Frasier always seemed so unique to me. I literally could NEVER get tired of watching it!!! It's one of the wittiest, most intellectual, profound and heartwarming sitcoms out there!! I love it, I wish more people could love it, but I guess the less mainstream recognition it has the more of a hidden gem it is for people who discover it....
@@kendallrivers1119 If you go to a foreign country and ask the people there of any age if they know the show Frasier, are they going to say yes or no? But if you ask them about Friends, Big Bang Theory...
@@AlexAvey-yk5mw I liked Friends the first time I watched but it's not really rewatchable. It's okay to me. But I see why some would dislike it. I also prefer Young Sheldon to Big Bang Theory, which is another relatively underrated sitcom
The greatest achievement of Frasier was creating a character the working class could relate to, in spite of the difference in social standing. Frasier might have been pretentious, upscale, and at times belittling to the very people he counseled, but he at the same time possessed very human flaws which allowed us to see past his more negative traits. He was a guy I could root for in spite of the fact I'd probably be at a loss for words at what to say or talk about, if I were to meet him in a real life scenario. Add into the fact the goofy stuff him and his brother often found themselves in helped to humble them to an extent, also making them quite entertaining to watch. All in all, there was no other program like Frasier, and if one were to hold it up to other sitcoms of the time, its aged much better due to its intelligence, and original take on sitcoms in general. A comedy for the ages, and one that deserves every bit of the recognition its earned.
I recently saw a YT video about the cast of Frasier. The last cast member who was discussed was Eddie (Eddie Spaghetti, thus called not because he liked Italian food but because he had worms). When Moose (AKA Eddie) began to get older they mated him and he got a look-a-like son named Enzo. Peri Gilpin adopted Enzo. At the last show they brought Moose onstage. He was pretty much white furred, and deaf. He rose to the occasion and put on his own show of all of his tricks. The ending teared me up. What a sweet old ham.
This is a fantastic overview and credence of Frasier in the world of sitcoms. I absolutely loved the show and am currently re-watching it with glee. Honestly, it is a breath of fresh air for a sitcom to elevate the dialect and intelligence rather than be the "every man" .... Thanks again! Great job!
I am in the UK and Frasier is my ultimate favorite sitcom. I have seen all episodes many many many times, I still laugh, the incredible one liners, I will never tire of it. My second is Cheers and my third is M.A.S.H.
Frasier had all the various types of humor, excellent scripts, characters, actors, and chemistry. It is not to be outdone. I have watched it many times over and I still love it.
I watched a lot of US sitcoms and I'm surprised (I'm just 5 seasons in) by how impressed I still am with almost every episodes. The show itself was very unique and was mostly well written and witty without problematic or stereotypical jokes, or simply falls off after season 3/4. I was actually dumbfounded when I found out it's a spin-off, cause most spin-offs just are not good.
Frasier's characters also grew. It's one of the very few comedies that could get deep without it feeling fake. I think of the three Crane men standing on the balcony comically calling out to Seattle their availability followed by their silence as them being without that special someone sets in.
Love this-I remember my father having Frasier on when I was young, how he'd laugh and I'd instinctively laugh too, even though I had no idea what was funny about it. Coming to the show now, in my 30s, and I can finally laugh with my dad.
Both Frasier and Seinfeld are genuinely brilliant shows in their own respective ways. One is much more complex and satirical while the other, purposefully, finds its humor in the most mundane of every day life events.
Eh... I watched Daphne. LOL The whole show was such a riot, and the pretentiousness is what set it apart for me. I guess I just liked snobs getting stuffed. The romance between niles and Daphne is what set me on the edge of my seat though. And when he finally swiped his Dad's Winnebago to run off with her, that was just epic! Niled Crane, driving away with the love of his life in a Winnebago! What could have been better?
What got me was that Frazier beat Home Improvement in the Emmy’s. They were scheduled opposite each other, in true network battle. And Frazier with its intelligent wit won.
i always wonder do the writers plan every single element that manifests in our interpretation of shows. or do they simply do a show, let the chips fall where they may and we create the rest of a show personally. maybe the answer is somewhere inbetween.
