> And think of who those guest stars were! You mentioned Anthony
> Lapaglia. Some of the brightest lights of theatre (that's a clue -
> they weren't sitcom stars) - Derek Jacobi, Brian Bedford, Marsha
> Mason, Nathan Lane, Kristin Chenoweth etc., all at their comedic best
> playing characters perfectly suited to them.
Don't forget Richard Easton, 'Mel' in "Ham Radio", and Rosemary
Murphy, 'Carol the lush' in "To Kill A Talking Bird".
OTOH, sometimes the guests were virtually unknown, like Scott Atkinson
as 'Clive' in "The Two Mrs. Cranes" or Cynthia Lamontagne as 'Annie'
in "The Ski Lodge".
Some of the credit for this goes to Jeff Greenberg, casting director
for "Frasier", as well as "Cheers" which had a similarly stellar
ongoing roster of guest actors.
Mr. Greenberg, BTW still posted to ATF sometimes back in 1998.
Charles
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