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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
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Well, well, look who's here.
It's KACL's Frasier Crane.
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And Rosemary's Bebe.
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So, quite a little shakeup
going on down at the station.
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I hear the new owner wants to
renegotiate everyone's contract.
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And, before you drop another flimsy
hint, know that my feelings for you
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-haven't changed.
-Fine.
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Actually, I'm here to meet
one of my newer clients,
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-a rising star of the Seattle airwaves.
-Oh, really?
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What pathetic dupe have
you lured into your web now?
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Roz.
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Oh, dear God.
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You just get off your feet, little mother.
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I'll fetch you a nice nourishing muffin.
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You signed with Bebe?
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Okay, I know, I should have told you.
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I just wasn't in the mood
for one of your lectures.
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I'm not gonna give you a lecture.
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You're entitled to choose
whoever you wish to represent you.
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Someone who's honest, or a woman
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whose ethics would've raised
eyebrows in the court of Caligula.
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Look, she's got me three voice-over jobs.
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Now she may be a little shifty, but
she helps me put food on the table.
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-One muffin.
-See?
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So, Roz, I had a brainstorm last night
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about how to turn
this little bundle of joy
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into a big bundle of cash.
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I'm gonna use my baby to make money?
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Yes, it's high time the slacker
started pulling his weight..
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You know Dr. Clint Webber's medical show?
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Well, I see a daily segment called
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"A Pregnant Pause: Roz
Doyle's Term of Endearment."
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All of Seattle will share in the
miracle happening inside you,
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your joys, hopes, morning
sickness, sonograms, even the birth.
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I'll give birth on the air?
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It's radio. Just make the noises.
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Hell, I'll make them myself.
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-Need anything else here?
-Just a shower, thank you.
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You know, Mr. Integrity,
word on the street
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is you still haven't hired anyone
to negotiate this big deal for you.
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Could it be because in your heart,
you know you want to come back to me?
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Yes, because I'm determined
to make the right choice.
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You need somebody good.
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That's exactly what I intend
to find, someone good.
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I'm gonna prove to you
it's possible to find an agent
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who can drive a hard
bargain and yet maintain
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the highest ethical standards.
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Happy hunting.
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If things don't work out,
you know my number.
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Still 666, is it?
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-Oh, hey, Niles.
-Hello, Dad.
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We had a little mix-up last night
with our bags at the video store.
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Believe me, I noticed.
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Yes, there you go.
At first I was dismayed.
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I popped in the tape,
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and there was Charles Bronson
blowing away street trash.
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But I actually got into it.
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-It was quite suspenseful.
-Hmm.
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Well, that's the way Duke and I
felt about My Dinner With Andre.
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Talk about suspense.
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"Will they order dessert?"
"Will they leave a good tip?"
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-Oh, hello, Niles.
-NILES: Oh, uh…
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Frasier, I'm sorry to
trouble you about this,
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but, uh, could you recommend
another couples therapist?
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Good Lord, not again.
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What happened to Dr. Prescott?
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Please, Maris had me
can Dr. Prescott weeks ago.
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-Now she wants me to fire Dr. Wilfong.
-What's her problem with him?
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She says his criticism
of her is too harsh.
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Well, some therapists can
be rather blunt and hard-hitting.
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-What did he say?
-He asked her to refrain
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from catalog shopping during our sessions.
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You know, Niles,
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if you fire every therapist
that finds fault with her,
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-you're never going to make any progress.
-You're right, of course.
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I'll just tell her we're not
gonna change therapists.
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-That's that.
-FRASIER: Good.
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You know, sometimes there's nothing more
rewarding than sticking to a principle.
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Case in point, you know,
my contract's coming up,
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and, well, Bebe Glazer's been
angling to negotiate my new one.
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Anyway, I could have done the easy
thing, said yes, taken the money and run.
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But, instead, I said no and
I found myself a new agent,
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one who's every bit as
smart and also ethical.
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-[DOORBELL RINGS]
-That's him now.
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I don't know what kind
of bull that guy sold you,
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but there's no such
thing as an ethical agent.
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One's just as slimy as the other.
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-Hello, Ben.
-Hi. Sorry I'm late.
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I was making my last
Meals on Wheels delivery,
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and I swerved to avoid a pigeon.
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Then splat went the food all over
the stuffed bears for the toy drive.
