Frasier 2023 Episode 5 A Special Lady

#Frasier
Frasier compete to get in the Harvard club.
TJ
Cast
Kelsey Grammer

[@stephieirene1]

Kelsey Grammer is 100% right: Nicholas Lyndhurst IS delightful!

[@markorollo.]

i could be wrong so apologies in advance if i am, but i'm assuming youre from the US so might not have heard much about him?. he is basically a national treasure over here in the UK, he's been in the business of acting for about 50 years now, tv (including ads), film, and theatre, including several British sitcoms, one of them, 'Only Fools And Horses' is widely considered to be the best sitcom we have ever produced, i highly recommend having a look on youtube for it. Honestly I think a lot of us over here were a bit surprised when we heard he was going to be in this.

[@alexlazebat839]

@@markorollo. well Jane Leevers was in Benny Hill, robbie coltrane, brian cox, hugh laurie all uk have gone over to usa

[@darrenbradly2702]

This reboot is great. Enjoying it very much. I have followed Frasier every step of the way. Very enjoyable.

[@SebastianS39]

It is tragic comparing to the original. K.G is still awesome but the resort of it feels forced with pathetic fake laugh.

[@suficer7827]

@@SebastianS39 Yeah, with these short clips I've only seen of it, the laughter is horrible in it. They always add too much to it, standard with American TV shows really.

[@StevenJeffrey-h2g]

@@SebastianS39 the best part about Frasier was the writing, second best was the supporting cast. Sorry but this reboot could not hold a candle to the original, feels more like a forced, fake laugh cash grab

[@northernstudioworks]

5 Episodes and it's clear that Nicholas Lyndhurst makes this new show. He's hilarious.

[@leewilliam3417]

Frasier i had over 50 xrays for a condition in the last month and still nothing is funny 🤔

[@tonystephens6469]

I just read a comment of comparison to Bebe....oh how delightful if she could be cast on the reboot....she was a character!!!

[@scottmadej]

Writers said Bebe is a possibility in season 2😊

[@williamclifford4441]

She DOES make an appearance! So hopeful that ALL the old cast will do likewise. This is complete waste of 'Rodders' though IMHO.

[@shanecomeback8296]

Gets better and better.

[@josenighthawk]

God! ... did we ever miss Frasier's neuroses!

[@darrenbradly2702]

Awesome

[@garydesousa9784]

I think people who like the new Fraiser never saw the genius that was the original Fraiser. Without the original cast this seems weird just having Kelsey there. It's like missing those key ingredients that made the original so great. Making reboots never works out it just ruins the legacy of the original show.

[@kaicreech7336]

That's what everyone said during the first season of Frasier about the lack of Cheers alumni

[@Memphisflash53]

I did see Frasier back in the day, and last year binged all 11 seasons, maybe you should watch the reboot first, it's actually great

[@ah7910]

Finally someone speaking some sense. The reboot is terrible. No time to digest the jokes, just manic forced audience laughter. Fake and hollow. The original Frasier is iconic.

[@scottmadej]

This is actually iconic too.

[@MJN_SEIFER]

Disagree on the last part completely - even the worst reboot ever doesn't affect the legacy of the original show in anyway, in my opinion, because whatever happens the original still exists, and if it is a reboot (i.e. not a continuation or anything, and even then you don't have to "include it" yourself) it's a separate entity to the original anyway, so it's more like they're two (or more) of the same thing existing side by side, than anything, IMO. I have also seen several reboots that, IMO did work, but respect if you haven't. Note: I haven't seen the Fraiser reboot, just the original, so I can't give my opinion on it, but I get what you're saying about not having the other characters (but as said in the first reply, the same could be said about the Cheers cast with the original Fraiser too.)

[@CzechMirco]

The old characters and their storylines are lets say bearable, sometimes endearing and very occasionally really funny, The problem is the very low cadence of jokes. The young characters are bland, their personalities undeveloped and their storylines generic and boring.

[@ah7910]

Someone with some sense. And the manic audience laughter feels so forced.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

The young characters are just walking cliches. Nothing believable about them.

[@calvinnapier9977]

Frazier son and Niles son are not that funny 👎 But I like the other people 👍

[@WILLIAM1690WALES]

Cheers thaan Fraser was superb sitcom. I have to admit the clips I’ve seen of this are very sad. They seem to think they need to have certain individuals as part of the wokeness culture and it’s losing its hilarity, spontaneity and quality but my God surely the Ivy League is not stupid, or do I have this disrespect of your academia with certain individuals?

