Still love this show. Have been re-watching seasons 1-4 only recently and it's so consistent. When does it start to tail off? As I remember, the last few seasons are almost unwatchable.
― sam500, Thursday, 2 June 2011 02:43 (thirteen years ago) link
it gets sappier as it goes on but even after niles and daphne get married there are occasional great episodes, including lots of unusually formalist farces.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 2 June 2011 04:10 (thirteen years ago) link
or maybe that's not true. lifetime seems to run these randomly.
― difficult listening hour, Thursday, 2 June 2011 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link
"A party thrown by whom? Caligula?"
Oh man, please tell me this is a real line uttered by Frasier.
― Ce soir je dîne sur la soupe de tortue (EDB), Wednesday, July 7, 2010 10:06 AM (10 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
Still waiting on an answer to this...
― EDB, Thursday, 2 June 2011 04:26 (thirteen years ago) link
We watched all these recently, got halfway through series 10 and bottled it. Just couldn't take it anymore.
― Autumn Alma Park Toilets (Schlafsack), Thursday, 2 June 2011 04:30 (thirteen years ago) link
But yeah, first 4–5 years are remarkable.
Also, once on a plane ride I caught most of an episode of Frasier where part of the plot (I think) revolved around meeting a famous Dadaist artist, but I missed the name and so waited for like 3+ hours for the airline tv service to go through its cycle and repeat the episode, but it cut out right before it started.
It was a mystery until about 2 minutes ago, when I bothered to just look it up on google, and it turns out its not even a real person, just a made up name.
― EDB, Thursday, 2 June 2011 04:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Frasier: I'm Dr. Frasier Crane, and this is my brother, Dr. Niles Crane, the eminent psychiatrist.
Niles: My brother is too kind. He was already eminent when my eminence was merely imminent.
big lolz every time i watch that scene.
― sam500, Thursday, 2 June 2011 06:18 (thirteen years ago) link
just rewatching this
probably one of my favourite shows and on s03e06 (sleeping with the enemy)
starting at 22:05 and the bit where roz comes in with the punchline is hilarious (ending at 25:06)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBno_GfJF30
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 14 February 2017 03:20 (seven years ago) link
LOL at "i'm going to get your 4% if i have to stay there all night"
― Chuck_Tatum, Tuesday, 14 February 2017 13:35 (seven years ago) link
s4e18 is peak ilx
its got ilx jargonsock puppetstrollsclusterfucksa neurotic megalomaniacand an unexpected lurker
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Monday, 6 March 2017 03:47 (seven years ago) link
halfway thru the entire thing and plot/subplots get a little repetitive
the show's quality really relies on the constant zings
s06e07
niles: oh the meat paste. well i threw it out. it smelled ranciddaphne: well thats the way it's supposed to smell. it's english
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 23 March 2017 06:03 (seven years ago) link
thatd be bovril obv
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 23 March 2017 06:07 (seven years ago) link
"The Two Mrs. Cranes," the farce where Daphne is pretending to be married to Niles, is one of my favorites. Especially when Martin willfully sabotages the whole charade by claiming to be an astronaut.
Clive: Daphne, I noticed in the phone book, your surname still is Moon.Niles: That must be an old book. Now she hyphenates. It's Moon-Crane.Martin: I remember the first time I ever drove a moon crane. I nearly rolled it into the Sea of Tranquility.
― You're going to see a lot of love. Okay? Thank you. (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 23 March 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
Show is great, but it really nosedives after Niles and Daphne get together. And the plots of those last few seasons are really dire... cool that it was on as long as Cheers, but it really limps to the finish line
― Evan R, Thursday, 23 March 2017 16:40 (seven years ago) link
xp lol
man they have such great lines
it's weird how i find myself watching just to hear martin come in with the punchline
niles too
but frasier seems to kind of fizzle out as the show progresses
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 23 March 2017 19:18 (seven years ago) link
nosedives after Niles and Daphne get together
And how.