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I had to run home, throw
the bears in the wash
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and cook some more borscht for Mrs. Popov.
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Well, I'm glad you made it.
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Anyway, this is my
brother, Dr. Niles Crane.
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-Hi. It's a pleasure to meet you.
-I'm sorry I'm running out.
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You're certainly a refreshing
change from Frasier's last agent.
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I think she would have
swerved to hit the pigeon.
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No, she would've
swerved to hit Mrs. Popov.
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-Ben, I'd like you to meet my dad, Martin.
-Hi.
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And this is his home
healthcare worker, Daphne.
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-Daphne, this is Ben, my new agent.
-Oh, very nice to meet you.
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-And you.
-Yeah, it sounds like
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-you're a pretty busy volunteer.
-Yes, indeed!
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You know, Ben just won this
year's Seattle Samaritan Award.
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-Enough about me. Let's talk about you.
-Oh.
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-May I?
-Please.
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I, uh, was thinking that
before we start this negotiation,
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it wouldn't hurt to
raise your public profile.
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-I like the sound of that.
-Okay, here's my plan.
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For a year now I've done pro
bono work for the Mercer Island Zoo.
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You know, spreading the
word, raising awareness.
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-There's a zoo on Mercer Island?
-You betcha.
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This will be great PR for both of you.
They just bought a rare crane.
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-FRASIER: Uh-huh.
-I convinced them to name it after you.
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You know, Frasier Crane.
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So there'll be a ceremony with
full newspaper and TV coverage.
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And I think it's brilliant.
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I'm bolstering my bargaining position
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and also helping out a plucky little zoo.
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I love this man.
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I think it would be fun to
have a crane named after me.
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I just love those big pouchy
mouths they scoop up the fish in.
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I think those are pelicans.
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Oh, right.
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Cranes are the ones who
always sound like they're laughing.
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-No, wait, I'm thinking of loons.
-[MARTIN CHUCKLES]
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That's a coincidence.
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Oh, shoot, I got borscht on my sleeve.
Do you have any club soda?
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-MARTIN: Daph?
-Right through here.
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-Help yourself.
-Thank you.
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Frasier, you said it was a big deal.
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Are you sure you want to
send in that Mouseketeer?
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Why does everybody assume
that in order to be an agent
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you have to be some sort
of unscrupulous huckster?
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It is possible for a good and decent man
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to be every bit as intimidating
as the toughest shark out there.
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Well, time to skedaddle.
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I have to pick up a friend.
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The poor guy just went bankrupt,
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so I'm letting him bunk in
our rumpus room for a while.
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That's awfully generous of you.
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Well, he's not just a friend.
He's a client.
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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Uh, and the press and the board members
will join us in here for a little buffet.
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So I finish my speech, and then
I give Mr. Twembly here the cue,
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and he, he brings out
this marvelous creature.
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Just give me the signal.
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Oh, this is great.
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Look at this, turkey, chicken wings.
Hey, gotta make you a little nervous, huh?
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Look, it's Toffee Macintosh from the news.
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-I just love her.
-Oh, yes, really?
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Frasier.
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Toffee, thank you for covering us.
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Oh, you know my motto:
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"If it happens in
Seattle, it's news to me."
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[ALL LAUGH]
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Listen, I'd like you to meet
one of your biggest fans,
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-Daphne Moon.
-Hello.
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I just love the way you get all somber
when you describe a flood or a murder.
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Then you cheer right up
the minute you're done.
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It makes me think, "Well, if
she can get over it, so can I."
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That's what I'm here for.
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-Ready to greet your public?
-Well, yes. Yeah, come on, Dad.
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Wait, I'll be there in a sec.
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Well, you see what maternal
instincts this woman has.
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Even little Bobo here can sense it.
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Well, I can see I'm not the only
one getting some publicity today.
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Frasier, they want to start pretty soon.
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Ben, I'd like you to meet some people.
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This is Bebe and Roz.
This is, Ben, my new agent.
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-Hi.
-ROZ: Hi, Ben.
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-Hey, talk about your small world.
-Hmm?
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Turns out Mr. Twembly
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and I both sang tenor for the same
choir back home in Salt Lake City.
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Nice meeting you, ladies.
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Well, when there's a dirty job to be
done, you can't go wrong with a Mormon.
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Scoff all you like.
The man is a genius of PR.
