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Goodnight, Seattle
"Goodnight, Seattle", by Christopher Lloyd and Joe Keenan, is the series finale of the American sitcom ''Frasier''. It aired on NBC on May 13, 2004, in the 11th year of the series. In syndication, it is a two-part episode. Plot Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) is on an airplane when he is surprised by the anxiety the woman sitting next to him suffers during the flight. The woman introduces herself as Dr. Anne Ranberg ( Jennifer Beals), also a psychiatrist, and after brief deliberation, Frasier decides to disclose what is on his mind, in hopes that it will help pass the time on the flight. Frasier's girlfriend, Charlotte (Laura Linney), is leaving for Chicago, leaving Frasier devoid of any current love life. To commemorate her leaving for Chicago, Frasier and Charlotte sleep together on her final night in Seattle, resulting in a problem as Frasier misses his regularly scheduled radio show, which results in station manager Kenny Daly taking over at the last minute who quickly starts to e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frasier
''Frasier'' () is an American television sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for 11 seasons. It premiered on September 16, 1993, and ended on May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee (as Grub Street Productions), in association with Grammnet (2004) and Paramount Network Television. The series was created as a spin-off of the sitcom ''Cheers''. It continues the story of psychiatrist Frasier Crane ( Kelsey Grammer), who returns to his hometown, Seattle, as a radio show host. He reconnects with his father, Martin (John Mahoney), a retired police officer, and his younger brother, Niles (David Hyde Pierce), a fellow psychiatrist. Included in the series cast were Peri Gilpin as Frasier's producer Roz Doyle, and Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon, Martin's live-in caregiver. Dan Butler's role as Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe, a sports talk show host on Frasier's station, was later upgraded from a recurring to main character. ''Frasier'' was cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom McGowan
Thomas McGowan (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor. He first became known for his stage career both on and off Broadway. In 1991, he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play and the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play for his Broadway debut performance in '' La Bête''. In 2011, McGowan was chosen to step into the role of the Wizard in ''Wicked'' on Broadway. In 2014, McGowan starred in Harvey Fierstein's original Broadway play, '' Casa Valentina'' which was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Play. Since then he has appeared in the Broadway revivals of ''She Loves Me'' (2016) and ''Kiss Me Kate'' (2019). He is also known for his recurring role on the Emmy Award winning NBC show ''Frasier'', as KACL station manager Kenny Daly. He has also appeared on a variety of shows including ''Everybody Loves Raymond'', ''The Practice'', '' ER'', '' Desperate Housewives'', '' Curb Your Enthusiasm'', ''Modern Family'', '' Veep'' and ''The Good Fight''. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Crane
Martin Crane (born ) is a fictional character from the American television show ''Frasier'', and was played by actor John Mahoney. An army veteran and retired police detective, he is the father of Frasier and Niles Crane. Biography Although Martin is first mentioned in an episode of the sitcom '' Cheers'', his life history is mainly expanded on in ''Frasier''. In an eighth season ''Cheers'' episode, Frasier claims that his father is dead and was a scientist in life. These comments are explained on ''Frasier'' as being the result of estrangement between Martin and Frasier at the time. (Mahoney also appeared in ''Cheers'' as a piano player and jingle writer.) The son of a police officer, Martin was born in Seattle in 1931 and is a lifelong resident of the city. His great-grandparents were Noah Crane and a scullery maid from Russia. At the age of 19, Martin joined the U.S. Army, and saw combat in the Korean War. After returning home Martin joined the Seattle Police Department, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Leeves
Jane Elizabeth Leeves (born 18 April 1961) is an English actress. Leeves played Daphne Moon on the NBC television sitcom ''Frasier'' from 1993 until 2004, for which she was nominated for an Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award. She also played Joy Scroggs on TV Land's sitcom '' Hot in Cleveland''. Leeves made her screen debut with a small role in 1983 on the British comedy television show '' The Benny Hill Show'', and appeared as a dancer in '' Monty Python's The Meaning of Life''. She moved to the United States, where she performed in small roles. From 1986 to 1988, she had her first leading role in the short-lived sitcom ''Throb'', then secured a recurring part in the television sitcom ''Murphy Brown''. She received further recognition for roles in films such as ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1994), '' James and the Giant Peach'' (1996), ''Music of the Heart'' (1999), and '' The Event'' (2003). In 2018, she began starring in the Fox medical drama '' The Resident''. Career Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daphne Moon
Daphne Crane (née Moon; born September 1961) is a fictional character on the American television sitcom ''Frasier'', played by Jane Leeves. An English immigrant from Manchester, Daphne is employed by Frasier as a live-in housekeeper and physical therapist for his father, Martin. Her relationship with Frasier's brother Niles is a major plotline of the series, progressing from Niles' secret infatuation to their eventual marriage later in the show. Biography Daphne was born in September 1961 in Manchester, the only daughter in a family of nine children. She spent much of her childhood playing nurse and housemaid to her brothers. She has a complex love-hate relationship with her domineering mother, Gertrude Moon; her relationship with her father, Harry Moon, is much warmer and closer. As a young girl, Daphne's early career was as an actress in the hit British sitcom ''Mind Your Knickers'' (a show about 12-year-olds in a private girls' boarding school). Her career ended at age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hyde Pierce
