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DeadJAW · 10-06-2007, 07:41 PM

It all started when I was 11 years old. I had just returned home from a vacation to Seattle. That vacation left me fascinated with the city. My Uncle told me that if I was so interested in Seattle I should watch a show called Frasier which was set in Seattle. This was at a time in my life when my sense of humor was growing along with me. I had matured past Nickelodeon and I was getting into three other sit-coms; The Simpsons ( which I had actually been watching since my town first got FOX in 1990) Seinfeld, and Drew Carey. The first episode of Frasier that I watched was the one where Maris leaves Niles and Frasier and Marty tell him to take it like a man. I was H-O-O-K-E-D hooked from then on! Especially to Daphne

( Rule Britannia!) For the next couple of years I made sure that I had time to watch Frasier each week during the "TV season". I'm not going to lie; when Daphne and Niles finally hooked up the show lost a little bit of it's edge for me. In fact, I haven't even seen the final episode. Nevertheless I am planing to buy two ( and only two) seasons on DVD; the 96-97 season because it was the first one I ever saw, and the first season because I've heard that the 96-97 season has no special features.

Brian Damage · 10-06-2007, 08:29 PM

I was a Cheers nut and I really liked the Frasier Crane character from that show, so I just naturally followed the character to this show.

Buffyboy323 · 10-06-2007, 09:49 PM

My father used to watch the show a lot. I didn't get a lot of the humor, but I still laughed at some stuff. I started watching it more and more (when it came to local syndication), but after a while, I lost interest. A few years later, I saw that it was ending, so I tuned in to the final few episodes on NBC. Then I didn't watch for a few years again. This past summer I found myself Tivoing it every night, and watching it on my own time. I'm loving it more than ever.

Skywalker · 10-06-2007, 10:06 PM

I started watching it in the spring of 2003. I had a seen a few episodes before that, but I wasn't a fan. I was a big fan of Cheers in 2003 and figured I'd give Frasier another chance since it was a spinoff of Cheers, so I watched it in syndication for about a week and thought it was a great show and I've been a fan ever since.

Mikado · 10-07-2007, 01:00 PM

I watched it cause it was a spinoff of Cheers which i had watched from day one....as it turned out, I found Frasier to be a bit of a dissapointment, compared to its parent show, but, i kept watching until the year of the
"Frasier is fired" storyline, the show really seemed to jump the shark then, so, im still seeing eps ive never seen before, in Syndication.

Ant-Lox · 10-07-2007, 08:29 PM

I was a huge Cheers fan, i didn't really like the Frasie character that much, but after seeing the Cheers Finale, it made me want to see the show.

I seen a handful of episodes in syndication, and when they announced DVD's were coming out I jumped on them. I've bought all the DVD's so far, I just love this show to death now.

I have seasons 8 and 9 on DVD, but I've kept them sealed. I'm waiting for season 10, so I can watch them all in a row. I still haven't watched Disc 4 of Season 7, I want to save the Daphne/Niles cliff hanger for later.

AB · 10-08-2007, 04:25 PM

I liked him on Cheers so I figured I'd like his Frasier show too. And I did.

HE Pennypacker · 10-10-2007, 11:28 AM

I watched Cheers when I was like 10 and 11, then started watching Frasier in the fall of 1993 when I was 12. After Seinfeld, it pretty much became the only show on NBC that I enjoyed.

BensonFan · 11-25-2007, 02:36 PM

I was a big "Cheers" fan and I loved the character of Frasier Crane, but it still took my sister and her husband to get me into "Frasier." It takes a lot for me to sit down and watch a show I'm not familiar with, but after watching about 3 or 4 episodes at their house I was really starting to get into it. Amazing to me that it turned out to be just as good (in my opinion), if not better, than "Cheers."

catlover79 · 11-25-2007, 02:45 PM

My parents.