And your comment so much less necessary than, well, anything. Like me, lots of others found it well-done and informative, as well as enjoyable, with no length issues and a deep appreciation for effort expended by the author. Think of the verbosity as a nod to Frasier himself. Regardless, to each his own, I suppose. (This response was also much longer than necessary, but I dislike making judgments through 4-letter words.) Cheers!
To me it was Frasier and The Nanny. Absolutely love those 2 shows especially Frasier. Hated Seinfeld and Friends. Never watched and don’t know anybody who likes Friends.
True. I enjoyed both shows, NBC was the juggernaut that were killing it with their own sitcoms. Friends, Frasier, Seinfeld, Just Shoot Me, Will & Grace, Mad About You, and 3rd Rock from the Sun. Warren Littlefield (former president of NBC Entertainment), even admitted that he wish he could have had "Living Single" on their network before Fox took the broadcasting and ownership rights.
@@thegameshowguy1Fox Thursdays gave NBC a run for their money with their own iconic line up that was Martin, Living Single and New York Undercover. With all these different types of shows back then it was a great Era for tv.
Friends isn't anywhere near Frasier, Cheers and Seinfeld's level in chemistry, comedy or just plain brilliance. Frasier and Barney Miller are two of the smartest, most literate sitcoms in television history. Their type of humor is hard to replicate which is why neither has a bunch of copies.
Barney Miller was a lot better than Seinfeld. I couldn’t stand Friends and Seinfeld equally especially Friends. Never watched a single episode of Friends.
I don't know what the best sitcoms are. After all, taste in comedy has to be subjective. My top 5 (classics) are in no order, cheers, frasier, seinfeld, mash, I ❤ Lucy. My 2 Fave new ones: after life, fleabag.
Honestly, that's the true test of a comedy sitcom. If it is funny without a laugh track. It took me a few seasons of watching Scrubs before I realized there was no laugh track, yet, I was crying laughing.
I’m fine with it cause there is an audience enjoying the show. In a way it’s like Music, you feel you’re there with them enjoying a good show. If they ever were to edit it out it would be interesting.
Shakespeare's plays were extraordinarily popular in the wild west. Cowboys flocked to them. Please do more research before making claims that ordinary or lower class people couldn't understand them
Frasier is a lot like Seinfeld. Seinfeld took horrible human beings and made them likeable by being funny. Frasier did the same thing. Frasier and Niles are both terrible human beings but we liked them because the show was funny. They were both pretentious snobs, worked in a field where you are supposed to be non judgmental but were always looking down their noses on others as inferior, mocked and made fun of their wounded police officer dad, and so on. Niles creeped on Daphne while married, tried to break up her relationships with other men, cheated on Maris with Lilith who was also his brother's ex, refused to take his dad in, made fun of and mocked his dad for his inferior tastes, continually mocked Roz for being promiscuous (while he creeped on Daphne), swore he loved Mel but left her after 3 days of marriage and stole Daphne from the altar of her wedding. Frasier also made fun of Roz for her promiscuity while he slept around all the time. Niles said he was going to get a fellow therapist kicked out of his office building simply because he went to what Niles and Frasier thought was an inferior school. Both Niles and Frasier repeatedly said they took after their mother. Their mother had an affair with another man while married to their father who was the only grounded, decent person on the show. So yes they did take after her because she was a horrible person too.
Frasier and Seinfeld do not compare. The jokes are more clever and you actually need a brain to understand. Cheating means "horrible person"? Stick to Seinfeld where they go to jail in the end. No comparison.
What a long, wrongheaded diatribe. Niles was separated from Maris when he slept with Lilith, just as Lilith was divorced from Frasier at that time (her husband at that time had run off with another man). There was no "cheating" involved on the Crane end. Niles did not "break up" Daphne's marriage, either. The marriage never happened. Daphne ran away with Niles before she could marry Donnie. They then returned and had to face the consequences of their actions. Niles did ruin his marriage to Mel in the act, but Mel was just Maris all over again, so it would have meant he would have been miserable. They married too quickly, and Marty knew it. He said so. The Cranes brothers are petty and egotistical, but they are NOT terrible people. How many times did they agonize over hurting others and strive to redeem themselves? The whole series consisted of them trying to make amends for being imperfect human beings. Most people have the same flaws, but never attempt to make amends for it. The Cranes were always trying to help people (though they made mistakes, even as psychiatrists). Snooty? Yes? Terrible? No.