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[SCOFFS]
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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
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On behalf of the Mercer Island Zoo,
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I would like to welcome
our very special guest,
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Dr. Frasier Crane.
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FRASIER: Thank you, Mr. Twembly.
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I suppose it's only appropriate
that the zoo has called upon me
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to introduce you all
to its newest resident.
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You see, he happens
to be a relative of mine.
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Hey, what are you lookin' at?
This is human food.
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You don't see me lookin'
at your bird food, do ya?
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[GRUNTS]
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What do you think you're doin', huh?
That's not very nice.
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Oh, wait, wait, no, no, no.
Wait! Where you goin'?
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We're both tall and
have distinctive profiles.
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We've both been known to winter in Mexico.
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And let's not forget our voices.
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Is there anything as stirring
as the crane's majestic cry?
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MARTIN: [SCREAMS]
Get this damn thing off me!
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FRASIER: Dad, are you all right?
What's happening?
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Oh, good Lord.
Oh, my goodness, what is going on?
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I'm sorry.
Nothing, nothing to be alarmed about.
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Just a little family squabble.
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[LAUGHS WEAKLY]
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In a shocking and gruesome
incident this afternoon,
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the Mercer Island Zoo seemed
more like the Island of Dr. Moreau,
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as a disabled senior citizen
was savagely attacked
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by Frasier Crane, Bird of Prey.
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I can't watch any more of this.
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Well, that makes us even.
I can't hear any of it.
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Oh, you weren't hurt that badly.
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You wouldn't know
that to listen to Toffee.
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She makes it sound like a disaster.
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I know.
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But did you see the way
she could smile right after?
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Lord, this entire affair has
turned into a PR. nightmare.
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Well, it's your own fault for
hiring Howdy Doody as your agent.
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[DOORBELL RINGS]
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Dad, I'm sorry.
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Ben had no idea that bird
was going to attack you.
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Besides, there's a school of thought that
there is no such thing as bad publicity.
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[SNICKERING]
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Frasier, I was just hearing
about you on the car radio.
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The DJ was offering a cash
prize for the best Frasier Crane joke.
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What was the front-runner? Yes.
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How can you tell Frasier
the Crane's a psychiatrist?
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I can't wait to hear.
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He ignores what you say,
then sticks you with a large bill.
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You must forgive my jolly mood,
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but Maris was over tonight
for our weekly conjugal visit.
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Oh, geez.
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I've never seen her look so seductive.
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She wore a clingy gown,
crimson lipstick, even earrings,
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which she tends to avoid
as they make her head droop.
233
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She pulled me down upon the bed
and began playing my spine like a zither.
234
00:11:00,283 --> 00:11:01,993
And then just as things were heating up,
235
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she renewed her request
that I dismiss Dr. Wilfong.
236
00:11:05,122 --> 00:11:07,916
So tremulous with desire
was I that I almost relented,
237
00:11:08,834 --> 00:11:10,934
but then I remembered
your advice, Frasier,
238
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and I said I wouldn't
fire the good doctor,
239
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at which point Maris told me
240
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I wouldn't be firing anything
else in the foreseeable future.
241
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And she left!
242
00:11:21,390 --> 00:11:23,809
Niles, withholding sex can
be just as difficult on Maris.
243
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-She may crumble first.
-Are you serious?
244
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One hour of passion can
sustain her for months.
245
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She stores it up like some sexual camel.
246
00:11:34,906 --> 00:11:38,033
All right, Niles, you know
that my advice was solid.
247
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I hope you're right.
248
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[PHONE RINGS]
249
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I'll get it.
250
00:11:43,332 --> 00:11:45,709
Hello. Oh, hello, Roz. It's Roz.
251
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Thank you.
252
00:11:47,754 --> 00:11:49,672
Roz, hello. Yes, what is it?
253
00:11:49,756 --> 00:11:51,048
That's a striking arrangement.
254
00:11:51,132 --> 00:11:51,966
It's from Bebe.
255
00:11:52,050 --> 00:11:54,800
After what happened today,
she's trying to woo him back.
256
00:11:55,596 --> 00:11:58,682
Birds of paradise.
I suppose that's her idea of floral irony.
257
00:12:00,810 --> 00:12:04,397
Yes, well, uh, thanks
for the warning, Roz.
258
00:12:04,481 --> 00:12:05,357
Bye, bye.
