Episodes

  • Episode 14: Endings and Beginnings
    Oct 5 2023

    Written & Starring Stephen Winchell
    Audio Production & Recording by Adam Goron
    Directed by Lara Unnerstall
    Music by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen Winchell

    REFERENCES: 

    1. Charlotte was a recent transplant to Seattle - like Frasier she had an acrimonious fall out with an ex-spouse in another grand American city - the Windy City, AKA the City of Broad Shoulders, AKA The Second City AKA Chicago, IL - and to start over again she found herself on the rocky shores of Seattle (Frasier S11E18 Match Game)

    2. Frasier knew something was afoot and discovered that Charlotte had no other clients. (Frasier S11E18 Match Game)

    3. There was a slight bump in this potential love story: Charlotte’s boyfriend Frank.  (Frasier S11E19 Miss Right Now)

    4. Frasier didn’t know that Charlotte was already planning to move back to Chicago- and soon. (Frasier S11E21 Detour)

    5. The two decided to make the most out of their time together, no matter how short it was. (Frasier S11E21 Detour)

    6. It was around this time that a familiar face from Frasiers’ past returned; his old agent Bebe Glazer.  Dr. Mark Reisman, a radio psychiatrist in San Francisco, was about to retire. She thought Frasier would be perfect for his time slot. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 1)

    7. On May 6th, 2004, National Treasure Year, Frasier bid goodbye to Charlotte, who left for the Windy City (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 1)

    8. On May 7th, Frasier and Niles were tasked with a seemingly impossible job - to arrange Marty and Ronee’s wedding, with all the bells and whistles, and it had to be ready in eight days.  (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 1)

    9. On May 15th, 2004 - my fathers’ birthday, a very depressing day for me -  guests and well-wishers arrived at the picturesque Branford Inn. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 1)

    10. He realized that he was legally able to marry people and so, in the cramped veterinarian’s office with two rings recently upchucked by an elderly dog, Frasier announced Marty and Ronee as man and wife. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 2)

    11. He took the job in San Francisco. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 2)

    12. He had ditched a great opportunity in California for the chance to be with Charlotte in Chicago. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 2)

    13. We see a will reading, sometime in - I believe - the 2030s. (Cheers S10E11, I’m OK, You’re Defective)

     

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    26 mins
  • Episode 13: Hello Darkness My Old Friend
    Oct 3 2023

    Written & Starring Stephen Winchell
    Guest Starring Adam Goron as "Quinn."
    Audio Production & Recording by Adam Goron
    Directed by Lara Unnerstall
    Music by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen Winchell

    REFERENCES: 
    1. He met author and former CNBC anchor Julia Wilcox (Frasier S10E12 The Harassed)  

    2. So he took a chance and give her a kiss: which resulted in everyone at KACL having to attend a very long sexual harassment seminar. (Frasier S10E12 The Harassed)  

    3. She even kissed him during a rather comical situation where they were hiding from a cleaning lady in a closet. (Frasier S10E23 Analyzed Kiss)

    4. Frasier Crane and Julia Wilcox, despite their vastly different outlooks on life, decided to follow their feelings. (Frasier S10E24 A New Position for Roz)

    5. But things came crashing down in one fell swoop. (Frasier S11E2 A Man, A Plan and a Gal: Julia)

    6. His ex-wife Lilith reached out to him with a special request: (Frasier S10E13 Lilith Needs A Favor)

    7. Out and about, Frasier bumped into his old babysitter Ronee Lawrence. (Frasier S11E4 The Babysitter)

    8. There was also - and I’m sorry to jump out of the story like this - but there was also an utterly bizarre storyline around this time about Maris.  (Frasier S11E8 Murder Most Maris)

    9. After many years he once again stumbled into his ex-wife Nanette Guzman, still performing as childrens’ entertainer Nanny G. (Frasier S11E15 Caught in the Act)

    10. Another low point for Frasier: in an attempt to scare his father, he dressed up as a clown, something Marty was deeply afraid of. (Frasier S11E16 Boo!)

    11. There was a silver lining in Marty’s health scare:  he realized how precious his remaining days were. When he returned home he proposed to Ronee. (Frasier S11E16 Boo!)

