Lee considered his own experience with "the relationship between an aging father and the grown-up son he never understood" and thought it would be a good theme for Frasier.
Tijekom procesa razvijanja serije, Lee je pomislio na vlastita iskustva "u odnosu između ostarjelog oca i odraslog sina kojeg nikad neće razumjeti" i shvatio da bi to bila dobra glavna tema za Frasiera.