Think about the snobbish and narcissistic "Frasier" and then look at a failure like "Phyllis" and ask, "How did they get one so right and one so wrong?"
@@golden.fire.princess9653 A 2-season "Mary Tyler More Show" spin off in the 1970s with a similar character. It never found its footing as Frasier did. Full episodes are found on TH-cam.
Frasier always seemed so unique to me. I literally could NEVER get tired of watching it!!! It's one of the wittiest, most intellectual, profound and heartwarming sitcoms out there!! I love it, I wish more people could love it, but I guess the less mainstream recognition it has the more of a hidden gem it is for people who discover it....
I'd say winning 37 Emmys with 108 nominations and extreme success ratings and critically made it a mainstream success.
@@kendallrivers1119 If you go to a foreign country and ask the people there of any age if they know the show Frasier, are they going to say yes or no? But if you ask them about Friends, Big Bang Theory...
Frasier is way better than those shows, especially friends. Never watched Friends.
@@AlexAvey-yk5mw I liked Friends the first time I watched but it's not really rewatchable. It's okay to me. But I see why some would dislike it. I also prefer Young Sheldon to Big Bang Theory, which is another relatively underrated sitcom
Frasier had a lot of classic sitcom elements honestly. The delivery and writing was the secret.
The greatest achievement of Frasier was creating a character the working class could relate to, in spite of the difference in social standing. Frasier might have been pretentious, upscale, and at times belittling to the very people he counseled, but he at the same time possessed very human flaws which allowed us to see past his more negative traits.
He was a guy I could root for in spite of the fact I'd probably be at a loss for words at what to say or talk about, if I were to meet him in a real life scenario. Add into the fact the goofy stuff him and his brother often found themselves in helped to humble them to an extent, also making them quite entertaining to watch.
All in all, there was no other program like Frasier, and if one were to hold it up to other sitcoms of the time, its aged much better due to its intelligence, and original take on sitcoms in general. A comedy for the ages, and one that deserves every bit of the recognition its earned.
I recently saw a YT video about the cast of Frasier. The last cast member who was discussed was Eddie (Eddie Spaghetti, thus called not because he liked Italian food but because he had worms).
When Moose (AKA Eddie) began to get older they mated him and he got a look-a-like son named Enzo. Peri Gilpin adopted Enzo.
At the last show they brought Moose onstage. He was pretty much white furred, and deaf. He rose to the occasion and put on his own show of all of his tricks.
The ending teared me up. What a sweet old ham.
This was fun to watch. Thank you! Love Frasier
This is a fantastic overview and credence of Frasier in the world of sitcoms. I absolutely loved the show and am currently re-watching it with glee. Honestly, it is a breath of fresh air for a sitcom to elevate the dialect and intelligence rather than be the "every man" .... Thanks again! Great job!
I am in the UK and Frasier is my ultimate favorite sitcom. I have seen all episodes many many many times, I still laugh, the incredible one liners, I will never tire of it. My second is Cheers and my third is M.A.S.H.
Frasier always felt like a British sitcom in many ways to me - possibly part of why it’s run continuously on Channel 4 here for years
Frasier had all the various types of humor, excellent scripts, characters, actors, and chemistry. It is not to be outdone. I have watched it many times over and I still love it.
I haven’t rewatched the show in almost 7 years. I decided to check it out again and wow it really held up.
I watched a lot of US sitcoms and I'm surprised (I'm just 5 seasons in) by how impressed I still am with almost every episodes. The show itself was very unique and was mostly well written and witty without problematic or stereotypical jokes, or simply falls off after season 3/4. I was actually dumbfounded when I found out it's a spin-off, cause most spin-offs just are not good.
This needs more views! Awesome video!😃😁👍🏻
Truth
Frasier's characters also grew. It's one of the very few comedies that could get deep without it feeling fake. I think of the three Crane men standing on the balcony comically calling out to Seattle their availability followed by their silence as them being without that special someone sets in.
