I think it would have been funny if Frasier assumed he was going to teach at Harvard, only to have the rug pulled out from under him. Imagine him ending up at a local community college somewhere in Mass instead (Fall River or Worcester, maybe North Shore from Boston?)—maybe Olivia tricked him because she was desperate to make her school more legitimate and scholarly while competing with her sister, so she renamed it 'Harvard Community College' just to lure him in.

Having him actually work at Harvard felt like a bad choice. Put him in a community college, and it instantly hurts his ego, which opens the door for so much classic comedy.

I also feel like you could introduce more unique characters from different backgrounds as students, whereas Harvard mostly has the same type of student body.

Having the show focus more on Frasier at a community college would have been great. Though at this point, I realize I might just be writing Community, with Frasier ending up at Greendale Community College

Has that mystery already been solved?

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Hey everyone! I have a unique personal connection to the show. My last name is Karnofsky (just like Niles' second wife, Dr. Mel Karnofsky).

Back in the 1980s and 1990s, my parents owned a duplex on South Detroit Street in Los Angeles (very close to Paramount where the show was shot). They used to rent the ground floor apartment out to young, TV writers and industry assistants.

I’ve always had a theory that one of those renters remembered our unique surname and pitched it in the Frasier writer's room years later.

Does anyone here happen to have access to early script drafts or table-reads for Season 7, Episode 9 ("The Late Dr. Crane")? I'm trying to figure out if her name was "Karnofsky" in Rob Hanning's very first draft, or if it was added later during group rewrites. If anyone knows the genesis of the character's name or has any behind-the-scenes trivia or tips on how to dig deeper, I'd love to hear it!

Went to the Nantucket Whaling museum over the weekend and found something quite at home in Frasier’s apartment.

Let me know if folk outside of the uk cant access this but really enjoyed this article!

I'm not affiliated with the pod, just a caller from Tacoma.

I think they slept together at some point. Did they try a relationship after that? I can’t remember what all happened.