Interesting Frasier Facts

[CliffClavin]

Frasier's radio station, KACL 780 AM, is named after the show's three executive producers (David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee.)


Frasier, Niles, and Martin deliver a cab driver's baby. The cab number, 804, is the same as the one in which Alex (Judd Hirsch) delivered a baby on an episode of "Taxi".


The show's 100th episode, which first aired in September 1997, was filmed on the streets of Seattle.


The celebrities who play the callers on Frasier's radio show, instead of coming in to record a voice-over, often just phone in their lines.


Kelsey Grammer has been Emmy-nominated for playing the same character on three different shows: "Cheers", "Frasier", and a guest appearance on "Wings".


In the premiere episode of season 8, Niles takes a mobile phone call. After a pause, he says, "No, there is no Wendell Vaughn here." Wendell Vaughn is the real name of the Marvel Comics superhero Quasar.


Lisa Kudrow, Phoebe from "Friends", was originally cast as Roz. Disputes with cast and crew, however, led to her departure and Peri Gilpin later obtained the role.


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 (1992), he played a stuffy milquetoast with a mad passion for the maid.


'Mahoney, John' has also appeared in an episode of Cheers playing the part of Sy Flembeck


Peri Gilpin has also appeared in an episode of Cheers playing the part of Holly Matheson.


Niles' 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 Cheers' Norm. We only hear of Maris from Niles about what is wrong about her. This method is done again when Martin meets the girl he has been watching from across the street via his telescope.


The only television show to date that has won five consecutive "Outstanding Comedy Series" awards.


The only television show to date that has won five consecutive "Outstanding Comedy Series" EMMY awards.


The show was originally written with Frasier as an only child (references had already been made to this in "Cheers" (1982), but one of the producers saw a headshot of David Hyde Pierce and commented that he looked exactly like Kelsey Grammer did when he first started to appear on Cheers.


In one episode, Frasier plays the first few notes of the Cheers theme on his piano.


Frasier's apartment set occupies the same soundstage at Paramount Studios that housed the set of "Cheers" (1982) for so many years.


Lisa Maxwell was originally cast as Daphne, but severe disagreements with the producers led to her being replaced.


Frasier's radio producer Roz Doyle is named after Roz Doyle, a producer of NBC's "Wings" (1990), a Cheers-like show which shares show creators with Frasier.


The show's theme song "Tossed Salad & Scrambled Eggs" composed by 'Darryl Phinessee' and Bruce Miller was performed by star Kelsey Grammer.


Series Executive Producer David Angell was on board one of the airplanes that hit the World Trade Center in New York City during the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001.


When it is said that "Daphne" (Jane Leeves) has lost 9 lbs 12 oz at the spa, this is a reference/inside joke to the weight of Jane Leeves' daughter Isabella's birth weight when she went on maternity leave and she took time off and they sent "Daphne" off to the fat-farm.


David Hyde Pierce has said that, prior to this series, he didn't have strong interests in wine or opera. Ironically, he was introduced to both by 'John Mahoney' , whose Martin Crane character eschews anything cultured.


As of 2004, Kelsey Grammer will have been playing the character of Frasier Crane for 20 consecutive years. This is one of the longest periods that an actor has played the same character on American prime time (non-soap opera) television. Fellow record holders include James Arness of "Gunsmoke" (1955) who also played Marshall Dillon for 20 years straight.


2003 was the first year that Kelsey Grammer didn't receive an Emmy nomination for this series. David Hyde Pierce's streak remains unbroken.


Frasier has won more Emmys than any other show in TV history.


Every regular character from "Cheers" (1982) - with the exception of Rebecca (Kristie Alley) and Coach (the late Nicholas Colasanto) - has appeared on at least one episode.


In the 11th season (2004), guest star Laurie Metcalf, playing a children's entertainer, asked Frasier, "Do you know what it's like to play the same character for twenty years?" Kelsey Grammer had been playing Frasier Crane since 1984.


John Mahoney grew up in Manchester, England - which is where Daphne (Jane Leeves) is from.


The glass sculpture to the right of Frasier's fireplace is a piece made by Dale Chihuly, a well-known glass sculptor whose studio is based in Seattle.


After "Cheers" (1982) had finished filming, the bar was taken down and the 'Frasier' sets were built over it.


In an episode of "Cheers," Frasier tells the gang that his father was a psychiatrist and has passed away. When Ted Danson guest-starred on the show in 1995 the continuity error was explained away by having Frasier admit that he made up the story because he was embarrassed of his father.


Bebe Neuwirth was offered a regular role on this series as Lilith but she turned it down so she could return to the Broadway stage. She appears only as a guest star.


Niles and Daphne's baby, born in the final episode, is named David, after David Angell, one of the producers who was killed on 11 September 2001.


The deliveryman (Cleto Augusto) who drops off Martin Crane's easy chair in the first episode is the same deliveryman who took it away in the final episode. Aside from the regular cast, he is also the only person to appear in both episodes.


In the series finale, three of Daphne's brothers visit from England, however, none of the actors playing them are English. They were Anthony LaPaglia (Australia), Richard E. Grant (Swaziland) and Robbie Coltrane (Scotland).


As the series progresses, we learn that Frasier and Niles were named after two lab mice their mom was using in an experiment (psychology?) when she was pregnant with Frasier. Frasier (the mouse) had already died when Frasier (the human) was born.


The show's makers made certain there were no stools in the coffee shop to purposefully distance it visually from the Cheers bar.


Niles's alma mater is Yale, which is David Hyde Pierce's alma mater in real life.

[Chambers]

Interesting facts, Cliff. Where do you get these from? What's the source?

So I'm guessing that, after Lilith, Diane is the Cheers character who has made the most appearances on the show, right?