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The Stork Brings a Crane

‘The Stork Brings a Crane’

Season 8, Episode 6 -  Aired November 2, 1989

After learning that Cheers is actually one hundred years old, Rebecca decides to celebrate the bar's centenary. Meanwhile, Lilith is two weeks over due.

Quote from Lilith

Rebecca: Well, now that we have this quiet time alone, maybe now would be a good time for you to present that plaque.
Mayor Raymond Flynn: Absolutely, Miss Howe.
Camerman: Ready when you are, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Raymond Flynn: Thank you, Bob. On behalf of the people of the City of Boston, it is a great pleasure...
Carla: Hey, hey! The old geezer just keeled over on the pool table!
Sam: Oh, boy. Somebody get a doctor.
Lilith: I'm a doctor.
Frasier: Oh, really, darling. I suppose you'll revive him by having a baby on him.
Carla: Would you just step on it? There are people waiting to use that pool table.
Lilith: It's just as well seeing I just went into labor. Yow! Whoa!
Barbershop Quartet: [sing] Wait till the sun shines, Nelly...
All: Shut up!

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Quote from Sam

Sam: Excuse me. Can I have your attention, please?
Rebecca: Thank God. How are you, Mr. Weaver?
Sam: He's fine. He has something he wants to say to everybody.
Mr. Weaver: I'm sorry.
Rebecca: Sorry for what?
Sam: He just faked the heart attack so girls would bend over him. Although personally, I think that was rather clever.

Quote from Sam

Sam: I'm going to boil some water.
Lilith: What for?
Sam: I'm going to have some tea. Do you want some?

Quote from Rebecca

Mayor Raymond Flynn: Obviously, Miss Howe, things are quite hectic around here. I better come back in another 100 years.
Rebecca: No, no, it's not hectic here. It's all this faking heart attacks and giving birth and illegal gambling.
Mayor Raymond Flynn: Illegal gambling?
Rebecca: Nothing.
Mayor Raymond Flynn: We better get out of here. Let's go.

Quote from Lilith

Sam: How far apart are the contractions now?
Frasier: Well, let's see, they were 3 minutes. Now they're... About 40 minutes?
Lilith: I think they've stopped, Frasier.
Sam: Oh, darn. Too bad. I mean, you were in such pain there for a while.
Lilith: It was false labor. We made this trip for nothing.
Frasier: Well, why don't we wait for the doctor to confirm it. In the meantime, you just try to stay comfortable.
Lilith: How? There's no air conditioning. I've got 50 pounds of baby flesh crushing a major artery, and I want to go home.
Sam: Well, you know what they say? That's the first sign you're getting better. [Lilith closes the curtain on Sam] That a girl.

Quote from Frasier

Sam: Uh...shoot. Frasier? Say, can you come over here and help us with that breathing stuff?
Frasier: Darling, I'll be right back. In the meantime, you just try to think of good things.
Lilith: Like what?
Gail Aldrich: [o.s.] Aah!
Frasier: Well, like you're not her.

Quote from Frasier

Frasier: All right, now, the important thing is to relax. Try to find a focal point, something to concentrate on.
Sam: All right. Good. Let's look... something pretty here.
Frasier: It could be anything.
Sam: Beige walls.
Gail Aldrich: Sam has a nice smile.
Frasier: Oh! Good, good, good. Sam, yes. Focus on Sam's smile.
Sam: All right.
Frasier: Oh, Sam, you do have a lovely smile. Did you have those bonded?
Sam: No, but I do have them polished four times a year.
Frasier: I only go twice a year. Maybe I should step it up.

Quote from Sam

Frasier: Oh, good, you're here. Listen, her contractions are one on top of another.
Nurse: Ready to go, huh?
Sam: You bet I am. Oh, you probably mean her.
Gail Aldrich: Oh! It's starting!
Nurse: Let's get you to the delivery room.
Gail Aldrich: Okay. Okay. Oh, boy! It's hard to get out of this bed.
Sam: Really? I wonder where a guy like me can get one of those?

Quote from Lilith

Frasier: I'll be right back, hon. Will you be all right?
Lilith: Sure. I'm just counting the tiny holes in the ceiling tiles. Of course, now that you've interrupted me, I'll going to have to start all over again.
Frasier: That's my girl.
Lilith: 1... 2... 3... 4. Oh, Doctor, thank God. I felt so isolated here. I guess I had false labor. I'm so terribly embarrassed because I'm a doctor myself, and I was so sure this was the real thing. Not to mention the fact that I was sure I'd become a mother today. And now I have to go on waiting. I need someone to talk me through this. And please, please, tell me what to do.
Doctor: False labor. Go home. [clicks pen]

Quote from Sam

Frasier: Aw, look, Sam... Hello. My son.
Sam: Oh, Frasier, he has your eyes. And look at that. He has Lilith's chin. He's got my nose.
Frasier: Don't be ridiculous.
Sam: No, I mean he's got my nose. [nasally] Aw... Whoo! Look, he's so cute. I could stare at him for hours.
Nurse: [enters] Sam?
Sam: Oh, I got to go. Sorry.
You all set here?
Nurse: Yeah. Just give me two minutes to get out of my uniform.
Sam: Are you kidding? I can cut that time in half.

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