h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Nice entry, one of my favorite shows primarily due to the writing, but I have to give the ensemble cast credit, especially Niles.

And thanks for remembering during peer review the title of my favorite episode, "Ham Radio". The radio play involving the whole cast and directed by Frasier has many of the best lines in TV, and the timing overall is amazing, reminds me of the play/movie "Noises Off". I still laugh thinking about Roz trying to say "Multiple murderers" while affected by dental novocaine.

"The Two Mrs Cranes" and "The Ski Lodge" stick in my mind - situation comedy at its finest.

I've always loved 'The Matchmaker', the one where Frasier brings his boss home to meet Daphne, but it turns out that his boss is gay and is attracted to Frasier. The bit where Frasier, his boss and Daphne are on the balcony talking and you hear Martin burst out laughing in the kitchen when Niles tells him is just brilliant.

Another favorite is when Frasier decides his attractive but slightly schizo girlfriend is dating him just for free analysis. (I think this came up during peer review - the girlfriend is the daughter of Frasier's dad's best friend? Duke?) Finally, Frasier indicates he's breaking it off ... she says, "Am I crazy or are you breaking up with me?!?" Frasier replies. "The two are not completely unrelated."

I love most of the classic farce episodes a la 'The Ski Lodge' and 'The Two Mrs Cranes' (Martin's 'astronaut' bit has me in stitches every time) and also some that send up Frasier's pretensions, such as 'Ham Radio' and 'They're Playing Our Song'.

But my all-time favourite is the first third of 'Three Blind Dates' - a sublime bit of slapstick which is Niles through and through.

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