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{{short description|Fictional character in the television series Frasier and Cheers}}
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{{Infobox character
| name = Dr. Frasier Crane, MD
| series = [[Cheers]] / [[Frasier]] / {{no italic|[[Frasier (2023 TV series)|''Frasier'' (2023)]]}}<!--There are two Frasiers.-->
| image = Frasier Crane at KACL radio station.png
| caption = Dr. Frasier Crane doing his radio show at KACL in the ''[[Frasier]]'' episode "Shrink Wrap" (1995)
| first = ''Cheers'': <br/>"[[Cheers season 3#ep45|Rebound (Part 1)]]" (episode 3.01)
| last = ''Frasier'': <br/>"Father Christmas" (episode 02.20)
| creator = [[Glen Charles]] <br/>[[Les Charles]]
| portrayer = [[Kelsey Grammer]]
| nickname = Doc, Fras
| occupation = [[Psychiatrist]]<ref>{{cite news|title= TELEVISION; A Chip Off The Old Sitcom|work= The New York Times|date=February 27, 1994 |url= https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/27/arts/television-a-chip-off-the-old-sitcom.html |access-date=August 16, 2010 | first=Elizabeth | last=Kolbert}}</ref> (1983–1993)<br/>[[Radio personality|Radio host]] and [[psychotherapist]] (1993–2004)<br/>[[TV personality|TV host]] and [[psychotherapist]] (For 14–15 years)<br/>[[Harvard]] professor (2023)<br/>Apartment owner (2023)
| spouse = [[Nanny G|Nanette "Nanny G" Guzman]] (before 1984)<br/>[[Lilith Sternin]] (1988–1993)
| significant_other = Charlotte Connor (2003–2023)
| gender = Male
| family = {{plainlist|
* [[Martin Crane]] (father; deceased)
* [[Hester Crane]] (mother; deceased)
* [[Niles Crane]] (younger brother)
* [[Minor characters on Frasier#Ronee Lawrence Crane|Ronee Lawrence]] (stepmother)}}
| children = [[Frederick Crane (Frasier)|Frederick Crane]]<br>(b. 1989; son, with [[Lilith Sternin|Lilith]])
| relatives = {{plainlist|
* Walt Crane (paternal uncle)
* Zora Crane (paternal aunt)
* Nikos Crane (paternal cousin)
* [[Minor characters on Frasier#David Crane|David Crane]] (nephew)
* [[Minor characters on Frasier#Maris Crane|Maris Crane]] (ex-sister-in-law)
* [[Daphne Moon]] (sister-in-law)}}
| religion = [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopalian]]
| nationality = [[Americans|American]]
}}
'''Dr. Frasier Winslow Crane'''<ref>{{cite news|title=Kelsey Grammer: The darker side of TV's favourite shrink|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/kelsey-grammer-the-darker-side-of-tvs-favourite-shrink-563457.html|date=15 May 2004|work=The Independent|author=Gumbel, Andrew}}</ref> (born {{circa|1952}}){{sfn|Bjorklund|1993|page=257}}{{refn|group=note|Various episodes like "The Late Dr. Crane" and "Back Talk" (both 1999) inconsistently claim different dates as Frasier's exact birth date. A book by Dennis A. Bjorklund verifies just his birth year as 1952.{{sfn|Bjorklund|1993|page=257}}}} is a fictional character who is both a [[supporting character]] on the American television [[sitcom]] ''[[Cheers]]'' and the [[Title character|titular]] [[protagonist]] of its [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] ''[[Frasier]]'' and the latter's [[Frasier (2023 TV series)|2023 sequel]]. In all three series, he is portrayed by [[Kelsey Grammer]]. The character debuted in the ''Cheers'' third-season premiere, "[[Cheers (season 3)#ep45|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 in the role was praised by producers, prompting them to expand his role and 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'', through which the span of his overall television appearances totals twenty years.<ref>{{cite news|title= Cheers to the long run |newspaper= LA Times|date=September 21, 2003|url= http://articles.latimes.com/2003/sep/21/entertainment/ca-isenberg21/2|archive-url= https://archive.today/20120710042943/http://articles.latimes.com/2003/sep/21/entertainment/ca-isenberg21/2|url-status= dead|archive-date= July 10, 2012|access-date=August 23, 2010 |first=Barbara | last=Isenberg}}</ref><ref name="seattle-times">{{cite news|date=May 13, 2004 |access-date=July 2, 2012 |url= http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2001927551_frasier13.html|work= Seattle Times|title= Condo by condo, Seattle has become a lot like ''Frasier''}}</ref> 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 estranged father, [[Martin Crane|Martin]], and brother, [[Niles Crane|Niles]]. In February 2021, ViacomCBS (now [[Paramount Global]]) announced that Grammer would reprise the character in [[Frasier (2023 TV series)|a new series]] on [[Paramount+]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/25/entertainment/frasier-reboot-paramount-plus-scli-intl/index.html |title='Frasier' is being rebooted, with Kelsey Grammer reprising the role 17 years after show ended|first1=Rob|last1=Picheta|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=February 25, 2021}}</ref>
Grammer received award recognitions for portraying this character on these two shows, in addition to a 1992 one-time appearance on ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]''. For his portrayal on ''Cheers'', Grammer was nominated twice for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]] but did not win in that category. For portraying the character on ''Frasier'', Kelsey Grammer won four Emmy Awards out of eleven nominations for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]] and two Golden Globe Awards out of eight nominations for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy|Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy)]].
