#Anders Keith

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So you're gonna prove him wrong by… keeping his ham safe? Not just safe. Pristine.

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Frasier (1993 and 2023)

The 1990s was probably the last great era for the American Sitcom and the majority of television viewers would probably pick "Seinfeld" as their favorite. As much as I love "Seinfeld" and its brand of famous gags, one liners and character quips, "Frasier" is in a class of its own above. For 11 seasons, Frasier maintained its Moliere/Alan Ayckbourn wit and farce without missing a beat. Nearly 20 years after the perfectly written series finale, "Frasier" has been rebooted and things have changed, some for the better and the rest for the worst. Here is the rundown about what made the original series a classic and the reboot (so far) a shadow of its former self.

TV Spinoffs are usually a hit or miss affair. The hits like "Laverne and Shirley" and "The Jeffersons" managed to remove themselves from their origin and create their own brand of humor. Others like "After MASH" and "Phyllis" were tedious affairs that forgot their roots and sailed into the sunset of mediocrity. And then you have "Frasier" which took the spinoff to brand new heights. Having already been an established supporting character in another massively successful series "Cheers", Frasier Crane was engrained in the collective consciousness of the prime time audience, so that was one notch in watching the pilot of the original "Frasier". The first thing was to reinvent Frasier as a radio psychiatrist which becomes the foundation for jokes about the human mind. But then you add supporting characters that are so multi-dimensional that they have to compete with the title character for the most laughs. That came in the form of David Hyde Pierce as Frasier's equally pompous psychiatrist brother Niles and John Mahoney as their blue collar, retired, disabled policeman father Martin. Watching the difference between tasting wine and singing Gilbert and Sullivan operettas to drinking beer and watching the ballgame on TV and you have a dynamic that is another foundation of excellent writing. At the same time, there's Peri Gilpin as Frasier's producer Roz who beds every man (single or married) in town and Jane Leeves as Daphne, Martin's in-house nurse and Niles' crush. When you have several running gags all synchronized in 11 amazing seasons that never jumped the shark, the possibilities are endless. Even recurring jokes like the rivalry between the Crane brothers, the elusive identity of Niles' wife Maris, or the random actions of Martin's dog Eddie, were add ons to an already colorful mosaic of wit and wisdom. Like the Sistine Chapel, or Bach's Goldberg Variations, Frasier is several fine tuned sequences that make up a Leviathan of a presentation. What can possibly go wrong?

The reboot of "Frasier" in hindsight should never have happened because in the series finale, the viewer wanted Frasier to have a happy ending and fine true love with his last girlfriend Charlotte. That hope goes out the window and instead what we get is another chapter in our titular character's hapless life when he becomes a lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard. In the original pilot, we got to know each character's strengths and flaws in only 22 minutes. With the reboot, it takes 2 episodes just to establish each character's back story. Now that Martin is dead and Niles & Daphne are MIA, the majority of the new characters are generic, paint by numbers creations. Frasier's son Frederick (Jack Cutmore-Scott) is blue collar like his grandfather and the deja vu dynamic is not played up for laughs. You have a storyline written in about Frederick's roommate Eve (Jess Salguero) that gets too convoluted and ends up like a subplot in a cheesy soap opera. Most unforgivably, there's Niles and Daphne's son David (Anders Keith) who is supposed to be an amalgam of his parents, but instead of having headstrong principles and acerbic banter, he's just obnoxiously atrocious. This isn't the offspring of a fascinating couple, it's a clone of Screech from "Saved By The Bell". The only thing that somewhat works and has any relevance to the original series is Frasier's scenes with his new colleagues at Harvard which includes his old college friend Alan (Nicholas Lyndhurst) and department head Olivia (Toks Olagundoye). Alan is the new Niles in how he and Frasier exchange intellectual topics and if you can close your eyes, you'd think it was the Crane Brothers. Olivia is tolerable only when she's in the same room as Alan. Otherwise, her scenes with Frasier border on cringeworthy, which goes against the original formula of all the characters mingling with indefinite punchlines. Finally, Kelsey Grammer is at the helm of a rocky boat trying to steer it through choppy waves. He hasn't lost any of his charm but he can only do so much with what's written in the script.

Only three episodes of the reboot have aired as of now (10/22/2023), and the show has a lot to live up to its source material. Roz and Frasier's ex wife Lilith are supposed to make appearances in future episodes. What will they bring to the table and will it rival the classic episodes? I'm not holding my breath, but do hope that the show improves itself.

Original: 10/10

Reboot: 6/10

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Frasier (2023)

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From top, left to right: Nicholas Lyndhurst, director James Burrows, Anders Keith, Jess Salgueiro, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Cutmore-Scott and Toks Olagundoye on the set of “Frasier.” (Chris Haston/Paramount+) source: https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/kelsey-grammer-frasier-reboot-more-seasons-1235805080/

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Frasier (2023) Teaser

Frasier is back?

Paramount+ has revived Frasier. The first 2 episodes of the revival will hit the streaming service on October 12, 2023, in the U.S. and Canada. The 2 episodes will also air back-to-back on CBS on October 17.

Frasier (2023) follows Frasier Crane as he returns to Boston. He has new challenges to face and new relationships to forge as well as trying to finally fulfill a couple of his dreams.

Frasier (2023) stars Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane, Jack Cutmore-Scott as Freddy Crane, Nicholas Lyndhurst as Alan Cornwall, Toks Olagundoye as Olivia, Jess Salgueiro as Eve, and Anders Keith as David Crane. Bebe Neuwirth will guest star in one episode as Dr. Lilith Sternin.

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Frasier (prods. Joe Cristalli & Chris Harris).

Paramount+'s revival of the classic spin-off character originated from Cheers is very much a contemporary rehash of the seminal 1990-2000s sitcom that ran for eleven seasons. Kelsey Grammer effortless reinhabits his famed character. However, most of the new characters feel like inferior contemporary copies of the beloved ones from previous incarnation without the same supporting cast. It hangs too much on our familiar reverence in revisiting Dr. Frasier Crane nearly twenty years later.

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FRASIER regresa en exclusiva a Paramount+

20 de septiembre de 2023 – Paramount+ presenta el tráiler oficial de su nueva serie original, FRASIER. Protagonizada por Kelsey Grammer, que retoma su papel de Frasier Crane, ganador del premio Emmy, la primera temporada de 10 episodios se estrenará el viernes 13 de octubre.FRASIER se rodó ante un público en directo en los estudios Paramount de Los Ángeles. La nueva serie sigue a Frasier Crane…

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El renacimiento de 'Frasier' establece fecha de estreno en Paramount +, los primeros dos episodios se emitirán en CBS.

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Commander, why does the King call you "babygirl"?

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behold all your fave players' fave interview:

holy goobers i was not expecting that winner by that score but hells yea boyo!

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spoilers:

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Sugar Apple Fairy Tale - Title Card Endings

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Frasier (2023)

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The New Teen Titans #36 (1983) by Keith Pollard & Marv Wolfman

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dear god i need more Sugar Apple Fairy Tale please it's so important to me

i need to see more keith i need to know about the diamond i need to see more of jonas being a fucking pathetic wet cat of a character

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Keith Andes et Dorothy