David Hyde Pierce (born April 3, 1959) is an American actor and director of stage, film and television. He starred as psychiatrist Dr. Niles Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Frasier'' from 1993 to 2004, and won four Primetime Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award for the role. Pierce also received the 2007 Tony Award for playing Lieutenant Frank Cioffi in the musical '' Curtains''. He is also widely known for playing Frank Prady in eight episodes of the television legal drama ''The Good Wife'', and Henry Newman in the comedy film '' Wet Hot American Summer'' and its subsequent television spin-offs. Pierce has played supporting roles in many films, including Joan Micklin Silver's '' Crossing Delancey'' (1988), Terry Gilliam's ''The Fisher King'' (1991), Nora Ephron's ''Sleepless in Seattle'' (1993), Mike Nichols' '' Wolf'' (1994), and Oliver Stone's ''Nixon'' (1995). He has also starred in the cult romantic comedy ''Down with Love'' (2003), and the dark comedy film ''The Perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niles Crane
Niles Crane (born 1957) is a fictional character on the American sitcom ''Frasier'', a spin-off of the television show ''Cheers''. He was portrayed by David Hyde Pierce. Niles is the younger brother of Frasier Crane (played by Kelsey Grammer). Pierce was hired because ''Frasier'' producers saw his headshot and commented on how much he looked like a young Grammer. Unlike Frasier, part of whose background comes from ''Cheers'', Niles's background is established over the course of ''Frasier''. Pierce has said that his character was originally explained to him as "what Frasier would be if he had never gone to Boston and never been exposed to the people at Cheers." It has been suggested that "the difference between the brothers is that Frasier knows they're being pretentious; Niles honestly doesn't". Background Niles was born in Seattle, Washington, in 1957 , to Hester Crane, a psychiatrist, and Martin Crane, a police officer. Like his older brother Frasier, Niles was named fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minor Characters On Frasier
The main character of the American television sitcom '' Frasier'' is Frasier Crane. Other regular characters include: his father Martin, brother Niles, producer Roz Doyle, and his live-in caregiver Daphne Moon. Other minor characters made regular appearances. Main characters * Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane, a radio psychiatrist. The character could be characterized as pedantic, finicky, scrupulous, and pontifical. Growing up with a cultured mother and "Average Joe" father, Frasier epitomises a synthesis of upper-class sophistication, yet is still capable of working-class enjoyments. After returning to Seattle, he begins embracing his more cultured background but developed a more snobbish and haughty self, possibly due to rekindling his relationship with his brother Niles Crane. Despite his pretentious demeanour, Frasier has a good heart and strong moral compass. * Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon (''later Crane''), a Mancunian physiotherapist and live-in housekeeper hired by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelsey Grammer
Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor and producer. He gained notoriety and acclaim for his role as psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1984-1993) and its spin-off ''Frasier'' (1993-2004), for which he received four Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. The role remains one of the longest running in television history. For his role as the corrupt Mayor in the political series ''Boss'' (2011-2012) he received a Golden Globe Award. In 2000 was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Grammer having trained as an actor at Juilliard and the Old Globe Theatre, made his professional acting debut as Lennox in the 1981 Broadway revival of ''Macbeth''. The following year he portrayed Cassio acting opposite Christopher Plummer and James Earl Jones in ''Othello''. In 1983, he acted alongside Mandy Patinkin in the original off-Broadway production of Stephen Sondheim's musical ''Sunday in the Park with George''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frasier Crane
Dr. Frasier Winslow Crane (born ) is a fictional character who is both a supporting character on the American television sitcom ''Cheers'' and the titular protagonist of its spin-off ''Frasier'', portrayed by Kelsey Grammer. The character debuted in the ''Cheers'' third-season premiere, " Rebound (Part 1)" (1984), as Diane Chambers's love interest, part of the Sam and Diane story arc. Intended to appear for only a few episodes, Grammer's performance for the role was praised by producers, prompting them to expand his role and to increase his prominence. Later in ''Cheers'', Frasier marries Lilith Sternin (Bebe Neuwirth) and has a son, Frederick. After ''Cheers'' ended, the character moved to a spin-off series, ''Frasier'', the span of his overall television appearances totaling twenty years. In the spin-off, Frasier moves back to his birthplace Seattle after his divorce from Lilith, who retained custody of Frederick in Boston, and is reunited with a newly-created family: his estr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States. The publication has won more than 40 Pulitzer Prizes. It is owned by Patrick Soon-Shiong and published by the Times Mirror Company. The newspaper’s coverage emphasizes California and especially Southern California stories. In the 19th century, the paper developed a reputation for civic boosterism and opposition to labor unions, the latter of which led to the bombing of its headquarters in 1910. The paper's profile grew substantially in the 1960s under publisher Otis Chandler, who adopted a more national focus. In recent decades the paper's readership has declined, and it has been beset by a series of ownership changes, staff reductions, and other controversies. In January 2018, the paper's staff voted to unionize and fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Situation Comedy
A sitcom, a portmanteau of situation comedy, or situational comedy, is a genre of comedy centered on a fixed set of characters who mostly carry over from episode to episode. Sitcoms can be contrasted with sketch comedy, where a troupe may use new characters in each sketch, and stand-up comedy, where a comedian tells jokes and stories to an audience. Sitcoms originated in radio, but today are found mostly on television as one of its dominant narrative forms. A situation comedy television program may be recorded in front of a studio audience, depending on the program's production format. The effect of a live studio audience can be imitated or enhanced by the use of a laugh track. Critics disagree over the utility of the term "sitcom" in classifying shows that have come into existence since the turn of the century. Many contemporary American sitcoms use the single-camera setup and do not feature a laugh track, thus often resembling the dramedy shows of the 1980s and 1990s rather ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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