179 "Hooping Cranes"

Written by:
Jon Sherman

Directed by:
Kelsey Grammer

Regular Cast:
Frasier
Niles
Martin
Roz
Eddie

Guest Cast:
Voice of
Duke (John LaMotta)
Voice of Frank (Ron Dean)
Sonics Fan (Lisa K Wyatt)
PR Woman (Valerie Pettiford)
Jean-Pierre (Philippe Durand)
Bartender (Edward James Gage)

Guest Callers:
None this episode.

Read the script of this episode here.

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Skyline: The lift travels up the Seattle Space Needle.

Plot: Frasier and Niles are planning to go to a concert, when some tickets to the Sonics game that night arrive from a caller whom Frasier helped that day. Frasier tries to give them to Martin, but Martin thinks Frasier is taking them to the game. So the three Cranes go to the game.

After many times of switching seats, everyone settles down to watch the game. Then a competition takes place where if your seat number is called you get to throw a basketball at the basket in front of everyone. Niles wins, and much to everyone's astonishment he manages to get a basket.

Now Niles is feeling very pleased and big headed with himself, and Frasier is jealous. Martin, who is very proud of his son, invites him to McGinty's where he tells the story. Frasier's jealousy gets the better of him and he challenges Niles to a one on one basketball game. Will Niles make the shot this time?

Subtitles: Moonstuck; Hungry Heart.

Roz loves..... Jean-Pierre, who can't speak a word of English. Roz has to get Frasier to break up with him as she can't speak French, but instead Frasier and Jean-Pierre talk about steak houses.

Martin knows..... Stas, who leaves a message of congratulations to Niles on the answering machine. Duke and Frank also do this.

Trivia: We hear Duke and Frank for the first time in years. Daphne is at the health spa. It took David Hyde Pierce 27 attempts to make the basket by the way.

 

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