Frasier resigns from the wine club.Frasier resigns from the wine club.Frasier resigns from the wine club.
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- TriviaAt the wine club, Martin (John Mahoney) tells Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) and Niles (David Hyde Pierce), "Now, if you don't mind, I've got a big plate of Gewurzplatzchen waiting for me at home with my name on it." Gewurzplatzchen are German spice cookies.
- GoofsWhile Martin eats, the level of his beer rises and falls many times.
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Dr. Frasier Crane: [interrupting Niles's speech] It's just that I have an announcement of my own to make.
Dr. Niles Crane: Yes well, uh, new business is concluded, Brother Crane.
Dr. Frasier Crane: I move that we re-open new business.
Reynolds: Second.
Dr. Niles Crane: Denied.
[bangs gavel]
Dr. Frasier Crane: Point of order: once a motion has been seconded, there must be a vote.
Dr. Niles Crane: Oh, all right, just tell us your new business.
Dr. Frasier Crane: To override procedure, there must be a quorum.
Dr. Niles Crane: Very well. Move for a vote?
Reynolds: Second.
Dr. Niles Crane: All in favor?
Members: Aye!
Dr. Niles Crane: Motion carried.
[bangs gavel]
Dr. Niles Crane: Secretary, make a note.
Reynolds: Noted, Corkmaster.
Dr. Niles Crane: Thank you so much.
[to Frasier]
Dr. Niles Crane: Proceed.
Endicott: [a member, to himself] I remember when we used to come here to drink.
- Crazy creditsWhen the title "Frasier" (in apple green) and the usual silhouette of Seattle are on screen, a rain cloud that starts to emit rain appears in the sky.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Frasier: Analyzing the Laughter (2004)
- SoundtracksTossed Salads and Scrambled Eggs
Written by Bruce Miller and Darryl Phinnessee
Performed by Kelsey Grammer
The downsides of the episode were Gil's producer Lance and Jennifer Coolidge's performance. Both rely on outsized, silly voices that distract from average to solid writing. Lance's voice is so over-the-top, stereotypically gay that he makes Gil Chesterton seem like a down-to-earth character. He does however to have at least one funny line despite it, which is more than can be said for Coolidge as Frederica.
You can hardly understand how she, or anyone involved with the episode, could have ever let this performance continue beyond one take. She not only does not sound German, she barely sounds human and it extends to her walk, gestures, and facial expressions. There are lines that she plain doesn't seem to understand the meaning of, based on her cadence. She is beyond distracting and sinks the entire B-plot of the show. I watched, not absorbing a bit of the storyline but rather wondering what the other actors must be thinking as she shouted her lines through her nose and held her arms aloft behind her as she walked. I'm all for the career resurgence Coolidge experienced because of a great performance in White Lotus, but some people forget that her previous poor reputation had been well earned.
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