that had been alienated from his sons because they were so unlike him. >> where's the tv? >> it's in that credenza. >> point it at that thing. >> there was a great sort of social commentary on class, poking fun at all that pom positive and social class structure. >> this from the gourmet who dumped my cornish yard cheese down the disposal. >> it was covered with mold. >> it was supposed to be. >> frasier could be an intellectual snob. so could his brother niles. >> i'd like a petite filet mignon, very lean. not so lean that it lacks flavor but not so fat that it leaves drippings on the plate -- >> people would ask the question how did these two sons come from a cop like that? >> you have martin and daphne at one level, and then you had frasier and niles at this sort of rarefied area. >> and it was daphne's job to sort of burst their pompous balloon. >> you think i'm pretentious? >> well, you'd eat a worm if i gave it a french name. >> a lot of episodes focused on