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[[File:Kelsey Grammer May 2010 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=.75|[[Kelsey Grammer]], portrayer of Frasier Crane since 1984]]
The character Frasier Crane was created in the third season of ''Cheers'' (1984–1985) by series creators [[Glen and Les Charles]] as [[Diane Chambers]]'s ([[Shelley Long]]) "romantic and intellectual ideal" following her breakup with [[Sam Malone]] ([[Ted Danson]]). Not only Sam Malone's rival and opposite, Frasier Crane was also part of the love triangle, "a different form of the [[Sam and Diane|Sam-Diane relationship]]," said Glen Charles.<ref name=triangle>"[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4rdPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iwYEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2783%2C1374175 `Cheers' Sam Gets a Rival]." ''[[Ocala Star-Banner]]: TV Week'' [Ocala, FL] 18 August 1984: 19. ''Google News''. Web. 31 March 2012.</ref> The show's writers initially conceived the character as "the role [[Ralph Bellamy]] used to play in [[Cary Grant]] movies — the guy the lady falls in love with, but is not real. You just know he doesn't have the sexual dynamism Grant does."<ref name="gqraftery201210">{{cite news | url=https://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201210/cheers-oral-history-extended?printable=true | title=The Best TV Show That's Ever Been | work=GQ | date=October 2012 | access-date=September 27, 2012 | author=Raftery, Brian | archive-date=May 23, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523105859/http://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201210/cheers-oral-history-extended?printable=true | url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[John Lithgow]] was originally chosen by ''Cheers'' producers for the role, but turned it down as he felt that TV would down his dignity.<ref name=stpaul>"`Frasier' Says 'Goodnight, Seattle' for Good." ''[[St. Paul Pioneer Press]]'' [St. Paul, MN] 13 May 2004: E1. Web. 06 April 2012.{{subscription required}}</ref><ref name=njcom>Filichia, Peter. "[http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2010/04/john_lithgow_to_appear_at_mcca.html John Lithgow to appear at McCarter Theatre]." NJ.com 05 April 2010. Web. 06 April 2012.</ref><ref name=CBSnews>Neal, Rome. "[https://www.cbsnews.com/news/frasier-meets-becker/ 'Frasier' Meets 'Becker']." ''[[CBS News]]'' 11 February 2009. Web. 06 April 2012.</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Lewis |first=Tim |date=2020-11-01 |title=John Lithgow: 'Trump keeps on surviving. Karma never quite wins' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/nov/01/john-lithgow-trump-keeps-on-surviving-karma-never-quite-wins |access-date=2025-04-17 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> Grammer believed that he had failed the audition because no one laughed, but was chosen because of the quality of his performance with Danson.{{r|gqraftery201210}} Frasier was supposed to appear only on a few episodes before Diane left him, but Grammer's performance was praised by series executives, leading to an extended role in the series.<ref name=duped>{{cite web|title=One more question...|url=https://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2008/06/one-more-question.html|date=June 6, 2008|access-date=July 19, 2012|author=Levine, Ken|author-link=Ken Levine (TV personality)|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308135801/http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2008/06/one-more-question.html|work=...by Ken Levine|archive-date=March 8, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> His character was not universally popular, however, for coming between Sam and Diane; a viewer approached Grammer asking "Are you that pin dick that plays Frasier?", and the show received [[fan mail]] denouncing Grammer.{{r|gqraftery201210}}
==Role in ''Cheers''==
Frasier Crane, an alumnus of [[Harvard College]], [[Harvard Medical School]],<ref name=harvard>{{cite web |title=The Ready-for-Primetime Facebook |website=[[The Harvard Crimson]] |date=October 17, 2003 |url=http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2003/10/17/the-ready-for-primetime-facebook-the-arrival-of/ |access-date=November 9, 2015 }}</ref> and [[Oxford University]], debuted in the two-part episode "Rebound" (1984), the premiere of [[Cheers (season 3)|''Cheers'' season three]] (1984–85), as a psychiatrist to help bartender [[Sam Malone]] recover from a brief return to [[alcoholism]] and also cope with his breakup from [[Diane Chambers]].
As Diane's fiancé throughout the third season,<ref name="Gates1">{{harvnb|Gates|1998|page=1}}</ref> he and Diane are supposed to wed in Italy in "Rescue Me" (1985), the finale of season three. However, in "Birth, Death, Love, and Rice" (1985), the premiere of season four (1985–86), Frasier enters the bar and tells Sam that he was jilted by Diane at the altar in Europe.<ref name="Gates1"/> A despondent Frasier, who had given up his practice to go to Europe, loses his job lecturing at a university in Europe.
Later in season four, he begins to regularly attend Cheers for drinks and finds himself depending more and more on alcohol. In "The Triangle" (1986), Sam feigns symptoms of depression, planned by Diane, to help Frasier recover from alcoholism and regain his self-confidence. This leads Frasier to conclude that Sam's symptoms indicate his love for Diane. However, upon arrival, Frasier sees Sam and Diane arguing in the bar office, and Sam admits the whole plan. Furious, Frasier declares himself to be sober, refuses to be a part of their relationship, and vows to practice psychiatry again.
