Frasier was an American sitcom broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons, aired on September 16, 1993, and ended on May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee (as Grub Street Productions) teamed up with Grammnet (2004) and Paramount Network Television. The series was created as a spin-off of Cheers, continuing the story of the psychiatrist Frasier Crane when he returned to his hometown of Seattle and began to build a new life as a radio host when reconnecting with his father and brother. Frasier starring Kelsey Grammer, Jane Leeves, David Hyde Pierce, Gilpin Fairy, and John Mahoney. The show was acknowledged critically, with the show itself and the players winning thirty-seven Emmy Awards, a record for the script series. It also won an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy Series for five consecutive years.
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Psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane (Grammer) returns to his hometown, Seattle, Washington, after the end of marriage and his life in Boston (as seen in Cheers). His plans for a new life as a bachelor were challenged when he was required to take his father, Martin (Mahoney), a retired Seattle Police Department detective, who had mobility problems after being shot while on duty for robbery.
Frasier hires Daphne Moon (Leeves) as a physical therapist and nanny Martin, and tolerates Martin Eddie's dog. Frasier often spends time with his brother Niles (Pierce), a fellow psychiatrist. Niles becomes interested, and eventually falls in love, Daphne (despite her own marriage), but does not admit her feelings to her until the last episode of the seventh season.
The simpler host The Dr. Frasier Crane Show , a call-shrinking psychiatrist event on the KACL talk radio station. The producer Roz Doyle (Gilpin) is very different from Frasier in many ways. He is a working class, has cheap tastes and, at least at the beginning of the series, has a superficial relationship with many men. However, Roz and Frasier share professional awards, and over time, they become good friends. Frasier and others often visit the local coffee shop, CafÃÆ' © Nervosa.
Crane's children, who have expensive tastes, intellectual interests, and high opinions about themselves, often collide with their father, Joe's average. Your close relationships are often tense, and their brother's rivalry intermittently produces chaos. For couples who make a living to solve other people's problems, they are often incompetent in dealing with many other hangups. Other recurring themes include Niles' relationship with his wife Maris, wife of Frasier for love, Martin's new life after retirement, and efforts by two brothers to gain acceptance to the cultural elite of Seattle.
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Character
Primary
- Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane, a radio psychiatrist Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon, a British physiotherapist and direct housekeeper, was hired by Frasier to help keep Martin, who lives with them in Frasier's apartment
- David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane, Frasier's sister, also a psychiatrist, who works in private practice
- Fairy Gilpin as Roz Doyle, producer of the Frasier radio show, who became a close family friend
- John Mahoney as Martin Crane, Frasier and Niles' father, a Seattle police detective who was forced to retire because of a gunshot wound to his hip that caused his life with Frasier
Repeats
- And Butler as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe (repeating season 1-3, 7, 9-11, regular series 4-6), a chauvinist-man, horny, boastful host of radio talk show sports which follows Frasier's daily broadcast at KACL
- Harriet Sansom Harris as Bebe Glazer (seasons 1-5, 7, 9-11), amoral manager, Fraser manipulation,
- Edward Hibbert as Gil Chesterton (season 2-8 & amp; 10-11; season 1), KACL restaurant critic who is flamboyant and feminine
- Patrick Kerr as Noel Shempsky (season 6-11; season guests 1 & amp; 3-5), KACL technical assistant and avid Star Trek aficionado speaking Klingon and constantly hitting Roz
- Saul Rubinek as Donny Douglas (season 6-8, season 10), divorce lawyer Niles and Daphne's love interest
- Tom McGowan as Kenny Daly (season 7-11; guest season 5-6), KACL station manager
- Millicent Martin as Mrs. Moon (season 9-10; guest season 7, 11), Daphne's mom
- Brian Klugman as Kirby (season 9; guest season 8), Bob and Lana's son, and part-time worker at KACL
- Ashley Thomas as Alice (season 10-11; co-star season 9), Roz's daughter
Note
The main character remains unchanged for 11 years. When the series ended in 2004, Grammer has played the character of Frasier Crane for a total of 20 years, including nine seasons in Cheers; at the time, he tied James Arness's portrayal of Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke to the longest-running character on primetime television. The record has been exceeded in the animation by the voice actor The Simpsons , and in direct action by Richard Belzer describes John Munch in the series of Murder: Life on the Road and Law & ; Order: Special Victim Unit . Grammar had become the highest paid television actor in the United States for his role as Frasier, while Jane Leeves was the highest paid British actress.