We all watched Seinfeld, and Frasier came on after. Even though Frasier changed timeslots and nights often, we still watched. I do have to admit I lost interest after the first few seasons, once Daphne and Niles hooked up. I think they should've gotten married in the series finale, but I digress. It was indeed a quality show.

BensonFan · 11-25-2007, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

I do have to admit I lost interest after the first few seasons, once Daphne and Niles hooked up.

The seasons which followed the N & D hookup were still pretty good, I have to say, but definitely the show did lose something. There was always that interesting angle of what was going on in Niles' love life and seeing where Daphne's life was starting to go. But then when they hooked up that was gone, obviously.

(Personally, I think Donnie and Mel should have hooked up but that's just me.

)

catlover79 · 11-25-2007, 03:05 PM

I LOVED the episode where they all went up to the cabin and Niles and Roz pretended to be in love to make Daphne and Donny jealous.

It was just like a play, where everyone was going in and out, overhearing and misunderstanding everything.

The only episode that made me laugh and howl this much was the radio play. Those are my two all-time favorite episodes!!

BensonFan · 11-25-2007, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

I LOVED the episode where they all went up to the cabin and Niles and Roz pretended to be in love to make Daphne and Donny jealous.

It was just like a play, where everyone was going in and out, overhearing and misunderstanding everything.

The only episode that made me laugh and howl this much was the radio play. Those are my two all-time favorite episodes!!

Oh yeah! That episode w/Niles & Roz was called "Decoys". That's a great one...

Did you see the episode called "Ski Lodge" when everyone is chasing after everyone else? (Frasier wants Daphne's friend Annie, who wants Niles, who wants Daphne, who wants the French ski instructor, who wants Niles.

)

It is hilarious. That one will have you cracking up big time. It's from Season 5.

Niles: "Would you please get out of my bed? I am not gay, Guy!"

Mikado · 11-25-2007, 03:40 PM

Frasier had its moments, but, went at least 3 years too long, and the ending was a letdown (Frasier spent all those years looking for a perfect woman, and he had one on the other side of the glass, yet barely seemed to notice!).
Theres no WAY this show was as good as Cheers, but, it was much better than anything else that was on, at the time.

BensonFan · 11-25-2007, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mikado

Frasier spent all those years looking for a perfect woman, and he had one on the other side of the glass, yet barely seemed to notice!

I was one of the people that wanted to see Frasier and Roz hook up, but some people seemed to think it was just too cliche. They might have even made a better couple than Niles & Daphne.

10-06-2007, 07:41 PM	#1
DeadJAW Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Oct 05, 2007 Location: Iowa Posts: 4	what got you to start watching Frasier ? It all started when I was 11 years old. I had just returned home from a vacation to Seattle. That vacation left me fascinated with the city. My Uncle told me that if I was so interested in Seattle I should watch a show called Frasier which was set in Seattle. This was at a time in my life when my sense of humor was growing along with me. I had matured past Nickelodeon and I was getting into three other sit-coms; The Simpsons ( which I had actually been watching since my town first got FOX in 1990) Seinfeld, and Drew Carey. The first episode of Frasier that I watched was the one where Maris leaves Niles and Frasier and Marty tell him to take it like a man. I was H-O-O-K-E-D hooked from then on! Especially to Daphne ( Rule Britannia!) For the next couple of years I made sure that I had time to watch Frasier each week during the "TV season". I'm not going to lie; when Daphne and Niles finally hooked up the show lost a little bit of it's edge for me. In fact, I haven't even seen the final episode. Nevertheless I am planing to buy two ( and only two) seasons on DVD; the 96-97 season because it was the first one I ever saw, and the first season because I've heard that the 96-97 season has no special features.