The character finally becomes a permanent fixture among the other bar patrons by the middle of the series' run and adds to his comedic repertoire an occasional penchant for commenting on the personality flaws of the other Cheers regulars while still managing to remain a likable addition to the gang.<ref>{{cite web|author=Arseneau, Adam |url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/cheersseason3.php |date=July 12, 2004 |work=DVD Verdict |access-date=December 9, 2012 |title=Cheers: The Complete Third Season |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121216004946/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/cheersseason3.php |archive-date=December 16, 2012 |df=mdy }} The author assumed or implied that Frasier Crane became one of the gang by the end of season three.</ref>{{sfn|Gates|1998|page=1}} As his role is expanded, Frasier becomes romantically involved with a stereotypical "intelligent ice queen"{{sfn|Brown|2005|page=257}} [[Lilith Sternin]] ([[Bebe Neuwirth]]). Their first date in "Second Time Around" (1986) does not go well; they exchange insults with each other until she leaves the bar, disappointing him. In "Abnormal Psychology" (1986), Frasier and Lilith feel mutual attraction after Diane gives Lilith a makeover. At first reluctant to start anew, they then decide to go on another date. They live together for a year before being married one month before "Our Hourly Bread" (1988) as revealed in the episode and give birth to their son Frederick in "The Stork Brings a Crane" (1989). In "Smotherly Love" (1992), they reenact their wedding to please Lilith's mother Betty ([[Marilyn Cooper]]), who was irritated that she had not been present for their marriage.
In "One Hugs, the Other Doesn't" (1992), Frasier is revealed to have been previously married to Nanette Guzman ([[Emma Thompson]]), now known as the popular children's entertainer Nanny G. When Nanette sings a song implying her possible feelings for Frasier (despite being fully aware he's remarried), Lilith attacks her during Frederick's second birthday party.
In "Teaching with the Enemy" (1992), Lilith admits her affair with another man, Dr. Louis Pascal (Peter Vogt), dooming their marriage. In "Is There a Doctor in the Howe?" (1993), a distraught Frasier is going to sleep with Rebecca Howe in his bed until Lilith unexpectedly returns and—in the following episode, "The Bar Manager, The Shrink, His Wife and Her Lover" (1993)—storms out of the room and heads to Cheers. There, Lilith reveals that the eco-pod experiment with Pascal was a disaster—Pascal turned out to be [[claustrophobia|claustrophobic]], among other mental problems—and she abandoned the project to return to Boston. Frasier, Rebecca, and eventually Pascal converge on Cheers in pursuit of Lilith. Pascal, armed with a pistol, demands Lilith return to him, threatening to shoot Frasier and the others. Lilith demands that he shoot her first, which causes him to back down and surrender to the police. Although Frasier initially refuses to take Lilith back after all this, her pathetic sobbing wins him over, and he hesitantly reconciles with her.
==Role in ''Frasier''==
===Spin-off development===
When ''Cheers'' ended in 1993, at first the creators did not plan to spin off the character from the predecessor because they were concerned that a spinoff might fail. Instead, they wanted to cast Kelsey Grammer as a [[Paraplegia|paraplegic]] millionaire resembling [[Malcolm Forbes]], "a magazine mogul [and] a motorcycle enthusiast". The idea was deemed unsuitable and scrapped. Then the show's creators decided to move Frasier Crane out of Boston to avoid any resemblance to ''Cheers''. The spinoff idea would have focused primarily on "his work at a radio station", but they found it resembled an older sitcom, ''[[WKRP in Cincinnati]]'', too much. Therefore, they decided to add in his private life, such as his father Martin and younger brother Niles.<ref name=caseyinterview/> In his titular spin-off, Frasier becomes "haughty, disdainful, and exceedingly uptight."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.equities.com/editors-desk/stocks/consumer-discretionary/the-spin-off-series-that-actually-found-success |title=The Spin-Off Series that (Actually) Found Success |first=Jacob |last=Harper |date=September 26, 2013 |work=Equities.com }}</ref>
===Moving to Seattle===
After ''[[Cheers]]'', Frasier and [[Lilith Sternin|Lilith]] ([[Bebe Neuwirth]]) [[divorce]] off-screen, and Lilith is awarded [[Child custody|custody]] of their son, Frederick, with Frasier granted visiting rights. In the pilot "[[The Good Son (Frasier)|The Good Son]]", Frasier explains that he left Boston because he felt that his life and career had grown stagnant (and he had been publicly humiliated after climbing onto a ledge and threatening to commit [[suicide]] before being talked down). Therefore, he returned to his original hometown of [[Seattle]], where his father [[Martin Crane|Martin]] ([[John Mahoney]]) and younger brother [[Niles Crane|Niles]] ([[David Hyde Pierce]]) live, to have a fresh start.
Frasier works for the radio station [[KACL (Frasier)|KACL]] as the host of his [[Psychotherapy|psychotherapeutic]] radio show, ''The Dr. Frasier Crane Show'', produced by his producer and friend, [[Roz Doyle]] ([[Peri Gilpin]]), who has many ex-boyfriends. Later, his father Martin, a retired [[Seattle Police Department]] detective who was shot in the line of duty, ends up moving in with him. Frasier is worried about his father in his current state as he can barely walk, and requires a cane to move. In ''Cheers'', Frasier had said that his father was dead and had been a [[scientist]]. He also says that he is an only child.<ref name=inconsistency/> This inconsistency is later explained in "[[The Show Where Sam Shows Up]]": At Frasier's apartment, [[Sam Malone]] ([[Ted Danson]]) tells Martin and Niles what Frasier had said about them, and Frasier explains that he was trying to distance himself from his family at the time. He confirms in "To All the Girls I've Loved Before" (1988) that his mother [[Hester Crane|Hester]], portrayed by [[Nancy Marchand]] in "Diane Meets Mom" (1984) and then by [[Rita Wilson]] in flashbacks in "Mamma Mia" (1999) and "Don Juan in Hell: Part 2" (2001), is dead off-screen.
Frasier hires a live-in [[Physical therapy|physical therapist]], [[Daphne Moon]] ([[Jane Leeves]]), to care for Martin. Daphne is an eccentric, [[working class]] [[English people|Englishwoman]] who professes to be "a bit [[psychic]]". Moreover, Martin brings his beloved [[Jack Russell Terrier]], Eddie, whom Frasier is uncomfortable around. After some initial hostility, Frasier grows very close to his new family.
