Maybe it was because of the start-stop-start promos, but Frasier wasn't very funny.
 The show was about how interesting it would be to discover why Frasier has
 so much trouble with women. So they have 5-6 women from his past
 (Diane and Lilith being the stars) confront him and call him nasty names.

 Funny?

 I dunno.
 I think half of America gets that every night for free.
 I would've rather seen some comedy, instead.

 Oh, sure, there were a few times when I laughed out loud,
 but this is the multi-Emmy Award-winning "best comedy" on television.

 And they had all summer to write?
 (Here he goes again with his every September rant)

 Every September!
 How can the first show not have a string of great jokes?
 They had all summer, maybe a dozen writers - all summer!
 Plus, maybe the gaffer heard a funny line, maybe the script continuity girl's baby-sitter heard
 a funny pick-up line in a bar, maybe somebody on the show reads  bartcop.com

 Couldn't they even steal some funny jokes?

 I know I toot my own horn quite a bit, and I don't really mean to,
 but if I started on a 44-minute script in May, and maybe had one person to bounce
 ideas off of, that script would have some damn jokes in it come September 24.

 And I know one of Frasier's creators died in the WTC, but this was already in the can
 weeks ago, so that should've have been the reason for the laugh-light episode.

 I hope it's not true, that we've already seen the best Frasiers.

 One thing - Kelsey Grammer directed both episodes.
 That may be bad.
 He's directed before, and he's a competent director, but last night's hour seemed like
 Kelsey was pre-occupied or at least overly interested in his character's reaction to outside
 stimuli that was critical of his core decisions in life vis-a-vis his mother and blah, blah, blah.

 Gee, I was hoping for some laughs.
 

 Parting thought:
 Assuming Bebe and Shelley aren't available (valid assumption?)
 I'd rather see Frasier with Jean Smart than any of the others.
 She's a bossy, boozin' babe who likes to throw fits.

 That's where this show could go - Jean Smart's way.
 

 I give tonite's episode a 6.

 It only deserves a 5, but loyalty is tugging at me.
 It wasn't bad, it just didn't sizzle.  How nice it wouldve been to be writing,
 "Wow!  What a  tour de force  we saw from Frasier tonight!  Wow!"

 But no, it was just a 5, I mean a 6.
 

 Legal notice:
 You Frasier guys can steal anything you want from  bartcop.com
 Don't be ashamed, I've hit dry spells, myself.
 If you don't believe me, check Volumes 100-566.

 But if you see something you can use on the show - take it - no problemo.
 You can lift it directly, or change it 15 percent if Legal says you have to,
 and you don't even need to mention bartcop.com - just take it.

 Don't wory, I won't sue you.
 You can use this page in your defense.
 

...and if you want to mail me some scripts ahead of time,
 I may not have anything particularly funny to offer you,
 but I can damn sure draw lines thru the parts that blow.
 
 

  Sidebar:
 You gotta feel for the gang doing the first SNL.
 They can't ignore it, but time will have passed, but what are they gonna do?

 I think TV-wise, New York stood for Dave, then SNL, then maybe Regis?
 SNL has a loooong 90 minutes of live show to put together.
 (And I'll be nice, even if it's not very funny)