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Woody for Hire Meets Norman of the Apes

‘Woody for Hire Meets Norman of the Apes’

Season 6, Episode 13 -  Aired January 7, 1988

Cliff insults Norm by refusing to pay him for painting his apartment. Meanwhile, Woody makes his television debut on Robert Urich's Spenser for Hire.

Quote from Norm

Norm: Can't imagine what it's going to be like to see, uh, somebody we actually know up on that TV screen.
Hugh: Yeah.
Frasier: Well, Norm, I'm- l'm loathe to chide you for your short memory, but I appeared on the tube just a few short weeks ago.
Norm: Oh, well, yeah, Frasier, uh, no offense, but a bunch of do-gooders sitting around jabbering about a nuclear freeze is one thing. We're talking prime time cop show here.

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Quote from Rebecca

Rebecca: Evening, ladies. I'm really excited about you being here. The rest of your group's already in the back.
Sylvia: Oh, thank you very much. It should be a special evening. Tonight, we're discussing English agrarian life before the Reform Bill as portrayed in Elliot's Middlemarch. Would you care to join us?
Rebecca: You know, actually, we were just discussing that at the bar, and I'm a little burned out on it.

Quote from Woody

Sam: What are you doing, Woody?
Woody: I'm wringing my hands with guilt.
Sam: Oh. I don't think I've actually seen that before. Why?
Woody: I told a terrible lie to the guys, Sam.
Sam: Oh, you mean about being on that TV show?
Woody: No, no, that was true, but I got a telephone call, and I pretended it was Robert Urich on the other end. I mean, I- I didn't hurt anybody or anything. Although your-your plumber seemed a little confused.
Sam: Well, I'm... Don't worry about it. I'm sure everyone will forgive you.
Woody: But it was a lie, Sam, and I've never told a lie before.
Sam: What?
Woody: No, no, wait. That's a lie. l- I've told lies See, now, that's two lies. See how much easier it gets? Oh, my God, I'm out of control. What's next? Murder?

Quote from Norm

Tim: Looks like the old pool tournament is out again for next week.
Cliff: Yeah. Oh, yeah? Fancy that. Well, did you tell Norm? When he hears that, he'll go ape. [chuckles]
Norm: Cliff, your delivery of jokes is as bad as your delivery of the mail.
Cliff: Oh! Mighty Joe Young strikes back there.
Norm: How'd you become a mailman anyway? What, did you flunk out of tollbooth school? [laughter]
Cliff: Hey, all right, now, that's a good one. Yep.
Norm: Know why, uh, dogs hate mailmen? They just want to be like everyone else. [guys laugh]
Cliff: All right, that's it. It's go time.
Norm: Okay, fellas, this is the guy I've been telling you about.

Quote from Woody

Bob Urich: Hey, Woody.
Woody: Hey, Bob, how are you doing?
Bob Urich: Fine. Look, I was just passing by, and I wanted to return your gloves. Thanks for letting me use them.
Woody: Hey, my pleasure. Listen, could you hang on a second?
Bob Urich: Sure.
Woody: I got some friends you'd love to meet.
Bob Urich: Yeah.
Woody: Miss Howe? You'll never guess who's here. Bob Urich.
Rebecca: [o.s.] Woody, it's been a horrible night. I'm really not in the mood to be teased.
Woody: No, no, it's the truth. He's really here.
Rebecca: [o.s.] Woody, go away!
Woody: She's a big fan of yours.

Quote from Woody

Woody: Hey, guys! Bob Urich's here.
Frasier: [o.s.] Oh, sure, Wood. Who's he with, Liz Taylor?
Woody: You're not, are you?
Bob Urich: No. Look, uh, Woody, uh, we were shooting late, and I'm having a few people over. You want to come by?
Woody: You bet.
Bob Urich: Yeah, come on.
Woody: Great.
Bob Urich: The car's right outside.
Woody: Could you hang on a second? I want to check here.
Bob Urich: Sure.
Woody: Hey, Sam, uh... Robert Urich's here. Uh, he wants me to go over to his house. Can I leave?
Sam: [without turning around] Woody, Woody, Wo- All right, yeah, whatever you say.
Woody: Great, we're out of here.
Bob Urich: Good night.
Sam: [turns around and sees the bottom-half of a man going up the stairs] No.

Quote from Norm

Cliff: Yeah, Normie, I'm, uh, I'm sort of sorry about everything that happened.
Norm: Oh, well, Cliff, I'm even sorrier for what's about to happen.
Cliff: Huh? What do you mean?
[A monkey enters the bear wearing a USPS uniform and a mail bag, carrying a parcel and a clipboard. After Woody takes the clipboard and signs for the parcel, the monkey hands over the parcel and leaves.]
Cliff: You're dead meat, Peterson!
[Cliff chases Norm around the bar, up the stairs to Melville's]

Quote from Norm

Cliff: Normie, you, uh you ever feel like we're getting in a little rut here?
Norm: How do you mean, Cliff?
Cliff: Well, every day, we come into the same bar, sit on the same stools, drink beer, night after... I mean, there's got to be something a little bit more to life.
Norm: Cliffie, for the last time, I am not changing barstools with you.

Quote from Frasier

Frasier: Aw, come on, guys. There must be something going on in our lives that we can talk about. Well, Norm, what did you do today?
Norm: Well, I just about finished the first coat of paint at Cliff's apartment.
Frasier: Oh, yawns all around. Next?

Quote from Woody

Norm: Whoa! You're going to be on national TV? Weren't you nervous?
Woody: Oh, yeah, I was, until I talked to Mr. Urich.
Rebecca: You talked to him? I'm dying! What did he say?
Woody: He said it was a cold day.
Rebecca: [gasps] And what did you say?
Woody: I agreed with him.
Norm: Ooh, good move.
Woody: Then I loaned him my gloves.
Cliff: Yeah? What'd he say?
Woody: Thanks.
Rebecca: Oh! Can't you just hear him?

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