Saw this today and was bummed. Frasier is one of those shows that the wife and I both really like, to the point that we don’t really get tired of the re-runs, no matter how often we see them.
John Mahoney was terrific in it, as Martin Crane. His performance was great and it was a smartly written character too. I don’t think the show could have worked without him.
We were both interested to find out, some years back that Mr. Mahoney graduated from Quincy University, about twenty miles from where we live. He didn’t get into acting until he was 37 years old, starting in theater, in Chicago, Illinois.
When they cast him as Frasier’s dad they came up with the idea of giving his character a cane to help him appear older, because in reality John Mahoney was only 15 years older than Kelsey Grammer.