10-06-2007, 08:29 PM	#2
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	I was a Cheers nut and I really liked the Frasier Crane character from that show, so I just naturally followed the character to this show.
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10-07-2007, 08:29 PM	#6
Ant-Lox Cloud Watcher Senior Member Join Date: Feb 18, 2004 Location: Philadelphia, PA Posts: 1,824	I was a huge Cheers fan, i didn't really like the Frasie character that much, but after seeing the Cheers Finale, it made me want to see the show. I seen a handful of episodes in syndication, and when they announced DVD's were coming out I jumped on them. I've bought all the DVD's so far, I just love this show to death now. I have seasons 8 and 9 on DVD, but I've kept them sealed. I'm waiting for season 10, so I can watch them all in a row. I still haven't watched Disc 4 of Season 7, I want to save the Daphne/Niles cliff hanger for later.
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11-25-2007, 02:45 PM	#10
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	My parents. We all watched Seinfeld, and Frasier came on after. Even though Frasier changed timeslots and nights often, we still watched. I do have to admit I lost interest after the first few seasons, once Daphne and Niles hooked up. I think they should've gotten married in the series finale, but I digress. It was indeed a quality show.
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10-06-2007, 09:49 PM	#3
Buffyboy323 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 6,104	My father used to watch the show a lot. I didn't get a lot of the humor, but I still laughed at some stuff. I started watching it more and more (when it came to local syndication), but after a while, I lost interest. A few years later, I saw that it was ending, so I tuned in to the final few episodes on NBC. Then I didn't watch for a few years again. This past summer I found myself Tivoing it every night, and watching it on my own time. I'm loving it more than ever.

10-06-2007, 10:06 PM	#4
Skywalker Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2003 Posts: 14,204	I started watching it in the spring of 2003. I had a seen a few episodes before that, but I wasn't a fan. I was a big fan of Cheers in 2003 and figured I'd give Frasier another chance since it was a spinoff of Cheers, so I watched it in syndication for about a week and thought it was a great show and I've been a fan ever since.

10-07-2007, 01:00 PM	#5
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,880	I watched it cause it was a spinoff of Cheers which i had watched from day one....as it turned out, I found Frasier to be a bit of a dissapointment, compared to its parent show, but, i kept watching until the year of the "Frasier is fired" storyline, the show really seemed to jump the shark then, so, im still seeing eps ive never seen before, in Syndication.

10-08-2007, 04:25 PM	#7
AB Member Eternal Member Forum Icon Join Date: Dec 26, 2006 Location: The South Posts: 59,429	I liked him on Cheers so I figured I'd like his Frasier show too. And I did.

10-10-2007, 11:28 AM	#8
HE Pennypacker Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Sep 12, 2007 Location: Louisiana Posts: 74	I watched Cheers when I was like 10 and 11, then started watching Frasier in the fall of 1993 when I was 12. After Seinfeld, it pretty much became the only show on NBC that I enjoyed.

11-25-2007, 02:36 PM	#9
BensonFan Board Psychologist Senior Member Join Date: Mar 16, 2004 Location: Chicago, IL USA Posts: 2,733	I was a big "Cheers" fan and I loved the character of Frasier Crane, but it still took my sister and her husband to get me into "Frasier." It takes a lot for me to sit down and watch a show I'm not familiar with, but after watching about 3 or 4 episodes at their house I was really starting to get into it. Amazing to me that it turned out to be just as good (in my opinion), if not better, than "Cheers."

11-25-2007, 03:05 PM	#12
catlover79 God Bless Val Forum Addict Join Date: May 29, 2006 Location: Bewitched in Ohio Posts: 70,376	I LOVED the episode where they all went up to the cabin and Niles and Roz pretended to be in love to make Daphne and Donny jealous. It was just like a play, where everyone was going in and out, overhearing and misunderstanding everything. The only episode that made me laugh and howl this much was the radio play. Those are my two all-time favorite episodes!!

11-25-2007, 03:40 PM	#14
Mikado Main st bridge Forum Superstar Join Date: Jul 06, 2005 Posts: 25,880	Frasier had its moments, but, went at least 3 years too long, and the ending was a letdown (Frasier spent all those years looking for a perfect woman, and he had one on the other side of the glass, yet barely seemed to notice!). Theres no WAY this show was as good as Cheers, but, it was much better than anything else that was on, at the time.