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\n\tSo a man and his uncle stroll right into a bar\u2026<\/p>\n
\n\tStop us for those who heard this one earlier than, however you may not have. The man is four-time Ted Lasso<\/a> <\/em>Emmy winner Jason Sudeikis<\/a>, and the uncle is six-time Cheers<\/a> <\/em>Emmy nominee George Wendt<\/a>, who died final month<\/a>. The nephew paid tribute to his late relative throughout a charity occasion.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cHe\u2019s as fun and kind and as warm as any character he played on television or in films,\u201d Sudeikis mentioned of Wendt, talking Friday on the Big Slick Celebrity Weekend\u00a0fundraiser for Children\u2019s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. \u201cI mean, there\u2019s that old saying of like, \u2018Don\u2019t meet your heroes,\u2019 usually because \u2018they let you down,\u2019 I assume, is the back half of that statement. But he\u2019s not one of those people.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tRELATED: 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n \n\tWendt, who performed beloved barfly Norm Peterson on Cheers <\/em>for its whole 11-season run from 1982-93, died May 19 at 76.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cHe was an incredible influence to me,\u201d Sudeikis added, per KSHB-TV Houston<\/a>, \u201cboth as someone that plays the trail, being from the Midwest and teaching me that acting was a career you could actually have, if you really care about it.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tSudeikis added: \u201cHe additionally all the time saved linked to his household, to his roots \u2014 each in Chicago, after all, the place he\u2019s from, however then additionally the time he spent right here [at Rockhurst University in Kansas City]. And to a bar known as Mike\u2019s an entire bunch, the place I believe he logged perhaps 18 credit score hours.<\/p>\n