[raybbr]

I think it's safe to say that some folks just don't get his humor. Kinda like missing the point in South Park. To each his/her own.

There is toile humor (Borat) and intellectual humor (Frazier). You are right. To each his own.

[sarasota]

Frazier was the finest comedy ever, in my opinion.

[Steve_Seattle]

"intellectual humor (Frazier)"

There was some of that in Frazier, but a lot of it was a (funny) re-hash of old themes : mixed messages in romantic situations, misunderstandings that lead to absurd consequences, talking birds repeating embarrassing things, vanity and pomposity, etc. A lot of Frazier was making fun of over-intellectualized people and pretentious artsy-fartsy people, not the least of which was Frazier himself. I love the scene where he's dating several women, and two show up at his condo at the same time. Indignant, the women bond and are leaving on the elevator. As the elevator door is closing, Frazier pleads: "Please, come back! Either one of you!" Of course, that seals his doom as far as those two women are concerned.