In addition to those of the ensemble, the additional storyline includes characters from the former Frasier incarnation on Cheers, such as his ex-wife Lilith Sternin, played by Bebe Neuwirth, and their son Frederick, played by Trevor Einhorn.
Reunion
Grammer has been the voice of Bob Sideshow on The Simpsons since 1990. In the 1997 episode (while Frasier is still in production), brother character, Cecil Terwilliger, introduced, played by Pierce, as which is referenced in the episode title, "Brother from Another Series". This episode contains many references to Frasier , including the Frasier -style The Simpsons version for its transitional and iconic titlecards for the same.. Pierce returned as Cecil for the second time (the first since Frasier finished) with the Grammer in the 2007 episode of "Funeral for a Fiend". This episode introduces the father of the brothers, Dr. Robert Terwilliger, described by Mahoney.
The member reunion also took place on four episodes of Hot in Cleveland, featuring Leeves in the lead role alongside Wendie Malick (who plays Martin's boyfriend towards the end of Frasier). In a two-season episode of "Unseparated at Birth" and season-three episodes of "Funeral Crashers", guest star Mahoney as a waitress plays with Betty White characters. Gilpin appeared in the episode "I Love Lucci (Part 1)", and Tom McGowan (who plays Kenny Daly) appeared on "Love Thy Neighbor" as a casting director. Hot in Cleveland was created and produced by Suzanne Martin, who wrote several episodes of Frasier .
Production
Creation
During the eighth season of the Cheers, Grammer made a deal with former producers David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee (who moved to produce Wings ) that they will do a new series together after Cheers ends. After becoming clear at the 10th season that the 11th will be the last, the group starts working on the next series together.
Grammer initially did not want to continue playing Frasier Crane, and Angell, Casey, and Lee did not want a new show compared to the Cheers , which they had done before Wings . The three proposed that the actor play a rich paraplegic publisher Malcolm Forbes who operates his business from his apartment. The main show features a Hispanic nurse "smart street" who will clash with the main character. While Grammer liked the concept, Paramount Television did not like it, and suggested that the best route would be to play the Frasier Crane character. Grammer eventually agreed to star in the spin-off Cheers, but the producer arranged a new show as far away as Boston might have to prevent NBC from demanding that other characters from the old show make a guest appearance in a new show in its first season. After first choosing Denver, Angell, Casey, and Lee eventually chose Seattle as a setting.
The creators did not want Frasier in private practice, which would make the show resemble The Bob Newhart Show . Taking from the unused ideas they have for the episode of Cheerful , they think of the idea of ​​a psychiatrist working on a radio station surrounded by "strange, yet fun" characters. Upon realizing that such arrangements resembled WKRP in Cincinnati , the authors decided to emphasize Frasier's home life, the Ceria rarely explored. Lee thought of his own experience with "the relationship between an aged father and an adult son he never understood" and thought it would be a good theme for Frasier. Although Frasier had mentioned Cheers that his father, a research scientist, had died, they decided to ignore the discrepancy (which they tried to explain in the second season episode). One element of the original concept that was carried over was a resident health care provider to be used for Frasier's father. Grammar shows that very little of Derek Frasier from Cheerful is brought to Frasier , because his family history changes, his settings, work, and even his own character change from Cheers > predecessor, should be based on the central character of the show so that other supporting characters can be more eccentric.
Casting
Martin Crane is based on the father of creator Casey, who spent 34 years with the San Francisco Police Department. The creators suggested to NBC that they wanted to throw someone like Mahoney, who NBC told them if they could get Mahoney, they could hire him without audition. Both Grammers and manufacturers contact Mahoney, with producers flying to Chicago to show Mahoney the pilot script over dinner. After reading the script, Mahoney accepted. Grammer, who lost his father as a child, and a childless Mahoney soon built a close father-son relationship. In discussing Martin's nurse, Warren Littlefield of NBC suggested she be British, not Hispanic and suggested Leeves for the role. Grammer was initially reluctant, because he thought the casting made the show resemble Nanny and Professor , but Leeves agreed after the meeting and read with him. Mahoney and Leeves were quickly tied to their common English heritage; Mahoney comes from Manchester where Leeves characters originated.
The Niles character is not part of the original concept for the show. Frasier has told her new friends about Toast that she is an only child. However, Sheila Guthrie, assistant casting director at Wings, brought in photographer Pierce (whom she knew from her work on The Powers That Be) and noted her likeness for the Grammer when she first appears in Cheers . She recommends him if they want Frasier to have a brother. The creators are "fascinated" both by its resemblance to the Grammer and his acting skills. They decided to ignore Fraser's statement on Cheers and create a role for Pierce. Pierce accepted the role before realizing he had not read the manuscript yet. Once he was given the script, he initially worried that his character was essentially a duplicate of Frasier, thinking that it would not work. The first table reading of the pilot script is important because producers have never heard of Pierce or Mahoney's reading line because they were thrown out without audition.