[@stephieirene1]

I disagree. I'm not sensitive to "wokeness," but this show relies on strong writing, good acting and hilarity and quality.

[@sakr-el-bahr272]

@@stephieirene1 Perhaps the show should recite your words and finally get some genuine laughs!

[@jamesha175]

@@sakr-el-bahr272 oh SNAP!

[@AldousHuxleysCat]

​@@stephieirene1lol, can I have some of whatever you're smoking, plus I'm assuming you're on heavy medication. This is a steaming pile of unfunny

[@mattman9656]

What’s woke about this show that wasn’t in the former? If anything the previous show had far more diversity, with a dozen gay characters, episodes specifically on race, Daphne was even supposed to be a Latina. Maybe you’re just sensitive to any sort of diversity in media and it’s exacerbated by the time we live in?

[@matthewzuckerman6267]

😣

[@keithdraycott]

Can't get used to seeing old Rodney

[@oiooi6460]

Nicholas Lyndhurst is terrible. The character is a never-heard-of-before poor man's Nialls substitute. The diversity hire woman is completely forgettable. Poor Kelsey Grammer having to be surrounded by such hammy actors. The writing is pathetic.

[@drdavidtee]

some of this look slike a rehash of old frasier episodes

[@MMC-jp1gl]

I laughed out loud at this new Alan character. Whoever he is...BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless~

[@ESowder24]

And got to admit Olivia is finally growing on me David was great on this episode to

[@ESowder24]

The gauntlet is off! (Tries to remove the real one fails ) that woulda been so good!😂

[@frankpalermo3882]

Looks like a retirement village

[@domb8448]

I can smell Joey...

[@richardmiller6326]

Terrible

[@k2411871]

This is awful, so poorly written. They use canned laughter to encourage the audience to laugh

[@davidunderhill2106]

Please, Please, Make it stop!

[@garethjones6566]

Alright Dave !

[@robkeeleycomposer]

Oh dear. This is so clunky. Two very fine actors given rubbish scripts.

[@TRex-dd4ze]

This would have worked better decades ago when more people thought of Harvard as more like this, with older men in nice suits being sophisticated. Now I think of universities as places where they hire diversity people who are radicals and revolutionaries who are stupid and only hired for their commitment to radical ideas.

[@davidc6122]

Yep they just go for woke like here in the UK

[@ninamarino374]

I'm loving the new Frasier!!! Frasier, Freddie, Alan, Eve, Olivia and David as they make him more interesting, are a wonderful cast!!!!

[@oiooi6460]

How long have you worked for the Paramount marketing team? Freddy is completely inauthentic to the original character and the guy playing him seriously can not act. The obvious diversity hire women are useless and forgettable. Why would Freddy take in his co-worker's partner and child? It makes no sense. Nicholas Lyndhurst playing the never mentioned before "best friend" , the obvious Nialls substitute is hammy. Worst of all, the writing is feeble. Absolutely feeble. I can't believe Kelsey Gammer is allowing the shows legacy to be tainted like this.

[@patriciahunt6943]

They are so funny 😂

[@jakekraweckyj2801]

I like this style of comedy. 'Nobody you knew was at the party' (Someone Frasier knows WAS at the party) 'I'm not a reckless buffoon' (Does something a reckless buffoon would do) It's funny and I don't have to think too much. I can watch this while I eat my bread (mom doesn't trust me with the toaster).

[@LorettaKilgore-nh3nw]

I hate you don't come regular TV like Yellowstone season.😅. I love 💕 his show.

[@sadmcbain4183]

If Frasier looked up and said “Alright Dave”, then that’s the conflation I’m looking for.

[@johnbevan1590]

I'm waiting for Frasier to say that.

[@JasonVoorheesFriday13th]

Its amazing seeing an icon of British comedy TV and an icon of American comedy TV together.

[@beingsshepherd]

Generic sitcom humour with awful timing and no laughs 😕 The jobbing writers seem to have no grasp of _Fraiser's_ appeal.

[@deborahpappas3663]

watching the 'new" frasier is one of the saddest experiences of my tv sitcom viewing life. The original was brilliant. This is so Sunset Boulevard. I pity Kelsey Grammer ...

