Frasier is a weird show when you're from Seattle. There's an episode where they get stuck in a coffee shop because of the rain, which makes no sense to a true Seattleite. We don't even count it as rain until it hits 4-5. There's an episode of him taking the monorail, which is a five minute ride, and no where near upscale apartments. Basically the complaint is it's what a bunch of San Francisco people think Seattle is like.
On the other hand, it's about home and does try to get details right. It was nice to just be mentioned when so many shows are about LA, San Fran, or New York.
I've always wanted a show where Frasier is the grandfather who gives life wisdom to kids. He'll tell stories you recognize from previous shows, but otherwise it's a show about the family dynamics at the house.
Modern Frasier in Seattle plots would revolve around (eg.) wanting to eat at some trendy new restaurant but every time they try there's some crazy homeless guy screaming at a lamp-post in front of the entrance and banging on it with a bike lock*, everyone is too scared of the guy to go inside, and the police refuse to deal with him.
The episode ends with the restaurant going out of business due to a lack of customers.
* A scene I witnessed once near the Convention Center.
There's an office building near there, and I worked at several conventions. It's actually fun to see what convention is happening by how people are dressed near the CC.
Back in the day you honestly didn't know what the social status was for anyone you walked by. We had so many tech rich and grunge, hipster, emo were an actual thing.
It's been a while, but most of the pretentiousness seens deliberate, since two of the main characters ARE pretentious. Their dad's just some regular guy, and he's regularly shown being more sensible than them.
It is now. Amazon Warrior princesses invaded with bright cored hair flaring. Before that the insane lefties stayed in the area for the University of Washington.
A friend of mine told me to check out Xena: Warrior Princess.
Having not seen it when it was new, but did know it was quite popular in its time, I was stunned to read that it was once considered the most popular television show in the ENTIRE WORLD.
I wonder how it holds up.
And hey, sister series of the show that gave us Kevin Sorbo. Can't be all bad.
That's what the show is supposed to be on paper, but in reality it mostly appealed to pretentious pseudo-intellectuals. Finally, they had a show of their own.
Frasier is a weird show when you're from Seattle. There's an episode where they get stuck in a coffee shop because of the rain, which makes no sense to a true Seattleite. We don't even count it as rain until it hits 4-5. There's an episode of him taking the monorail, which is a five minute ride, and no where near upscale apartments. Basically the complaint is it's what a bunch of San Francisco people think Seattle is like.
On the other hand, it's about home and does try to get details right. It was nice to just be mentioned when so many shows are about LA, San Fran, or New York.
I've always wanted a show where Frasier is the grandfather who gives life wisdom to kids. He'll tell stories you recognize from previous shows, but otherwise it's a show about the family dynamics at the house.
Modern Frasier in Seattle plots would revolve around (eg.) wanting to eat at some trendy new restaurant but every time they try there's some crazy homeless guy screaming at a lamp-post in front of the entrance and banging on it with a bike lock*, everyone is too scared of the guy to go inside, and the police refuse to deal with him.
The episode ends with the restaurant going out of business due to a lack of customers.
* A scene I witnessed once near the Convention Center.
Wait, which one? My office used to be near there.
WA State. This was a few years back: I was attending a trade show there, ducked out for lunch, and witnessed the spectacle.
SPD did stop and talk to the guy, but I didn't stick around to see if they actually did anything.
There's an office building near there, and I worked at several conventions. It's actually fun to see what convention is happening by how people are dressed near the CC.
Back in the day you honestly didn't know what the social status was for anyone you walked by. We had so many tech rich and grunge, hipster, emo were an actual thing.
It's always been a horribly pretentious show for pseudo-intellectuals.
Snooze-fest designed to rob you of your life.
And Seattle is a hive for left-progressives. A true Seattelite probably has blue hair. ;)
It's been a while, but most of the pretentiousness seens deliberate, since two of the main characters ARE pretentious. Their dad's just some regular guy, and he's regularly shown being more sensible than them.
It is now. Amazon Warrior princesses invaded with bright cored hair flaring. Before that the insane lefties stayed in the area for the University of Washington.
A friend of mine told me to check out Xena: Warrior Princess.
Having not seen it when it was new, but did know it was quite popular in its time, I was stunned to read that it was once considered the most popular television show in the ENTIRE WORLD.
I wonder how it holds up.
And hey, sister series of the show that gave us Kevin Sorbo. Can't be all bad.
Yeah, Amazon is an insult to Xena
There was a hard lefty push that Xena was a lesbian during the original run.
Disagree. The whole point is to ridicule snobs.
That's what the show is supposed to be on paper, but in reality it mostly appealed to pretentious pseudo-intellectuals. Finally, they had a show of their own.
Except Sitcoms are always low-tier television.