Norm on ‘Cheers’ may have been modeled on San Bernardino official

Belly up to the bar and relax as we return to the subject of the delightful tie between the sitcom “Cheers” and Redlands .

To refresh your memory, the sitcom, which aired from 1982-1993, was created by Glen and Les Charles, brothers who had attended the University of Redlands.

Les, who graduated in 1971 as a literature major, was a regular at a Redlands pizza parlor and watering hole, Gay 90s. He briefly tended bar there. “Cheers,” I probably don’t have to tell you, was set at a fictional bar in Boston.

Gay 90s opened in 1958 at 1405 W. Colton Ave., a window-free box of a place that served pizza, grinders and salads as well as draft and bottled beer.

By the time “Cheers” ended, Gay 90s had moved downtown to Orange Street and its original, Les Charles-frequented location had been demo