    12. She was an Olympic athlete in the ‘40s and had even earned a medal. Frasier stole it. (Frasier S11E17 Coots & Ladders)

    13. That’s when he met Charlotte Connor, owner and operator of Charlotte’s Matchmaking Services. Realizing that he really needed a good match in his life, Frasier paid her $10,000 to find him the perfect partner. (Frasier S11E18 Match Game)

     

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    16 mins
  • Episode 12: 3/4 Life Crisis
    Sep 28 2023

    Written & Starring Stephen Winchell
    Guest Starring Adam Goron as "Quinn."
    Audio Production & Recording by Adam Goron
    Directed by Lara Unnerstall
    Music by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen Winchell

    REFERENCES: 

    1. While preparing for the wedding, Daphne’s niece Audrey looked up and called her the “saddest bride [she’d] ever seen.” (Frasier S8E1 And The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon: Part 1)

    2. [T]he Crane’s now have a winnebago. (Frasier S7E7 A Tsar Is Born)

    3. Frasier and Marty later claimed they had front row seats to “one of the most disastrous weddings in history.” (Frasier S8E1 And The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon: Part 1)

    4. Frasier was getting a special honor: the Stephen R. Schafer Lifetime Achievement Award (Frasier S8E9 Frasier’s Edge)

    5. Soon after,  Frederick came to visit and Frasier took him - against his will - camping.  (Frasier S8E10 Cranes Unplugged)

    6. Through a mutual friend - in fact, his High School crush Lana Lynley - he met the sophisticated Claire French. (Frasier S8E21 Semi-Decent Proposal)

    7. But after their first engagement of lovemaking, he had an intensely erotic dream about none other than Lana Lynley. (Frasier S8E24 Cranes Go Caribbean)

    8. To think things through, Frasier went off to the woods for some solitude. (Frasier S9E2 Don Juan in Hell Part 2)

    9. For the proposal, Niles went all out (Frasier S9E15 The Proposal)

    10. Let’s take a slight detour now to Boston, MA. (Frasier S9E21 Cheerful Goodbyes)

    11. But now a new market was added to his growing, very slowly growing, empire - Spokane. (Frasier S9E22 Frasier Has Spokane)

    12. And later that year he was nominated for an Excellence in Broadcasting Decency Award for an episode of his show where he spent the whole three hours talking to a pregnant teenager. (Frasier S10E4 Kissing Cousin)

    13. Niles surprised his family yet again by dashing off to Reno with Daphne. They eloped in a chapel called the Lucky Seven. (Frasier S10E1 The Ring Cycle)

    14. Daphne moved out of Frasiers’ apartment. (Frasier S10E2 Enemy At The Gate)

    15. I’m sorry to say, things were about to get frightening for the Cranes - and it all started with a toothache. (Frasier S10E7 Bristle While You Work)

    16. It was an arduous process for the whole family, but our boy got out okay. (Frasier S10E8 Rooms with a View)

    17. Niles’ recovery was difficult - the trauma of being so close to death made him sheepish, nervous and over-cautious. (Frasier S10E9 Don’t Go Breaking My Heart)

     