[@tanyaandelvis2698]

Hope the actual show is funny as a full prog, looks like tripe to me. No semblance of credibility . Cannot see beyond Rodney which is a shame. But not strong acting either.

[@BenSkyLakewood]

Wanted to love this but no one on the show pops other than K.G

[@LeornianCyng]

Alan is a really sweet character, he genuinely loves Frasier. Olivia is unbelievably brilliant and very funny, she’s a cross between Daphne, Roz and Bebe. I wish all three of them rejected their invitations at the end though. Would be really nice if they were just three friends getting into mischief rather than chasing the “high society” life.

[@nealwhaley63]

Hard to believe this is the same guy from Goodnight, Sweetheart. But that series was on 30(!) years ago, so, yeah, here we are.

[@PR7-82]

Well what about Rodney Trotter from way back in 1981 before I was even born

[@williamclifford4441]

And Old Tricks..

[@dardobartoli]

Not this!

[@ronayeryon1696]

Sorry, nothing funny in this new Frasier!!

[@truthhurts3524]

I’ve been hesitant to watch the new series, but if I keep seeing clips like this, I’ll be hooked.

[@latenightlogic]

If the jokes at 2:36 are going to be what it’s like, it’s probably not worth it

[@quaid667]

The timing and the way the nutshell ricocheted off the glass was brilliant. Very old school comedy going on there. Niles cutting himself and setting the place on fire is very old school comedy too.

[@schofield4836]

Saved by the bell adolescent humour, with Freddy playing screech. I Camembert it anymore. Switched off.

[@marymchugh5365]

I loved every Frasier episode ever made. This new show is almost dreadful😞

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

No almost about it - it is dreadful

[@DarkSaltedCaramel]

Agree 100% … it’s just awful.

[@michaeladkins6]

Ive seen all five episodes. Not at an original thought in any of them. But, its done very well.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

wow, this is really not funny. Did none of the writers actually watch the show?

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

No...they just were "briefed" and told to freshen it up. All they did was paste some of the old characters on to younger actors. It's not working.

[@darrenbradly2702]

I have seen every Cheers episode. Every Frasier episode. Love all of it very much. The new Frasier is very good too. I will continue to watch and support. Kelsey deserves it.

[@marysketch4772]

I like this one more but no need to compare. Every episode (and you have to watch the episode; the clips just don't tell the story) is a gem.

[@davidc6122]

​@@marysketch4772Only seeing the clips on Ytube at the moz but hoping Channel 4 here in UK will show it soon as they have shown the Seattle and Cheers versions on a loop for years. If not guess I will have to check streaming option

[@darrenbradly2702]

What a refreshing reboot. Personally, I am thankful for this. Need to laugh!

[@fordcorsair]

Nah!😥

[@kathleenrussell254]

I miss the Fraser gang in Seattle. There will never be another series like it.

[@StevenJeffrey-h2g]

yes this unfunny British stand in for Niles couldn't hold a candle to David Hyde Pierce

[@Seahawkess]

Me,too

[@jonathanlewis453]

I miss John Mahoney (an English expat would you believe) who along with Jane Leeves, debunked the pomposity of Frazier and Niles out of their humbler stations in life. I have not seen this dynamic in what I have seen or the kind of brotherly competition that used to exist between Frazier and Niles. Nicholas Lyndhurst is playing at being effete but David Hyde Pierce was a natural for sure. I’m not sure that I have seen enough yet or that comparisons are the right way of doing the new series justice but on the face of it, it’s not doing it for me either. 🇬🇧

[@ChrisCrossClash]

@@StevenJeffrey-h2g this "unfunny British stand in" is only one of the stars of one of the greatest British sitcoms of all time, and I can tell you for a fact British comedy wipes the floor with the Americans.

[@StevenJeffrey-h2g]

people now realize the old supporting cast was part of the reason aside from stellar writing that made Fraiser so funny...Bulldog, Gil Chesterton, Cam Winston, etc Let's be honest, this new cash grab reboot is unnecessary & forever will stand in the original's shadow @@ChrisCrossClash

[@codewalters]

Love this show

[@frcluc]

It's always better when Freddie and Eve are not in the picture!

