Saturday 9: Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs

Sam’s Saturday 9: Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs (1993)

On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…



Unfamiliar with this week's song. Hear it here.

1) This is the theme from Frasier, a TV show that ran  from 1993 to 2004. Were you a fan?
No, I am not a big fan of sitcoms.
For those who like Frasier the show is on Cozi TV.

2) The show is about a radio advice show host, Dr. Frasier Krane. When you listen to the radio, do you tune in for talk or music?
Music, it seems like all the talk shows on the radio are now just right wing pundits.
Update 11:30: I do like to listen to Sirius XM "RadioClassics"

3) The theme's composer explained that tossed salad and scrambled eggs are both "mixed up," like the people who called Frasier's radio show. Which did you eat more recently, tossed salad or scrambled eggs?
Scramble eggs, I have them just about every morning in one form of another… ham & cheeses scrambled eggs, cheese ham & salsa scrambled eggs, etc.

4) Peri Gilpin played Roz, Frasier's coworker at the radio station. The actress originally cast was Lisa Kudrow, but the show's producers didn't feel she was "right." Being released from Frasier gave her the opportunity to accept a bigger and better part: Phoebe on Friends. Can you think of a time when a setback was really a blessing in disguise?
When they shut down the factory where I worked, I took early retirement option and when back to college so it was really a blessing in disguise.

5) Dr. Krane shared his home with Martin, his retired dad. Martin's favorite chair was well-worn recliner, held together in parts with tape. Frasier tried to replace it by giving his father a brand-new, expensive leather chair as a gift. Martin wanted his old recliner back. Tell us about a present you either gave or received that wasn't a hit.
I have no idea… it has been so long since we exchanged presents. We now mainly have a Yankee Swap.

6) Kelsey Grammer played Dr. Krane on three different series (Cheers, Wings and Frasier) over 20 years. What job have you held the longest?
28 years.

7) Before he found success on Cheers, Grammer played bit parts on the daytime dramas Ryan's World and Another World. Have you ever followed a soap opera?
Nope.

8) In addition to work in front of the camera, Grammer has done voice over work on commercials for Dr. Pepper and Cheerios. Are either of those products in your kitchen right now?
Kind of… I have generic Cheerios.

9) Random question: You're invited to a party where dinner is served buffet style. There's spaghetti with tomato sauce, barbecue spare ribs and buffalo wings. When the evening is over, how likely are you to have a food stain on your clothes?
Very. Especially if I am wearing a white blouse.


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