259
00:12:05,857 --> 00:12:06,858
What's that about?
260
00:12:08,151 --> 00:12:09,736
It turns out that the station manager
261
00:12:09,820 --> 00:12:12,020
won't be renegotiating
the contracts himself.
262
00:12:12,573 --> 00:12:17,161
Apparently he's brought in one of these
hired guns stations use to reduce costs.
263
00:12:17,912 --> 00:12:19,956
Some fellow nicknamed "The Hammer."
264
00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:22,125
They call him "The
Hammer" because he's tough?
265
00:12:22,209 --> 00:12:25,170
No, Niles, because he loves
the lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein.
266
00:12:27,966 --> 00:12:30,009
Frasier, if I were you, I'd call Bebe.
267
00:12:30,093 --> 00:12:33,347
Now I'm no fan of hers either,
but this is a pretty big negotiation.
268
00:12:33,431 --> 00:12:36,031
-[DOORBELL RINGS]
-No, Dad, I am sticking with Ben.
269
00:12:36,517 --> 00:12:39,895
Oh, sure, maybe Bebe could use her
dark arts to get me a dollar or two more,
270
00:12:39,979 --> 00:12:42,529
but, you know, my integrity
is worth more than that.
271
00:12:42,899 --> 00:12:45,526
-Hello, Ben. Well, I'm fine.
-Hey, big guy. How are you doin'?
272
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BEN: Good.
273
00:12:46,778 --> 00:12:47,612
[DOOR CLOSES]
274
00:12:47,696 --> 00:12:49,823
Boy, people sure are
being mean about this.
275
00:12:49,907 --> 00:12:52,242
I was just listening to
the radio on the way over.
276
00:12:52,326 --> 00:12:54,078
Ouch. Yeah, but I always say,
277
00:12:54,162 --> 00:12:56,289
"If life hands you a
lemon, make lemonade."
278
00:12:56,373 --> 00:12:59,084
That's the spirit. So you've got
some sort of damage control plan?
279
00:12:59,168 --> 00:13:01,252
You betcha.
I got a way to turn this mess around
280
00:13:01,336 --> 00:13:03,129
and show that station
manager what you're made of.
281
00:13:03,213 --> 00:13:04,673
But you won't be dealing with him.
282
00:13:04,757 --> 00:13:07,385
You'll be dealing with this,
freelancer they call "The Hammer."
283
00:13:07,469 --> 00:13:08,470
Hoo-boy.
284
00:13:10,388 --> 00:13:12,516
-You've gone up against him?
-Oh, yes.
285
00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:14,684
And I had to take a
pretty firm line with him.
286
00:13:14,768 --> 00:13:16,353
Well, I'm glad to hear that.
287
00:13:16,437 --> 00:13:18,271
I said, "You clean up your language, pal.
288
00:13:18,355 --> 00:13:21,109
I walked out of that Mamet
play, I can walk out on you."
289
00:13:25,655 --> 00:13:27,366
So, uh, about your plan.
290
00:13:27,450 --> 00:13:28,659
Yeah, right. Um…
291
00:13:29,243 --> 00:13:32,454
I think there's a way to show people
you're laughing right along with them.
292
00:13:32,538 --> 00:13:34,373
You know, you do a photo op where you,
293
00:13:34,457 --> 00:13:37,419
Seattle's best-loved psychiatrist,
give the crane therapy.
294
00:13:37,503 --> 00:13:40,296
You know, you sit in a
chair with a pad on your lap,
295
00:13:40,380 --> 00:13:45,386
and the crane, properly
sedated, of course, sits on this.
296
00:13:51,644 --> 00:13:53,770
Where on earth did you
find a couch that size?
297
00:13:53,854 --> 00:13:56,648
Oh, I built it myself.
I have a little workshop in my attic
298
00:13:56,732 --> 00:13:58,882
where I make toys for
the neighborhood kids.
299
00:14:00,403 --> 00:14:03,031
Look at you. Agent, Samaritan…
300
00:14:03,698 --> 00:14:04,574
Elf.
301
00:14:05,826 --> 00:14:07,703
Dad, I like this idea.
302
00:14:07,787 --> 00:14:10,164
It's droll and self-mocking.
303
00:14:10,248 --> 00:14:13,251
It's the perfect way to turn a PR
embarrassment into a triumph.