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    20 mins
  • Episode 11: Love and Rockets
    Sep 26 2023
    Written & Starring Stephen WinchellAudio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES: 1. His ratings hit an all time high (Frasier S3E22 Frasier Loves Roz)2. he finally won a Seabee Award (Frasier S3E14 The Show Where Diane Comes Back)3. and he received a plaque from the Mayor of Seattle. (Frasier S3E14 The Show Where Diane Comes Back)4. He was even featured in the April 1996 issue of Seattle Monthly.  (Frasier S6E1 Good Grief)5. young Frederick tested in the highest percentiles in cognitive skills and deductive reasoning (Frasier S3E9 Frasier Grinch)6. and even came to visit Seattle for his birthday in 1996 (Frasier S6E10 Good Samaritan)7. He dated and/or made physical sex with a few women: Maris’ sister Brie, (Frasier S4E5 Head Games8. Catherine, whose ex-boyfriend called into Frasier’s show and was encouraged to break up with her, (Frasier S1E7 Call Me Irresponsible)9. Madeline Marshall, a sportswear designer, (Frasier S2E8  Adventures in Paradise Part 1)10. Sam Malone’s fiance Sheila, (Frasier S2E16 The Show Where Sam Shows Up)11. famous pop psychiatrist Dr. Honey Snow, (Frasier S2E15 You Scratch My Book…)12. Kate Costas the new head of KACL, (Frasier S3E6 Sleeping with the Enemy)13. his agent Bebe Glazer, (Frasier S2E22 Agents in America Part III)14. and there was even a fling with his ex-wife, Lilith Sternin. (Frasier S1E16 The Show Where Lilith Comes Back)15. Lilith meanwhile got over her one-night stand with Frasier and found a new special man; Dr. Brian Patchett, a seismologist at M.I.T. (Frasier S2E8  Adventures in Paradise Part 1) After a whirlwind romance, he asked Lilith to marry him during a Bora-Bora vacation (Frasier S2E9 Adventures in Paradise Part 2)16. The two teamed up for a memorable Thanksgiving in the Macarena year, 1996, to help get their son into the Marbury Academy, the most exclusive private school in Boston. (Frasier S4E7 A Lilith Thanksgiving)17. Marty gave the [bolo] tie to Frasier that quiet evening, hoping that he too would pass it along to Frederick when the time was right (Frasier S4E8 Our Father, Whose Art Ain’t Heaven)18. He met Sherry Dempsey at a police hangout called McGinty’s where she was a bartender. (Frasier S4E9 Dad Loves Sherry, the Boys Just Whine)19. he was the happiest he had been ever since his darling Hester had passed away. (Frasier S4E20 Three Dates and a Breakup Part 2)20. But Frasier, ever the healer, put aside his distaste for Miss Dempsey and encouraged his father to take that next scary step. (Frasier S4E20 Three Dates and a Breakup Part 2)21. after being separated for over a year, he and Maris reconciled and began marriage counseling. (Frasier S4E22 Are You Being Served?)22. Frasier broadcast his 1,000th show. To commemorate, KACL threw a public rally at the foot of the Space Needle. (Frasier S5E5 The 1,000th Show)23. Frasier lives in a world where Daphne is - occasionally - a legitimate psychic. (Frasier S6E22 Visions of Daphne)24. When Marty realized he wanted to get married again - and Sherry didn’t -they ended their relationship (Frasier S5E11 Ain’t Nobody’s Business If I Do)25. Lilith too suffered a loss. Her husband Dr. Brian Patchett left her for their contractor, Stan Jablonsky. (Frasier S5E15 Room Service)26. And in a final indignity, Maris left Niles for Dr. Bernard Shenkman, their marriage counselor. (Frasier S5E13 The Maris Counselor)27. Marty’s brother Walter had married a fiery Greek woman, restauranter Zora Crane, and they had a son, Nikos. (Frasier S5E16 Beware of Greeks)28. [S]o Nikos called off the engagement to reconnect with his former lover, a fellow juggler named Crystal (Frasier S5E16 Beware of Greeks)29. Niles hired Donny “The Piranha” Douglass, an unkempt little man with a degree from the University of Las Vegas. (Frasier S6E15 To Tell The Truth)30. It didn’t take long for Donny and his team to uncover Maris’ family secret - her money did not come from timber at all, but from the manufacturing of urinal cakes. To keep this all hush-hush, Maris threw in the towel. (Frasier S6E15 To Tell The Truth)31. Donny began to date Daphne (Frasier S6E15 To Tell The Truth)32. He found love with plastic surgeon Dr. Melinda Karnofsky. (Frasier S7E8 The Late Dr. Crane)33. [D]ue to a series of comedic misunderstandings, he revealed a secret he had kept for seven years. He told Daphne that his brother was madly in love with her.  (Frasier S7E10 Back Talk)34. [W]hen Niles and Mel appeared on the society page, Daphne threw a load of the neighbors’ laundry into the traffic below, causing a four car pileup.  (Frasier S7E22 Dark Side of the Moon)35. With less than a week before her wedding at the lovely Wayside Inn, (Frasier S7E23 Something Borrowed Something Blue: Part 1)36. He found Daphne’s room, and the two sat awkwardly while enjoying a fine Orangina product. (Frasier S7E24 Something Borrowed Something Blue: Part 2) 
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    20 mins
  • Episode 10: The Prodigal Crane
    Sep 21 2023
