Moose had been bred with the idea of achieving a look-alike replacement when it became obvious that this show would have a long run. Enzo had two siblings, a sister named Miko, who was too small to play Eddie, and Moosie, who had noticeably different markings. Peri Gilpin Roz ended up adopting Moosie. David Hyde Pierce 's streak was unbroken. As of , Kelsey Grammer played Frasier Crane for twenty years. This is one of the longest periods that an actor or actress has played the same character on American prime time non-soap opera television.
Fellow record holders include James Arness of Gunsmoke , who also played Marshal Matt Dillon for twenty years straight. The producers made certain there were no stools in the coffee shop to purposefully distance it visually from the Cheers bar. The K is a prefix for almost all U. The show's creators originally envisioned Daphne as a Latina, similar to Rosie Perez.
Kelsey Grammer Frasier was originally disappointed, because he felt that having an English housekeeper would make the show similar to Nanny and the Professor But he changed his mind after a meeting with Leeves.
David Hyde Pierce trained as a classical pianist for years before becoming an actor; thus, whenever Niles is shown playing the piano, it's usually Pierce's own playing that is heard. Contrast Kelsey Grammer , who mimes to a professional recording when Frasier plays the piano. The original premise for the series was to revolve around Frasier Kelsey Grammer and his co-workers at the radio station.
While thinking of new ideas, David Lee was arranging for health care for his elderly father, who had had a stroke, and he came up with a premise based on that. Lee was also inspired by the vast personality differences between him and his father. Bulldog was portrayed as a womanizer on the series, though Dan Butler , who played Bulldog, is gay. When Frasier Kelsey Grammer violates his code of ethics, his stomach turns. When Niles David Hyde Pierce violates his code of ethics, his nose bleeds.
The one hundredth episode of this show is the only episode to be filmed on the streets of Seattle. After Cheers had finished filming, the bar was taken down and the sets for this show were built in its place. In , the cast reunited for the show's 20th anniversary. Niles' alma mater is Yale, which is David Hyde Pierce 's alma mater in real life. The two dogs who portrayed Eddie, Moose and later his son Enzo, did not get along at all and could not be in the same room without barking and snarling at each other.
To make sure the viewers did not view Frasier Kelsey Grammer as a family deserter, the writers made sure that Frasier reiterated that he missed his son Frederick Trevor Einhorn in the pilot episode. In one episode, after a night at the opera watching "Rigoletto" by Verdi, Frasier remarks to his date that the finest soprano to sing the role of "Gilda" was "The great Matilda De Cagney". Matilda de Cagny is the animal trainer who owns Moose , the dog who played Eddie.
According to Lisa Maxwell , she auditioned for the role of Daphne. But due to a misunderstanding with her agent, she was under the impression that she was already cast in the role, and did not know it was an audition. She criticized the script and made suggestions on improving it, which the show's writers did not like, so she did not get the part.
The show's creators originally planned for the show to take place in Denver, Colorado. But in late , Colorado passed an amendment that repealed anti-gay discrimination laws. It was later declared unconstitutional by the U. Supreme Court. The creators did not agree with the amendment and decided to move the show's setting further west to Seattle.
The creators did not want the show to take place in Boston, Massachusetts, as Cheers had, because they did not want NBC to ask for frequent guest appearances from that show's characters. One of the recurring jokes in the series was the fact that just about everyone knew that Gil Chesterton Edward Hibbert was gay except Gil.
Despite various innuendos surrounding his character's sexual orientation, Gil never formally came out. When asked about his sexual orientation directly, he insisted that he was heterosexual, and happily married to a woman. David Hyde Pierce 's Niles Crane is a stuffy milquetoast with a mad passion for his father's live-in therapist.
In his previous series, The Powers That Be , he played a stuffy milquetoast with a mad passion for the maid. The glass sculpture to the right of Frasier's Kelsey Grammer 's fireplace is a piece made by Dale Chihuly , a well-known glass sculptor, whose studio is based in Tacoma, Washington just south of Seattle.
During season eight, Jane Leeves ' pregnancy was disguised by a storyline involving a severe overeating disorder, and later, her maternity leave was accounted for by having Daphne go to a health spa to cope with her weight problem.
In , "Paramount Studios" made a deal with Kelsey Grammer to star him in his own series after " Cheers " ended. The idea of Grammer continuing the role of Frasier in the new series didn't come up until later in the show's development. Peri Gilpin was the only main cast member not to recieve an Emmy nomination for her work on the series. Martin's John Mahoney 's former occupation of being a police officer was suggested by show writer Ken Levine. Levine's father and grandfather were police officers.
Leeves claimed that the accent was tailored to imply that Daphne had come of age in Manchester, but had since spent a great deal of time in the United States. As the series progressed, we learned that Frasier Kelsey Grammer and Niles David Hyde Pierce were named after two lab rats their mom was using in an experiment when she was pregnant with Frasier.
