The Frasier Scripts

This first-time publication of 15 full scripts from NBC's Emmy Award-winning sitcom includes background information on the stars and characters plus 30 color photos and an Introduction by Christopher Lloyd, the show's executive producer.

With this hand-picked selection you can discover anew your favourites from all eight series. Relive the unforgettable Something Borrowed, Someone Blue when Daphne and Niles reveal their true feelings for each otheron Daphnes wedding day. Delight in the classic soul-searching of My Coffee with Niles when Frasier attempts to answer the deceptively simple question: are you happy? Reproduced in full before editing took place, these scripts contain scenes that never made it to your TV screen.

Humorist Keaton Patti "forced a bot" to digest massive amounts of human media to produce these absurdly funny, “totally real,” “bot-generated” scripts, essays, advertisements, and more. Ever wonder what an AI bot might come up with if tasked with creative writing? From Olive Garden commercials to White House press briefings to Game of Thrones scripts, writer and comedian Keaton Patti’s “bot” recognizes and heightens the tropes of whatever it’s reproducing to hilarious effect. Each “bot-generated” piece can be enjoyed as surrealist commentary on the media we consume every day or simply as silly robot jokes—either way, you’ll probably end up laughing.

Letters of the alphabet in various graphic styles accompany words associated with fairs.

At the Frasier household, preparations for Grandma’s birthday party are underway. Beverly is holding on to her sanity by a thread to make sure this party is perfect, but her sister can’t be bothered to help, her husband doesn’t seem to listen, her brother is MIA, her daughter is a teenager, and maybe nothing is what it seems in the first place…! FAIRVIEW is a searing examination of families, drama, family dramas, and the insidiousness of white supremacy.

Since the very start when psychiatrist Frasier rose out of the ashes of Cheers and returned to his hometown of Seattle, the show has gone from strength to strength. Now entering a seventh season, Frasier has made history with a record-breaking five consecutive Emmy Awards for Outstanding Comedy Series, and a sixth season Emmy nomination in that category. Not only the series but the all-star cast, the writers and the directors, have been critically awarded again and again for their achievements.

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