    Written & Starring Stephen WinchellAudio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES: 1. The exclusive building was on the Counterbalance, one of Seattles’ steepest slopes. (Frasier S1E6 The Crucible)2. and on a clear day he could even see Mt. Rainier. (Frasier S8E4 The Great Crane Robbery)3. He decorated his new home with African art (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son), a Chihuly sculpture (Frasier S7E16 Something About Dr. Mary), a lamp by Corbu, a chair by Eames, another chair by Wassily, and the sofa was a reproduction of the one that Coco Chanel had in her palace atelier. (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)4. got a job at KACL, 780 AM,  a Seattle institution founded in 1947. (Frasier S3E24 You Can Go Home Again)5. On Friday May 21st, 1993 ‘The Frasier Crane Show’ debuted on KACL. (Frasier S3E24 You Can Go Home Again)6. Earlier that day Frasier found that his initial producer - a man named Dave - had suddenly quit. (Frasier S3E24 You Can Go Home Again)7. Later that day, Frasier visited his father. He met Marty’s dog for the first time - a feisty Jack Russell Terrier named Eddie. Marty, only interested in the game on TV, rattled off a catchphrase that had “it”: “I’m listening.” (Frasier S3E24 You Can Go Home Again)8. [H]e dropped commercials, left dead air, scrambled up the stations’ call letters, spilled yogurt on the control boards and worst of all had difficulty helping his callers. (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)9. Marty - still living alone - slipped and fell on his bathroom floor. (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)10. Frasier hosted several applicants for the home care worker position and made sure to look for candidates who were experienced and thorough. During this process, he met a young woman named Daphne Moon. She was spacey, immodest and a self-proclaimed psychic. Frasier wanted nothing to do with her; Marty hired her right away. (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)11. She played pool at the seedy bars of Manchester at age six (Frasier S1E15 You Can’t Tell a Crook By His Cover)12. and she wasn’t afraid to get into fights with the local boys. (Frasier S1E4 I Hate Frasier Crane)13. She became a decorated pool champion, (Frasier S1E15 You Can’t Tell a Crook By His Cover)14. bred show rats (Frasier S9E19 Deathtrap)15. and ended up a wild child, hitchhiking, drinking, shoplifting. (Frasier S11E11 High Holidays)16. When Frasier and Niles were her age they were studying Shakespeare and building model submarines. Daphne was taking lovers (Frasier S9E13 Mother Load: Part 2) (Frasier S7E23 Something Borrowed Something Blue: Part 1) (Frasier S9E13 Mother Load: Part 2) (Frasier S4E24 Odd Man Out)  and running off to London. (Frasier S2E14 Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me Twice...)17. In 1986, Daphne started working with people with disabilities. A few years later, In 1992, she packed her bags and moved to Seattle. (Frasier S3E11 The Friend)18. we later find out that he would spend over ​​$3,000 a year at Nervosa (Frasier S10E20 Farewell, Nervosa)19. He was nominated in 1994 for a Seabee Award in the category ‘Outstanding Achievement for Informational Programming in Radio,’ (Frasier S1E18 And The Whimper Is…)20. Father Mike Mancuso, host of “Religion on the Line”, (Frasier S2E6 The Botched Language of Cranes)21. Bonnie Weems, “The Auto-Lady,” (Frasier S1E10 Oops)22. Gil Chesteron of “Gil Chesterton's Restaurant Beat,”  (Frasier S1E16 The Show Where Lilith Comes Back)23. Amber Edwards of “Amber Edwards’ Book Chat,” (Frasier S2E1 Slow Tango in South Seattle)24. Leo Pascale, host of “The Happy Chef,” (Frasier S2E19 Someone to Watch Over Me)25. Nanette Stewart, host of “Pet Chat,” (Frasier S2E22 Agents in America Part III)26. Helen Grogan host of “Ma Nature’s Gardening Show,” (Frasier S4E5 Head Games)27. Gertie Olsen host of “Gertie’s Grab Bag,” (Frasier S4E17 Roz’s Turn)28. Miss Judy, host of the “Arts and Crafts Hour,” (Frasier S5E8 Desperately Seeking Closure)29. Clint Webber, host of “Health Watch,” (Frasier S5E17 Perfect Guy)30. Aunt Penny, host of “The Story Lady,” (Frasier S5E12 The Zoo Story)31. Bert, host of “Bert the Backyard Gardner,” (Frasier S5E17 Perfect Guy)32. Tooty Feingold, host of “Tooty the Story Lady,” (Frasier S5E24 Sweet Dreams)33. Ray Schmidt, host of “The Green Grocer,” (Frasier S5E24 Sweet Dreams)34. Dan and Jenna, hosts of “Let’s Go Camping with Dan and Jenna,” (Frasier S7E16 Something About Dr. Mary)35. and who can forget Dave, host of “Chopper Dave’s Rush-Hour Roundup.” (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)36. While Frasier was settling in, Marty was able to crack the Weeping Lotus case (Frasier S2E13 Retirement Is Murder)37. While ice fishing with his sons, he worked up the courage to tell them something he had wanted to say their whole lives: that he loved them. (Frasier S2E20 Breaking The Ice)38. [Maris] wanted a divorce. (Frasier...
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    18 mins
  • Episode 9: Goodnight Boston
    Sep 19 2023

