History Trivia / Frasier

** One episode Daphne mentioned that as a child she dreamed of being a ballerina. Creator/JaneLeeves pursed acting after an ankle injury [[CareerEndingInjury ended her career]] as a ballerina.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The show generally averts this, but it does come up every once in a while, as noted in TechnologyMarchesOn above. Other examples include:
** The Crane boys' celebration of the Millennium New Year;
** A reference to Music/PearlJam back in the first season;[[note]]This one is relatively minor thanks to the band's longevity, but they're no longer the hitmakers they were in the early '90s.[[/note]]
** Frasier objecting to Roz's pot brownie because it's illegal (it isn't anymore in the state of Washington);
** Any reference Martin makes to the Seattle [=SuperSonics=] or Kingdome baseball stadium (neither of which exist anymore);
** The most probably unintentionally anachronistic aspect to the show for a modern (American) viewer, which is the very notion of a major, commercial, over-the-air AM radio station;[[note]]This one was itself already anachronistic at the time ''Frasier'' first aired: although a few news/talk AM stations still exist such as WBBM in Chicago or KABC in Los Angeles, the kind of talk radio shows KACL aired have long been displaced in dominance on the AM band by right-wing programming such as that of Radio/RushLimbaugh. AM stations that don't feature that kind of thing are often devoted to sports.[[/note]]
** One specific example which chases its tail a bit: Martin has found a book of one-liners at his security guard job, and quips "He's so cheap he can squeeze a nickel till the buffalo chokes!" Frasier dryly asks when the book was published, as buffaloes had not appeared on nickels for quite some time at the time of the 2003 first-run of the episode (and Martin responds that the book was published in 1956). But two short years later, nickels depicting buffaloes were again minted.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://frasier.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page Frasier Wiki]].

* VoiceOnlyCameo: Almost all of Frasier's guest callers on his radio psychiatry show are performers doing brief cameos as neurotic Seattle citizens, including the likes of Creator/JohnLithgow, Creator/StephenKing, [[Music/SimonAndGarfunkel Art Garfunkel]], Creator/CarrieFisher, Creator/JodieFoster, Creator/BenStiller, and even a young Creator/ElijahWood. Every season ends with a photo montage of the various voices.

** Creator/LisaKudrow was originally cast as Roz, however after the first few days of rehearsal, the producers decided that her quirky humor didn't fit the part and they hired Peri Gilpin instead (according to Kudrow, Gilpin was their first choice, but Kudrow was cast on the strength of her audition, then order was restored by bringing Gilpin back). Plus, imagine how this would have affected ''Series/{{Friends}}'' if Kudrow had remained on ''Frasier''.

* RecycledSet: Using Frasier's apartment to represent the apartment of his new boss Todd Peterson ([[Series/{{Firefly}} Alan Tudyk]]), whom he {{Mentors}} in the matters of style and sophistication during "The Great Crane Robbery". Lampshaded, as Frasier is irritated that the guy just copied his own decor down to the last detail.

* BannedEpisode: "Dr. Nora" was pulled from syndication packages after the real Dr. Laura Schlessinger complained. Ironically, it wasn't herself being parodied that Schlessinger took issue with - rather, it was the show taking on her mother, who she viewed as being off-limits due to not being a public figure. The episode ''has'' since reappeared on cable and on Netflix.

** One episode Daphne mentioned that as a child she dreamed of being a ballerina. Jane Leeves pursed acting after an ankle injury [[CareerEndingInjury ended her career]] as a ballerina.

** During the brief period where all three Grubstreet Productions shows were on the air (''Frasier'', ''Series/{{Wings}}'' and ''Encore, Encore''), co-creator David Lee facetiously suggested a theme night called Ebola Tuesday, which would’ve seen an infected Joe and Brian Hackett initiating the spread by passing it on to their airline passengers, culminating in Frasier Crane becoming sick. Though this idea was clearly a joke, any other discussions for crossovers or shared themes ultimately never came to pass.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The show generally averts this, but it does come up every once in a while, as noted in TechnologyMarchesOn above. Other ways include:

** A reference to Music/PearlJam back in the first season;[[note]]The second one is relatively minor thanks to the band's longevity, but they're no longer the hitmakers they were in the early '90s.[[/note]]

** The most probably unintentionally anachronistic aspect to the show for a modern (American) viewer, which is the very notion of a major, commercial, over-the-air AM radio station;[[note]]The radio example was itself already anachronistic at the time ''Frasier'' first aired: although a few news/talk AM stations still exist such as WBBM in Chicago or KABC in Los Angeles, the kind of talk radio shows KACL aired have long been displaced in dominance on the AM band by right-wing programming such as that of Radio/RushLimbaugh. AM stations that don't feature that kind of thing are often devoted to sports.[[/note]]

** The most probably unintentionally anachronistic aspect to the show for a modern (American) viewer, which is the very notion of a major, commercial, over-the-air AM radio station.[[note]]The radio example was itself already anachronistic at the time ''Frasier'' first aired: although a few news/talk AM stations still exist such as WBBM in Chicago or KABC in Los Angeles, the kind of talk radio shows KACL aired have long been displaced in dominance on the AM band by right-wing programming such as that of Radio/RushLimbaugh. AM stations that don't feature that kind of thing are often devoted to sports;[[/note]]

