Ms. Langer: Is that Frasier Crane talking while I'm talking?
Frasier: Well, yes. I'm sorry, Ms. Langer. I was just inquiring as to whether I was too late to raise some new business.
Ms. Langer: Well, we were just about to get to that. Why don't you go ahead?
Frasier: I'll be quick. [stands and speaks] Earlier today, I installed a new door knocker without your permission. Now, I'd like to say in my defense that my over-eagerness was not out of disrespect but rather enthusiasm for the door knocker, which I'm sure you will agree is really quite beautiful. I understand the rule exists to prohibit people from putting eyesores in public places, but I ask you, should it apply to something as beautiful as this?Here, if you will please. Something, which only serves to elevate our spirits. Let's just say somebody passes by my door, sees the knocker and suddenly feels just a little bit better without even knowing why. That same
person passes a perfect stranger and smiles, who in turn reaches down and picks up, perhaps, a piece of trash; plants a garden, volunteers at a soup kitchen. Like little ripples on a still pond, the happiness spreads. What I'm asking to do, think of this not simply as an ornament but rather an opportunity, dare I say it, of knocking on the door of a new, more civilized world. Thank you.