    Written by Stephen Winchell
    Guest Starring Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend as Aubrey Taylor
    Audio Production & Recording by Adam Goron
    Directed by Lara Unnerstall
    Music by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen Winchell

    REFERENCES:

    1. He accepted the fling and made a desperate promise to forgive and forget. But Lilith was not interested in reconciliation. She realized that this was more than an affair. She was in love with Dr. Pascal.  (Cheers S11E6 Teaching with the Enemy)

    2. Niles was there for his brother during this difficult time. He told Frasier that he should talk to Lilith and find out why she did what she did. (Frasier S2E21 An Affair to Forget)

    3. This was the only time Frasier visited with Niles between 1991 and 1993 (Since Frasier saw Niles only once in two years in Frasier S3E24 You Can Go Home Again)

    4. Of course, all of this happened right before Frasiers’ high school reunion. (Frasier S6E2 Frasier’s Curse)

    5. He spent Thanksgiving with his son at Cheers, surrounded by friendly faces. (Cheers S11E8 Ill Gotten Gaines)

    6. After two hours on the ledge, Lilith arrived to console her distraught husband. She was able to talk him down (Cheers S11E7 The Girl in the Plastic Bubble)

    7. Frasier would later reveal that it was thoughts of Frederick that prevented him from taking that fatal plunge (Frasier S1E2 Space Quest)

    8. Frasier later received divorce papers, and he knew their love story was finally over. His friend Rebecca Howe - once the object of his affections - threw him a Divorce Party. It was a kind gesture, and when the other guests left Rebecca and Frasier - very surprisingly - ended up kissing…and more? (Cheers S11E16 Is There a Doctor in the Howe?)

    9. [A]n unexpected guest arrived. It was Lilith. (Cheers S11E16 Is There a Doctor in the Howe?)

    10. As they tried to figure out how to move forward at Cheers, Dr. Pascal arrived, gun in hand. (Cheers S11E17, The Bar Manager, The Shrink, His Wife and Her Lover)

    11. Frasier began to realize that he too was unhappy. His practice was stagnant. And he realized: he also didn’t want to be married anymore. (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)

    12. He jumped into his black BMW (Frasier S1E7 Call Me Irresponsible)

     

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    13 mins
  • Episode 8: Who Shot Marty Crane?
    Sep 14 2023

    Written & Starring Stephen Winchell
    Audio Production & Recording by Adam Goron
    Directed by Lara Unnerstall
    Music by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen Winchell

    REFERENCES: 

