How pleasantly surreal to find that the cheeky reply I made to @richardosman& #39;s recent tweet about Frasier has spawned a tabloid headline in @MetroUK. I am henceforth at Richard& #39;s disposal for any and all Frasier related queries.
https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/22/frasier-writer-responds-wild-theories-made-money-sitcom-gives-us-answers-waiting-13162462/?ito=article.desktop.share.top.twitter">https://metro.co.uk/2020/08/2... via @MetroUK

I& #39;m enjoying the replies, but surprised at how many UK Frasier fans seem affronted that Frasier& #39;s writers lacked an ear for regional British accents that might have put Henry Higgins to shame. Hell, most of us can barely hear the difference between Chicago & Baltimore accents.

Here are the British accents 98% of Americans can discern:

• Posh and/or Jane Austen Movie
• Soccer Hooligan
• Ringo Starr
• Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Potts
• Her Majesty

What& #39;s worse, a man has to say "G& #39;Day, Mate!" three times before we realize the speaker& #39;s Australian.

Production issues and time pressure play a large role in all guest casting. This is an email I wrote eight yers ago (to blogger Robert David Sullivan), explaining the story behind the Dick-Van-Dyke-iest British accent Frasier ever featured:

The American ear for UK accents inspired a very silly season 7 joke. When Roz met Daphne& #39;s brother Simon (Australian Anthony LaPaglia) she got drunk enough to fancy him. After listening to his "Mancunian" accent at length, she gushed, "God—he sounds just like Prince Charles!"