===Life with Martin and Niles===
During the spin-off's run, especially in scenes at Frasier's apartment, Frasier and Martin regularly fight over the living arrangements and each other's personalities: Frasier is intellectual, elitist, and mild-mannered, while Martin is a rugged man of simple tastes who speaks (according to Frasier) in words that no "sophisticated, educated" person could understand.<ref name="Gates1"/> While Frasier has many common interests with Niles and shares adventures (or misadventures) with him, he has little in common with his father, Martin.
In "Dinner at Eight" (1993), Martin takes Frasier and Niles to a themed [[steakhouse]], where health-conscious Frasier and Niles criticize the food, the restaurant's customs, and the clientele. Martin becomes frustrated and angry before leaving, remarking upon departing that their mother, Hester, would be disappointed with their behavior. Frasier and Niles try to prove that they are not "snobs" by finishing their meal, although it takes them until after closing time. Ironically, in the ''Cheers'' season seven episode "[[Cheers (season 7)#ep160|I Kid You Not]]" (1988), Frasier invites Carla and her son Ludlow to a [[fine dining]] restaurant, but Carla and Ludlow criticize and mock it, enraging Frasier.
In "Chess Pains" (1996), Frasier teaches Martin how to play [[chess]], but is horrified when Martin becomes a better player than him, due to Martin's seasoned insight as a [[Seattle Police Department|police]] [[detective]]. Frasier becomes obsessed with winning against his father until Frasier wins one match and Martin does not want to play with Frasier anymore. One late night, Frasier wakes Martin up and asks him whether he lost the chess match on purpose. Martin responds that Frasier "won, fair and square" and nothing more. In the ''Cheers'' season five episode "[[Cheers (season 5)#ep110|Spellbound]]" (1987), dimwitted [[Woody Boyd]] consistently beats Frasier in chess, frustrating Frasier.
In an episode of the seventh season "A Tsar Is Born" (1999), Martin takes an old family clock, which Frasier and Niles consider ugly, to exhibit on the television show ''[[Antiques Roadshow (American TV program)|Antiques Roadshow]]''. As the boys soon discover, the clock is related to their ancestors and royalty, and may be worth a fortune, and heightens their expectations of being descended from royalty. Unfortunately, when they try to sell the clock later, the brothers learn from an antique specialist that it was stolen from the daughter of [[Alexander II of Russia|Tsar Alexander II]]. Moreover, their great-great-grandmother was discovered to have been the clock thief and the daughter's [[scullery maid]] and is discovered to have later been a [[Prostitution|prostitute]] in [[New York City]]. Therefore, the brothers are left without a fortune, a clock, and their royal dreams are destroyed, as Frasier puts it, they are descended from "thieves and whores". Much to their anger, Martin buys a [[RV|Winnebago]] RV with money Frasier claimed was the proceeds from selling the clock.
====Reunion with Lilith and Frederick====
Actress [[Bebe Neuwirth]] left ''[[Cheers]]'' for fear of becoming typecast and to do [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]; she did not expect to appear recurrently on ''[[Frasier]]''.<ref>{{cite news |author=Dominguez |first=Robert |date=May 13, 2004 |title=Not Much Adieu About Lilith |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2004/05/13/not-much-adieu-about-lilith/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref> ''Cheers'' and ''Frasier'' writers [[Ken Levine (TV personality)|Ken Levine]] and [[David Isaacs (writer)|David Isaacs]] found the chemistry between Frasier and Lilith "special" enough to compare them with [[Katharine Hepburn]] and [[Spencer Tracy]] on [[Prozac]].<ref>{{cite news|page=3-D|title=Her love for ''Frasier'' lures Bebe Neuwirth for return visit|access-date=July 28, 2012|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55268489.html?dids=55268489:55268489&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201031242/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/55268489.html?dids=55268489:55268489&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2013|author=Graham, Jefferson|date=November 15, 1994}}</ref> In "The Show Where Lilith Comes Back" (1994), Lilith surprises Frasier by dialing into the radio show. They later make love in a hotel room but end up regretting it, prompting them to part ways again. They decide to remain friends and help each other co-parent their son, Frederick ([[Trevor Einhorn]]),<ref name="about.com"/> who also appears occasionally in this spin-off. In "Adventures in Paradise, Part Two" (1994), Lilith gets engaged to her fiancé Brian ([[James Morrison (actor)|James Morrison]]), much to Frasier's chagrin. In "A Lilith Thanksgiving" (1996), Frasier and Lilith have Frederick admitted to a private school after they annoy the administrator ([[Paxton Whitehead]]) several times on [[Thanksgiving (United States)|Thanksgiving]]. In "The Unnatural" (1997), Frasier is proven unathletic and bad at [[softball]], which he reluctantly admits to Frederick. Then Frasier tells him that, when Frasier was a third-grade elementary student, Martin was bad at [[Mathematics|math]].
In "Room Service" (1998), Lilith is recently divorced from her husband Brian for his [[Homosexuality|gay]] affair. Frasier attempts to renew the relationship but changes his mind when he finds out, to his horror, that Lilith and Niles had a drunken one-night stand. Lilith last appears in "Guns 'N Neuroses" (2003), in which she and Frasier are accidentally set up to go on a blind date. Lilith and Frasier are close to restarting a relationship in the hotel room, but they are interrupted by a loud argument between a young married couple next door. Frasier and Lilith can resolve the couple's dispute, spend the night together watching television, and finally fall asleep on the couch without having had sex. The next morning, they part ways with a tender final onscreen moment together.
