He took a few minutes to prepare and came back in with a working class accent which, while a touch broad, seemed serviceable enough for American ears. We explained the Clive was working class. Scott, a handsome and charming American, came in and read the part under the apparent impression that the role was based on Hugh Grant. None of the Brits was either funny or sexy enough to make the story work. We saw roughly eight actors, perhaps half of whom were British. The part of Clive had three main requirements: the actor had to be funny, he had to be handsome enough for us to believe that Roz and Daphne would instantly go to war over him, and he had to be (or at least play) English. Cranes" was the first episode of season four, I finished it in ample time for the casting director to offer it to a few well known English actors (which ones I honestly can't recall at this remove) but name stars of that age are more interested in film work than guest spots on TV shows, so we were still looking the day before the table. What those outside the business cannot realize is that multi-cam comedy scripts are sometimes finished and guest roles cast mere days, if not hours, before the table read and the start of rehearsals. Cranes" loudly decried, especially by English Frasier fans who can't comprehend our failure to have cast an actual Brit in the part. "I have for over a decade now heard Scott Atkinson's accent as Clive in "The Two Mrs. (Also, the actor who played him, Scott Atkinson, passed away earlier this year.) Cranes," I always found this comment from Joe Keenan himself to be interesting.
by Anonymousįor those who hated Clive's accent in "The Two Mrs. However, GOT was not a sitcom but rather a fantasy drama and received nominations for categories not considered for sitcoms such as Main Title Title Design, Stunts, Costume, Make-Up, Interactive Media, Sound Mixing, Special Visual Effects.Īll things considered, I would say MTM is still king of the Emmys. After seven seasons, MTM had won 29 Emmys Game of Thrones won 47.
Game of Thrones (eight seasons, 2011-2019) surpassed both MTM and Frasier in Emmy wins. After seven seasons, MTM had won 29 Emmys Frasier had won 25. MTM won nearly half of everything for which the show was nominated.įrasier (1993-2004) surpassed MTM in 2002 by winning 37 Emmys however, Frasier was on for 11 seasons. MTM still has the best ration of wins vs. The Mary Tyler Moore Show, on the air for seven seasons (1970-1977), held the record for the show to win the most Emmys in history: Nominated for 62 won 29.
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