"Bobcat" wrote:
> > 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.
On Oct 6, 10:51 am, manitou <manitou...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Don't forget Richard Easton, 'Mel' in "Ham Radio", and Rosemary
> Murphy, 'Carol the lush' in "To Kill A Talking Bird".
....And Harriet Sansom Harris, and Jane Adams (who also guest starred
on "House" last season as - guess what? - a trouble-making ex-wife!)
> 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.
> Charles
Great casting, clever scripts, and savvy directors - Frasier had so
much going for it off-screen.
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