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
Norm Macdonald Has a Show also executive produces the show with Hoekstra, K.P. Anderson, and Daniel Kellison. Macdonald's production company Anchor Spud Productions produces the series in association with Pygmy Wolf Productions and Lionsgate Television. On August 21, 2018, it was announced that the series would premiere on September 14, 2018. Norm Macdonald Has a Show Norm Macdonald Has a Show is an American web television talk show hosted by Norm Macdonald that premiered on September 14, 2018, on Netflix. The series is executive produced by Macdonald, Lori Jo Hoekstra, K.P. Anderson, and Daniel Kellison. Macdonald and Hoekstra also act as showrunners for the series.