The only major role that requires auditioning is Roz Doyle, mentioned in the memory of the producer Wings . Producers auditioned about 300 actresses without a certain direction in mind. Women of all ethnicities are considered. Lisa Kudrow initially played a role, but during the rehearsals, the producers decided that they needed someone who could appear more assertive in his job and take over Frasier at KACL, and Kudrow did not fit that role. The creators soon hired Gilpin, their second choice.
The original focus of the series is intended to be the relationship between Frasier and Martin, and that is the focus of most of the first season episodes. After the show began airing, Niles became an escape character, and more focus was added to the brothers' relationships, and another Niles-centered plot, beginning in the second season. The producers initially did not want to make Niles Maris's wife an invisible character because they did not want to draw parallels with Vera, Norm's wife at Cheers. They originally intended that he would appear after a few episodes, but really enjoyed writing excuses for his absence that they ultimately decided that he would remain invisible, and once the more eccentric characteristics were supposedly derived from him, no real actress could describe them.
Settings and settings
Frasier's apartment was designed to be ultra-modern in an eclectic style (as Frasier himself pointed out in his pilot). One of the signature elements of the show that became famous was the design of an apartment that included elements such as a slightly divided level design, doors with triangular wooden inlay features, many parts of high-end furniture (such as Coco Chanel sofa replicas, and Wassily) and important sights from the terrace are often crowded with visitors. The main set consists of an open-concept living room with a sitting/TV room and a lower-level dining room and a piano exit onto the upper level back patio. The set also includes a kitchen through an open gate. A small section of the corridor of the building and the elevator door was built, like a dressing room near the front entrance. Two corridors outside the living room as if leading to a three bedroom apartment. The set for each of these rooms is built as a separate set on the required basis.
There are no buildings or apartments in Seattle that really have a view of Frasier's residence. It was created so that the Space Needle, the most iconic landmark of Seattle, will appear more clearly. According to the DVD bonus feature this season, photos used on the set are taken off the cliff, possibly a ledge in Kerry Park, a frequent photography location. Nevertheless, Frasier has been said to have contributed to the emergence of an upscale urban lifestyle in the 1990s in Seattle, with buyers looking for properties in similar locations depicted in the show, to find "cosmopolitan feel of Easier ".
Another main set is the radio studio at KACL which Frasier broadcasts its show. The studio itself consists of two rooms: a broadcasting chamber and a control room. Part of the corridor outside the booth is also built (visible through the window at the back of the studio) and can be shot from the side to see the corridor itself. The set was designed based on the then-brand-new ABC radio studio in Los Angeles that designers visited. Technical elements such as microphones are regularly updated to fit the latest technology. Although the studio set does not have a "front" wall (fourth wall), one is built for occasional use in episodes with certain moments shot from behind the broadcasting table, not in front as usual.
Producers want to have a gathering place outside the home and work where the characters can meet. After a trip to Seattle, and seeing many emerging coffeehouses, production designers suggested to manufacturers that they use coffee shops. Unlike many of the modern coffee shop designs that are prevalent in Seattle, production designers choose a warmer and more inviting style that will look more established and traditional. Dirt is specifically removed to avoid similarities with the bars in Cheers . Some Los Angeles coffee shops are used as a reference. A bookcase is added on the back wall, showing customers can pick up books and read while enjoying their coffee. The show uses three versions of the interior set depending on how many other set spaces for each episode are required. If space for the full set is not available, a smaller version that removes the table closest to the audience can be used. If the space for the set was lacking, the small backside behind the cafe at the top of the stairs could be arranged beneath the stands. A set is also used on occasions for exterior patios.
Filming
The players have the extraordinary freedom to suggest changes to the script. Grammar uses an acting method he calls "irreverence necessary" and does not practice with others, instead of studying and practicing his dialogue shortly before shooting every scene in front of a live studio audience. Although effective, this system often causes panic among guest stars. In 1996, Grammer recurrent alcoholism led to car accidents; the cast and crew intervened persuading him into Betty Ford Clinic, suspending production for a month.
Only one episode, "The 1000th Show", was filmed in Seattle. As with Cheers, most of the episodes were filmed at Stage 25, Paramount Studios, or at various locations in and around Los Angeles.