===Reunions with ''Cheers'' characters===
Except for [[Rebecca Howe]] ([[Kirstie Alley]]), all the surviving main cast members of ''Cheers'' appear in the show at various points. In "The Show Where Sam Shows Up" (1995), Sam Malone reunites with Frasier in Seattle. Later, Frasier is discovered to have slept with Sam's fiancée Sheila ([[Téa Leoni]]), but Sam has not discovered the affair, much to Frasier's relief. Nevertheless, Sam finds out her dalliances with [[List of Cheers characters#Paul Krapence|Paul Krapence]] ([[Paul Willson]]) and [[Cliff Clavin]] ([[John Ratzenberger]]). Though Sam isn't initially angry when told of her infidelity with Paul when Sheila reveals she slept with Cliff (something that shocked and horrified both Sam and Frasier), it leads to him ending the romantic relationship. In "The Show Where Diane Comes Back" (1996), Frasier is reunited with [[Diane Chambers]] and learns that due to an accident with her and [[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]] ([[Jane Seymour (actress)|Jane Seymour]]), much of her personal life had been turned upside down and the financial backers for her upcoming play rescinded their support, prompting him to support it instead. The play turns out to be based on their relationship in Boston, including her leaving him at the altar. Frasier angrily confronts her about it, but they end up reconciling.
In "The Show Where Woody Shows Up" (1999), [[Woody Boyd]] ([[Woody Harrelson]]), still married to Kelly with his son and daughter, accidentally reunites with Frasier after landing in the wrong destination, Seattle. However, they realize that they are no longer friends, as their lives are too different. Nevertheless, they admit that they had good times together in Boston, and they will always think about each other. In "[[Cheerful Goodbyes]]" (2002), Frasier arrives in Boston for a psychiatric conference. At the airport, Frasier unexpectedly bumps into [[Cliff Clavin]] and is invited to Cliff's retirement party the following evening, where he is reunited with [[Carla Tortelli]] ([[Rhea Perlman]]) and then briefly [[Norm Peterson]] ([[George Wendt]]). Later, Cliff confides in Frasier that he fears that his friends will not miss him. Frasier tells everyone to say a nice farewell to Cliff; even Carla, who hates him. Moved, Cliff decides to stay in [[Boston]], much to Carla's annoyance.
===Final years: 2003–04===
In "Caught in the Act" (2004), Frasier's ex-wife Nanette Guzman ([[Laurie Metcalf]]), tries to rekindle their relationship, but Frasier refuses. (The character was previously portrayed by [[Emma Thompson]] in ''Cheers'' episode "One Hugs, the Other Doesn't" (1992) and by [[Dina Spybey]] in "Don Juan in Hell, Part 2" (2001) as part of Frasier's imaginary dream.) Later, he falls in love with Charlotte Connor ([[Laura Linney]]), but the romance turns out to be short-lived when she moves to [[Chicago]]. In the 2004 two-part series finale, "[[Goodnight, Seattle]]", Frasier is offered a job as the host of his television talk show, located in [[San Francisco]], and has decided to accept the job. However, in the final scene of the show, it is revealed that Frasier has boarded a plane to Chicago, implying he will be with Charlotte.
=== The revival: 2023–2024 ===
In the revival series, Frasier again returns to Boston, coming from Martin's funeral. Off-screen, Frasier has since been disillusioned with<ref name="2023 ep03">{{Cite episode |series=Frasier |title=First Class |date=October 19, 2023 |season=1 |number=3}}</ref> and then quit his eponymous television talk show in Chicago, and his relationship with Charlotte has ended as well. He tries to reconnect with his son Frederick (now [[Jack Cutmore-Scott]]), nicknamed Freddy, who has dropped out of Harvard and then become a firefighter. Frasier becomes recruited by Harvard's psychology department as a psychology professor, especially to prove himself as a serious psychiatrist rather than a mere showman.<ref name="2023 ep01">{{Cite episode |series=Frasier |title=The Good Father |date=October 12, 2023 |season=1 |number=1}}</ref><ref name="2023 ep03" /> He also buys Freddy's apartment building, and has Freddy move in with him in his new apartment across the hall from Freddy's old apartment.<ref name="2023 ep01" />
Frasier and Freddy visit Seattle in the revival's second season, where Frasier reunites with his old KACL coworkers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Frasier and His Son's Relationship Dynamic Explained By Reboot EPs Ahead of Season 2 |url=https://www.cbr.com/frasier-son-relationship-season-2/ |last=Brown |first=Jodee |date=2024-09-09 |access-date=2025-06-13 |website=CBR}}</ref>
== Other appearances ==
Kelsey Grammer has made several appearances as Dr. Frasier Crane outside of ''[[Cheers]]'' and ''[[Frasier]]''.
* ''[[Mickey's 60th Birthday]]'' (1988)
* ''[[Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'' Season 34, Episode 15, "Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration" (1990)
* ''[[The Earth Day Special]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]'' Season 3, Episode 16, "Planes, Trains and Visiting Cranes" (1992)
* ''[[The John Larroquette Show]]'' Season 3, Episode 1, "More Changes" (1995){{refn|group=note|Via archive footage}}
* [[Dr Pepper]] TV Commercial (2008)
An animated version of the character appears in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Fear of Flying (The Simpsons)|Fear of Flying]]", although Grammer, who voices [[Sideshow Bob]] on the show, does not voice the character of Frasier.
