You could say Joe Cristalli tweeted his role as an executive producer and co-showrunner on the new 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� sitcom into existence.
About 10 years ago as a fledgling TV writer and 91裸聊视频淔rasier91裸聊视频� super fan, Cristalli started a Twitter account with 91裸聊视频渞andom jokes91裸聊视频� about the show and character in the sitcoms 91裸聊视频淐heers91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淔rasier.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚t was stupid and nobody cared about it. I think I had maybe 3,000 followers at its height,91裸聊视频� he recalled in a recent interview.
At this point, 91裸聊视频淔rasier91裸聊视频� had been off the air for 10 years, but Cristalli used it as 91裸聊视频渁n outlet to practice writing because I was such a super fan and I just loved the style of joke-telling, so I would work on it.91裸聊视频�
A few years later, Cristalli read that Grammer was interested in reviving the character. He had his agent send a sample script and examples from his 91裸聊视频淔rasier91裸聊视频�-centric Twitter feed to Grammer91裸聊视频檚 team. He was eventually hired alongside 91裸聊视频淗ow I Met Your Mother91裸聊视频� writer Chris Harris to be co-showrunners of a new 91裸聊视频淔rasier91裸聊视频� series, debuting Oct. 12 on Paramount+.
This 91裸聊视频淔rasier91裸聊视频� stars Grammer in the title role of the high-brow psychiatrist, as he moves back to Boston. His son Freddy is now grown, working as a firefighter, and Frasier realizes he needs to prioritize their relationship (much in the way the character set out to connect with his retired police officer father, played by John Mahoney, in the original). He also begins a new career as a professor at Harvard.
Writing for the character is a fun challenge, said Harris, because 91裸聊视频渨hen you think of Frasier Crane speaking, you think of flowery language.91裸聊视频� Because of time constraints, every line can91裸聊视频檛 be in Frasier-speak. 91裸聊视频淲e save those moments for certain times,91裸聊视频� said Harris.
They also reference the original series sparingly and smartly 91裸聊视频� which is an act of restraint that Cristalli said Harris helped him to understand.
91裸聊视频淚 put in a very specific reference to something in (91裸聊视频楩rasier91裸聊视频�) season four, and I remember Chris very gently saying, 91裸聊视频楧o you think maybe we should do jokes that everyone will laugh at?91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淭here are analogies and callbacks to the old show, but we try not to do any of them shamelessly,91裸聊视频� Cristalli said. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檙e not going to just throw a recliner or a Jack Russell in, like we91裸聊视频檙e trying to do them subtly and elegantly. So if you catch them, great, but we91裸聊视频檙e not hanging everything on those jokes. I love (the references) 91裸聊视频� but Chris makes a very good point. We want other people to like this show besides me.91裸聊视频�
The show is a throwback in that it91裸聊视频檚 a multi-cam comedy taped in front of a live audience. Most comedies these days are single-cam and filmed without an audience.
Harris hopes the show is a success and provides a much-needed boost for the multi-cam format.
91裸聊视频淚 will say that nothing feels as much like showbiz as a tape night,91裸聊视频� said Harris. 91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 a working-without-a-net kind of feeling and you really are putting all your work and all your creativity out there for people to judge. You don91裸聊视频檛 know something works until you get that immediate response, but that immediate response is awesome.91裸聊视频�
(91裸聊视频淭axi,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淔riends,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淲ill & Grace91裸聊视频�), who worked with Grammer on both 91裸聊视频淐heers91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淔rasier,91裸聊视频� signed on to direct two episodes.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 such a comfort because he didn91裸聊视频檛 have to do the show,91裸聊视频� said Cristalli. 91裸聊视频淗e didn91裸聊视频檛 have to help out. But he read the scripts, he was in the auditioning process, he was pitching jokes and genuinely laughing and enjoying himself. It just made everybody more relaxed because it91裸聊视频檚 a lot of pressure to bring back something this iconic.91裸聊视频�
Burrows shared his advice to the new actors on 91裸聊视频淔rasier91裸聊视频� (including Jack Cutmore-Scott as Freddy and Anders Keith as David, Frasier91裸聊视频檚 nephew and the son of Niles and Daphne).
91裸聊视频淲hat I tell them is, 91裸聊视频榃hen we rehearse, Kelsey is at 50%. When he91裸聊视频檚 in front of an audience, he91裸聊视频檚 at 100% and you better be on that level otherwise you91裸聊视频檒l get blown away.91裸聊视频� That91裸聊视频檚 what I used to tell guest stars on 91裸聊视频楥heers.91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频楾hey91裸聊视频檙e marking time in rehearsal. When they get on a stage and the laughter comes, if you don91裸聊视频檛 play up on their level, you91裸聊视频檙e going to disappear.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�
Cristalli said Grammer slowly morphs into the character.
91裸聊视频淚n the first rehearsal day, he91裸聊视频檒l be in like, a T-shirt and shorts and it91裸聊视频檚 like, 91裸聊视频楬old on. That91裸聊视频檚 not. Who91裸聊视频檚 that? That91裸聊视频檚 not Frasier.91裸聊视频� The next day he91裸聊视频檚 got, you know, longer pants and the next day it91裸聊视频檚 a blazer. and then all of a sudden it91裸聊视频檚 like, 91裸聊视频極h, wait a second, I see him now,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Cristalli said. 91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 a very clear distinction between Frasier and Kelsey Grammer, but he slips into those shoes real comfortably and it91裸聊视频檚 very seamless.91裸聊视频�
For the show91裸聊视频檚 theme, composers and father-son duo Bruce and Jason Miller were brought in to update the original 91裸聊视频淭ossed Salads & Scrambled Eggs91裸聊视频� song. Bruce Miller composed the original 91裸聊视频滷rasier91裸聊视频� theme. Grammer also sings this version.
The composers first did a 91裸聊视频渉ipper91裸聊视频� version 91裸聊视频渢hat had movement to it, and energy,91裸聊视频� Bruce Miller said. Grammer listened and suggested the sound reflect how the character is older now, and looking for calmness at this stage in his life. They went back and used a small band, which is the version that viewers will hear.
This 91裸聊视频淔rasier91裸聊视频� also has a bar, but it91裸聊视频檚 not THE Its name, Mahoney91裸聊视频檚, is a tribute to John Mahoney, who died in 2018. Just as the Martin character was different than his sons, this set captures that juxtaposition. It91裸聊视频檚 conceived as a place where both firefighters and academics gather.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 an older bar, something you would find near Cambridge,91裸聊视频� said set director Glenda Rovello.
91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 a sweet line where Frasier is in Mahoney91裸聊视频檚 and remarks, 91裸聊视频業 may have spent too much time in a particular bar,91裸聊视频� which I made sure the boys kept because it was a wonderful tribute,91裸聊视频� Burrows said.
