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MA · 11-29-2017, 07:01 AM

https://www.theringer.com/tv/2017/11...life-streaming

CosmicCharlie · 03-10-2019, 04:37 PM

On the 10th anniversary of Frasier’s series finale, television critic Daniel D’Addario noted that the long-running series had not received the nostalgic attention paid to Friends. “Frasier was so generally competent that its best moments blur together, while its worst were mildly annoying or boring. One remembers particular story lines or jokes from Friends; one remembers a general Frasier mien of highbrow humor and frustrated aristocrats without any specifics,” D’Addario wrote for Salon. But while it is true that Frasier has not enjoyed the cultural revival that Friends has experienced, it has developed its own quieter second wind on Netflix,

Kinda Generalized ... can't say I agree +-

Latka Gravas · 11-24-2019, 03:07 AM

Friends was an awful, unfunny, and extremely overrated sitcom. Conversely, Frasier is one of the funniest & wittiest sitcoms of all time; I even find it superior to Cheers.

Friends doesn't deserve to even be uttered in the same sentence as Frasier.

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03-10-2019, 04:37 PM	#2
CosmicCharlie Member Senior Member Join Date: Jan 14, 2019 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 2,437	On the 10th anniversary of Frasier’s series finale, television critic Daniel D’Addario noted that the long-running series had not received the nostalgic attention paid to Friends. “Frasier was so generally competent that its best moments blur together, while its worst were mildly annoying or boring. One remembers particular story lines or jokes from Friends; one remembers a general Frasier mien of highbrow humor and frustrated aristocrats without any specifics,” D’Addario wrote for Salon. But while it is true that Frasier has not enjoyed the cultural revival that Friends has experienced, it has developed its own quieter second wind on Netflix, Kinda Generalized ... can't say I agree +-

11-24-2019, 03:07 AM	#3
Latka Gravas Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Apr 27, 2019 Location: United States Posts: 396	Friends was an awful, unfunny, and extremely overrated sitcom. Conversely, Frasier is one of the funniest & wittiest sitcoms of all time; I even find it superior to Cheers. Friends doesn't deserve to even be uttered in the same sentence as Frasier.