The line of KACL callers is read by unnamed voice actors during filming in front of a live audience, and during postproduction, the line is replaced by celebrities, who actually call on their part without having to come to the studio. The final credit of the season finals shows the grayscale celebrity headshot who has been "called" that season. Many celebrities were summoned, including David Duchovny, Phil Donahue, Marlo Thomas, Linda Hamilton, Olympia Dukakis, Daryl Hannah, Christopher Reeve, Gary Sinise, Freddie Prinze, Jr., Laura Linney and Estelle Parsons. Some "callers" are also guest stars, such as Parsons and Linney, who played the last interest in Frasier's love last season.
Credits
The theme song of the show, "Tossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs", sung by Grammer and played on cover credits every episode. Composer Bruce Miller, who also consists of Wing , is asked to avoid explicitly mentioning subjects related to performances such as radio or psychiatry. After Miller finished the music, the lyricist Darryl Phinnesse suggested the title because they were things that, like Frasier Crane's patients, were "mixed up". The lyrics indirectly refer to the Crane radio show; "I heard the blues a-callin", for example, referring to the troubled listener who called the event. Grammar notes some variations of the ending line of the theme being played for each episode. In addition to the final season, short and silent scenes, often revisiting small subplots aside from the episode's central story, came up with credits and songs, performed by actors without a written dialogue based on the author's suggestion.
The title card at the beginning of each episode shows a white line drawn in the shape of the Seattle sky on a black background above the event title. In most of the episodes, once the skyline and title appear, the skyline increases in several ways, such as a lit window or a lifted helicopter. The color of the title text changes for each season (respectively: blue, red, green, purple, gold, orange, yellow, light green, bright orange, silver, and metallic gold). Above the title card, one of about 25 short music cues evokes the cover theme played.
Relationship with Cheers
With the exception of Rebecca Howe (Kirstie Alley), all of the surviving members of the main cast of Ceria make an appearance at Frasier, but Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth) is the only one to be repetitive characters.
Some of the 'Frasier' actors have appeared earlier in a small role on Cheers. In the episode "Do Not Forsake Me, O 'My Postman" (1992), John Mahoney plays Sy Flembeck, an over-the-hill jingle writer hired by Rebecca to write jingles for bars. In it, Grammer and Mahoney exchanged several lines. Gilpin's fairy appears in the episode of "Cheers" titled "Woody Gets Elections" plays a reporter who interviews Woody when he runs for office.
In the episode of the eight seasons of "Two Girls for Every Boyd" episode, Frasier tells Sam Malone (played by Ted Danson) that his father, a research scientist, has died. In the episode of the two episodes "The Show Where Sam Shows Up", when Sam meets Martin, Frasier explains that at that moment, he gets angry after a fight with his father on the phone. However, in "The Show Where Woody Shows Up", when meeting Martin, Woody says he remembers having heard of him.
In the ninth season episode, "Cheerful Goodbyes" in 2002, Frasier returned to Boston to make a speech and Niles, Daphne, and Martin came to see the city. Frasier ran to Cliff Clavin (played by John Ratzenberger) at the airport and learned that Cliff retired and moved to Florida. Frasier and the company attended Cliff's retirement party, where Frasier reunited with other gang members from Cheers (minus Sam, Woody, and Rebecca), including Norm Peterson's usual bar (played by George Wendt), Carla's waitress Tortelli (played by Rhea Perlman), Paul Krapence's barflies (played by Paul Willson) and Phil (played by Philip Perlman), and former long-running Cliffs Walt Twitchell (played by Raye Birk).
In the season 11 episode of Frasier, "Caught in Deed", Frasier's ex-wife, children's entertainer Nanny G, came to town and invited her backstage to meet. Nanny G appeared on the episode of Cheerful "One Hug, The Other No" (1992) and played by Emma Thompson. In this episode of Frasier, she is described by Laurie Metcalf. She also appeared in the second episode of season 9 of Frasier, Don Juan in Hell: Part 2 and played by Dina Waters.
The Frasier collection is built on the Cheers device on the same stage after filming. The producers of Frasier make sure there are no seats in the coffee shop so it will keep them visually from the Ceria bar.
Reception
Critical reaction
Critics and commentators widely hold Frasier with great respect. Caroline Frost says that the whole series shows a high level of intelligence, but noted that many critics feel that Daphne and Niles's marriage in season 10 has eliminated much of the comic tension of the show. Ken Tucker feels that their marriage makes this series seem desperate for the storyline, while Robert Bianco feels that it is a symptom of a show that begins to decline in quality after so much time in the air. Kelsey Grammer acknowledged the creative break, saying that for the next two seasons, the show was "too serious". However, commentators acknowledge that there have been improvements after the return of writers Christopher Lloyd and Joe Keenan, though not necessarily high standards before.
