Frasier bids farewell with champagne and poetry

HUGS, champagne toasts and snippets of poetry marked the filming of the last episode of NBC’s Frasier after a remarkable 11-year run.

“Ladies and gentlemen, that’s a wrap,” studio announcer and comedian David Willis said at the conclusion of the six-hour filming that went late into Tuesday evening.

The Paramount studio sound stage where “Frasier” spent its TV life was filled with family, friends and executives. Dinner was served to the audience of several hundred, and co-star Peri Gilpin even pitched in to pass around pizza.