304
00:14:13,335 --> 00:14:15,253
Great. I'll, uh, set up the photo op.
305
00:14:15,337 --> 00:14:17,547
And don't you be nervous
about the Hammer, all right?
306
00:14:17,631 --> 00:14:20,300
-I can be a pretty tough customer.
-I'm sure that you can.
307
00:14:20,384 --> 00:14:22,428
I know you're going in
there and give him hell.
308
00:14:22,512 --> 00:14:26,015
Boy, I love show folk, but I'll
never get used to the cursing.
309
00:14:33,774 --> 00:14:35,777
[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
310
00:14:44,036 --> 00:14:45,079
Latte, please.
311
00:14:45,705 --> 00:14:48,457
Hey, didn't I see your
picture in the paper today?
312
00:14:48,541 --> 00:14:51,712
There was a big bird chasing
you around a little couch.
313
00:14:57,009 --> 00:14:58,176
Latte, please.
314
00:15:02,181 --> 00:15:03,641
Well, I think you have a real case
315
00:15:03,725 --> 00:15:05,825
against the maker of
those crane sedatives.
316
00:15:09,773 --> 00:15:13,360
I just wish they'd named the
damned bird after somebody else.
317
00:15:14,195 --> 00:15:15,697
Gregory Peck, perhaps.
318
00:15:19,409 --> 00:15:20,785
Thank you for the sympathy.
319
00:15:20,869 --> 00:15:23,747
You're not the only one who's
going through a rough patch.
320
00:15:23,831 --> 00:15:25,874
Maris has strained my
libido to the breaking point.
321
00:15:25,958 --> 00:15:27,834
Niles, you can't give in.
322
00:15:27,918 --> 00:15:29,169
I am getting desperate.
323
00:15:29,253 --> 00:15:31,923
This morning I found myself
flirting with my manicurist.
324
00:15:32,007 --> 00:15:35,257
-The one with the thing on her face?
-I told you, I'm desperate.
325
00:15:37,180 --> 00:15:38,765
What can be keeping Ben?
326
00:15:39,390 --> 00:15:41,351
After all this, you're still using Ben?
327
00:15:41,976 --> 00:15:45,313
-Shouldn't you just go back to Bebe?
-I see what you're doing.
328
00:15:45,397 --> 00:15:48,525
If I bail out, it gives you an
excuse to go crawling back to Maris.
329
00:15:48,609 --> 00:15:49,985
Well, I'm not going to do it.
330
00:15:50,069 --> 00:15:52,947
Ben may have made some
mistakes, but he is a good man.
331
00:15:53,031 --> 00:15:55,450
He's going to make me a good deal. Gil!
332
00:15:56,284 --> 00:15:57,660
How did it go with the Hammer?
333
00:15:57,744 --> 00:16:01,039
You've never seen such cold, dead eyes.
334
00:16:01,123 --> 00:16:03,459
It was like bargaining with Nosferatu.
335
00:16:05,503 --> 00:16:06,837
My salary's been slashed.
336
00:16:06,921 --> 00:16:08,673
Oh, I'm sorry.
337
00:16:08,757 --> 00:16:10,091
Can I do anything else for you?
338
00:16:10,175 --> 00:16:12,135
Yes, would you mind
nibbling on this provocatively?
339
00:16:12,219 --> 00:16:13,345
FRASIER: Niles.
340
00:16:16,849 --> 00:16:18,017
We're fine, thank you.
341
00:16:20,395 --> 00:16:22,271
I wish you good luck, Frasier.
342
00:16:22,898 --> 00:16:25,692
I don't see anybody
squeezing blood from that stone.
343
00:16:25,776 --> 00:16:27,361
Lattes for everyone.
344
00:16:28,654 --> 00:16:30,656
Dear God, don't tell me you did well?
345
00:16:30,740 --> 00:16:34,994
I got a weekly spot on Clint
Webber's show and a 30 percent raise.
346
00:16:35,078 --> 00:16:36,704
GIL: How on earth did you get all that?
347
00:16:36,788 --> 00:16:40,876
Oh, we go way back, the Hammer and I.
I know where the bodies are buried.
348
00:16:42,294 --> 00:16:44,672
Usually that's just a metaphor.
349
00:16:47,884 --> 00:16:50,261
So, Gil, what'll you have? My treat.
