by john.dinsdale » Tue Aug 07, 2012 3:38 pm
I like Modern Family, but I have noticed watching through them again that they have a managed to copy a few quotes and instances from Frasier episodes which annoyed me quite a bit. I know they are made by the same people or whatever the story is, but it just kind of bugged me that content from Frasier was copied into Modern Family.
An example is when Niles says to Frasier: "You're quite the bullshoy artist yourself" and then in Modern Family, Jay is talking to Manny's father and he says: "You're quite the bullfight artist yourself". There are some other examples that I can't think of right now, and I know that quote above is used by people quite commonly, but it just seemed strange because they were talking about or doing the exact same things in both instances. There are more examples which would clearly reveal Frasier content is being recycled into other shows.
Frasier is still the No. 1 sitcom to me and my favourite show. I've watched the whole series through over 3 times in the last 2 years and it never gets boring, even when you know what they're about to say it's still hillarious, something that many other sitcoms don't provide. It's just a shame they're trying to cash something from the worlds best sitcom, Frasier, into other sitcoms and shows. I'm not saying Modern Family is bad, I'm just saying that no one can copy Frasier with all of its glory.
"Popularity is the hallmark of mediocrity" ~ Niles Crane