FRASIER: FRASIER'S CURSE (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy series about Frasier Crane, a divorced psychiatrist who lives in Seattle and hosts a phone-in radio show.
In this episode, a panicked Frasier tells Niles that, once again, his school reunion has arrived just as he faces a personal setback, namely his firing from KACL. Niles dismisses his fears as mere "folderol," sure that he is merely nervous about his promising job interview at another radio station, KJMC. Frasier then proceeds to make a complete mess of the interview, accidentally insulting the station president and ruining some of his belongings. Niles, Martin and Daphne are concerned when Frasier declares that he is not attending the reunion because of the "curse," though Roz, Frasier's date for the event, is left out of the loop. He reads the school's recent newsletter, pointing out that his classmates are all impressive high-achievers; when he ventures out on a shopping trip in a disheveled state, he runs into former school friend Percy Williams, who mistakes him for a homeless person.
Niles and Martin return home from a police auction to find that Frasier has changed his mind, deciding that he must attend the reunion after all to disprove the rumors that Percy will presumably spread. Niles wisely observes that his real "curse" is his sense of inferiority and suggests that he must let go of his desperation to impress unimportant people from his past. Realizing that he must skip the event to achieve "personal growth," he changes his mind back again, further frustrating Roz. Martin then announces that Frasier's agent has just called with a job offer for his own television show from KPOV. Overjoyed and eager to boast, Frasier heads off to the reunion, but Martin admits that he invented the position just to give Frasier a morale boost for the evening. Daphne then reveals that, according to the newsletter, the new KPOV station manager will also be at the event. Frasier, caught in his lie, is forced to sit at the "loser table" with a barbershop quartet. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: October 1, 1998 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:21:12
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:60295
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Unemployment; Class reunions
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1993-2004
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Christopher Lloyd … Executive Producer
- Peter Casey … Executive Producer, Created by
- David Lee … Executive Producer, Created by
- David Angell … Executive Producer, Created by
- Kelsey Grammer … Executive Producer, Theme Music by
- Joe Keenan … Co-Executive Producer
- Rob Greenberg … Supervising Producer
- Janis Hirsch … Supervising Producer
- Jeffrey Richman … Supervising Producer
- Jay Kogen … Supervising Producer, Writer
- Maggie Randall … Producer
- Lori Kirkland … Co-Producer
- Tony Hicks … Associate Producer
- Pamela Fryman … Director
- Glen Charles … Based on the character "Frasier Crane" created by
- Les Charles … Based on the character "Frasier Crane" created by
- Bruce Miller … Music by
- Darryl Phinnessee … Theme Music by
- Kelsey Grammer … Cast, Dr. Frasier Crane
- Jane Leeves … Cast, Daphne Moon
- David Hyde Pierce … Cast, Dr. Niles Crane
- Peri Gilpin … Cast, Roz Doyle
- John Mahoney … Cast, Martin Crane
- Scott Michael Campbell … Cast, Mr. Rugley
- Tim Monsion … Cast, Percy Williams
- Doreen Calderon … Cast, Amanda
- Erika Christensen … Cast, Teenager
- Ken Daly … Cast, Man on Street