‘Severe Crane Damage’
Season 8, Episode 18 - Aired February 15, 1990
When Lilith goes on local TV to promote her new book, "Good Girls, Bad Boys", Frasier takes Sam along to the taping where they become examples of her theory.
Quote from Cliff
Cliff: Woody, could I have a glass of water there, please?
Woody: You got a headache, Mr. Clavin?
Cliff: No, no. Just trying to clear up a little rash on my lower back. Doc says it's stress-related.
Carla: You sure he didn't say diaper-related?
Norm: Cliffie, you're stressing out, huh? What's the deal, buddy?
Cliff: Ah, it's just job-related. You know how it is.
Woody: Oh, I thought you just delivered the mail.
Cliff: Woody, Woody, Woody, A.K.A. Joe Public. [chuckles] You have got no idea what it's like out there in postman's hell. Illegible handwriting, parcels badly taped... Boy, you can't even peek in a window anymore without people going crazy on you. But still, where would we all be if your mailman just disappeared on you?
Woody: We'd probably just all fax things. That way, everything would get there faster, cheaper, and a lot more efficiently.
Cliff: Some more water there, Woody.
Quote from Carla
Frasier: Hello, fellow denizens.
Sam: Hey, Fras. How you doing? Oh, my, Lilith, you look beautiful.
Carla: Yeah, Lilith. You look like a million bucks.
Lilith: Thank you.
Carla: You didn't let me finish. You look like a million bucks just stampeded across your face.
Lilith: Carla, I hope you don't forget us when you become president of Hallmark.
Quote from Carla
Frasier: Well, if you'll escort my little starlet out to the car, I will meet you momentarily. You know how in those shows sometimes they have that big opening shot of the audience? I just want to head to the men's room, check my hair.
Carla: I already checked. It's not in there.
Quote from Lilith
Brenda Balzak: Lilith, why don't you introduce us to the men?
Lilith: Well, this is Sam, an uncommitted, sexually active male.
Women: Ooh!
Lilith: And this is my husband Frasier, committed to monogamy and a good little lover.
Frasier: Thank you, dear. Thank you.
Quote from Carla
Carla: So what you're saying is that once guys like Sammy are done sucking the juice out of babes, they can toss the shriveled husks to guys like Frasier.
Frasier: In a nutshell, yes. But my darling will explain it all in further detail on live television this very afternoon.
Quote from Cliff
Sam: Oh, you're going to be on TV.
Lilith: Yes, some local women's talk show on channel 13.
Cliff: "Teatime with Brenda." That airs at 3:30.
Norm: Cliffie, you watch the afternoon women's talk shows, huh?
Cliff: Well, I might have caught a glimpse of it, you know, as I was jumping through the channels between Combat and the Playboy Channel. Woody, could I have another glass of water, please?
Quote from Frasier
Lilith: Of course, I have my doubts about appearing on a program of such a commercial nature.
Frasier: Well, now, Lilith, this is a highly respected Socratic format for the exchange and dissemination of ideas. Besides, you know, that lady that dresses the parakeets is going to be on.
Sam: Well, I'll be watching you, Lilith. You break a leg, all right?
Frasier: Well, you know, Sam, as the guest's husband, I have two tickets to the show. I was hoping maybe you'd come along and help me cheer Lilith on.
Sam: Oh, I don't think I want to be sitting in that audience.
Frasier: Oh, what? Is your masculinity threatened by an audience full of women, huh?
Sam: No, it's not that.
Frasier: No, please. I don't want to be the only boy.
Quote from Lilith
Brenda Balzak: Now, I noticed your book was dedicated to your husband. Is he a bad boy?
Frasier: Quite the opposite. In fact, that would be him sitting right over there with his hands folded neatly on his lap. [applause] I think we could all see that your husband is the kind of man we should want.
Lilith: I think so, yes.
Brenda Balzak: Then why don't we?
Lilith: Well, according to my thesis, women, as they evolve, will eventually seek out a relationship such as mine and Frasier's.
Brenda Balzak: You mean a relationship that's stable and secure... Like a comfortable old shoe?
Lilith: Well, yes.
Brenda Balzak: Who's that sitting with your husband? Another comfortable old shoe?
Lilith: No. That's a friend of ours. Coincidentally, the perfect example of the classic bad boy.
Quote from Sam
Brenda Balzak: Well, all right, we've met the men. Let's put Dr. Sternin-Crane's thesis to the test. How many of us would like to sleep with Sam? [women applaud] And how many of you would like to sleep with Frasier? [Lilith and one woman in the back applauds]
Sam: In the back row.
Brenda Balzak: Sam, we know you're bad for us. Why do we want you so darn much? Is it because you're forbidden, untamable?
Sam: Well, now, you know, I think some girl could probably tame me. For example, that blonde in the third row there. No, no, nix that. Let's give the whole third row a shot at it.
Woman: What about the second row?
Sam: Oh, one row at a time, ladies.
Quote from Norm
Norm: You know, Frasier's helped each and every one of us at one point or another. Now he's going out to do something he just may regret. I think we should try to do exactly what we always hoped Frasier would do in the same situation.
Woody: What's that?
Norm: Mind our own business.
Woody: Good call, Mr. Peterson.