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The Frasier Complete Series
The Frasier Series
Frasier is an American sitcom, a spinoff of
Cheers starring Kelsey Grammer as Seattle psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane. One of
the most critically acclaimed comedies in the history of television, Frasier won
a record 37 Emmy Awards during its run, and a poll taken by the British Channel
4 of the sitcom industry voted Frasier the best sitcom of all time. Frasier has
also been considered one of the most successful spin off series in television
history.
Frasier was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons,
from September 16, 1993 to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by
David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee (as Grub Street Productions) in
association with Paramount Television. It is aired in the U.K. by Paramount
Comedy and Channel 4. David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jane Leeves, Peri Gilpin
and Moose (a Jack Russell Terrier) rounded out the regular cast.
Premise
Psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane (Grammer) returns
to his hometown of Seattle, Washington, following the break up of his marriage
and his life in Boston (which was covered in the series Cheers). His plans for
his new life as a bachelor are complicated when he is obliged to take in his
father, ex-police officer Martin Crane (Mahoney), who had to retire and is
unable to live by himself owing to an injury caused by being shot in the line of
duty. Frasier and Martin are joined by Daphne Moon (Leeves), Martin's eccentric,
British, live-in physical therapist and caretaker, and Martin's dog Eddie
(Moose). A frequent visitor to their apartment is Frasier's younger brother
Niles (Pierce), a fellow psychiatrist who, like Frasier, is pompous, snobbish,
and overly intellectual. Niles' infatuation with and eventual love for Daphne,
feelings which he does not confess to her openly until the final episode of the
seventh season, form a complex story arc that span the entire series.
Plot Themes
Frasier hosts a popular radio talk show on KACL
780AM (named to honor the show's creators, Angell, Casey, and Lee). His producer
is Roz Doyle (Gilpin), a woman with an active romantic life who, while decidedly
different from Frasier in taste and temperament, nevertheless becomes a very
close friend over the course of the series.
Numerous running jokes and themes develop
throughout the series. Chief among them are the class and familial conflicts
between Frasier, Niles and Martin. The two sons, who possess "fine" tastes,
"intellectual" interests and rather high opinions of themselves, frequently
clash with their more blue-collar, down-to-earth father. A running theme,
particularly in the early seasons, is Frasier's and Martin's difficulty in
reaching an accommodation with each other and in sharing an apartment. Despite
being similar in personality, interests and sensibilities, the relationship
between Frasier and Niles is no less turbulent. They have an intense sibling
rivalry and their jealousy of each other and petty attempts at one-upmanship
(which frequently result in chaos) drive many of the plots.
Other storylines include Niles' growing love for
Daphne (of which she remains unaware in the early seasons, despite its
increasingly obvious nature) and the breakdown of his marriage to the never-seen
Maris (a take-off from its parent series, Cheers, in which Norm's wife Vera was
often talked about--and even heard--but never seen), Frasier's search for love
in his own life, and the various attempts of the two brothers to gain acceptance
into Seattle's cultural elite.
Structurally, many episodes center around
misunderstandings or elaborate lies which multiple characters are forced to
"play along" with in order to conceal the truth. Frasier also featured many
"once-a-year" plot devices, such as an appearance by Frederick, Lilith, or Bebe.
Season finales sometimes took the form of a "two part" special that was
concluded as the series premiere the following season.
Item Specifics-DVD's
Genre: Comedy
Display Format: Full Screen
Subtitles: English
Region: Region Free
Seasons: 1-11
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