== Characterization and analysis ==
Frasier Crane is a licensed [[psychiatrist]] who is, as Kelsey Grammer described, "flawed, silly, pompous, and full of himself, [yet] kind [and] vulnerable."{{sfn|Gates|1998|page=2}} Judy Berman from ''Flavor Wire'' describes him as also "a [[child prodigy]], theater geek, and frequent target for [[Bullying|bullies]]."<ref>{{cite web |last=Berman |first=Judy |date=November 8, 2011 |url=http://www.flavorwire.com/228678/tvs-most-memorable-shrinks |title=TV's Most Memorable Shrinks: Frasier Crane, Cheers and Frasier |website=FlavorWire.com |access-date=November 9, 2015 }}</ref> According to ''Cheers'' and ''Frasier'' writer [[Peter Casey (screenwriter)|Peter Casey]], Frasier is "very complicated, very intelligent, but also very insecure"; he may have solutions to such problems as a psychiatrist but is clueless about himself.<ref name=caseyinterview>{{cite interview |subject=Peter Casey |date=May 12, 2004 |contribution-url=https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-05-12-frasier-origins_x.htm |article=So how did ''Frasier'' come about? |interviewer=Gary Levin |title=[[USA Today]] |access-date=November 9, 2015 }}</ref>
== Reception ==
=== Reception on the character ===
At the time ''Cheers'' originally aired, Rick Sherwood from [[Los Angeles]] disdained Frasier Crane and his existence as part of the "[[Sam and Diane]]" dynamic.<ref name="fine funny form">{{cite news |page=9A |last=Sherwood |first=Rick |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=mj1WAAAAIBAJ&pg=6776%2C4662037|title='Cheers' is back in fine, funny form |work=[[The Gainesville Sun]] |date=31 October 1985 }}</ref> Sherwood found Frasier's frequent appearances in the bar setting ("his [former] girlfriend's former lover's bar") responsible for turning ''Cheers'' into "as believable as [conservative] [[Archie Bunker]] [from ''[[All in the Family]]''] voting for a [[Modern liberalism in the United States|liberal]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]."<ref name="fine funny form" /> According to a 1993 telephone survey before the ''Frasier'' premiere and the [[One for the Road (Cheers)|''Cheers'' finale]], [[Sam Malone]] ([[Ted Danson]]) scored 26 percent as a favorite character, and Frasier Crane scored 1 percent.<ref name="Gazette survey">Mills, Kim I. "[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=UpYxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RuEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1185%2C331083 TV viewers glad Sam stayed single]." ''[[The Daily Gazette|The Sunday Gazette]]'' [Schenectady, NY] 2 May 1993: A3. ''Google News''. Web. 21 Jan. 2012. The margin of error in the survey was ±3, according to the polls. In this web edition, scroll down to see the title of the headline.</ref><ref name="Morning Call survey">{{Cite news |last=Leffler |first=Pete |date=1993-05-02 |title=Show piles up viewer cheers |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-morning-call-show-piles-up-viewer-ch/170530586/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |work=[[The Morning Call]] |___location=Allentown, New York |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/170530586/ A1], [https://www.newspapers.com/clip/170530614/ A2] |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In response to the question of spinning off a character, 15 percent voted Sam, 12 percent voted [[Woody Boyd]] ([[Woody Harrelson]]), 10 percent voted [[Norm Peterson]] ([[George Wendt]]), and 29 percent voted no spin-offs.<ref name="Morning Call survey"/> Frasier Crane, whose own spin-off ''[[Frasier]]'' debuted in September 1993, was voted by 2 percent to have his own show.<ref>"[http://www.people-press.org/1998/05/10/mixed-reaction-to-post-seinfeld-era/ Mixed Reaction to Post-Seinfeld Era]." ''[[Pew Research Center]]'' 10 May 1998. Web. Retrieved 10 Feb. 2012.</ref>
Later, while the character became more prominent in the series, inspiring a spin-off ''[[Frasier]]'', in a 1999 book ''Writing and Responsibility'', Beverly West and Jason Bergund noted that Frasier's father Martin was supposed to be dead in ''Cheers'' but turns out still alive in ''Frasier'', calling it inconsistent with "a bout of amnesia[,] poor scriptwriting", or desperation to elicit more laughter.<ref name=inconsistency /> (In "[[The Show Where Sam Shows Up]]" [1995], Frasier addresses the inconsistency by explaining that he told his friends Martin was dead after an argument with him.) In another book ''TV Therapy'', Frasier Crane in ''Cheers'' is considered "high-strung [and] pseudo-sophisticated" and an attraction to 1980s demographics of "anti-intellectual snobbery",<ref name="1980s-demos">''TV Therapy'' 2005, p. 57, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=nblCjFuz4zgC&q=frasier+cheers&pg=PA57 You've Got a Friend TV]".</ref> but Frasier in ''Frasier'' is considered a good, positive role model for intellectuality and sophistication.<ref name=therapy44>''TV Therapy'' 2005, p. 44, "[https://books.google.com/books?id=nblCjFuz4zgC&q=frasier+cheers&pg=PA44 Diva TV]".</ref> In 2004, he was ranked by [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]] No. 26 of ''Bravo's The 100 Greatest TV Characters'' of all time.<ref>"[http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/310551/kelsey-s-launches-ad-campaign-with-cheers-tv-theme-song Kelsey's Launches Ad Campaign with Cheers TV Theme Song] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901223858/http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/310551/kelsey-s-launches-ad-campaign-with-cheers-tv-theme-song |date=September 1, 2012 }}." ''[[CNW Group|Canada NewsWire]]'' 03 Feb. 2008. Web. 10 Feb. 2012.</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20090110010619/http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Greatest_TV_Characters/index.shtml The 100 Greatest TV Characters]." [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]], 2004. [[Internet Archive]] Wayback Machine. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. Archived from [http://www.bravotv.com/The_100_Greatest_TV_Characters/index.shtml the original].</ref> In 2009, the ''National Lampoon'' website ranked him No. 20 of "Top 20 Sitcom Characters You'd Kill in Real Life" and called him "hilarious" in the fictional world and "unbearable" in the real world.<ref>Economou, Thane. "[https://web.archive.org/web/20090530182122/http://nationallampoon.com/articles/the-list-top-20-sitcom-characters-youd-kill-in-real-life Top 20 Sitcom Characters You'd Kill in Real Life]." ''National Lampoon'' 27 May 2009. Web. 22 Feb. 2012.</ref>
