DR. FRASIER CRANE - Biographical Factoids


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Was born in 1952 (1.20)
Spent 8 years at Harvard (3.4) and graduated with honors in Pyscho-Social Behaviorism (1.15) and a minor in Music. (3.1) Belonged to a Fraternity (2.3) and began a Henry Miller collection. (2.9) 
Speaks French (2.2) and Spanish (2.21) and German. (8.21)
Has a lifelong enthusiasm for the Rowandan lowland gorilla (2.13) Traveled to the Amazon to observe the hunters of the primitive Shipibo tribe. (2.19)
Goes to Café Nervosa every morning (2.19) Usual coffee drink is double Kona with cream. (1.22)  
Plays piano (1.17) and clarinet (1.4) and the Balinese flute. (2.18)  
Co-authored a series of articles on the keys to a successful marriage with his second wife, Dr. Lilith Sternin, before they divorced. (2.21) During their marriage, Lilith had an affair with a Frenchman living in an ecopod. (1.8) Stepped out onto a ledge contemplating suicide to get his wife Lilith's attention (2.18)
Preferred peanut M&M color is yellow. (1.7) 
First sexual encounter at 17 with his piano teacher, Miss Clarice Warner. (2.1)
Crane family has a long history of political involvement. (2.8)
Attended John Adams Junior High School (2.11) and Bryce Academy prep school (8.17)
Growing up:
  • Stole $1 from his mother's purse with Niles (1.7)
  • Hated sports (1.1)
  • Went on a family trip from Seattle to Spokane when he was nine (1.21)
  • Was in the Boy Scouts (2.2)
  • Loved model-making (2.21)
  • Was in high school chess club (2.21)
  • In prep school was named by the Existentialist Club "Most Likely To Be" (1.18)
  • Was bullied by Billy Kreizel starting in fifth grade (1.4) getting his head flushed in the toilet (1.15) and shoved into a locker wearing a girls field hockey uniform, a fire extinguisher stuffed down his pants and made to hula in his underwear in front of the girls after being pantsed on the bus (2.11)
  • Burned down the family garage when his Bunsen burner ignited Niles' mosquito repellent (3.11)
  • Served two terms as Grand Panjandrum of the Vocabulary Club (4.11)
  • Pulled the fire alarm at prep school (4.10)
  • Was in the Cub Scouts and went on one hike at 8 years old. (4.16)
  • Was in Math Club during third grade (4.16)
Performing Arts:
  • First became interested in theater when playing Bottom in a prep school production of Midsummer Night's Dream. (4.19)
  • Played Dr. Armstrong in a production of Ten Little Indians (1.19)
  • Co-wrote the spring musicale in prep school with Niles to get out of gym class. (1.22)
  • Performed the role of Yum-Yum in an all-male production of The Mikado at Oxford. (3.4)
  • Performed as Mercutio in Romeo and Juliet in college. (4.16)
  • Played the Pirate King in the Pirates of Penzance. (4.14)
  • Sang Colonel Fairfax in Yeoman Of The Guard. (5.9)
  • Wrote a musical while in prep school (7.13)
  • Played farmer #3 in his sixth grade production of Oklahoma (7.19)
  • At 12, staged a backyard production of Hamlet (9.19)
Has never been on a roller coaster. (2.24)
His life dream is to live in a penthouse and raise children. (3.11)
Plays squash (3.12) and tennis. (3.15)
Has a life-long fear of needles. (4.13)
Played on a football team for a day and owned a moped. (5.8)
I.Q. 129 (6.19)
Rowed crew at Harvard (8.7)
Member of Puget Sound Squash Club (10.15)