Anyway, going through some old writings on Frasier, I ran into a few thoughts, which I thought I'd share with you. And that's not counting the regular updates I'm working on (the posts on taste I promised will start appearing by the end of next week). Frasier can only watch as his guests flee his new restaurant - and are all, luckily, out of the way right in time from the senile valet to drive someone's car right through the wall of their establishment.I am currently toiling away on two essays, one on the evolution of the characters in Frasier, and the other on arboreal imagery as catharsis in The Sopranos. Now quick, Niles, kill five eels!"Ĭhaos ensues as Daphne kills eels by hand, while Roz accidentally starts an explosion that triggers the sprinklers. While telling Daphne, Roz and Niles to stop arguing, Frasier says one of the funniest lines of the episode: "Get a grip, we're not being asked to do anything that none of us hasn't done before in our kitchens in our own homes.
Tensions quickly rise amongst the gang under the pressures of the busy night. Suddenly without a staff, they rope in Martin, Daphne and Roz to help them. Soon, all their waiters are injured by the Crane brothers' lack of restaurant etiquette, and the head chef quits out of frustration. Things begin to take a turn for the worse as Frasier and Niles both start interjecting their - contrasting - opinions on how the night should go. There was also Marty's healthcare worker, the very British Daphne (Jane Leeves), and Frasier's radio show producer Roz (Peri Gilpin). These characters include Frasier's dad Martin (John Mahoney), who moved in with him and his fellow psychiatrist - and just as pretentious - brother Niles (David Hyde Crane). Like "Cheers," the ensemble cast of "Frasier" is what made the show both comforting and so endlessly clever. Over eleven seasons (running from 1993 to 2004), the show consistently ranked high in the ratings, pulled in more Emmy nominations than Frasier and Niles did cups of coffee, and created some classic moments in TV comedy.Ĭreated by David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee, the show centered on psychiatrist Frasier Crane - played by Kelsey Grammer, first introduced in Season 3 of the classic show "Cheers" - as he moved to his hometown of Seattle to begin working as a radio show host after his divorce from "Cheers" ice princess Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth).
"Frasier," perhaps the most successful spin-off comedy of all time, is also one of the top sitcoms of all time.