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Sydney Bristow

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The role marks a reunion for Grammer and Lyndhurst, who previously starred together in “Man of La Mancha” for the English National Opera at the London Coliseum

 

I saw this and despite enjoying it never thought I hope they come together again in a Frasier follow up. Everything related to Daphne's family was an isolated low point of the show, so I'm hoping this isn't as obvious as a "English Niles" character.

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Hmmmm.

 

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Lyndhurst will play Alan Cornwall, described as “Frasier’s old college buddy turned university professor. British, boozy and larger than life, Alan has an intellect on par with Frasier’s—if only he ever felt like using it. Alan’s mischievous streak might be just what Frasier could use to shake up his routine, while Frasier’s thoughtful guidance might help Alan find some of the direction he’s been missing in his own life.”

 

 

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50 minutes ago, JohnC said:

Jack Cutmore-Scott is playing Freddie, Fraiser's son.

 

https://deadline.com/2023/01/frasier-jack-cutmore-scott-cast-frasier-son-freddy-sequel-paramount-plus-nicholas-lyndhurst-1235221548/

 

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Charming and handsome, Frasier’s son Freddy (Cutmore-Scott) is a nuanced combination of his father and grandfather. Years ago, Freddy rejected following in his father’s footsteps—dropping out of college to become a fireman—and he’s never looked back until now, when recent troubles have left him with no one to turn to in his life.

 

That last bit suggests it could be based around the son moving back in with the father, which would be a reversal of the situation in Frasier.

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Cheers was a bloody good series and had Frasier in it (more minor role)

Frasier was a bloody good series

 

I am mystified as to why people, who enjoyed the character of Frasier and show he was in, might want to see what a new Frasier series might look like <_<

 

Yes Grammar has chosen shit projects since then and has appeared in some dreck, but most people don't follow the ins and outs of actor's careers, they just see that there is a new series of Frasier and that they might give it a go. Same as the follow up to Sex and the City or How I Met your Mother/Father and the clamouring for the Friends reunion.

 

That being said it has a high probability of being shit so I am interested but expect disappointment.

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1 hour ago, Fierce Poodle said:

Because by all accounts he is a monumental arsehole these days.

 

These days? I like his work as Frasier but most accounts of the man himself have been deeply unfavourable as far back as Cheers.

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18 minutes ago, JohnC said:

Niles and Daphne's son, Davis has been cast.

 

https://deadline.com/2023/01/frasier-anders-keith-niles-daphne-son-david-jess-salgueiro-kelsey-grammer-paramount-plus-sequel-1235240420/

 

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An awkward college freshman with a penchant for off-kilter observations, Frasier’s nephew David (Keith) has Niles’ intelligence, Daphne’s smile, and neither of their polish.

 

Sounds as delightfully whimsical and zany as Daphne's family in the original show.

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4 minutes ago, wullie said:

Wikipedia reckons Anthony LaPaglia only appeared as Simon Moon in eight episodes which surely can't be right, it felt like he was dragging it down for years.

 

I think you mean:

 

'Wikipedia reckons Anthony LaPaglia only appeared in his Emmy award winning role as Simon Moon in eight episodes which surely can't be right, it felt like he was dragging it down for years''

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1 hour ago, Haribokart said:

 

I think you mean:

 

'Wikipedia reckons Anthony LaPaglia only appeared in his Emmy award winning role as Simon Moon in eight episodes which surely can't be right, it felt like he was dragging it down for years''

Today I learned that there must be an Emmy for "worst accent"

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Apparently the final regular cast member is Toks Olagundoye. She's the head of the psych department at an Ivy League university. A colleague of Nicholas Lyndhurst's character.

 

As for setting, he's going back to Boston. Chances of a certain bar surely increasing.

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Cheers is just gold. I don't think there's a duff episode among them. It's just sooo well written and performed.

 

Frasier starts the same, but by the time Daphe and Niles get together it just falls apart.  But up to that point there are some amazing episodes.

 

So I don't know what to make of this.  It has the potential to be raising the bar for sitcom but everything about it just screams out that it's going to be terrible. 

 

It makes me think of Vic and Bobs Big Night Out. The 2019ish series which spends 30 minutes per episode trying to capture the lightning in a bottle that Vic Reeves Big Night Out (1990) was. I'd like to see a new series with Kelsey Grammer but does it have to be more Frasier? Surely at best it will compare with the last series of Frasier and not the earlier ones....

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10 hours ago, dumpster said:

 I'd like to see a new series with Kelsey Grammer but does it have to be more Frasier? Surely at best it will compare with the last series of Frasier and not the earlier ones....

I'm not sure I want to see Kelsey Grammar do anything other than Frasier. Not because I want more Frasier, I'm not sure he can do it properly anymore, but because eveything else he has done has been pretty woeful. Certainly since Frasier he has been in duffer after duffer.

 

He is a one trick pony.

 

Unlike Danson who, I assume and hope, won't touch this with a bargepole if it does go back to "that bar".

 

Don't get me wrong I'll watch new frasier (well one episode at least) and I hope it is good but I doubt it'll do anything.

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