Starring: Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jane Leeves, Peri Gilpin
Revealing mistake: When Frasier drives into and breaks the barrier at the parking garage, you can see that the barrier snaps very cleanly at an obviously pre-cut point.
Revealing mistake: When Frasier and his guest are standing up to leave, the girl behind the counter is watching them for her cue to come over.
Revealing mistake: Even though she has customers in front of her, the barista can be seen watching Frasier and his guest as they are talking, so she can see her cue to come over.
Sleeping with the Enemy - S3-E6
Character mistake: Noel Shempsky (the supposed Star Trek Nerd) attributes the quote "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the one" to James T. Kirk, when it was Spock who said it. (00:03:50)
Question: Counting his role on Cheers, Kesley Grammar has played Fraiser for twenty years. Is this the record for the longest portrayal of a character by a TV actor?
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Answer: It equals the record of James Arness of "Gunsmoke" for the actor who's played the same part on TV NOT in a soap opera. If you include soaps there are two main contenders - William Roache, who's been playing Ken Barlow in "Coronation Street" in the UK since 1960. Don Hastings has been playing Robert Hughes in US soap "As the World Turns" since 1960 as well.