Writing about the first season, John O'Connor described Frasier as a relatively unoriginal concept, but said that it was generally "extraordinary", while Tucker thought that the second season benefited greatly from a mixture of " humor high and low ". Tucker's comment refers to what Grammer describes as a rule of the series that the show should not underestimate its audience. Kevin Cherry believes that Frasier can remain fresh by not making contemporary comments, thereby allowing the show to be politically and socially neutral. Other commentators, such as Haydn Bush disagree, believe the success of Frasier can be attributed to the time of comedy and the relationship between characters. Joseph J. Darowski and Kate Darowski complimented the entire message of this series, which in eleven seasons saw some lonely and corrupt individuals develop a warm and caring relationship. Although individual episodes vary in quality, the series as a whole brings definitive themes and evolution from trial to end.
In spite of the criticisms of later seasons, these critics agree in praising at least the early seasons, with comments about the appearance of the series from beliefs, such as Bianco, that the show has gone its course for them like Dana Stevens, who bemoans the end of Frasier as "the final sitcom for adults". Critics compare the funny elements of the series, especially in the later seasons, to the old sitcom Company Three . The NBC News contributor, Wendell Wittler described moments of misunderstanding as "inspired by classic comedy of etiquette as well as Frasier's frustration often."
Awards
Frasier is one of the most successful spin-off series in television history and one of the most critical comedy series of all time. This series won a total of 37 Primetime Emmy Awards for 11 years running, breaking the long-held record held by CBS ' The Mary Tyler Moore Show (29). It holds the record until 2016 when Game of Thrones won 38. Grammer and Pierce each won four, including respectively for the fifth and eleventh seasons. The series is tied to ABC Modern Family for successive wins for Outstanding Comedy Series, winning five from 1994 to 1998.
Grammer has been nominated for playing Emmy Frasier Crane on Cheers and Frasier, as well as the 1992 crossover appearance on Wings, making it the only player to be nominated to play the same role on three different events. The first year Grammer did not receive an Emmy nomination for Frasier in 2003 for the 10th season. However, Pierce was nominated annually from the show, breaking the record for nominations in his category, with eighth nominations in 2001; he was nominated three more times after this.
In 1994, the episode "The Matchmaker" ranked 43 in the TV Guide ' 100 epic greatest of all time.
In 2000, the series was named the largest international program of all time by a panel of 1,600 industry experts for the British Film Institute as part of BFI TV 100.
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In 2006, a poll taken by UK Channel 4 from the industry sitcom voted the best sitcom sitter of all time.
Fandom and cultural influences
Frasier started airing outside the syndicated network on September 15, 1997.
The show's popularity has resulted in several fan sites, podcasts, and publications. Podcasts seen especially on Frasier's television show include Frasierphiles and Talk Salad and Scrambled Eggs with Kevin Smith and Matt Mira. While the show is still in production, a cookbook, Cafe Nervosa: The Cookbook Connoisseur , is published which is claimed to be written by Frasier and Niles Crane. Similarly, a book titled My Life as a Dog was published as Moose's autobiography, a dog that plays Eddie in the first few seasons of the series. In 2001, the soundtrack for the series was released. Jefferson Graham publishes a behind-the-scenes look at the series, and some collection of scripts are published.
Merchandising
Home media
Paramount Home Entertainment and (since 2006 onwards) CBS DVD has released all 11 Seasons Frasier on DVDs in Region 1, 2 and 4. 44-disc packs containing all 11 seasons have also been released.
On April 7, 2015, CBS DVD released Frasier: The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.
The first four seasons were also released in VHS along with a series of 'Best Of' tapes. This cassette consists of four episodes taken from season 1-4. No more video releases have been announced.
One Frasier CD has been released featuring a number of songs taken from the show.
Books
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Referensi
Bacaan lebih lanjut
- Graham, Jefferson (1996). Frasier . New York: Simon & amp; Schuster Ltd. ISBNÂ 0-671-00368-2.
- Gitlin, Martin (2014). The Sitkom Terbaik Sepanjang Masa . Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press. pp. 58-67. ISBN: 9780810887244.
- Darowski, Joseph J.; Darowski, Kate (2017). Frasier: Sejarah Budaya . Lanham, MD: Rowman & amp; Littlefield. ISBN: 9781442277960.
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