# Can somebody erase 'Frasier' from my brain? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 1, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935 "2008-01-01T22:53:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/1 "2008-01-01T22:53:33Z")
So I can watch it all again! Same goes for Fawlty Towers, Everybody loves Raymond and Only Fools and Horses. And while you’re at it can you erase all the Pratchett books and the David Mitchell books so I can read them again? And can you erase goatse and lotus-boob and Michael Winner. I never want to see those things ever again. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/2 "2008-01-01T22:59:02Z")
The same goes for me and _Futurama_. I love the show dearly, but I’ve rewatched every episode to the point of vapidity, and that new direct-to-disc movie was major suck. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/3 "2008-01-01T23:21:06Z")
It’s funny. I’ve seen a few dozen episodes of Frasier, mostly on long air plane flights. I want them erased from my mind for an entirely different reason. When I saw your thread title, I thought that you were like me and found that show to be insanely annoying. I wish I never saw an episode of Frasier. I get what you mean though. I’ve watched films that I loved for a second time and wished that I was enjoying it for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/4 "2008-01-01T23:35:19Z")
I’ve felt that way about books I’ve loved. “Lord of the Rings” is the best example. It would be nice to be able come back to it as if it were the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2008, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/5 "2008-01-01T23:39:14Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] Same goes for Fawlty Towers, [/QUOTE] You know, I can watch this show again and again and find it just as funny the first time. The show works on so many levels, and has so many fantastic gags, that I can’t ever image in getting old. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/6 "2008-01-02T03:43:30Z")
[QUOTE=Lobsang] And can you erase goatse and lotus-boob and Michael Winner. I never want to see those things ever again. [/QUOTE] What are these things? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/7 "2008-01-02T03:57:13Z")
A trick I discovered back in the days of _Cheers_, which I would watch over and over again, is to pay really close attention to the acting. Admittedly the ensemble cast made it easier, but watching Norm and Cliff talking in the background kind of allowed the bit that Sam and Karla were doing, to creep up on me. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/8 "2008-01-02T04:15:02Z")
At least there are lots and lots of episodes for the shows mentioned. With Arrested Development, it is just three (more like 2.5) seasons worth of shows to cherish. ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/9 "2008-01-02T05:42:04Z")
[QUOTE=teela brown] The same goes for me and _Futurama_. I love the show dearly, but I’ve rewatched every episode to the point of vapidity, and that new direct-to-disc movie was major suck. [/QUOTE] Agreed. I love this show so much. If it is on, I must watch it. I have all five seasons on my PC and I watch them constantly. I know every episode by the first 3 seconds after the opening theme and I can damn near quote every episode. But I always watch it. No matter what. To have them erased would be great! But would I ever go back knowing my addiction… ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/10 "2008-01-02T11:53:45Z")
[holly voice]Agatha 'hoo??[/hv] 😃 😃 😉 ---
**Author:** ![placebo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e274bd/32.png) [@placebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/placebo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/11 "2008-01-02T12:39:16Z")
Along with a will and a living will, everyone needs an Alzheimer list. Just think: endless hours of entertainment! Make sure to write it down beforehand though. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/12 "2008-01-02T14:32:26Z")
[QUOTE=Justin Credible] What are these things? 😕 [/QUOTE] One of them is a huge anus. Not sure what goatse or lotus-boob are though. ---
**Author:** ![bbs2k](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e495f1/32.png) [@bbs2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bbs2k)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/13 "2008-01-02T15:06:49Z")
[QUOTE=Mr Shine] One of them is a huge anus. Not sure what goatse or lotus-boob are though. [/QUOTE] Google is NOT your friend. Unless you’re a sicko bastard like me who enjoys shock imagery. Trust me, don’t investigate. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/14 "2008-01-02T15:19:15Z")
[QUOTE=madmonk28] At least there are lots and lots of episodes for the shows mentioned. With Arrested Development, it is just three (more like 2.5) seasons worth of shows to cherish. [/QUOTE] Yeah; I missed the show when it was on, but just finished watching the DVDs yesterday. Although I wish it hadn’t turned quite so absurdist, it was great, and I’d love to be able to discover it all over again. I’d like to be able to watch the opening of _Monty Python and the Holy Grail_ and not know what went along with the sound of hoofbeats. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/15 "2008-01-02T15:19:32Z")
Ditto on seasons 2 through 8 of the Simpsons. The episodes are still utterly genius, but I’ve watched them so often that I could recite the entire dialogue in my sleep. I was too young to appreciate the first few seasons anyways, so they’re really begging for the opportunity to watch them for the first time all over again now that I’m old enough to get all the jokes. ---
**Author:** ![wayward](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a87d85/32.png) [@wayward](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wayward)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/16 "2008-01-02T15:24:13Z")
[QUOTE=madmonk28] At least there are lots and lots of episodes for the shows mentioned. [/QUOTE] Not all of them. I found it hard to believe when I first heard it, but only twelve episodes of Fawlty Towers were ever made. Also, [QUOTE=Mr Shine] One of them is a huge anus. Not sure what goatse or lotus-boob are though. [/QUOTE] Hehe. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/17 "2008-01-02T16:24:42Z")
[QUOTE=chrisk] [holly voice]Agatha 'hoo??[/hv] 😃 😃 😉 [/QUOTE] That’s where I got the idea. Saw that episode the other day. ---
**Author:** ![Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f6c823/32.png) [@Lo-Slung\_Denim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lo-Slung_Denim)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/18 "2008-01-02T17:55:45Z")
I wish I could read David Mitchell for the first time. I haven’t read number9dream yet, and I don’t when I will. I’m saving it, I don’t know when I might need it! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/19 "2008-01-02T19:29:53Z")
[QUOTE=madmonk28] At least there are lots and lots of episodes for the shows mentioned. With Arrested Development, it is just three (more like 2.5) seasons worth of shows to cherish. [/QUOTE] Think how we Browncoats must feel, then. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2008, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935/20 "2008-01-02T20:36:15Z")
[QUOTE=MrDibble] Think how we Browncoats must feel, then. [/QUOTE] Seriously. There are only fourteen episodes of _Firefly_. DAMN YOU FOX!!! –FCOD [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-erase-frasier-from-my-brain/431935.md?page=2)