Frasier the rat had already died when Frasier the human was born. In season six, episode eight, "The Seal Who Came to Dinner", the passcode to Maris' seaside home is described as her "ideal weight", and "what she weighed at her debutante ball" during her pageant years. The series of numbers that Niles punched in would mean that Maris, at that time, was 45 pounds and 12 ounces Niles' David Hyde Pierce 's wife Maris is never seen at least her face or heard from in the entire series.
The same thing is mentioned about Vera, the wife of Norm Petersen in Cheers We only hear of Maris from Niles about what is wrong about her. This method is used again when Martin meets the girl he has been watching from across the street via his telescope. Kirstie Alley was the only surviving regular cast member of Cheers not to appear on Frasier. Alley explained in an interview that appearing on a show which appeared to portray or endorse psychiatry went against her beliefs as a practicing Scientologist.
Daphne Jane Leeves is the only main character whose age is never disclosed though her birthstone is revealed to be sapphire in Frasier: Roz and the Schnoz John Mahoney continued to live full-time in his hometown of Chicago, commuting between there and Los Angeles for his work on the series.
Mahoney said that such continual back and forth travel came to be the only negative he had in doing the series. In one episode, Frasier tells Martin "You know, every item here was carefully selected. The lamp by Corbu, this chair by Eames, and this couch is an exact replica of the one Coco Chanel had in her Paris atelier workshop. Season eight is the only one in which Dan Butler does not appear. Season two is the only season not to feature Patrick Kerr and season nine is the only season in which Edward Hibbert is absent.
During filming scenes of the radio shows, dialogue of the callers was read off-camera by Arleen Sorkin wife of series producer Christopher Lloyd. Voices of the celebrity guests acting as callers would be subsequently dubbed during post-production. Jane Leeves is absent from six episodes five in season eight and one in season eleven , and Peri Gilpin did not appear in season eleven, episode two: Frasier: A Man, a Plan and a Gal: Julia and season eleven, episode four: Frasier: The Babysitter , respectively.
During season seven, Niles begins kickboxing. David Hyde Pierce is a kickboxer as well. Maris makes only two on-screen "appearances": once in season five, episode six, "Voyage of the Damned", when her shadow is seen through a shower curtain she is spoken to, but makes no reply , and again in season ten, episode eight, "Rooms with a View", where she appeared in Niles' David Hyde Pierce 's memory, almost completely covered by bandages after surgery.
As of this day, they also are the only surviving cast members to appear in every episode. In one episode, Eddie eats the meals Frasier prepared for his dates as if he, Eddie, knew that Frasier's dates would not be staying for dinner. Gil Chesterson : Oh, my, what a delectable medley of fromagian splendor. You must try one. Martin : [picks up a cheese cube and eats it] Mmm Gil Chesterson : Mmm, yes, "cheesy.
Must be glorious to have such a happy knack for clarity and concision. Martin : Yep. So who are you supposed to be? Gil Chesterson : Chingachgook. I'm the last of the Mohicans. Martin : Oh Sign In.
Director Pamela Fryman. Top credits Director Pamela Fryman. See more at IMDbPro. Photos 2. Add image. Top cast Edit. Kelsey Grammer Dr. Niles : Holmes, you astound me! You should have read the directions on the pack before you used it! A sublime episode, really, that sees a non-stop stream of misunderstandings and overheard conversations at Niles' literary themed Halloween ball, as Roz waits to find out if she's pregnant.
The episode just gets funnier and funnier the more it goes on until we reach then end when Niles proposes to Daphne only for Frasier to reveal to everyone it's Roz who's pregnant, and there are some brilliant one liners along the way - I particularly liked Martin's 'Another mystery solved' line when Gil reveals he's Chingachgook.
It's good to see the whole cast involved in this episode - there's even room for Bulldog as Waldo from 'Where's Waldo' or Where's Wally in the UK - and the combination of the excellent cast and a brilliant script that just works from the word go makes this a classic episode of 'Frasier'. Viewer Review: Another great episode shows just why this series came back up in the Nielsen ratings this year. The conceit of the episode is nothing new, but the little details all add up. David Hyde Pierce in particular has fun as a drunken, Cyrano-inspired Niles, while Peri Gilpin, Jane Leeves, and John Mahoney have endless fun rebounding off each other as the farce develops.
And the fact that the devil goes home with Eve is a great visual tag. Episodes about major plot developments can often be plot-over-comedy on this series not necessarily to its detriment, though.
Instead, while Roz's sudden life change is treated seriously, each character and moment - peaking with Frasier's inability to keep a secret - is perfectly in tune. When the "To be continued" title appears, "Halloween" proves that it has earned the moment. The look on Roz's face shows us that this is going to be taken completely seriously, with all the respect due to these characters.
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