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The show generally averts this, but it does come up every once in a while, as noted in TechnologyMarchesOn above. Other ways include the Crane boys' celebration of the Millennium New Year, and a reference to Music/PearlJam back in the first season. [[note]]The second one is relatively minor thanks to the band's longevity, but they're no longer the hitmakers they were in the early '90s.[[/note]] Other examples include Frasier objecting to Roz's pot brownie because it's illegal (it isn't anymore in the state of Washington) and any reference Martin makes to the Seattle [=SuperSonics=] or Kingdome baseball stadium (neither of which exist anymore). The most unintentionally anachronistic aspect to the show for a modern (American) viewer is probably the very notion of a major, commercial, over-the-air AM radio station.[[note]]The radio example was itself already anachronistic at the time ''Frasier'' first aired: although a few news/talk AM stations still exist such as WBBM in Chicago or KABC in Los Angeles, the kind of talk radio shows KACL aired have long been displaced in dominance on the AM band by right-wing programming such as that of Radio/RushLimbaugh. AM stations that don't feature that kind of thing are often devoted to sports.[[/note]] One specific example chases its tail a bit - Martin has found a book of one-liners at his security guard job, and quips "He's so cheap he can squeeze a nickel till the buffalo chokes!" Frasier dryly asks when the book was published, as buffaloes had not appeared on nickels for quite some time at the time of the 2003 first-run of the episode (and Martin responds that the book was published in 1956). But two short years later, nickels depicting buffaloes were again minted.

* BigNameFan: Creator/MNightShyamalan has admitted to being a fan of the show, and has even professed some... interesting WildMassGuessing about the setting and characters (See AlternateCharacterInterpretation on the YMMV tab for specifics.)

* IronyAsSheIsCast:
** Martin Crane and John Mahoney are a study in contrasts. The character is a straightlaced American everyman who loves beer and sports and his dog, while Mahoney enjoyed the opera and fine wine (having introduced David Hyde Pierce -- who previously had only a passing interest in either -- to both) and didn't like dogs at all.
** Bulldog, the notorious boorish womanizer is played by Dan Butler, who is cultured and openly gay.

** The episode "Dr. Nora" [[https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/11/15/frasier-spoof-of-dr-laura-mysteriously-absent-from-repeats/ was never re-run for years]] because it was a TakeThat on another Universal show, Dr. Laura Schlesinger, who was a conservative therapist who made anti-gay episodes on her show. [[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-18-la-et-dr-laura-20100818-story.html It didn't take long for her to kill her own show.]] [[https://lavenderluz.com/dr-laura/ Her online show shows she hasn't changed.]]

** The episode "Dr. Nora" [[https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2000/11/15/frasier-spoof-of-dr-laura-mysteriously-absent-from-repeats/ was never re-run for years]] because it was a TakeThat on another Universal show, Dr. Laura Schlesinger, who was a conservative therapist who made anti-gay episodes on her show. [[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-aug-18-la-et-dr-laura-20100818-story.html It didn't take long for her to kill her own show.]]

* ExecutiveMeddling: Roz became pregnant because NBC executives wanted her promiscuity to have consequences.

* RetroactiveRecognition: Many early one-off cast actors went on to bigger roles. Lisa Edelstein (Dr. Lisa Cuddy in ''Series/{{House}}'') plays a love interest of the week in Season 5. Erika Christensen appears as a teen in the cafe in Season 6. Other examples include [[Series/{{Scrubs}} John C. McGinley]] who appeared as a plumber that turned out to be a former bully, and [[{{Series/Firefly}} Alan Tudyk]] as one of Frasier's neighbors. A very young Creator/ZooeyDeschanel plays Roz' cousin in Season 10.

* FakeAmerican: John Mahoney was born and raised in Blackpool, Britain. He became a US citizen in 1959, but sometimes his old accent pops up.

** Jane Leeves became pregnant during the show's run, and while they were able to write around it for a while by giving Daphne an eating disorder, it came time to where she was going to have to take leave to have the child. At that point, she was [[PutOnABus temporarily written out of the show]] by having her go to a weight-loss clinic. During this period, at one point Roz asks Niles how Daphne's doing, to which he replies that she's making progress -- she'd lost 9 lb, 12 oz -- the weight of Leeves' real life newborn baby. (By the bye, the child's godmother is Peri Gilpin, who played Roz on the show.)

* DuelingWorks: ''Frasier'' was deliberately programmed against then-juggernaut ''Series/HomeImprovement'', providing a contrast between the two shows.

** In a case of You Sound Familiar, several of the celebrity guest callers (including Patti [=LuPone=], Estelle Parsons, Piper Laurie, Rosie Perez and Laura Linney) would later guest-star in person as different characters.

** Maris wasn't originally intended to be an [[TheUnseen unseen character]], as the writers didn't want to draw comparisons to Vera from ''Series/{{Cheers}}''. They wound up having so much fun creating bizarre descriptions of her, however, that it reached a point where no actress could've played the part.

* [[DuelingWorks/LiveActionTV Dueling Works]]: ''Frasier'' was deliberately programmed against then-juggernaut ''Series/HomeImprovement'', providing a contrast between the two shows.

* [[ DuelingWorks/LiveActionTV Dueling Works]]: ''Frasier'' was deliberately programmed against then-juggernaut ''Series/HomeImprovement'', providing a contrast between the two shows.