Interesting to hear. I watched Cheers, almost religiously (a time ago, I suppose), and I could just never get into Frasier. I'm not sure I've ever laughed as hard as I did when watching Cheers; it unfortunately doesn't hold up all that well, but I still hold it dear nonetheless.
It's been a while, but maybe I'll give Frasier another shot, even if only as some quasi-filler. :)
I had watched a lot of sporadic Frasier as a teen in the 90s but had never seen it all in order. Last year I watched it from the beginning by myself and my wife said she had never heard me laughing so hard. Frasier is such a self righteous, pompous asshat and seeing him constantly get his comeuppance hits directly to my funny bone.
interesting. i am a big Frasier fan and my friends kept telling me that i should watch Cheers. i have tries a few times, but it did never stick. maybe i will give Cheers another shot:)
Frazier takes a little time to get deeper than just the premise, for a long time it is just the premise and laughing at the scenarios that are established for the characters to move through, later it gets to where you care about the characters while still being able to laugh. But caring about them takes a while I think.
Frasier and Cheers are very different shows but Frasier takes time to get into its own. Once you get there, it's intelligent but hilarious. The characters are very memorable.
Frasier was definitely funny in a 'witty' sort of way, but Seinfeld is just classic somehow, IMO.
they are apples and oranges. two best shows, in their own ways.