‘The Zoo Story’
Season 5, Episode 12 - Aired January 20, 1998
Ahead of an important contract renegotitation at KACL, Frasier ignores Bebe's overtures and entrusts his career to a polite, do-gooder instead.
Quote from Niles
Niles: Well, I think you have a real case against the maker of those crane sedatives.
Frasier: I just wish they'd named the damn bird after somebody else.
Niles: Gregory Peck perhaps.
Quote from Bebe
Bebe: So, quite a little shake-up going on down at the station. I hear the new owner wants to renegotiate everyone's contract.
Frasier: Mmm-hmm. And before you drop another gossamer hint, let me tell you that my feelings about you haven't changed.
Bebe: Fine. Actually, I'm here to meet one of my newer clients, a rising star of the Seattle airwaves.
Frasier: Oh, really, and what pathetic dupe have you lured into your web now?
Bebe: Roz!
Frasier: Oh, dear God.
Quote from Bebe
Bebe: You just get off your feet, little mother. I'll fetch you a nice, nourishing muffin.
Quote from Roz
Roz: Look, she's gotten me three voice-over jobs. She may be a little shifty, but she helps me put food on the table.
Bebe: One muffin.
Roz: See?
Quote from Martin
Martin: Well, I don't know what kinda bull that guy sold you, but there's no such thing as an ethical agent. One's just as slimy as the other.
Quote from Daphne
Ben: I was thinking that before we start this negotiation it wouldn't hurt to raise your public profile.
Frasier: I like the sound of that.
Ben: Okay, here's my plan. For a year now, I've done pro bono work for the Mercer Island Zoo - you know, getting the word out, creating awareness.
Daphne: There's a zoo on Mercer Island?
Ben: You betcha.
Quote from Martin
Martin: Frasier, you told me this was a pretty big deal. Are you sure you want to send in that Mouseketeer?
Quote from Frasier
Frasier: Oh, why does everybody assume that in order to be an agent you have to be some unscrupulous huckster? It is possible for a good and decent man to be every bit as intimidating as the toughest shark out there.
Ben: Well, time to skedaddle. I have to pick up a friend. The poor guy just went bankrupt, so I'm letting him bunk in my ruckus room for a while.
Frasier: Well, that's awfully generous of you.
Ben: Well, he's not just a friend, he's a client.
Quote from Daphne
Frasier: Listen, I'd like you to meet one of your biggest fans, Daphne Moon.
Daphne: Hello. I just love the way you get all somber when you describe a flood or a murder, then you cheer right up the minute you're done. Makes me think, well, if she can get over it, so can I.
Toffee: That's what I'm here for.
Quote from Frasier
Frasier: I suppose it's only appropriate that the zoo has called upon me to introduce you all to its newest resident. You see, he happens to be a relative of mine. [laughs] We're both tall and have distinctive profiles, we've both been known to winter in Mexico, and let's not forget our voices. Is there anything as stirring as the crane's majestic cry? [Martin screams]
Martin: Get him off me!
Frasier: Dad, are you all right? What's happening? My goodness. What is going on. Oh, I'm sorry. Nothing to be alarmed about. Just a little family squabble.