Congratulations! to the cast, crew, writers, and producers of
Frasier for winning the Emmy for Best comedy a record five years
in a row....   Wednesday - This is day one of a show on Frasier.
Overnight the swing sets from last week have been struck and the
new sets (if any) are being constructed on the stage. The first
production meeting for the new show is held in the morning in
the upstairs conference room. All the department heads are
required to attend. The special requirements for the particular
show are clearly laid out during the meeting. This is the first
time most of the staff has seen the script. Till now, only the
writers have been involved. Now the script is laid on the table
for everyone to see. Later that day the cast read thru is held.
This is the cast's introduction to the new script. The script is
read aloud by the cast (with laughs interjected by the writers)
and timed by our script superviser. It used to suprise me that
the writers would laugh so hard at thier own jokes. Soon I
realized tha