― Bill Teeters (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 March 2017 19:20 (seven years ago) link
ya when it was originally aired i never watched past season 6 or 7 i think, before they got together
and it was still p good at that point
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 23 March 2017 19:26 (seven years ago) link
has the frasierverse been discussed here yet
https://twitter.com/MechaGamezilla/status/840612104948338688
― soref, Thursday, 23 March 2017 19:29 (seven years ago) link
christ that is wild
― bomb diggy diggy diggy bomb diggy bomb (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 23 March 2017 19:31 (seven years ago) link
Rozs char makes for the most wildest of stories
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 23 March 2017 19:48 (seven years ago) link
Maris was good for the first 20 seasons, but it really fell off sometime around season 24
http://frasierverse.wikia.com/wiki/Maris
― Evan R, Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:09 (seven years ago) link
MCTVMCTV is a fan fiction spin-off based on the American sitcom Frasier. It follows a group of characters introduced in the fourth season of Maris, who work at MCTV, a television station owned by Maris Crane. Currently, there are 108 episode ideas, comprising 6 seasons.See also: List of MCTV episodes
MCTV is a fan fiction spin-off based on the American sitcom Frasier. It follows a group of characters introduced in the fourth season of Maris, who work at MCTV, a television station owned by Maris Crane. Currently, there are 108 episode ideas, comprising 6 seasons.
See also: List of MCTV episodes
― soref, Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:25 (seven years ago) link
a fan fiction spin-off, of a fan fiction spin-off, based on an unseen character
― bomb diggy diggy diggy bomb diggy bomb (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:28 (seven years ago) link
looking through the episode summaries for Maris it seems that Maris never actually appears onscreen? makes it even more impressive that they managed to wring 29 seasons from the concept imo
― soref, Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:37 (seven years ago) link
Niles crane blood Prince http://drawbrandondraw.tumblr.com/post/75710995883/comics-bud-zac-gorman-began-putting-together-a
― art, Thursday, 23 March 2017 20:47 (seven years ago) link
good lord
too "creative"
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Thursday, 23 March 2017 21:14 (seven years ago) link
I'm also currently making my way through the show. Currently halfway through season three, did anything happen at that time? The tone changes, Frasier is off screen a lot. I've heard some stories... Anyway, just saw Moon Dance, the one where Niles and Daphne goes dancing at a fancy ball, and it's honestly a pretty amazing episode. There's a feeling of real hard won affection between the characters, and David Hyde Pierce is absolutely amazing. Frasier is on holiday.
― Frederik B, Friday, 24 March 2017 23:21 (seven years ago) link
haha that one was good
the innuendos just get better and better
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Friday, 24 March 2017 23:24 (seven years ago) link
Checked Kelsey Grammers wiki-page. Yeah, season 3, 95-96, seems to be the period where he kinda went off the rails. Honestly I was kinda surprised at the change, it felt as if everyone uses a lower tone of voice, and the stakes are much higher.
― Frederik B, Friday, 24 March 2017 23:55 (seven years ago) link
iirc, he was doing Down Periscope around the same time...wild times.
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 25 March 2017 00:08 (seven years ago) link
if 'niles and daphne have a segway for some reason' isn't tvtropes shorthand for a show's nadir, it should be
― sktsh, Saturday, 25 March 2017 00:15 (seven years ago) link
Checked Kelsey Grammers wiki-page
<3
― schlump, Saturday, 25 March 2017 02:53 (seven years ago) link
Martin: Come on, they're great guys: Stinky, Wolfman, Boom-Boom, Jim. Of course, his name's not really Jim; we call him that because he likes to drink Jim Beam. Just like we call Hank “Bud” because he drinks Budweiser. Come on, you'd love these guys!Niles: We're sherry drinkers, Dad. Think about it.
― Frederik B, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 00:29 (seven years ago) link
Martin earnestly trying to sell his sons on something there's no way they could possibly like is always great, even though it happens about 80 times over the course of the show and you'd think he'd learn better
― Evan R, Tuesday, 28 March 2017 00:36 (seven years ago) link
Martins the shit
― F♯ A♯ (∞), Tuesday, 28 March 2017 05:19 (seven years ago) link
Rewatching too.