This video is awesome, it definitely deserves more views
Love this-I remember my father having Frasier on when I was young, how he'd laugh and I'd instinctively laugh too, even though I had no idea what was funny about it. Coming to the show now, in my 30s, and I can finally laugh with my dad.
I just started watching Frasier after missing it for many years. It's still hilarious.
This should have way more views! You broke down and analyzed the show perfectly!
That is wildly flattering. Thanks so much!
Both Frasier and Seinfeld are genuinely brilliant shows in their own respective ways. One is much more complex and satirical while the other, purposefully, finds its humor in the most mundane of every day life events.
Eh... I watched Daphne. LOL The whole show was such a riot, and the pretentiousness is what set it apart for me. I guess I just liked snobs getting stuffed. The romance between niles and Daphne is what set me on the edge of my seat though. And when he finally swiped his Dad's Winnebago to run off with her, that was just epic! Niled Crane, driving away with the love of his life in a Winnebago! What could have been better?
Wonderful video! Frasier is one of my top 5 favs. 🐾
This is one of the best Frasier review's I've ever watched.
What got me was that Frazier beat Home Improvement in the Emmy’s. They were scheduled opposite each other, in true network battle. And Frazier with its intelligent wit won.
Frasier is the thinking mans sitcom.
They're not even on the same planet.
Home Improvement is a kids' show. The fact it aired on the Disney Channel says it all.
This is such a well made video, I couldn't agree more! Thank you!
I never thought of Martin being the heart of the show, but he really was. 🐾
i always wonder do the writers plan every single element that manifests in our interpretation of shows. or do they simply do a show, let the chips fall where they may and we create the rest of a show personally. maybe the answer is somewhere inbetween.
@@ConstavlosIt can be both with different shows. Though with most of the iconic stuff it's the latter
This is so much longer than needed to be. If this was a essay this would definitely have a 4,000 word count but only enough content for 1,000
And your comment so much less necessary than, well, anything. Like me, lots of others found it well-done and informative, as well as enjoyable, with no length issues and a deep appreciation for effort expended by the author. Think of the verbosity as a nod to Frasier himself. Regardless, to each his own, I suppose. (This response was also much longer than necessary, but I dislike making judgments through 4-letter words.) Cheers!
Great commentary - thoroughly enjoyed it!
I dont know anyone who liked Friends.
Seinfeld and Frasier were the top shows of the 90s
To me it was Frasier and The Nanny. Absolutely love those 2 shows especially Frasier. Hated Seinfeld and Friends. Never watched and don’t know anybody who likes Friends.
My favourite show
Mine too.
Great video. Thanks for making it
Friends is a copy of Living Single but I love watching Frasier. I was too young to understand the show then but now it’s a classic for me
True. I enjoyed both shows, NBC was the juggernaut that were killing it with their own sitcoms. Friends, Frasier, Seinfeld, Just Shoot Me, Will & Grace, Mad About You, and 3rd Rock from the Sun. Warren Littlefield (former president of NBC Entertainment), even admitted that he wish he could have had "Living Single" on their network before Fox took the broadcasting and ownership rights.
@@thegameshowguy1Fox Thursdays gave NBC a run for their money with their own iconic line up that was Martin, Living Single and New York Undercover. With all these different types of shows back then it was a great Era for tv.
Great job man!
An episode or two of Frasier a day keeps the doctor away !
Fraiser can do anything!
The thinking man’s sitcom
Friends isn't anywhere near Frasier, Cheers and Seinfeld's level in chemistry, comedy or just plain brilliance. Frasier and Barney Miller are two of the smartest, most literate sitcoms in television history. Their type of humor is hard to replicate which is why neither has a bunch of copies.
I agree with everything you said except Barney Miller being that good.
Barney Miller was a lot better than Seinfeld. I couldn’t stand Friends and Seinfeld equally especially Friends. Never watched a single episode of Friends.
Absolutely love Frasier and watch him everyday still.
frasier 4 life
Frasier Forever
Great retrospective!
After watching Fraiser one new thing learnt about American culture also is melting.. back then.
I don't know what the best sitcoms are. After all, taste in comedy has to be subjective. My top 5 (classics) are in no order, cheers, frasier, seinfeld, mash, I ❤ Lucy.
My 2 Fave new ones: after life, fleabag.
