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Will & Grace

Year:

1998

Duration:

23 min

Genres:

Comedy

IMDB rate:

7.2

Awards:

Nominated for 27 Golden Globes. Another 53 wins & 178 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1998-09-21

Filming Locations: 155 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Cast

Actor

Character

Luke Perry

Corinne Bohrer

John Balma

Dean Cameron

Ayda Field

Joel McHale

Christina Moore

Ray Porter

Gigi Rice

Mark Cirillo

Jaimarie Bjorge

Eric McCormack

Will Truman

Debra Messing

Grace Adler

Megan Mullally

Karen Walker

Sean Hayes

Jack McFarland

Shelley Morrison

Rosario Salazar

Did you know?

Trivia

In the episode where Grace is going to meet an old high school crush, he says he's part of a group of artists showing their art at the Zelman Gallery. Debra Messing's (Grace) real-life husband is Daniel Zelman.

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Jack's website www.justjack.com really does exist. It now redirects you to NBC's Will & Grace website, but at the time it was created, it was an actual web site created by "Jack." It included pictures and a letter Rosario wrote to the INS.

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Will originally had a partner in the original pilot, Higgins, but his scenes were deleted in the final draft of the script.

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Goofs

Actor Eric McCormack is Canadian. Will, the character he plays, is not. Nonetheless throughout the series "Will" frequently lets slip with a Canadian accent, particularly on the stereotypical 'about', which he pronounces 'aboot'.

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In the earlier series, the deadlock on Grace's office door is backwards. The door opens inwards yet the part of the lock where the key is required is on the inside of the office and the latch that can be opened by hand is on the outside - rendering the lock useless. This is corrected in later seasons.

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In the series, Will's apartment has a balcony, but the outside shot of the building shows no balconies. In fact, the actual building at 155 Riverside Drive has no balconies.

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Quotes

Jack: Wow, Elliot has two gay parents. That's like... every kid's dream.

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Grace: We have been up here before, remember?

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Grace: Will, I'm serious. I haven't made any of the major decisions. I mean, who will I give my things to? What will happen to my business? Where will I be buried?

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Faq

Does Megan Mullally (Karen) Really Have Such a Squeaky Voice?

No, it's entirely forced. Refer to the Pilot episode to hear her real voice. Throughout seasons one and two she slowly transitioned to the more comedic, squeaky voice which wasn't realized during the development of the series.

Were Will and Jack Ever a Couple?

No, never. In a flash back in episode 3.8 "Lows in the Mid-Eighties" a year after Jack and Will first met, Jack confesses he's in love with him. But Will immediately lets him down easy and Jack (obviously lying) says he was just "testing him." Later in episode 5.24 "24" Will and Jack awake naked in bed together after a night of drinking and since they have no memory of what happened, it appears they've slept together and the season ends with a cliffhanger. In the first episode of the following season, Karen reveals information via surveillance cameras that nothing happened between them.

Does Stan Ever Appear?

Not really. In the premier of season three his hand and feet are briefly seen; in 4.9 "Movable Feast" he's silhouette behind glass; and in episode 8.4 "Steams Like Old Times" he has a conversation with Jack and Karen in a sauna, but his face hidden by the steam and his voice is drowned out by the hissing, sauna mechanics. Overall, throughout the series, his face and voice are never directly revealed in any way. TV director James Burrows' trademark for which he is known is having a reoccurring guest character who is never seen. Audiences responded well to this because a character whose appearance, thoughts, actions, and desires being entirely revealed through second hand information from the main characters made for good comedy in itself. In Burrows' previous show "Cheers" Norm's wife Vera is never seen, and in his following spin-off "Frasier" Niles' wife Merris is never seen. Ironically Stan is the one character universally liked by everyone else.

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