Hate how most of the one-off characters are so cliche, to the point that I sometimes think it must be deliberate.
Though I do really like the newspaper sales guy who dislikes Frasier from the Focus Group episode.
― PressAnarchyToContinue (Ste), Friday, 31 March 2017 19:37 (seven years ago) link
last half of season 6 dragged on a bit for me
season 7 starts off good -- where he dates his mom (e01) and where carlos and the chicken (e03) make fun of him are classic
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 31 March 2017 19:43 (seven years ago) link
I just rewatched "Ham Radio," where Frasier directs a radio mystery. Gil is such a great character.
Gil Chesterton: [Frasier is still casting for his radio play Nightmare Inn] Oh, Frasier. I've had a quick peek at your script and I think I'd be perfect as Bull Kragen, the brutish gamekeeper.
Frasier: You know, Gil. I think that's just a bit too on the nose.
― You're going to see a lot of love. Okay? Thank you. (Dan Peterson), Friday, 31 March 2017 20:03 (seven years ago) link
haha ya that's the one i mentioned above
some time in the first season there's a line about him being straight and the delivery is perfect
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 31 March 2017 20:59 (seven years ago) link
This was season 5, but:
Roz: We thought Deb was your cat.
Gil Chesterson: She is not a cat! She is Mrs. Gilbert Leslie Chesterton, a Sarah Lawrence graduate, and the owner of a very successful auto body repair shop. Honestly, the conclusions people make, just because a man dresses well and knows how to use a pastry bag![he exits]
Frasier: Well, that's the first time I've ever seen a man "in" himself.
― You're going to see a lot of love. Okay? Thank you. (Dan Peterson), Friday, 31 March 2017 21:25 (seven years ago) link
haha i remember that one too
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 31 March 2017 21:29 (seven years ago) link
Getting through season 8 was a struggle
Spoilers
Halfway through is when niles and daphne finally start dating and it turns a bit soap operay
Season 9 starts out a bit boring, but you can tell they're trying to do something new, with the creative episode (forget which ep#), and frasier thinking about all his past relationships
Martin still remains the elusive one, but what motivated me to post is s09e04 is when he starts his security job and starts thinking about the day he got shot. Out of all the backstories this one struck a chord, as he reminds me of my grandad
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 01:37 (seven years ago) link
S09e05
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 01:40 (seven years ago) link
There once was a man frasier craneWho says he can feel your painBut he acts like a snobTo the guys at his jobAnd i think he's totally lame
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Tuesday, 2 May 2017 01:44 (seven years ago) link
I love the Motor Skills ep in season 8
― PressAnarchyToContinue (Ste), Thursday, 4 May 2017 15:42 (seven years ago) link
Slowing rewatching this and I'm in early season 9, too. Shocking what a self-serious slog this show became somewhere around season 8. I remember a dip in quality but I didn't remember it being this harsh
― Evan R, Thursday, 4 May 2017 15:47 (seven years ago) link
watched this episode recently:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EqMG0t0vo6k/S8vhrIHgWjI/AAAAAAAAA6s/Av4Jb4aslaY/s1600/Ep28.jpg
decent enough early frasier.
Then i was on a plane and watched the episode "miss right now" from season 11 with jennifer tilly in it and it was god awful. daphne and niels together. frasier being emo about his love-life etc.
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 4 May 2017 16:18 (seven years ago) link
the first half of season 9 david hyde pierce (niles) has some major problems staying in character
he goes in and out of his mid-atlantic accent a lot and it's bizarre watching him just totally slack off as an actor
― i n f i n i t y (∞), Thursday, 4 May 2017 17:04 (seven years ago) link
the dip into series 10 is especially stark because it's suddenly in hd. the pacing plummets just as the picture gets crisp, so you can really see those phoned-in performances in exquisite detail.
― early morning reverse rumplestiltskin rage (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 4 May 2017 22:55 (seven years ago) link