Robert Bianco from ''[[USA Today]]'' considered Frasier Crane masculine in the days of "[[Fred Astaire]] and [[William Powell]]" instead of recent "beer-belching" days of the reality show, ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Survivor]]''. Bianco found the series of Frasier's love life repetitive and "tiring".<ref name="Bianco">Bianco, Robert. "Sophisticated 'Frasier' signs off." ''[[USA Today]]'' 29 March 2004. Web. 20 May 2012 [https://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2004-05-12-frasier-main_x.htm].</ref> [[Gillian Flynn]] from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' considered Frasier Crane's "diction" an inspiration of ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'''s [[Walter Bishop (Fringe)|Walter Bishop]] ([[John Noble]]), who has an addition of "daffiness" of roles portrayed by actor [[Christopher Lloyd]].<ref name="flynnfringe">[[Gillian Flynn|Flynn, Gillian]]. "Fringe (2008)." ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' 17 September 2008. Web. 20 May 2012 [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20468636_20226409,00.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023051705/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20468636_20226409,00.html|date=October 23, 2012}}.</ref> Joe Sixpack, a [[pseudonym]]ous name for writer Don Russell, called Frasier an "insufferable twerp".<ref name=joepack>{{cite news |title=The Hall of Foam: The 20 bartenders I wish could pour for me |date=March 23, 2007 |author=Joe Sixpack, [[pseudonym]]ous for Don Russell |page=65 |work=[[Philadelphia Daily News]] |___location=[[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] }} Record no. at ''[[NewsBank]]'': 7006886267. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180406163541/http://www.joesixpack.net/columnArchives/2007/032307.htm Archived] from [http://www.joesixpack.net/columnArchives/2007/032307.htm JoeSixPack.net].</ref> An internet user from [[Ken Levine (TV personality)|Ken Levine]]'s blog considered Frasier a successor to more prestigious, experienced Bostonian medical doctor and surgeon [[Charles Winchester]] ([[David Ogden Stiers]]) from the television series ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''. However, Levine did not consider the comparison when Frasier was introduced in ''Cheers'' in 1984.<ref>{{cite web |access-date=July 13, 2012 |url=https://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2012/04/what-scripts-do-you-need-to-get.html |title=What scripts do you need to get an assignment or representation? |url-status=live |author=Levine, Ken |work=...by Ken Levine |date=April 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130116104820/http://kenlevine.blogspot.com/2012/04/what-scripts-do-you-need-to-get.html |archive-date=January 16, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> (Coincidentally, in the ''Frasier'' episode "[[Fathers and Sons (Frasier)|Fathers and Son]]" (2003), actor Stiers, portrayer of Winchester, appears as Hester Crane's former lab assistant Leland Barton, who is suspected as Frasier and Niles' biological father.)
''[[Television Without Pity]]'' called Frasier "snooty and pretentious", even if he may be "smart" on television and a "rare" species of all characters.<ref>{{cite book |year=2006 |author=Ariano, Tara |author2=Sarah D. Bunting |page=101 |title=Television Without Pity: 752 Things We Love to Hate (And Hate to Love) About TV |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cm28udLiQlkC&q=%22three's%20company%22%20frasier&pg=PA101 |publisher=Quirk Books |___location=[[Philadelphia]] |isbn=978-1-59474-117-3 }} {{ISBN|1-59474-117-4}}. Distributed in North America by Chronicle Books ([[San Francisco]])</ref> Steve Silverman from ''Screen Junkies'' praised Kelsey Grammer's performances as Frasier Crane but found them "predictable". Silverman thought that Grammer did not deserve an Emmy, especially in 1998. In a note, Silverman deemed the character Frasier as "a windbag with a sense of humor" and "a whining schoolboy with a series of lame excuses."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenjunkies.com/movies/actors-directors/5-of-the-most-overrated-best-actor-emmy-winners/ |title=5 Of The Most Overrated Best Actor Emmy Winners, January 7 |author=Steve Silverman |access-date=September 25, 2012 |work=Screen Junkies }}</ref>
===Reception on Frasier and Lilith===
Martha Nolan from ''[[The New York Times]]'' called Frasier and Lilith "repressed" when married together in ''Cheers''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=wcMsAAAAIBAJ&pg=1549%2C139807 |title=The Best of ''Cheers'': 11-year Run of TV Hit Leaves Fans with Fond Memories |work=Sunday [[Star-News]] |date=May 16, 1993 |access-date=July 29, 2012 |author=Nolan, Martha |agency=[[The New York Times]] }}</ref> Josh Bell from ''[[About.com]]'' called Frasier and his ex-wife Lilith Sternin one of the "best sitcom divorced couples" of all time.<ref name="about.com">{{cite web |title=The Best Sitcom Divorces |url=http://tvcomedies.about.com/od/listsrecommendations/tp/sitcomdivorces.htm |author=Bell, Josh |work=[[About.com]] |access-date=July 22, 2012 |archive-date=July 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701070714/http://tvcomedies.about.com/od/listsrecommendations/tp/sitcomdivorces.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> Steven H. Scheuer from ''[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]]'' considered Lilith's significance to and marriage with Frasier "fun" to watch, especially when, in "Severe Crane Damage" (1990), she uses comparisons between "the duller good boy" Frasier and "the interesting bad boy" [[Sam Malone]] as "psychiatric examples of the good boy-bad boy syndrome".