350
00:16:50,345 --> 00:16:52,347
I think I'll be happier
at the losers' table
351
00:16:52,431 --> 00:16:54,350
with Aunt Penny the Story Lady.
352
00:16:54,434 --> 00:16:56,602
Penny, don't put that flask away.
353
00:16:59,897 --> 00:17:02,735
Well, congratulations, Roz.
354
00:17:03,736 --> 00:17:04,861
I'm waiting for Ben.
355
00:17:04,945 --> 00:17:06,738
We have to discuss
our bargaining position.
356
00:17:06,822 --> 00:17:09,033
Oh, there are so many to choose from:
357
00:17:09,117 --> 00:17:10,910
kneeling, crawling, groveling.
358
00:17:10,994 --> 00:17:12,694
I'm sure he'll pick the right one.
359
00:17:14,038 --> 00:17:15,831
God, she is obnoxious.
360
00:17:15,915 --> 00:17:16,750
Hmm.
361
00:17:16,834 --> 00:17:19,670
Though alluring, in a
buxom-bad-girl kind of way.
362
00:17:21,130 --> 00:17:22,715
Oh, shut up, you horny idiot.
363
00:17:27,387 --> 00:17:29,013
My bandage seems a little loose.
364
00:17:29,097 --> 00:17:31,684
If Ben gets here, just
tell him I went in to fix it.
365
00:17:40,652 --> 00:17:41,903
Frasier, we have to talk.
366
00:17:41,987 --> 00:17:44,364
Are you aware that you
are in the men's room?
367
00:17:44,448 --> 00:17:45,281
Oh, please.
368
00:17:45,365 --> 00:17:47,785
If I paid attention to signs
with little pictures on them,
369
00:17:47,869 --> 00:17:49,370
I'd never get a parking space.
370
00:17:53,583 --> 00:17:57,796
Now it's time we both dropped the masks.
You need me and I want you back.
371
00:17:57,880 --> 00:17:59,339
Just sign this contract.
372
00:17:59,423 --> 00:18:02,423
I'll cut you a deal that'll make
Roz's look like lunch money.
373
00:18:02,886 --> 00:18:06,223
Isn't there a zebra carcass
somewhere you should be hovering over?
374
00:18:08,683 --> 00:18:11,354
You wanna see a carcass, chum?
Look in the mirror.
375
00:18:11,896 --> 00:18:13,731
Look what you've let that man do to you.
376
00:18:13,815 --> 00:18:17,610
Your face is riddled with bird
bites, your name's a punchline,
377
00:18:17,694 --> 00:18:19,946
and your career is five minutes from over.
378
00:18:20,030 --> 00:18:23,617
And he's only been
your agent for three days.
379
00:18:26,746 --> 00:18:28,080
Send him in against the Hammer,
380
00:18:28,164 --> 00:18:31,376
and you'll be doing fog reports
from a lighthouse in Puget Sound.
381
00:18:33,254 --> 00:18:35,589
Admit it, you're scared.
382
00:18:35,673 --> 00:18:37,216
All right, maybe I am scared.
383
00:18:37,758 --> 00:18:41,096
But there's one thing
that's stronger than fear.
384
00:18:41,596 --> 00:18:42,430
Faith.
385
00:18:42,514 --> 00:18:46,100
Faith that a good man with a
good heart can make a good deal.
386
00:18:46,184 --> 00:18:47,977
Now get out of my way.
387
00:18:48,061 --> 00:18:49,521
No, I won't let you.
388
00:18:49,605 --> 00:18:52,065
You know what I've been
through building your career?
389
00:18:52,149 --> 00:18:57,155
I have been to hell and back so
often I have frequent flyer miles.
390
00:18:59,408 --> 00:19:01,618
You owe me a second chance.
391
00:19:01,702 --> 00:19:04,664
Take your tentacles off of me!
392
00:19:06,332 --> 00:19:08,918
Please, I won't be the same Bebe you knew.
393
00:19:09,002 --> 00:19:10,002
I'll change.
394
00:19:10,086 --> 00:19:14,383
I'll be like Ben, only competent.
395
00:19:16,635 --> 00:19:20,097
Darling, you forgot to sign.
396
00:19:20,181 --> 00:19:21,849
Oh, you've reconciled. Congratulations.
397
00:19:21,933 --> 00:19:24,333
-I'll just be off to Maris's.
-Sit down, Niles!
