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2002  BBC Sport  BBC Weather  Tuesday, 3 October, 2000, 09:06
GMT 10:06 UK Cheers stars toast court success The cast of Cheers
Cheers: the stars of the sitcom were household names Actors
George Wendt and John Ratzenberger, better known as Cheers
barflies Norm and Cliff, have won the latest round of their
dispute with the sitcom's makers Paramount.  The US Supreme
Court has allowed the two actors to sue over the use of two
robots which, they claim, exploit the Cheers characters they
helped create.  Actor George Wendt George Wendt objects to the
use of "robot likeness" Paramount and Host International want to
help establish a series of Cheers-style airport bars with two
robotic barflies, called Bob and Hank.  Host was licensed by
Paramount Pictures to create the bars in several airports across
the United States and in New Zealand.  Wendt and Ratzenberger
claim the robots resemble them and