What do we all think of Frasier?

FunLover18

Interesting article on the show's use of farce

OwaynOTT

Watched High Cranes Drifter episode today, the one where Frasier manhandles the rude guy in the coffee shop. Love the ending with Niles over exaggerating and poke of a finger to establish a counter-suit.

'Flesh is burning, nana nana na na'

castletownman

Dirty Dingus McGee wrote: »

Frasier description of the queen.

Frasier: [sarcastic:] Oh yes, you've really bested me there, what
could be more dignified than a dainty old sandbag who wears a flowerpot on her head!

What do we have to feel inferior about? Ye're pioneering work in the field of soccer hooliganism

branie2

Frederick, Frasiers's son, had a big crush on Daphne

Agricola

Didnt watch it much but what I did see, I thought was funny. Recently saw one where Patrick Stewart was playing some gay theatre director who was trying to get the ride from Frasier. Hilarity ensued.

bnt

My gradual re-watching has hit Season 2, the Flour Child episode. in which, Niles, feeling broody, carries a ten pound bag of flour around to get a feel for the responsibility:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnBhHRzDulw

"I was not as careless as you make it seem. After all, a real child would have started crying before it burst in to flames." :eek:

efb

Frasier: I was interested in her
Niles: How was I to know?
Frasier: I was speaking German!
Niles: Ah yes, the language of love

Technocentral

Deleted User wrote: »

I've enjoyed almost every episode of Frasier I've seen but I've never seen them in sequence. I really have to watch them all properly some day.

I thought all of the main characters offered a lot to the show; Daphne may not have been as funny as the others (though she certainly had her moments!) but she often played the role of "straight man" quite well, and that's a role that shouldn't be underestimated. I agree that her family were badly written though, they're meant to be from Manchester and yet her brother has a strong Cockney accent? Research department fail!

Comedy for intelligent people, you are right. The Anti "Mrs. Brown's Boys" as it were.

Technocentral

cloud493 wrote: »

Frasier is very comforting. That and fawlty towers maybe.

I'd add "Cheers" and "Seinfeld" to those.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Agricola wrote: »

Didnt watch it much but what I did see, I thought was funny. Recently saw one where Patrick Stewart was playing some gay theatre director who was trying to get the ride from Frasier. Hilarity ensued.

A brilliant episode I think Patrick Stewarts guest appearance is my favourite in the show , Michael Keaton as Lilliths half brother being a close second.

efb

Trophy Girlfriend

The one with Bob Hoskins on now

efb

Niles: This is Dr. Niles Crane, filling in for my ailing brother, Dr. Frasier Crane. Although I feel perfectly qualified to fill Frasier's radio shoes, I should warn you that while Frasier is a Freudian, I am a Jungian. So there'll be no blaming Mother today. Okay, Roz, who's my first caller?

human 19

Niles. worried about his shoes getting wet.. "Does calf-skin pucker?"
Frasier "Yes Niles, That's why the calf is the most laughed at, of all the farmyard animals"

syklops

Flesh is burning, nana nana na na

JaseBelleVie

Bulldog: "Hey, doc! Can we move this along? I got a charity event tonight. She ain't much to look at, but what the hell."

Cracks me up every time!

marty_crane

Tom Duran (new station manager, who Frasier has just discovered is gay):

"You know, I've broken one of my rules for you. I don't normally date people I work with".

Frasier (who's just discovered Tom is gay):

"Well, I've sort of...relaxed one of my rules for you too".


Tom:

"You know, you're cute when you're nervous".

Frasier:

"Well then, I must look downright adorable now".

Patty O Furniture

Niles: I really must go, i'm hosting a seminar on multiple personality disorders & takes me for ages to fill out the name tags.


Niles: You...think i'm pretentious?

Daphne: You'd eat a worm if i gave it a French name



Niles: I'm not interrupting anything personal am i ?

Roz (sitting with Marty at Nervosa): Yeah Niles, We just eloped, i'm your new mom!

Niles: Well i'll be a son of a bitch!



