Episodes
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S3E9: Frasier Grinch
It's an out-of-season Christmas episode with an unfamiliar Frederick Crane, an impossibly large apartment storage unit, and a Santa that talks but doesn't dance. TFD hosts Leila and Lucas investigate the mystery of Candy Kane and spend altogether too much time discussing the unrelated sitcom Bob.
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S11E14: Freudian Sleep
Niles dies, unborn baby David Crane shatters into a million pieces, and the previously-dead Niles has countless extramarital affairs… or do they? It’s a weird one this time as Frasier goes into dreamland. Your hosts Leila and Lucas argue about the nature of multi-camera sitcom production and…
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S8E20: The Wizard and Roz
Ride a twister to mid-2001 and the widely-hated Frasier season 8! Follow the yellow brick road and meet exciting guest stars like Fisher Stevens from Short Circuit and René Auberjonois from Star Trek (oh no!). Roz, Daphne, and the sets are bedecked in emerald green - what does it all mean?! The...
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S5E12: The Zoo Story
Frasier asks whether it is possible to be both ethical and effective. Niles runs into trouble in his marriage. Daphne confuses birds. Merry Christmas! This isn't a Christmas episode, but Dick Van Dyke gave us all a gift by successfully turning 100 after the time of recording.
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S7E8: The Late Dr. Crane
Niles falls for that lady from Hacks (no, not that one, that one, or that other one). Frasier grapples with his legacy, a cane, and the world's ugliest laptop. Your hosts Leila and Lucas discuss pacing issues, car crashes, and whether it's appropriate to put champagne in a condolence basket.
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S2E20: Breaking the Ice
Frasier once again makes his tempestuous relationship with his father everyone else's problem. Both of the women on this show are largely ignored. Niles goes shopping. Wait, Niles?! What TV show are we watching?
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Welcome back to The Frasier Department
After an unannounced 5-month podcasting hiatus, The Frasier Department returns, with a few twists. Hear about them in this mini-episode! Stick around til the end to find out which Frasier (1993) episode we'll cover first (it's not the pilot).
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S2E10: Father Christmas
Alan’s daughter comes to town after 9 episodes of foreshadowing. David becomes a big fish in a small gingerbread pond. Your hosts Leila and Lucas say goodbye to the cast, characters, and creators of Frasier (2023-2024) and give enigmatic clues about the future of this podcast.
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Renee Pezzotta interview (she's Smokey!)
We only asked multi-hyphenate and Frasier recurring guest star Renee Pezzotta to talk about sitcom stuff with us, but she left us with a profound and inspiring message about the validity of art and the people who make it, in good times and bad. Truly, this is the kind of person who gets a…
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Frasier (1993) commentary: S11E22 Crock Tales
Watch along with us as we go back in time exactly 21 years to the penultimate Frasier (1993) episode. What a crock! What's a crock?
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S2E9: Murder Most Finch (with Marlessa from Sitcom Studies)
Holly catches up on the events of the season. Disaster strikes when a perfectly good olive oil tasting party turns out to be a murder mystery game night. Frasier is visited by ten plagues. Hosts Leila and Lucas get an Everybody Loves Raymond lesson.
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S1E8: Thank You, Dr. Crane
(Some of) the old supporting cast returns to justify one of them staying on this show. Is 23 too young to be a married magician with multiple children? Is this episode a moving reflection of the twisted paths of our own lives? Is it a cynical story contrivance that loses momentum just when…
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Talk with Frasier On Film
Ben Murray from the Frasier On Film podcast joins Leila and Lucas for a discussion of all things Frasier. Listen to Frasier On Film wherever you listen to us, starting right here.
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CHEERS commentary: Bar Wars VII: The Naked Prey
Time-travel with us to St. Patrick's Day 1993 for the final installment of Bar Wars (we haven't seen any of the earlier ones).
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S2E7: My Brilliant Sister
Frasier and guest star Yvette Nicole Brown see eye to eye on pizza bagels. An improv teams forms spontaneously. Your hosts talk I Love Lucy, Gilmore Girls, and occasionally Frasier (2023). The Star Trek Hour returns.
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S2E6: Cape Cod
You'll never guess where this one takes place. Everyone tries to pair off for that famous romantic holiday, July 4th. Your hosts Leila and Lucas talk Felix Mendelssohn and fridge pants.
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Anders Keith interview
We talk to Anders Keith (David (no relation to Keith David)) about his influences, his colleagues, himself, and video games both real and fictitious. Recorded prior to Paramount+’s latest rash and bloody deed.
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Mid-season debrief
Your hosts go to an experimental New York theater piece, acknowledge the apparent but not definite end of Frasier (2023-), and update you on the schedule for the near future of this podcast. Is this the shape of things to come? Yeah, it is.
