I used to love Frasier. However, like many TV shows their prop person wasn't very knowledgeable. I remember on show where they were having a bottle of Cristal, but the bottle was a green Champagne bottle. "Quelle horreur." For me, it is always disappointing when they get the details wrong on TV shows. Calling a wine a Burgundy when it is clearly not a Burgundy bottle. It's just the little things.
Oh my former fashion designer brain wishes Americans dressed better! It went from business casual which is great- to are you living on the street? A CEO? A Brooklyn hipster? No clue? 😂
You're dead right about the influence of French 'cuisine'. Often think about this and mull it over- it lasted, I think, until the late 80s, replaced, at least in this country, by Anglo-Italian, the River Cafe, when everything goes 'street'. I'm rather fond of late 60s/early 70s Dinner Party Cordon Bleu- essentially Anglo-French with a nod to the international: goulash, 'indian' curry (with apple), fondue, paella, Stroganoff... or things flambayed at the table by waiters in egg-stained mess jackets.
I much enjoyed that as a sort of anthropological piece despite never really liking the show. (And looking at the drinks on TV and in films and trying to make all sorts of inferences is one of my habits that my wife doesn't always love.)
Ha. Possibly because I moved here from the USA as a boy, I'm acutely sensitive to Anglo-Americanism and it made me cringe. Lloyd Grossman was another case. Less controversially, I'm guessing.
I used to love Frasier. However, like many TV shows their prop person wasn't very knowledgeable. I remember on show where they were having a bottle of Cristal, but the bottle was a green Champagne bottle. "Quelle horreur." For me, it is always disappointing when they get the details wrong on TV shows. Calling a wine a Burgundy when it is clearly not a Burgundy bottle. It's just the little things.
The waiter in the Blues Brothers did comment on “the wrong glass, sir”.
Oh my former fashion designer brain wishes Americans dressed better! It went from business casual which is great- to are you living on the street? A CEO? A Brooklyn hipster? No clue? 😂
You're dead right about the influence of French 'cuisine'. Often think about this and mull it over- it lasted, I think, until the late 80s, replaced, at least in this country, by Anglo-Italian, the River Cafe, when everything goes 'street'. I'm rather fond of late 60s/early 70s Dinner Party Cordon Bleu- essentially Anglo-French with a nod to the international: goulash, 'indian' curry (with apple), fondue, paella, Stroganoff... or things flambayed at the table by waiters in egg-stained mess jackets.
“it’s that Frasier himself is drinking beer!”
Surely Frasier drank beer in Cheers?
What a joy this was to read. I absolutely love Frasier-- the jokes, timing, cultural references. Although, I must say, Lilith capture my heart!
Thank you! Always had a soft spot for Lilith. I love the episode where she and Niles get sexy.
I much enjoyed that as a sort of anthropological piece despite never really liking the show. (And looking at the drinks on TV and in films and trying to make all sorts of inferences is one of my habits that my wife doesn't always love.)
No??!! You didn't like Frasier? This is an outrageous comment.
Ha. Possibly because I moved here from the USA as a boy, I'm acutely sensitive to Anglo-Americanism and it made me cringe. Lloyd Grossman was another case. Less controversially, I'm guessing.