Fans mourned the passing of Wendt, who led a gregarious band of Bears, Bulls and Blackhawks super fans on the show featuring "SNL" cast members Mike Myers, Chris Farley and others during the time ...

George Wendt enjoyed success with his role in the recurring "Da Bears" sketch, aka “Bill Swerski’s Super Fans,” on "Saturday Night Live" in the 1990s. Watch the sketches.

As "Saturday Night Live" celebrates its 50th anniversary, ... Da Bears "SNL" cast members and hosts lampooned Chicagoans, Bears fans and Mike Ditka’s mustache in Bill Swerski’s Super Fans sketch.

Between crushing it on SNL or firing up a Super Bowl afternoon, Bill Swerski’s Superfans were, are, and always will be one of the most iconic representations of Da Bears in the history of Da Bears.

George Wendt, an actor and Chicago-native with an Everyman charm who played Norm on the hit 1980s TV comedy “Cheers” and later crafted a stage career that took him to Broadway in “Art ...

Fans mourned the passing of Wendt, who led a gregarious band of Bears, Bulls and Blackhawks superfans on the show featuring SNL cast members Mike Myers, Chris Farley and others during the time it ...

Saturday Night Live's Chris Farley, ... of all things—told The Ringer that the sketch’s concept came not from Mike Ditka or the Bears themselves, but rather from sloppy fans of all sports: ...