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S2E5: The Squash Courtship of Freddy's Father
Frasier revisits a torrid affair and his horrid short shorts. Harriet Sansom Harris (returning from the original) and Rachel Bloom (promoted from super-fan) have a talking-like-this contest. Your hosts Lucas and Leila demand that someone pay attention to David.
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S2E4: The Dedication
Frasier commits some crimes, forcing Alan to be the adult in the room. Freddy and Eve drink to remember… and to forget. Everyone forgets about David. Your hosts debate the true meaning of The Dedication.
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Jess Salgueiro!!! interview?!
Months after the promotional period for Frasier S2, the incomparable Jess Salgueiro (Eve!) is kind enough to talk to us about the show. What's Eve's karaoke go-to? What's it like to be directed by your six-time-Emmy-winning co-star? How do you spin a ham? Hear the answers to these questions, and...
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S2E3: All About Eve
Co-host Lucas pays for all his Star Trek talk when co-host Leila finds multiple opportunities to talk about The Big Bang Theory. On the actual show, Roz returns to stand up for the next generation of single moms against the chauvinism of every generation of men.
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S2E2: Cyrano, Cyrano
Eve and Freddy's cynicism drives Frasier to excessive sincerity. Alan gets his groove back. Bender Bending Rodriguez gets high, maybe. The show's least subtle joke flies right over the inflated heads of hosts Lucas and Leila.
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S2E1: Ham
An enchanted tchotchke leads to broken friendships, shattered pitchers, and called exes. Hosts Lucas and Leila debate which noises are funny.
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The rest of our @fromthedeskofmariscrane interview
It's Frasier podception: in a cut scene from our 5th episode, hosts Lucas and Leila talk to unrelated Frasier podcast host Steve about Nicholas Lyndhurst, Roz, and (most controversially) how many episodes of Frasier there are.
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Bonus? Thanksgiving commentary
Podcast hosts Lucas and Leila slingshot around the sun, fly to 1996, and talk over the OG Frasier ep "A Lilith Thanksgiving." Happy holiday, Americans!
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Season 1 Recap
Hosts Lucas and Leila, clinging to 2023 like a life preserver, continue to talk about season 1.
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S1E10: Reindeer Games
Freddy tries to solve everyone's problems, Olivia has a meet-cute, and a beloved character returns (CLICK HERE to find out who it is!!!!). Your hosts Lucas and Leila lose their guest co-host's audio files and create an avant-garde podcast episode from the ashes.
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See you in a few days
Hosts Leila and Lucas boldly buck tradition by not releasing an episode today.
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S1E9: The Fix Is In
Hosts Leila and Lucas grumble as Eve does crime, David gets a job, and Freddy comes up with an overly complicated plan that requires his dad to repeatedly humiliate himself. Like father, like son? Think about it, won't you?
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Halloween commentaries
Format, schlormat: we pause our Frasier (2023) reviews to comment LIVE while watching two Halloween episodes of Frasier (1993). Fire up your VCR or Paramount+ machine and watch along with us. Back to normal next week.
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S1E8: The B Story
The 3 Bs are bees, booze, and bats**t crazy antics all around. Frasier looks for the laziest route to prestige. David turns to Drunk Freddy for an intellectual bailout.
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S1E7: Freddy's Birthday
Lilith reenters the building. The gang celebrates Freddy’s birthday in true Crane fashion: with insults, past trauma, and white linen. “That ‘90s Show” gets canceled.
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S1E6: Blind Date
Casting director Jeff Greenberg pulls off his latest miracle. Freddy ruins an osso bucco, Frasier ruins an entire evening. How did this get made? Very well, thank you.
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S1E5: The Founders' Society (ft. Steve from the We're Listening podcast)
Frasier tries to get into a wine club, we mean an exclusive spa, we mean an elite academic society. Eve and Fred teach David the art of seduction. Hosts Lucas and Leila call in a ringer when Alan's English accent joke goes over their heads.
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S1E4: Trivial Pursuits
David fans rise up! Alan and Olivia descend into madness after losing a trivia game (we've been there). Freddy likes his chili spicy. Podcast host Leila writes chapter 7 of her PhD thesis on the films of Bob Fosse.
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S1E3: First Class
This week, DRAMA on TV show and podcast alike. Will Eve nail her audition? Will David stay loyal to Uncle Frasier? Did Frasier kill someone with an ax? Hosts Leila and Lucas TEAR each other to SHREDS over these questions.
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S1E2: Moving In
Frasier catches Freddy in a lie familiar to CHEERS viewers. Alan exhibits professional competence. Podcast hosts Lucas and Leila pore through the sitcom archives for comedy references... and more?!
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S1E1: The Good Father
FRASIER returns. Hosts Lucas and Leila dig into reboot culture. They applaud Frasier's son's transformation into an Adonis... & more!