I gotta say Kelsey Grammer got all the plaudits, but David Hyde Pierce was the real star with his facial expressions to carry off whatever scene he was in!

yerwanthere123

Always been one of my favourite scenes

serfboard

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

I gotta say Kelsey Grammer got all the plaudits, but David Hyde Pierce was the real star with his facial expressions to carry off whatever scene he was in!

Well, David Hyde Pierce got a fair few plaudits himself. He was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series" every year from 1994 - 2004 and actually won the award four times.

That enough plaudits for you?

Tarzana2

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

Niles: I really must go, i'm hosting a seminar on multiple personality disorders & takes me for ages to fill out the name tags.

If you notice, in the first few seasons they do a nice series of gags about Niles and his various <insert psych disorder> groups. They tend to space the gags, over a good few episodes out so you'd barely notice but it is indeed a theme.

Eg. "Gotta dash - I have my compulsive shoppers group and I was hoping to offload the last of these raffle tickets"

And totally agree, Niles is the star of the show. Hilarious, but also very soulful.

kellso81

Niles: Who else is going to teach him to catch a football-ball?

ElleEm

yerwanthere123 wrote: »

Always been one of my favourite scenes

I love that I have been watching Frasier for years and catch a couple of repeats a week on Channel 4 in the morning yet I still find episodes (like the above) that I have never seen!

FunLover18

For those interested Cheers starts on Gold TV on March 16.

Tarzana2

Also on Netflix, the US one anyway!

Technocentral

Tarzana2 wrote: »

Also on Netflix, the US one anyway!

Indeed it is, I have watched the whole thing through on it twice!

cloud493

Cheers is also on there.

RainyDay

From this morning's episode on C4

Scene Four — Apartment - Daphne, Martin, and Niles are dressed for an evening out.

Niles: Maris will be thrilled you're coming to see her tonight in the ballet.
Daphne: Oh, we're delighted!
Martin: [mumbling] Yeah.
Daphne: You know, when I was younger I dreamed of being a ballerina myself.
Niles: So did Maris! But the poor thing could never get her weight up enough. That's why I couldn't help myself at the ballet fundraiser when they auctioned off this walk-on part. It was the perfect gift for my Maris!
Martin: So Maris is gonna be a ballerina?
Niles: No. It's non-dancing, but it is a key role, Dad. She plays Ulrich, the hunchbacked drawbridge operator.
Martin: I hope we can pick her out.

Dirty Dingus McGee

Frasier and Niles are trying to come up with a name for their restaurant



Frasier: "Maison Crane." [then] Oh, God, you're right, it's a little
too obvious.
Niles: We want our name to be inviting and welcoming. Oh, oh,
what's the word for "lighthearted" in French?
Frasier: [thinking a moment] There isn't one. I've got it, Niles,
I've got it! Le Freres Heureux.
Niles: "The Happy Brothers"... Brilliant! It's homey, but just hard
enough to pronounce to intimidate the riff-raff!
Frasier: Yes! We'll make the place very, very exclusive! No sign on
the outside, no advertisements and oh, an unlisted number!
Martin: Hey, well don't stop there! Maybe you could post some guards
on the roof who can shoot people as they try to get in.

Patty O Furniture

Head Game: Niles standing in for Frasier

Frasier is here talking about a weekend retreat in the alps
Niles:
Just think 100's of radio psychiatrists all in the same location, one well-timed avalanche & the dignity of the entire profession of psychiatry would be restored

Frasier: I'd like you to stand in for me, while I'm away for the week I'm gone
Niles: Me, standing in for you? sorry Frasier, i couldn't resume to fill those big floppy red shoes of yours!

Martin: (after hearing that Niles turned around Reggie Macklemore's game around)
'You turned Reggie's game around in two minutes'
Daphne:
I'm starting to think maybe i should spend an hour or two on the couch with you!

Martin: Are you kidding, with Niles, it'd only take two minutes!

human 19

Niles (upon hearing that Roz is trying to fix her up with a guy from her addres book):

"Why don't you just oil her up and hurl her over the prison wall"