. In 1998, Wendt was one of the three characters in a London West End production of 'Art' with David Dukes and Stacy Keach. He would later join the Broadway production of the play, starring alongside Judd Hirsch and Joe Morton.