Karin wrote:Welcome to the forum, csvernon
And I totally get what you mean. Even though I'm not familiar with that many other (American) sitcoms, I'd agree that Frasier has a special atmosphere or feel to it.
Mr Blue Sky wrote:Karin wrote:Welcome to the forum, csvernon
And I totally get what you mean. Even though I'm not familiar with that many other (American) sitcoms, I'd agree that Frasier has a special atmosphere or feel to it.
That's true, and I think it's down to a few different things. Frasier just felt classier somehow, and I think that was due to the following...
a) Lack of incidental music (i.e. like that horrible 'slap bass' between scenes in Seinfeld)
b) No exterior building shots - there was no need to show the outside of Cafe Nervosa, Frasier's apartment or KACL to know where the scene was set.
c) Title cards to many scenes - I can't remember this being done on a TV show before Frasier, I think the idea was borrowed from a couple of movies. Each scene felt like a chapter in a book, and just gave the show that added touch of class.
d) The silent tag scenes. Certainly not an original idea but it was a concept that worked very well for the show. Having a talented ensemble cast able to pull off a bit of slightly exaggerated silent comedy helped a great deal.
CatNamedRudy wrote:Not quite. Three Valentines Niles, though hysterically funny, wasn't a tag scene.
The "silent" tag scenes are those scenes at the end of the show like the boys with their ice cream cones at the end of Secret Admirer or Niles' dance scene at the end of Taps at the Montana.
CatNamedRudy wrote:Not quite. Three Valentines Niles, though hysterically funny, wasn't a tag scene.
The "silent" tag scenes are those scenes at the end of the show like the boys with their ice cream cones at the end of Secret Admirer or Niles' dance scene at the end of Taps at the Montana.
JT wrote:CatNamedRudy wrote:Not quite. Three Valentines Niles, though hysterically funny, wasn't a tag scene.
The "silent" tag scenes are those scenes at the end of the show like the boys with their ice cream cones at the end of Secret Admirer or Niles' dance scene at the end of Taps at the Montana.
Sort of like Cheers' opening scene. I liked that about Cheers as well, except it wasn't silent. What do you call those?
CatNamedRudy wrote:JT wrote:CatNamedRudy wrote:Not quite. Three Valentines Niles, though hysterically funny, wasn't a tag scene.
The "silent" tag scenes are those scenes at the end of the show like the boys with their ice cream cones at the end of Secret Admirer or Niles' dance scene at the end of Taps at the Montana.
Sort of like Cheers' opening scene. I liked that about Cheers as well, except it wasn't silent. What do you call those?
Yeah, I like those too. I think they're just called opening scenes. I'm not sure many shows do those anymore.
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