Background
Angell was born in West Barrington, Rhode Island to Henry and Mae (née Cooney) Angell.
(First-time publication of 15 full scripts, including all ...)
First-time publication of 15 full scripts, including all the Emmy Award winners, of the sensational TV show, starring Kelsey Grammer, David Hyde Pierce, John Mahoney, Jane Leeves, Peri Gilpin, Dan Butler, and Moose, that has won the Emmy Award for best comedy for an unprecedented consecutive five years. Of the one hundred and fifty scripts written for Frasier over the last five years, executive producer Christopher Lloyd says that the 15 chosen for this book are those "that were just right...something about each one--whether it was the particular story we were telling, or the way we were telling it--just struck a nerve with everyone." Starting with The Good Son, the pilot script for the show, "they all deliver on the promise to be funny first," says Lloyd, "but also to be true to the characters, to explore their wants and needs in ways that occasionally achieve something like poignancy. The scripts in this volume represent various approaches to that end." Among them are: flat-out farce (The Matchmaker, The Ski Lodge) old-fashioned romantic comedy (Mixed Doubles) swashbuckling (An Affair to Forget) dancing (Moon Dance) parody (Slow Tango in South Seattle) silent-movie-like (Will You Be Mine?) Ideal for the millions of Frasier fans, admirers of accomplished humor writing, as well as for students and professionals in the TV and film industries, this book, with background information and photos on the stars and characters, marks the first time that a Frasier script collection has been published in the U.S.
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Angell was born in West Barrington, Rhode Island to Henry and Mae (née Cooney) Angell.
Bachelor in English Literature, Providence College, 1969.
He received a bachelor"s degree in English Literature from Providence College. He entered the United States. Army upon graduation and served at the Pentagon until 1972. He then moved to Boston and worked as a methods analyst at an engineering company and later at an insurance firm in Rhode Island.
Angell moved to Los Angeles in 1977.
His first script was sold to the producers of the Annie Flynn series. Five years later, he sold his second script to Archie Bunker"s Place.
In 1983, he joined Cheers as a staff writer In 1985, Angell joined forces with Peter Casey and David Lee as Cheers supervising producers/writers.
After working together as producers on Cheers, Angell, Casey and Lee formed Grub Street Productions.
In 1990, they created and executive-produced the comedy series Wings. The American Screenwriters Association awards the annual David Angell Humanitarian Award to any individual in the entertainment industry who contributes to global well-being through donations of time, expertise or other support to improve the human condition. Season 4, Episode 24 of "Frasier" (Odd Manitoba Out), airing May 27th, 1997, features a woman on Frasier"s answering machine.
Her flight in is on American Airlines Flight 11.
Flight 11 was the first plane to hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 and, in a tragic coincidence, David Angell, one of the show"s producers, was on the plane that day.
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Married Lynn Edwards Angell, August 14, 1971.