To Kill a Talking Bird - S4-E14
Visible crew/equipment: After Frasier starts the fireplace and it scares Niles' bird, you can see the hands of a bird handler by the stairs on the upper right of the screen. (00:12:21)
Starring: Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jane Leeves, Peri Gilpin
To Kill a Talking Bird - S4-E14
Visible crew/equipment: After Frasier starts the fireplace and it scares Niles' bird, you can see the hands of a bird handler by the stairs on the upper right of the screen. (00:12:21)
Sleeping with the Enemy - S3-E6
Character mistake: Noel Shempsky (the supposed Star Trek Nerd) attributes the quote "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one" to James T. Kirk, when it was Spock who said it. (00:03:50)
Trivia: John Mahoney plays Kelsey Grammer's father in the series, even though in real life he's only 15 years older than Grammer.
Question: Counting his role on Cheers, Kesley Grammar has played Fraiser for twenty years. Is this the record for the longest portrayal of a character by a TV actor?
Answer: It equals the record of James Arness of "Gunsmoke" for the actor who's played the same part on TV NOT in a soap opera. If you include soaps there are two main contenders - William Roache, who's been playing Ken Barlow in "Coronation Street" in the UK since 1960. Don Hastings has been playing Robert Hughes in US soap "As the World Turns" since 1960 as well.