141 - Listening

 So at last the news has landed that there's going to be a new iteration of Frasier; what format it will take is yet to be announced, as is who the regular cast of the show will be beyond Kelsey Grammer.

I'm very much looking to this new show, after all Frasier is probably the greatest US sitcom ever made. Yes. Better than that one you're thinking of. Whatever it is. Even if it's the other one with seven letters starting with "Fr"...

I just hope that the new version lives up to the standard of its predecessor; it can't be the same as it was before, for numerous obvious reactions most notably the death of John Mahoney who played Martin, Frasier and Nile's dad. And whatever scenario, I hope it's not completely contrived. 

I have been thinking about some of the things I'd want to see in the show;

• Some kind of tribute to John Mahoney. Maybe start the show with Martin's funeral? 
• An adult Frederick. Perhaps an element of role reversal with him looking after his dad (but not the same as the Frasier/Martin scenario). 
• Niles and Daphne and their children. They'll have had children. I imagine one of them taking after Daphne and the other Niles. They'd be teenagers.
• Lilith appearing at least once.
• If Frasier's still a DJ then keep Ros as his producer. And Alice... she'd be about 20, wouldn't she? Would she be like a young version of Ros? Or would older Ros be just like Ros of old, with Alice the polar opposite?

And things I'd not want to see in the show...

• Maris. 

I just hope it's going to be good...