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Jane Leeves Says a Frasier Eel Scene Brought Death Threats
Jane Leeves says she received death threats over a scene in the sitcom Frasier.
She describes the letters in her book, Daphne & Me: My Life on Frasier (And a Bit More).
The scene was in “The Innkeepers,” a second-season episode in which Frasier and Niles try to run a restaurant.
As the kitchen falls into chaos, Daphne pulls an eel from a tank and hits its head on the counter.
The eel was a prop made of rubber, and a title card said no eels were harmed during filming.
Leeves writes that some viewers still wished her harm, even though television crime dramas showed much more violence.
Her account highlights the extreme reaction to a slapstick moment in a comedy series that ran from 1993 to 2004; no further response or next step is described.
Jane Leeves says viewers sent her death threats over a scene in which Daphne hits a rubber eel in Frasier.
The scene appeared in The Innkeepers, an episode from the sitcom’s second season.
Leeves recounts the threats in her book, Daphne & Me: My Life on Frasier (And a Bit More).
The episode shows Daphne slamming the eel’s head on a countertop during a chaotic restaurant opening night.
A title card said no eels were harmed during filming.
- Who
- Jane Leeves, who played Daphne Moon, says she received the threats from viewers.
- What
- Viewers sent her death threats over a scene in which Daphne hits a rubber eel.
- When
- Not stated.
- Where
- In The Innkeepers, an episode set in the restaurant Les Frères Heureux.
- Why
- The threats followed Daphne’s treatment of the eel in the scene.
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- Episode
- The Innkeepers
- Season
- Season 2 of Frasier
- Character
- Daphne Moon, played by Jane Leeves
- Object
- A rubber eel
- Book
- Daphne & Me: My Life on Frasier (And a Bit More)
What people are saying
What I could never have anticipated were the death threats
Yep, you heard me. I got death threats for my mistreatment of the clearly rubber eel.