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17th Sep 2014

21 moments that remind us why Frasier is arguably the best sitcom of all time

We feel a sudden hankering for tossed salad and scrambled eggs.

Conor Heneghan

We feel a sudden hankering for tossed salad and scrambled eggs…

As if we didn’t feel old enough as it is, Kelsey Grammer made us feel even older when reminding us that yesterday marked the 21st anniversary of the day that the first episode of Frasier aired on TV Stateside.

Our sudden awareness of our age quickly diminished, however, because our thoughts quickly turned to our memories of the show and why it was one of the funniest, cleverest, wittiest and well-written sitcoms ever made.

The show lasted for eleven years and eleven seasons and in that time it delivered endless amounts of funny, touching, heart-warming and unashamedly high-brow moments and while we’ve included one for every year since the show first aired below, it could have easily been 100.

Goodnight Seattle.

‘Have ‘em put you through to the fine arts forgery department’

Frasier speaking Klingon instead of Hebrew

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9xWYApbd6Y

It doesn’t get more high-brow than this

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Gif via tumblr.com

Niles Crane producing six of the best minutes of physical comedy you’ll ever see

Frasier talks like a man

Martin pretending to be Niles’ boyfriend

Cam Winston!

Frasier and Eddie

Frasier making a speech on behalf of political candidate Phil Patterson immediately after Patterson told him he had been abducted by aliens

Martin’s Austin Powers impersonation

Frasier just doesn’t care about this callers problem

Niles pretends to be high when it’s really Martin

All the celebrity callers over the years

Niles stands up for Frasier

Sherry, Niles?

Frasier breaks up with Julia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoYAgKGnZ6U

Nanny G on playing the same character for 20 years

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zUR56ctNQI

Niles and Daphne sing in perfect harmony

Gil Chesterton defends his masculinity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YcJ572CJoM

Niles and Lilith react after waking up together

Frasier’s farewell speech

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Frasier,TV