‘When Kelsey calls, you say yes!’ Sitcom legend James Burrows on returning to Frasier
Frasier has re-entered the building. Only it’s a different building, in a different city, with an almost entirely different cast of characters – among them his college buddy Alan, played by Nicholas Lyndhurst, AKA Rodney from Only Fools and Horses; Olivia, his new boss, head of the psychiatry department where he takes a job; and a crew of hapless young people, including Frasier’s son Freddy and nephew David.
Fans of the original (myself passionately among them) may be about the reboot, which is about to start on Paramount+. The world has changed since Frasier concluded in 2004, in many ways that would doubtless not best please the good doctor. What provocations will our beloved, snobby, horny buffoon Frasier Crane endure in the 21st century? And how will he respond, without his core allies of Niles, Martin,
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