Frasier Appreciation Thread

[13th]

I loved the series' and still pop back for a few re runs on SKY.

I could never understand why the actress that was Daphne spoke with such an awful British accent if she really was British or was I misinformed and it wasn't her but Niles that was British? or maybe both??

After being able to know the next line to be spoken in each episode; I've moved on to the old Two and a Half Men; excellent comedy writing too again I have got far too familiar with the episodes so looking for a new sitcom to use as moving wallpaper

Cheers was something I watched when I was still at school!!!! YAY, I'm not as old as I thought!!

[brenflys777]

Niles gotta get it

[98elise]

One for the Americans.....do British Actors playing Americans sound as bad as Americans actors playing British?

[Halb]

I can think of quite a few yanks who are very good at English accents.

[Zwolf]

Halb said:

I can think of quite a few yanks who are very good at English accents.

Such as...

[FourWheelDrift]

Meryl Streep, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Forest Whitaker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jnr (in Chaplin).

[Halb]

FourWheelDrift said:

Meryl Streep, Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Forest Whitaker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey Jnr (in Chaplin).

Good list, also Heath Ledger, Scarlett JOhannsoon, Johnny Depp, Chris Sarandon, the list is almost endless, there are many many good American actors out there.

[Zwolf]

Halb said:

Heath Ledger ... American

He was Australian. Johnny Depp's English accents are pure comedy.

[BenM77]

Best comedy sitcom ever !


I can happily re-watch these when they are on, comedy gold

[Halb]

They started showing Frasier from S1E1 again. The woman's English accent was much worse in the beginning.
For me the farce element is still too heavy. And as someone said above the characters are so irritating. I think he was reigned in Cheers, which they also started recently, currently at S3E16. It was much funnier and wittier than I recall...and also more serious and brutal sometimes, some of the fights that Sam and Diane had were quite brutal.

Zwolf said:

He was Australian. Johnny Depp's English accents are pure comedy.

One incorrect. Depp's accents are pure quality.

[Marf]

Frasier is a farce comedy though, kinda goes hand in hand with the upper class aspect with it. The farce pricks the balloon of pretentiousness, wot wot.

[Halb]

Yeah, I do like it, just gets a bit samey sometimes.

Incidentally talking of accents, Glynis Johns was Diane's mum in Cheers. Was quite nice to hear her clipped English accent in it.

[FourWheelDrift]

Forgot this moment till I saw it again the other day.

From the episode where Frasier is organising Daphne's wedding to Donny and he has everyone over auditioning to play music, produce food and provide flowers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q4Spi0NMho



And Nile's new woman is a prostitute charging by the hour and he hasn't realised for the few days he's known her

[Zwolf]

Marf said:

Frasier is a farce comedy though, kinda goes hand in hand with the upper class aspect with it. The farce pricks the balloon of pretentiousness, wot wot.

Oh yes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTdD_dVyteA

[Marf]

That episode was on last week, one of the best for sure.

[Pulse]

Just watched 'High Crane Drifter'. The last scene is fantastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDl0BlG1924

In other news, the Frasier box set is available for just £39.99 at Sainsburys Entertainment!

http://www.sainsburysentertainment.co.uk/en/Films-...

[omgus]

[quote=Pulse]Just watched 'High Crane Drifter'. The last scene is fantastic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDl0BlG1924

[quote]

[Dakkon]

No appreciation here, seen the odd episode, seems pretentious self serving and basically a bit crap to be honest.

[Marf]

How can a sitcom be self serving?

[Ari]

Moondance.

Best episode ever!

Love Frasier. Introduced my girlfriend to it and we watched every episode over a couple of years.