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FRASIER
1 SITCOM classic Frasier is to be revived, it was announced last week. The show was a spin-off from which other sitcom?
A. Roseanne B. Friends C. Seinfeld D. Cheers
2 WHICH of these accolades did the series NOT achieve?
A. Voted best sitcom of all time B. Won more Emmys than any scripted show in history C. World’s longest-running sitcom
D. Named the best non-British show by the British Film Institute
3 TRUE OR FALSE: The actor who played Frasier’s father Martin was born in Blackpool.
4 IN WHICH show did the actress who played daphne Moon launch her career? A. Fawlty Towers B. The Benny Hill Show C. The Cannon And Ball Show D. Top Of The Pops
5 WHAT did the pooch that played Eddie the dog have to do to get the role?
A. Stare at Frasier B. Lick Martin’s ears C. Follow Daphne around the room
D. Bark to the theme tune 6
TrUE or FALSE: Kelsey Grammer earned Emmy nominations for playing Dr Frasier Crane in three different shows.
1) D. Cheers
FrASiEr ran for 11 seasons between 1993 and 2004. But the character of Dr Frasier Crane first appeared in Cheers in 1984 before he relocated to Seattle. 2) C. World’s longest running sitcom ThAT was Last of The Summer wine, which ran for 37 years. Frasier won 37 Emmys, a record that stood until it was taken by Game of Thrones in 2016. it was named the top overseas programme (by a BFi survey in 2000) and the ultimate sitcom (in a Channel 4 poll in 2006).
3) TRUE
John MAhonEY was born in Blackpool in 1940.
4) B. The Benny Hill Show
JAnE LEEVES, the actress from East Grinstead who played Daphne Moon, became one of the scantily-clad dancers of Benny hill’s Angels troupe when she was 18, before moving to LA at 21. The show’s star, Kelsey Grammer, had his doubts about casting an Englishwoman, saying: ‘i was nervous about a British-accented housekeeper turning us into a dreadful nanny And The Professor.’
5) A. Stare at Frasier
DUrinG the auditions, the dogs had to stare for as long as possible at Kelsey Grammer. A Jack russell terrier named Moose passed the test.
6) TRUE
GrAMMEr earned nominations for playing Frasier in Cheers (first in 1988), wings (in 1992) and Frasier (every year between 1994 and 2002).