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

And get rid of Niles Jr too

[@AllisonLansberry]

I like Freddy but not Eve & Olivia needs work

[@tonigillette9217]

The fireman choice for Freddy trapped the writers into a very dull corner - devoid of conflict and good comedy. But network CEOs only accept these occupations. Making him a musician, a tattoo artist, a welder, or anything quirky would have given great situation material.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

I know, right? I see Frederick as having had a business that went bust at the same time his marriage imploded, and he's livking his wounds. Freddy the fireman is unbelievable and a total dead end.

[@andrewbyrne2173]

I respectfully disagree. I like the idea of him being something blue collar, the writers just haven’t came up with the goods. Plus I think Freddy was very miscast.

[@bomcabedal]

Have to say, it does looks weird having Rodders and Frasier combined. But I AM impressed you can still make it to Harvard on two GCSEs.

[@ManuelMangani]

You forget the Diploma in Computing...

[@bomcabedal]

@@ManuelManganiI forgot all about that! Of course a DIC would've made a Harvard career entirely unavoidable.

[@emmagwynne5635]

And no GCE in pork 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@CorvoFG]

Specially when one of them is art!

[@no0bftw]

GCE* U plonker

[@SlideIX]

I love that they let the funnier jokes just sit for a while before moving on with the story or next joke. Perfect amount of time to really laugh and enjoy them, then gain you’re composure so you don’t miss anything

[@PR7-82]

Alright dave

[@ah7910]

What a shill comment. Do you work for paramount or something? ZERO time is given for jokes to soak in, just more fake audience laughter and half-baked jokes firing out quicker than you can process them. It’s a terrible show. Badly-written and shouldn’t have the Frasier title.

[@thomasherrin6798]

I think they were visually checking the props after the gauntlet nut crack!?!

[@marysketch4772]

And the episodes as a whole come across quite differently than the little clips here. For instance, I first watched the clip with Roz and Frazier at the bar and thought, meh, but when I saw the entire episode, it has so much more meaning, the entire context is there and you really care.

[@jamesterminiello8763]

Lyndhurst is the breakout character. A geritatric Niles with a very bad haircut and a cutting wit.

[@PR7-82]

How dare you make fun of Rodney like that 😂 you dipstick😅

[@Ukraineaissance2014]

Hes always had that terrible haircut, its been driving me insane for 30 years

[@marioherr3479]

Sad!

[@theWn123]

Olivia really came into her own this episode. All I really got from her beforehand is she’s meant to be the new Roz. But this episode helped develop her own unique identity.

[@alphanerd7221]

She's like the opposite of Roz.

[@theWn123]

@@alphanerd7221 she’s Frasier man crazy coworker. Not nearly to the same extent as Roz but when she’s thirsting for Freddy in the first episode it was clear she’s meant to fill Roz’s role, the same way Freddy is the new Martin, David and Alan are the new Niles, and Eve is the new Daphne. I’m just glad they’re letting her (and the other characters) come into their own instead of being caricatures of the original cast.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@theWn123 She isn't man crazy. She's lonely and very attracted to one male character. Roz was super confident and getting laid like crazy, totally different characters. If she was meant to fill Roz's role she would have bagged Freddie.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

It's not happening. She is supposed to be the head of the psych department at Harvard, not a high school vice principal. 👎🏻

[@alphanerd7221]

@@lenawagenfuehr53 You clearly haven't dealt much with academia. The head of a department at a university is very much like a high school vice principal.

[@nl5828]

rodney trotter was always hopeless at making deals 😉😉😉😉🤣🤣🤣🤣 #onlyfoolsandhorses

[@rivgacooper5330]

Nicholas Lyndhurst character is starting to develop, he has not really grown out of his devil may care university days and it opens up some great story lines.

[@PR7-82]

Well at least he's not being a plonker 😂

[@sovner]

I feel like there is too much positive feedback here. After watching all the seasons of the original frasier last year, and all the episodes of cheers this year. I can only say, that this new show needs some work. I've not seen a single episode yet, but i've seen some clips of diffirent episodes on youtube, and i haven't laughed yet. There, now i've done my job😁

[@bbeznoski]

Well put. I've watched every episode and it's been awful. Not even comparable to the original show. It's like watching The Big Bang Theory....laugh track and all.

[@alphanerd7221]

You can say whatever stupid BS you like. Nobody respects you.

[@lenawagenfuehr53]

Because it's written by the schmoes who brought you How I Met Your Mother. Not an original idea anywhere in that writer's room.

[@alphanerd7221]

@@lenawagenfuehr53 Like the last Frasier had original ideas.