398
00:19:25,186 --> 00:19:27,481
I'm still with Ben. Ben.
399
00:19:27,565 --> 00:19:28,524
Sorry I'm late.
400
00:19:28,608 --> 00:19:31,443
I took my son's troop on a nature
hike, and Noah got a bee sting.
401
00:19:31,527 --> 00:19:34,030
So I rushed him to the emergency room.
Then I came straight here.
402
00:19:34,114 --> 00:19:35,824
It's all right. We've got five minutes.
403
00:19:35,908 --> 00:19:36,742
Excuse me.
404
00:19:37,159 --> 00:19:39,661
Now, Frasier, you know Bebe
can make you a better deal.
405
00:19:39,745 --> 00:19:40,578
Listen to Roz.
406
00:19:40,662 --> 00:19:43,262
-Listen to Niles.
-I'm not listening to any of you.
407
00:19:43,625 --> 00:19:45,876
My God, am I the last
man on God's green earth
408
00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,003
that's still willing to
stand up for a principle?
409
00:19:48,087 --> 00:19:50,537
Shall we go over those
demands for old Mr. Hammer?
410
00:19:57,599 --> 00:19:59,935
Ben, could we have a word?
411
00:20:01,227 --> 00:20:02,062
Hello, Maris?
412
00:20:09,278 --> 00:20:13,367
Uh… I don't think it's news to you
that things haven't been going so…
413
00:20:14,368 --> 00:20:15,744
Smoothly with us.
414
00:20:16,828 --> 00:20:20,333
I think I'd feel more
comfortable with Bebe.
415
00:20:20,875 --> 00:20:23,627
I know this must seem a
bit of a shock to you, but…
416
00:20:23,711 --> 00:20:25,546
Heck, no. I saw this coming.
417
00:20:25,630 --> 00:20:27,339
When you threw that little couch at me,
418
00:20:27,423 --> 00:20:29,426
I thought, "This is not a happy client."
419
00:20:32,805 --> 00:20:34,505
-Thanks for understanding.
-Sure.
420
00:20:36,559 --> 00:20:37,602
NILES: Taxi!
421
00:20:42,232 --> 00:20:43,526
Sign right here, darling.
422
00:20:45,569 --> 00:20:48,069
Now I'm holding you to
your promise about changing.
423
00:20:48,531 --> 00:20:50,240
I won't stand for any more shady doings.
424
00:20:50,324 --> 00:20:52,160
Those days are all behind me.
425
00:20:52,244 --> 00:20:53,953
Once we've worked on
this thing with the Hammer,
426
00:20:54,037 --> 00:20:56,623
maybe you can see what you can
do about diffusing this bird situation.
427
00:20:56,707 --> 00:20:59,251
Oh, you don't have to worry
about the crane anymore.
428
00:20:59,335 --> 00:21:01,335
Poor thing choked to death this morning.
429
00:21:01,754 --> 00:21:04,424
They have no idea who
would feed a bird a jawbreaker.
430
00:21:05,299 --> 00:21:06,135
Bye now.
431
00:21:20,942 --> 00:21:24,447
Bebe, is there any chance it wasn't you?
432
00:21:25,990 --> 00:21:27,241
Oh, darling.
433
00:21:30,579 --> 00:21:32,372
There's always a chance.
434
00:21:35,042 --> 00:21:36,209
I can live with that.
435
00:21:40,423 --> 00:21:41,507
[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]
436
00:21:41,591 --> 00:21:44,037
♪ Hey, baby I hear the blues a-calling ♪
437
00:21:44,121 --> 00:21:46,305
♪ Tossed salads and scrambled eggs ♪
438
00:21:47,056 --> 00:21:48,431
Mercy.
439
00:21:48,515 --> 00:21:50,830
♪ And maybe I seem a bit confused ♪
440
00:21:50,914 --> 00:21:53,229
♪ Well, maybe, but I got you pegged ♪
441
00:21:53,313 --> 00:21:55,648
Ha, ha, ha, ha!
442
00:21:55,732 --> 00:21:57,400
♪ But I don't know what to do ♪
443
00:21:57,484 --> 00:22:00,738
♪ With those tossed salads
and scrambled eggs ♪
444
00:22:01,655 --> 00:22:03,032
♪ They're calling again ♪
445
00:22:04,200 --> 00:22:06,702
Good night, Seattle, we love you!