Cheers and everyone shouts "Swarley," same as when the characters traditionally yelled "Norm!" whenever Norm Peterson entered the Cheers bar, and he turns and walks out dejectedly as Carl the bartender plays "Where Everybody Knows Your Name." The camera angle also changes to show the same bar set-up and framing for the main interior bar shots featured in "Cheers". Additionally, the end credits are done in the gold "Cooper Black" font of the "Cheers" credits (which was a highly popular font for sitcoms of the early-to-mid-1980s). The is named for Norm Peterson due to Armin Shimerman calling the originally nameless character
Cheers (season 8) Cheers (season 8) The eighth season of "Cheers", an American television sitcom, originally aired on NBC in the United States between September 21, 1989 and May 3, 1990. The show was created by director James Burrows and writers Glen and Les Charles under production team Charles Burrows Charles Productions, in association with Paramount Television. This season premiered on September 21, 1989 and aired at Thursday 9:00 pm Eastern / 8:00 pm Central slot. Besides "Cheers" , other series in the Thursday night lineup for the 1989–90 season were "The Cosby Show", "A Different World", "Dear John" and "L.A. Law". Rebecca