Frasier

Season 5

Frasier's Imaginary Friend

1. The episode focuses solely on Hitchcock movies in all four intertitles: Strangers on a Train (intertitle: Strangers on a Plane)Shadow of a DoubtThe Lady VanishesPsycho

The Gift Horse

1. The title is from the common proverb: Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.

Halloween

1. The woman Frasier hits on at the party (Eve) is played by Kelsey Grammer's real-life wife (now, ex-wife) Camille Grammer.
2. This episode marks the first appearance of the Dale Chihuly vase in Frasier's apartment.
3. In Frasier: Halloween (1997), the library benefit is a Halloween costume party held at Niles' house. The character "Eve" that Frasier is interested in, was played by his then wife Camille Grammer.
4. Both the episode where we find out Roz is pregnant and the episode where she goes into labor happen during parties at Niles' apartment. Also at both of these parties, something happens to a rug in his apartment. In the first one, Gil drops a crab puff, and in the second, Roz's water breaks on the rug.

The Kid

1. Todd Babcock, who plays just-turned-20 Rick, was actually 28 when this episode was filmed.

The 1000th Show

1. "The 1000th Show" was filmed on location in Seattle, Washington on the real Frasier Crane day, September 11, 1997. Seattle locations were featured prominently in the show - the Space Needle, the Monorail and the Monorail Station and Pike Place Market where Niles is almost hit with a fish when Frasier and he walk into the middle of the famous fish throwing tradition.
2. In the middle of this episode, when Frasier and Niles are leaving the shoe store, the sign for the store is labeled "Lloyd & Keenan Company", which is a reference to executive producer Christopher Lloyd and co-executive producer Joe Keenan.
3. Per the title, Frasier Crane's 1000th radio broadcast is also the 100th episode of the series Frasier.
4. In a sad irony, portions of the shooting of this episode, took place on Sept. 11, 1997 (as noted in the closing credits). Four years on producer David Angell and his wife would be killed in the 9/11/01 attacks.
5. The letter in the psychology magazine mentions Niles as having done groundbreaking work on trichotillomania. Trichotilliomania is an impulse-control disorder that causes sufferers to pull out their own hair.

Voyage of the Damned

1. Even though this episode aired after Roz finds out she is pregnant, she is seen drinking alcohol on the cruise.

My Fair Frasier

1. Per the title, the original Broadway production of "My Fair Lady" opened at the Mark Hellinger Theater in New York on March 15, 1956, and ran for 2717 performances, which was, at the time, the longest run a Broadway show had ever had. The original production is still the eighteenth-longest-running production in Broadway history. Rex Harrison and Stanley Holloway recreated their roles in the movie. Harrison won the 1957 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical and Holloway was nominated for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. The show won the 1957 Tony Award (New York City) for the Best Musical.

Desperately Seeking Closure

1. Martin mistakenly states May 7th as Frasier's birthday. May 7th is the birth date of co-star Peripety Gilpin's twins.

Perspectives on Christmas

Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name

1. The title is based on a line from the theme song for the TV series Cheers (1982) that the character Frasier Crane started on.
2. Daphne cheats when playing darts with Frasier; her foot is over the line when she throws.
3. While playing darts in the pub, Daphne mentions that they are "all tied up," however, according to the a score board, Daphne is in the lead.
4. Mark Ryan would later earlier appear with Kelsey Grammer in Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014).
5. Last physical appearance of the character Duke, although he would be mentioned regularly throughout the rest of the series.

Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do

The Zoo Story

The Maris Counselor

The Ski Lodge

1. Highest rated episode of all seasons
2. Harkens back to the French bedroom farces of Georges Feydeau, the 19th century playwright, whose popular plays featured misunderstandings, slamming doors, and most of all, the pursuit of love.

Room Service

1. It won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Editing for a Series.

Beware of Greeks

1. The title is from the saying "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts". In "The Aeneid", the epic poem by Virgil, the Greeks have sailed out of sight of Troy and left the wooden "Trojan horse" outside the gates. The Trojans are unaware that soldiers concealed inside it, and they discuss what to do with it. Laocoon, a priest, warns the Trojans, saying in the poem "timeo Danaos et dona ferentes", which correctly translated means "I fear the Greeks, even bearing gifts." The saying is a slight modification of this.
2. Although her character plays Frasier's aunt, Patti LuPone is less than six years older than Kelsey Grammer.

The Perfect Guy

1. When Niles asks about "Swiss prosciutto," the shopkeeper reiterates with the correct name "Buendnerfleisch." The Italian term "prosciutto" was probably chosen by the writers for the benefit of the American audience in order to give viewers a point of reference - prosciutto is widely available in the States and the process of making it is relatively well-known. There are a few other notable differences between prosciutto and Buendernfleisch, some of which are: 1) prosciutto is made from pork, Buendnerfleisch from beef; 2) Buendnerfleisch undergoes several weeks of maceration before being air-dried, prosciutto is salted, pressed, and then air-dried; 3) although travelers are prohibited from bringing either type of meat into the US, prosciutto is commonly imported into the US, Buendnerfleisch rarely is. This helps to explain Niles's excitement at the prospect of buying it in the shop.

Bad Dog

Frasier Gotta Have It

1. It is learned that Frasier's program on KACL airs from 2 to 5 p.m.

First Date

Roz and the Schnoz

1. Kevin Kilner and Jordan Baker, who play the Garretts, are married in real life.
2. Per the title, the Schnoz was a nickname linked to comedian Jimmy Durante.

The Life of the Party

Party, Party

Sweet Dreams

1. This is the only episode in which Kelsey Grammer does not sing the theme in the closing credits. It is sung in Spanish by Kenny O'Brien.
2. No "Thanks for Calling" during the end credits, even if it is a season finale.
3. First appearance of Kenny Daly the new station manager of KACL, who would keep his job until the end of the series, despite ownership of the station changing hands several more times.
4. The title is from the song "Sweet Dreams" written by Don Gibson, and made famous after being recorded by Patsy Cline.