An example of the final season getting really meta and not ruining the show (this joke, the Diane doppelganger at Carla's new restaurant). Arrested Development's S3 was great in this regard too, even though it went from really meta to really, really, REALLY meta.

Right Said Freddie (fuck it, I'm in!)

The land our grandchildren knew.

Gary Cole's been in a lot of stuff

Dick York…Dick Sargent…Sargent York? Interesting.

I just saw the final season episode last night (I'm just about done binging on "Cheers") where Woody, Cliff, Norm, and Frasier go to the drive-in and watch Godzilla. This dialogue exchange cracked me the fuck up:

What pissed me off the most was that one episode with that dialogue-free pie-throwing segment. That was a real Ralph Bighead "Pause on a bucket of mayonnaise" moment.

(In the "Frasier" episode "Cheerful Goodbyes")

Yeah seriously, how did that guy even get out of LA in "Rocky III"?

Mickey?

I'll pick you up tonight!

I'm not going to jump to conclusions, but would that put all these shows/movies in the same universe?

Or if you go to the restaurant where I go to trivia with a few friends, the waiter might just not clear away your empty glasses and you're left with 10+ glasses that you stack when you leave just to be a dick.

How many times have you gone to the bathroom in your life?

Miller High Life. At my local package store (Connecticut), it's $18 for a 30. That's hard to beat around here.

Jesus, how big of a vulture was Dick Sargent, anyway?

That's one thing I loved about binging on "Cheers," watching Frasier develop into his own distinctive character. His first ever appearance seemed like such a far cry from the eccentric, pretentious guy we came to know in "Frasier."

Even references without explicit explanations, like Frasier offhandedly mentioning a woman leaving someone at the altar so she can be with another man, or an obvious Diane doppelganger showing up at Carla's new job (right down to her college and major). But yeah, it's definitely still accessible. They were phenomenal…

That's "Leverage starring Oscar Winner Timothy Hutton," thank you very much

That gives me the feeling that the reporter wanted to cater to his readers more than he himself.