<ref>{{cite news |page=7E |author=Scheuer, Steven H |date=February 15, 1990 |work=[[Sarasota Herald-Tribune]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rTgeAAAAIBAJ&pg=6702%2C7557502 |title=Lilith Labels Frasier a 'Good Boy on ''Cheers'' |___location=[[Sarasota, Florida]] |access-date=July 28, 2012}}</ref> Faye Zuckerman and John Martin from ''The New York Times'' called their marriage in ''Cheers'' a hilariously "perfect mismatch".<ref>{{cite news |page=13B |title=Lilith, Frasier perfect together |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i5BSAAAAIBAJ&pg=6458%2C5724809 |date=June 24, 1997 |work=[[Telegraph Herald]] |agency=[[The New York Times]] Syndicate |author=Zuckerman, Faye |author2=John Martin |access-date=July 29, 2012}}</ref> Television critic Kevin McDonough from New York praised Kelsey Grammer and Bebe Neuwirth's performances as "repressed individuals" and "separate couple on TV" with "acidic and hilarious" chemistry together.<ref>{{cite news |page=9C |date=March 3, 1998 |work=[[Star-Banner]] |___location=[[Ocala, Florida]] |access-date=July 29, 2012 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DAJQAAAAIBAJ&pg=6708%2C2829355 |first=Kevin |last=McDonough |title=Exes mark the spot on ''Something So Right'' }}</ref>
=== Accolades ===
For his performance as Frasier Crane in ''[[Cheers]]'', Kelsey Grammer was [[Primetime Emmy Award|Emmy]] Award-nominated for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series]] in [[40th Primetime Emmy Awards|1988]] and [[42nd Primetime Emmy Awards|1990]].<ref name=emmys>{{cite web|url=http://www.emmys.com/celebrities/kelsey-grammer|year=2012|access-date=March 30, 2012|work=Emmys.com|title=Kelsey Grammer}} There were no nominations for guest performances in television series in 1992 Primetime Emmy Awards.</ref>{{sfn|Bjorklund|1993|pages=460–461}} For the same role in ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]'' episode "Planes, Trains, and Visiting Cranes", he was nominated for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]] at the [[44th Primetime Emmy Awards|1992]] Emmy Awards.<ref name=emmys/>
For the same role in ''Cheers'' spin-off ''[[Frasier]]'', Grammer was consecutively nominated as an [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series|Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series]] during the show's whole run except in [[55th Primetime Emmy Awards|2003]]. He won that Lead category in [[46th Primetime Emmy Awards|1994]], [[47th Primetime Emmy Awards|1995]], [[50th Primetime Emmy Awards|1998]], and [[56th Primetime Emmy Awards|2004]].<ref name=emmys/> He earned eight [[Golden Globe Award]] nominations for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy|Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series (Musical or Comedy)]] throughout the series's whole run and won that category in [[53rd Golden Globe Awards|1996]] and [[58th Golden Globe Awards|2001]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees: Kelsey Grammer |url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/kelsey-grammer |website=Golden Globe Awards |access-date=December 29, 2018 }}</ref> Grammer won [[American Comedy Awards]] as the Funniest Male Performer in a TV Series (Leading Role) in 1995<ref>{{cite news |first=Walt |last=Belcher |date=1995-03-07 |df=mdy |title=Awards prove a laughing matter |at=p. 4 at the Florida/Metro section |work=The Tampa Tribune |via=NewsBank |quote=ninth annual 'American Comedy Awards' presentations }}</ref> and 1996.<ref>{{cite news |title=''Get Shorty,'' ''Frasier'' win comedy honors |at=p. 4 at the Florida/Metro section |agency=Associated Press |date=1996-02-13 |work=The Tampa Tribune |via=NewsBank }}</ref> Grammer won the [[Screen Actors Guild Award]] as part of an ensemble cast of ''Frasier'' in 2000.<ref name=2000sag/>
==Notes==
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==References==
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<ref name=2000sag>"[http://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/6th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards The 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards]." ''Screen Actors Guild Awards'', 2000. Web. 30 March 2012. He has been nominated as a "Lead Actor in a Comedy Series" many times and did not win once individually.</ref>
<ref name=inconsistency>{{cite book|author=Tighe, Carl|title=Writing and Responsibility|___location=London|publisher=Psychology Press|year=2004|page=35|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0AQ9uN3N3RYC&q=cheers&pg=PA35|access-date=June 24, 2012|isbn=9780415345637}} ''[[Google Books]]''.</ref>
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===Bibliography===
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*{{cite book|last=Brown |first=Robert S.|year=2005|chapter=''Cheers'': Searching for the Ideal Public Sphere in the Ideal Public House|title=The Sitcom Reader: America Viewed and Skewed|___location=[[Albany, New York]]|publisher=[[State University of New York Press]]|pages=253–260|isbn=978-0-7914-6570-7}}
*{{cite news |last=Gates |first=Anita |date=April 19, 1998 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/04/19/arts/television-yes-america-has-a-class-system-see-frasier.html |title=TELEVISION: Yes, America Has a Class System. See ''Frasier'' |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 3, 2015 }}
*{{cite book|last1=West|first1=Beverly|first2=Jason|last2=Bergund|title=TV Therapy: The Television Guide To Life|year=2005|isbn=978-0-385-33902-5|publisher=Bantam Dell, an imprint of Random House, Inc|___location=New York|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/tvtherapytelevis00west}}
==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111030111041/http://www.robertabalos.com/2011/10/frasier-crane-in-seattle.html Detailed Listing of Frasier Crane Locations in Seattle]
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