    1. In 1990 Lilith Sternin became a bestselling author. The manuscript she was working on before she met Frasier was finally complete. She called it “Good Girls, Bad Boys,” (Cheers S8E18 Severe Crane Damage)

    2. Much like his father - who in 1974 went through a midlife crisis, he dyed his hair black and bought a motorcycle (Frasier S1E20 Fortysomething)

    3. He met a number of famous and notable personalities including Alex Trebek ((Cheers S8E14 ‘What is Cliff Clavin’), Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers (Cheers S8E16 Finally: Part 2) and Celtics’ great Kevin McHale. (Cheers S9E2 Cheers Fouls Out)

    4. [P]er the results of a test, Frederick Crane only had an average intelligence. (Cheers S9E7 Breaking In is Hard To Do)

    5. It didn’t help when Frederick’s first word was “Norm!” (Cheers S9E7 Breaking In is Hard To Do)

    6. All the way back in Seattle, a Jack Russell terrier gave birth to a litter of puppies. One of those little creatures would later be adopted by Marty and named Eddie (Frasier S3E24 You Can Go Home Again) (NOTE: This makes Eddie around 2 years old in S1 of Frasier))

    7. On this November day in particular, he had lunch with his partner Frank and somehow ended up with a goldfish. He named it Eddie. Frank, Marty and fish Eddie ended up driving around Seattle while Marty unloaded his familial woes on his partner. Frasier was once again staying in Boston for Thanksgiving. This bothered Marty more than he let on, but Frank knew. They stopped at a convenience store like they had many times before. Marty didn’t get anything, but Frank picked up a slushie.  Before they left, Frank decided to go back inside: the frozen concoction wasn’t to his liking.  (Frasier S9E4 The Return of Martin Crane) This decision brought him face to face with a man named Hicks who was holding up the store with a .38 special. (Frasier S8E23 A Day in May) Frank got lucky: Marty Crane intervened. He stopped the robbery and saved Frank, but for this good deed, Marty took a bullet to the hip. (Frasier S8E15 Hooping Cranes) As he lay bleeding out on the ground, the ever stoic Marty didn’t shed a tear. (Frasier S4E8 Our Father, Whose Art Ain’t Heaven)  

    8. Marty was taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Frasier left Boston right away to tend to his ailing father. (Frasier S2E6 The Botched Language of Cranes)  

    9. Marty was brusque with his son, almost cruel, this moment of vulnerability showing a mean streak in the patriarch. (Frasier S9E4 The Return of Martin Crane)

    10. He was terrified. He never wanted to take a risk, he never left the house, he’d duck for cover every time a car backfired. (Frasier S10E9 Don’t Go Breaking My Heart)

    11. Frasier always had problems talking about death. He thought that if you talked about it, it would happen. (Cheers S10E11, I’m OK, You’re Defective)

    12. After his father was shot, Frasier finally drew up a will (Cheers S10E11, I’m OK, You’re Defective)

    13. Lilith and Frasier took Frederick to see popular children's entertainer Nanny G on his birthday.  (Cheers S10E16 One Hugs, the Other Doesn’t)

    14. In April of ‘92 Lilith began working on a study with renowned scientist Dr. Louis Pascal. He was developing a subterranean dwelling called an Eco-Pod and Lilith was assisting him. (Cheers S11E7 The Girl in the Plastic Bubble)

    15. “The Crane Train to Mental Well-Being” lecture tour and video cassette. (Wings S3E16 Planes, Trains, and Visiting Cranes)

    16. She allowed a latent attraction to her new colleague surface, and the two had a steamy one-time fling. (Cheers S11E6 Teaching with the Enemy)

     

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    16 mins
  • Episode 7: Two Weddings and a Funeral
    Sep 12 2023

    Written & Starring Stephen Winchell
    Guest Starring Adam Goron as "Quinn"
    Audio Production & Recording by Adam Goron
    Directed by Lara Unnerstall
    Music by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen Winchell

    REFERENCES: 

    1. He attended a hockey game - already a red flag- and the good doctor instigated a fight with a man in the crowd.(Cheers S5E16 Never Love A Goalie P1)