I think this is the greatest, though the Brit...Only Fools & Horses comes close.
Frasier would be pretty damn good without a laugh track
Taped in front of a live studio audience. I also thought it was a laugh track until I looked it up.
Honestly, that's the true test of a comedy sitcom. If it is funny without a laugh track. It took me a few seasons of watching Scrubs before I realized there was no laugh track, yet, I was crying laughing.
The comedy style suits having a life audience laughing along, it's just really funny so isn't like most other 'laugh track shows'
I’m fine with it cause there is an audience enjoying the show. In a way it’s like Music, you feel you’re there with them enjoying a good show. If they ever were to edit it out it would be interesting.
3 thumbs down?
Why?
Does TH-cam have a policy of having dislikes necessary?
Are they even real?
Probably Maris, that saucy minx
Because they are miserable / mardy or boring . I think the programme is FANTASTIC and can not wait until the new series
@@strikerstar1958 would she have the finger strength to push the dislike? Lol
Shakespeare's plays were extraordinarily popular in the wild west. Cowboys flocked to them. Please do more research before making claims that ordinary or lower class people couldn't understand them
Frasier doesn’t have canned laughter. Also what does the narrator say “from bulldog to...?????” Does he say Beak? Can’t understand what he said.
Frasier is a lot like Seinfeld. Seinfeld took horrible human beings and made them likeable by being funny. Frasier did the same thing. Frasier and Niles are both terrible human beings but we liked them because the show was funny. They were both pretentious snobs, worked in a field where you are supposed to be non judgmental but were always looking down their noses on others as inferior, mocked and made fun of their wounded police officer dad, and so on. Niles creeped on Daphne while married, tried to break up her relationships with other men, cheated on Maris with Lilith who was also his brother's ex, refused to take his dad in, made fun of and mocked his dad for his inferior tastes, continually mocked Roz for being promiscuous (while he creeped on Daphne), swore he loved Mel but left her after 3 days of marriage and stole Daphne from the altar of her wedding. Frasier also made fun of Roz for her promiscuity while he slept around all the time. Niles said he was going to get a fellow therapist kicked out of his office building simply because he went to what Niles and Frasier thought was an inferior school. Both Niles and Frasier repeatedly said they took after their mother. Their mother had an affair with another man while married to their father who was the only grounded, decent person on the show. So yes they did take after her because she was a horrible person too.
"Well, tally me banana".
Frasier and Seinfeld do not compare. The jokes are more clever and you actually need a brain to understand. Cheating means "horrible person"? Stick to Seinfeld where they go to jail in the end. No comparison.
Martin was a homophobic sexist to boot.
What a long, wrongheaded diatribe. Niles was separated from Maris when he slept with Lilith, just as Lilith was divorced from Frasier at that time (her husband at that time had run off with another man). There was no "cheating" involved on the Crane end. Niles did not "break up" Daphne's marriage, either. The marriage never happened. Daphne ran away with Niles before she could marry Donnie. They then returned and had to face the consequences of their actions. Niles did ruin his marriage to Mel in the act, but Mel was just Maris all over again, so it would have meant he would have been miserable. They married too quickly, and Marty knew it. He said so. The Cranes brothers are petty and egotistical, but they are NOT terrible people. How many times did they agonize over hurting others and strive to redeem themselves? The whole series consisted of them trying to make amends for being imperfect human beings. Most people have the same flaws, but never attempt to make amends for it. The Cranes were always trying to help people (though they made mistakes, even as psychiatrists). Snooty? Yes? Terrible? No.
Think about the snobbish and narcissistic "Frasier" and then look at a failure like "Phyllis" and ask, "How did they get one so right and one so wrong?"
What’s Phyllis?
@@golden.fire.princess9653 A 2-season "Mary Tyler More Show" spin off in the 1970s with a similar character. It never found its footing as Frasier did. Full episodes are found on TH-cam.
@@Youngstown529 oh ok ty!
This guy over analyzes more than Fraser and Niles combined. It was a funny show.
Big Bang Theory can be viewed as a Frasier clone.
No,man just no lol. Big Bang doesn't compare to Frasier at all.
Nowhere close. Big Bang is just a bunch of smart teenagers drama.