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The Frasier Files

The Frasier Files

Written by: Stephen Winchell
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Join biographer Dr. Howard Lyon as he explores the life and times of Frasier Crane - using ONLY canonical information provided in the television shows 'Cheers' and 'Frasier'!2023 Art World
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  • Episode 14: Endings and Beginnings
    Oct 5 2023

    Written & Starring Stephen Winchell
    Audio Production & Recording by Adam Goron
    Directed by Lara Unnerstall
    Music by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen Winchell

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    1. Charlotte was a recent transplant to Seattle - like Frasier she had an acrimonious fall out with an ex-spouse in another grand American city - the Windy City, AKA the City of Broad Shoulders, AKA The Second City AKA Chicago, IL - and to start over again she found herself on the rocky shores of Seattle (Frasier S11E18 Match Game)

    2. Frasier knew something was afoot and discovered that Charlotte had no other clients. (Frasier S11E18 Match Game)

    3. There was a slight bump in this potential love story: Charlotte’s boyfriend Frank.  (Frasier S11E19 Miss Right Now)

    4. Frasier didn’t know that Charlotte was already planning to move back to Chicago- and soon. (Frasier S11E21 Detour)

    5. The two decided to make the most out of their time together, no matter how short it was. (Frasier S11E21 Detour)

    6. It was around this time that a familiar face from Frasiers’ past returned; his old agent Bebe Glazer.  Dr. Mark Reisman, a radio psychiatrist in San Francisco, was about to retire. She thought Frasier would be perfect for his time slot. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 1)

    7. On May 6th, 2004, National Treasure Year, Frasier bid goodbye to Charlotte, who left for the Windy City (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 1)

    8. On May 7th, Frasier and Niles were tasked with a seemingly impossible job - to arrange Marty and Ronee’s wedding, with all the bells and whistles, and it had to be ready in eight days.  (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 1)

    9. On May 15th, 2004 - my fathers’ birthday, a very depressing day for me -  guests and well-wishers arrived at the picturesque Branford Inn. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 1)

    10. He realized that he was legally able to marry people and so, in the cramped veterinarian’s office with two rings recently upchucked by an elderly dog, Frasier announced Marty and Ronee as man and wife. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 2)

    11. He took the job in San Francisco. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 2)

    12. He had ditched a great opportunity in California for the chance to be with Charlotte in Chicago. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 2)

    13. We see a will reading, sometime in - I believe - the 2030s. (Cheers S10E11, I’m OK, You’re Defective)

     

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    26 mins
  • Episode 13: Hello Darkness My Old Friend
    Oct 3 2023

    Written & Starring Stephen Winchell
    Guest Starring Adam Goron as "Quinn."
    Audio Production & Recording by Adam Goron
    Directed by Lara Unnerstall
    Music by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen Winchell

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    1. He met author and former CNBC anchor Julia Wilcox (Frasier S10E12 The Harassed)  

    2. So he took a chance and give her a kiss: which resulted in everyone at KACL having to attend a very long sexual harassment seminar. (Frasier S10E12 The Harassed)  

    3. She even kissed him during a rather comical situation where they were hiding from a cleaning lady in a closet. (Frasier S10E23 Analyzed Kiss)

    4. Frasier Crane and Julia Wilcox, despite their vastly different outlooks on life, decided to follow their feelings. (Frasier S10E24 A New Position for Roz)

    5. But things came crashing down in one fell swoop. (Frasier S11E2 A Man, A Plan and a Gal: Julia)

    6. His ex-wife Lilith reached out to him with a special request: (Frasier S10E13 Lilith Needs A Favor)

    7. Out and about, Frasier bumped into his old babysitter Ronee Lawrence. (Frasier S11E4 The Babysitter)

    8. There was also - and I’m sorry to jump out of the story like this - but there was also an utterly bizarre storyline around this time about Maris.  (Frasier S11E8 Murder Most Maris)

    9. After many years he once again stumbled into his ex-wife Nanette Guzman, still performing as childrens’ entertainer Nanny G. (Frasier S11E15 Caught in the Act)

    10. Another low point for Frasier: in an attempt to scare his father, he dressed up as a clown, something Marty was deeply afraid of. (Frasier S11E16 Boo!)

    11. There was a silver lining in Marty’s health scare:  he realized how precious his remaining days were. When he returned home he proposed to Ronee. (Frasier S11E16 Boo!)

    12. She was an Olympic athlete in the ‘40s and had even earned a medal. Frasier stole it. (Frasier S11E17 Coots & Ladders)

    13. That’s when he met Charlotte Connor, owner and operator of Charlotte’s Matchmaking Services. Realizing that he really needed a good match in his life, Frasier paid her $10,000 to find him the perfect partner. (Frasier S11E18 Match Game)

     

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    16 mins
  • Episode 12: 3/4 Life Crisis
    Sep 28 2023

    Written & Starring Stephen Winchell
    Guest Starring Adam Goron as "Quinn."
    Audio Production & Recording by Adam Goron
    Directed by Lara Unnerstall
    Music by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen Winchell

    REFERENCES: 

    1. While preparing for the wedding, Daphne’s niece Audrey looked up and called her the “saddest bride [she’d] ever seen.” (Frasier S8E1 And The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon: Part 1)

    2. [T]he Crane’s now have a winnebago. (Frasier S7E7 A Tsar Is Born)

    3. Frasier and Marty later claimed they had front row seats to “one of the most disastrous weddings in history.” (Frasier S8E1 And The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon: Part 1)

    4. Frasier was getting a special honor: the Stephen R. Schafer Lifetime Achievement Award (Frasier S8E9 Frasier’s Edge)

    5. Soon after,  Frederick came to visit and Frasier took him - against his will - camping.  (Frasier S8E10 Cranes Unplugged)

    6. Through a mutual friend - in fact, his High School crush Lana Lynley - he met the sophisticated Claire French. (Frasier S8E21 Semi-Decent Proposal)

    7. But after their first engagement of lovemaking, he had an intensely erotic dream about none other than Lana Lynley. (Frasier S8E24 Cranes Go Caribbean)

    8. To think things through, Frasier went off to the woods for some solitude. (Frasier S9E2 Don Juan in Hell Part 2)

    9. For the proposal, Niles went all out (Frasier S9E15 The Proposal)

    10. Let’s take a slight detour now to Boston, MA. (Frasier S9E21 Cheerful Goodbyes)

    11. But now a new market was added to his growing, very slowly growing, empire - Spokane. (Frasier S9E22 Frasier Has Spokane)

    12. And later that year he was nominated for an Excellence in Broadcasting Decency Award for an episode of his show where he spent the whole three hours talking to a pregnant teenager. (Frasier S10E4 Kissing Cousin)

    13. Niles surprised his family yet again by dashing off to Reno with Daphne. They eloped in a chapel called the Lucky Seven. (Frasier S10E1 The Ring Cycle)

    14. Daphne moved out of Frasiers’ apartment. (Frasier S10E2 Enemy At The Gate)

    15. I’m sorry to say, things were about to get frightening for the Cranes - and it all started with a toothache. (Frasier S10E7 Bristle While You Work)

    16. It was an arduous process for the whole family, but our boy got out okay. (Frasier S10E8 Rooms with a View)

    17. Niles’ recovery was difficult - the trauma of being so close to death made him sheepish, nervous and over-cautious. (Frasier S10E9 Don’t Go Breaking My Heart)

     

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    20 mins
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