OT: Frasier is back!!

[Ronnie_B]

One of the great sitcoms of all time:

‘Frasier’ Revival With Kelsey Grammer Set at Paramount Plus

The “Frasier” revival has officially been ordered at Paramount Plus. Original series star Kelsey Grammer will return in the title role in addition to executive producing. Chris Harris a…

variety.com

Hopefully they can catch that magic it did years ago, still one of the funniest lines ever heard:

 

[WhiteBus]

Mmmm kinda jumped the shark halfway through that show. I'll pass.

 

[Ronnie_B]

Mmmm kinda jumped the shark halfway through that show. I'll pass.

Okay.....

 

[tom1944]

He makes 13 million a year from the reruns

 

[Rhuarc]

This show was good but Cheers was better.

 

[anon_ivydyf0amkzay]

Will and Grace proved that a reboot was a bad idea...good luck to Kelsey and Co...

no dad so that’s sad

 

[Ronnie_B]

This show was good but Cheers was better.

I never said it was better....ahhh the hell with this, @DJ Spanky delete this thread.

 

[anon_ivydyf0amkzay]

Loved Roz...

 

[RutgersRockies]

Will and Grace proved that a reboot was a bad idea...good luck to Kelsey and Co...

no dad so that’s sad

John Mahoney was only about 15 years older than Kelsey Grammar when he played the dad.

 

[anon_ivydyf0amkzay]

This show was good but Cheers was better.

Cheers was awesome ...it was like two separate shows between the Diane and Rebecca years

 

[RW90]

Cheers was awesome ...it was like two separate shows between the Diane and Rebecca years

Show was never quite the same once Diane left and Sam sold the bar.

 

[DJ Spanky]

Love the story about how John Ratzenberger came to be on the show.

 

[RU-Choppin-Ohio]

Need to get Anthony LaPaglia in more eps as Daphne as drunk brother.

 

[LETSGORU91]

This show was good but Cheers was better.

Cheers was an all time great for me and possibly the best. The only other challenger for me was The Honeymooner reruns. I never got into Frasier.

 

[Rhuarc]

I used to love when WPIX Channel 11 in NY would air Cheers/Honeymooners back to back after 11PM on weeknights. I went to school groggy many times due to that!

 

[Mr_Twister]

Thought this thread was going to be a contract renewal or extension for our LB coach.

 

[Ataylor1989x]

This is a tough one, because the show was truly great, but the relationship with the father was the soul of the show.

 

[RUPete]

My favorite Frasier episode was the one where they were shocked to learn that their dad liked to watch Antiques Roadshow. They all wind up watching it and drinking every time they hear the word, "Veneer!"

 

[Scarlet_Monster]

Well it seems like Kelsey will be the only one reprising his role from the originals series.

I can see this working if you turn Frasier into "Marty" and Frederick is the new Frasier.

 

[RobotHunter]

Unfortunately these shows that were great back in the day usually don't work today because the writing is not nearly as good and even if it was it would get cancelled because someone would be offended.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Unfortunately these shows that were great back in the day usually don't work today because the writing is not nearly as good and even if it was it would get cancelled because someone would be offended.

All white cast, no one playing as gay or trans. You have a point there. But there was nothing especially controversial.. it was based in liberal Seattle afterall. I wonder how Frasier would have reacted to the State of CHAZ.. perhaps we shall see? Doubt it.

Still.. fantastic show. The English farce type play is a favorite of mine and this show was like that most every episode.

 

[Scarlet_Monster]

All white cast, no one playing as gay or trans. You have a point there. But there was nothing especially controversial.. it was based in liberal Seattle afterall. I wonder how Frasier would have reacted to the State of CHAZ.. perhaps we shall see? Doubt it.

Still.. fantastic show. The English farce type play is a favorite of mine and this show was like that most every episode.

You do realize that Frasier was pretty revolutionary in terms of the Gay and Lesbian community with how they were represented?

 

[anon_ivydyf0amkzay]

You do realize that Frasier was pretty revolutionary in terms of the Gay and Lesbian community with how they were represented?

So was will and Grace and more than half the jokes told in that series would never fly today and would offend the crap out of many white straight people! As a gay guy, I find most gay jokes from that era hilarious, but nowadays they would not air.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

You do realize that Frasier was pretty revolutionary in terms of the Gay and Lesbian community with how they were represented?

No.. how so?

 

[Ronnie_B]

No.. how so?

They had quite a few actors that were gay in the show and many episodes that centered around gay characters.

5 times Frasier powerfully paved the way for LGBT+ characters on TV

Frasier, the hit 1990s US comedy known for its sharp wit and as a dry send-up of the upper classes, is back with an exciting new revival.

uk.movies.yahoo.com

 

[DirtyRU]

Remember when Kelsey showed up at the RAC last year? I thought this thread was gonna be about that, ha. There was a pic posted on this site of him with Pike I believe.

 

[beaced]

"RAYMOND" was one of the VERY few shows that worked for me.Guess I coul;d relate to those CRAZY folks.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

They had quite a few actors that were gay in the show and many episodes that centered around gay characters.

5 times Frasier powerfully paved the way for LGBT+ characters on TV

Frasier, the hit 1990s US comedy known for its sharp wit and as a dry send-up of the upper classes, is back with an exciting new revival.

uk.movies.yahoo.com

5 times in 264 episodes? Point remains.. its a show about white guys. I loved it.. but today you see all manner of movies and shows adjusting their cast and characters and subject matter to appear to be "woke" and shows like Frasier just don't measure up tot he new standards. Consider how films have to pass a test for use of minority involvement in order to be eligible for an academy award. Its a new world.

 

[Ronnie_B]

5 times in 264 episodes? Point remains.. its a show about white guys. I loved it.. but today you see all manner of movies and shows adjusting their cast and characters and subject matter to appear to be "woke" and shows like Frasier just don't measure up tot he new standards. Consider how films have to pass a test for use of minority involvement in order to be eligible for an academy award. Its a new world.

Nah, there was more than that, they just covered five of them, off the top of my head there was the episode where Martin had to act gay because Frasier was trying to pick up a lady from the opera whose older male friend was gay and liked Martin, there was the episode when David Ogden Stiers played a gay man who was a former colleague of Martin's wife, the running jokes about Gil Chesterton being gay when he was in fact married to a women. There is plenty more and it was no surprise as I said before with the several actors on the show (including the actor who played Bulldog) being gay.

 

[GoodOl'Rutgers]

Nah, there was more than that, they just covered five of them, off the top of my head there was the episode where Martin had to act gay because Frasier was trying to pick up a lady from the opera whose older male friend was gay and liked Martin, there was the episode when David Ogden Stiers played a gay man who was a former colleague of Martin's wife, the running jokes about Gil Chesterton being gay when he was in fact married to a women. There is plenty more and it was no surprise as I said before with the several actors on the show (including the actor who played Bulldog) being gay.

Did no tknow that about bulldog.. but I guess we will see when we see what the new Frasier has in store for us.

 

[beaced]

"RAYMOND" was one of the VERY few shows that worked for me.Guess I coul;d relate to those CRAZY folks.