    2. Whatever the case, Lilith Sternin moved into Frasiers’ home in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston in the spring of 1987. (Cheers S5E20 Dinner at Eight-Ish)

    3. His former paramore Diane Chambers was set to wed Sam Malone. But she left him at the altar as well - opting to postpone their nuptials while she worked on a manuscript. (Cheers S5E26 I Do, Adieu)

    4. He sold Cheers to the Lillian Corporation, a huge conglomerate that immediately began to smooth out many of the bars' more colorful edges. (Cheers S6E1 Home Is the Sailor)

    5. It was here that Frasier met Rebecca - and was quite taken with her. (Cheers S6E1 Home Is the Sailor)

    6. The two had been fighting - she demanded that they get engaged or she would leave. (Cheers S6E5 The Crane Mutiny)  

    7. Frasier wrote Lilith a Dear John letter so he could pursue the sultry goddess of sex Rebecca (Cheers S6E5 The Crane Mutiny) 

    8. Hester Crane, beloved mother and wife, respected psychiatrist, the monumental figure in Frasiers’ life, passed away in November 1987. (Frasier S9E6 Room Full of Heroes)

    9. The two were married in a traditional Jewish ceremony in February that year. (Cheers S10E20 Smotherly Love)  

    10. Frasier overanalyzed every detail in the bedroom, robbing the two of them of the joy of their new union. (Frasier S4E7 A Lilith Thanksgiving)

    11. At the altar Maris was beginning to think Niles had cold feet - he was faint, shaky, sweating. But Niles was all-in with Maris, this was simply a congenital heart murmur that would plague him for the rest of his life expressing itself for the first time. (Frasier S2E16 The Show Where Sam Shows Up)  

    12. Before the two were pronounced man and wife, a feud that would last six years was born. (Frasier S1E16 The Show Where Lilith Comes Back)

    13. Maris and Niles honeymooned in Europe (Frasier S1E17 A Midwinter’s Night Dream)

    14. Frasier and Lilith vacationed in Bora Bora  (Frasier S2E9 Adventures in Paradise Part 2)

    15. The entire family spent Thanksgiving in Seattle with Marty, almost a year after his wifes’ passing. (Frasier S10E6 Star Mitzvah)

    16. Frasier learned some life-changing news: Lilith was pregnant.  (Cheers S7E14 I Kid You Not)  

    17. One night Frasier and Lilith got drunk and decided to have a little body fun. Moments prior to their childs’ conception, Frasier told Lilith “Who cares about the next 20 years, let’s get nasty.” (Cheers S9E7 Breaking In is Hard To Do)  

    18. She started to go through mood swings, she began craving strange food like balls of butter, fistfuls of flour, a deep dish 4 cheese pizza with prosciutto and anchovies. (Season 8E3 A Bar is Born)

    19. Her belly button went from a beautiful, sexually attractive  innie to a grotesque and horrific outie. (Cheers S7E20 Call Me Irresponsible)

    20. As a respected scientist, she continued to work and was even invited to lecture in New York City. (Cheers S7E20 Call Me Irresponsible)

    21. Frasier kept busy as well and rubbed elbows with some impressive people. He met Admiral William J. Crowe Jr, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Cheers S7E17 Hot Rocks). He met millionaire executive Robin Colcord (Season 8E3 A Bar is Born) and trust fund heiress Kelly Gaines (Cheers S7E19 The Gift of the Woodi). He even met a charming young lady in Lamaze class and shamelessly flirted with her in front of Lilith. (Cheers S8E4 How to Marry a Mailman)

    22. [Frederick] was born in the back of a taxi cab. When Frasier arrived at the hospital to be at his wife’s side during labor, he was shocked to see that this little bundle of joy had already arrived. ( Cheers S8E6, The Stork Brings a Crane)

    23. He later recalled what it was like when he held Frederick in his arms for the first time, saying it was “as if everything else in the universe simply melted away.”  (Frasier S2E4 Flour Child)

    24. With Frederick, he quickly found out that you don’t just love your children, you fall in love with them. (Frasier S5E4 The Kid)

     

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