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Post by Jules on Apr 19, 2008 5:49:25 GMT -5
My Coffee With Niles - candidate for best episode ever! The theatricality of the realtime setting gets me every time. And the great coffee-spray! My Coffee with Niles - gem of an episode. A piece of sublime 22 minute theatre. Not a superfluous word. Prime example of Frasier raising sitcom to a new level. It's everything I love about the show. Two brothers who by the end of the first season have become kindred spirits. Telling interventions by the secondary characters. By the end of the episode we know how far they've all come. Such a feel good show. And it still manages to be very very funny. Thank you writers, actors, everyone! Highlights for me are David's speech about the boy in the Dust Bowl with new shoes experiencing 'pure and utter happiness', and this bit near the end: Martin: What do you guys talk about all the time? Niles: Oh, you know - sports, chicks, monster truck rallies...I introduced my son to Frasier when he was home on vacation at Christmas 2006 and we would watch this episode together again and again. (Hi Steve, if you're lurking from your Oxford ivory tower). Oh yes, and the coffee spray! ;D Great post Muffin. Your son's at Oxford? What college? I graduated from Exeter last year!
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Post by ironic maiden on Apr 19, 2008 6:27:52 GMT -5
My Coffee With Niles - candidate for best episode ever! The theatricality of the realtime setting gets me every time. And the great coffee-spray! My Coffee with Niles - gem of an episode. A piece of sublime 22 minute theatre. Not a superfluous word. Prime example of Frasier raising sitcom to a new level. It's everything I love about the show. Two brothers who by the end of the first season have become kindred spirits. Telling interventions by the secondary characters. By the end of the episode we know how far they've all come. Such a feel good show. And it still manages to be very very funny. Thank you writers, actors, everyone! Highlights for me are David's speech about the boy in the Dust Bowl with new shoes experiencing 'pure and utter happiness', and this bit near the end: Martin: What do you guys talk about all the time? Niles: Oh, you know - sports, chicks, monster truck rallies...I introduced my son to Frasier when he was home on vacation at Christmas 2006 and we would watch this episode together again and again. (Hi Steve, if you're lurking from your Oxford ivory tower). Oh yes, and the coffee spray! ;D It's a definite candidate for best episode, and for all of the reasons you mentioned, Muffin. The performances are perfect all-around: from Kelsey and David playing off of each other like only they can, to the slices we see of the other characters (Roz going home to rip out her faucet!), to the exasperated waitress with her team of specialists. You called it a feel good show--exactly. This is my comfort episode. If I want to laugh until my sides hurt, I'll turn to various other episodes. If I want to spend some time with the characters I've grown to love, it doesn't get much better than this. I always come away with a warm, happy feeling. I have to mention the bit of subtle acting DHP does after Daphne mentions that Martin told her to put her feet behind her head and spin like a top. He moves his body around just enough for the camera to catch it. That's not something that comes to mind immediately when thinking what a great physical comedian he is, but it must have taken such control.
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Post by louise on Apr 19, 2008 7:16:03 GMT -5
Saw you mentioned Oxford in your bio!
He's in his second year at Wadham - physics geek, who also plays classical violin. He's already appeared in a photo on this website with me and an actor we all like.
We went to see Stephen in a concert in March and he turned up on a bicycle, wearing a tux and a cycle helmet, with his violin strapped to his back! Only in Oxford!
Modified by Jules to fix the quote thing
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Post by Jules on Apr 19, 2008 7:27:16 GMT -5
Saw you mentioned Oxford in your bio! He's in his second year at Wadham - physics geek, who also plays classical violin. He's already appeared in a photo on this website with me and an actor we all like. We went to see Stephen in a concert in March and he turned up on a bicycle, wearing a tux and a cycle helmet, with his violin strapped to his back! Only in Oxford! Modified by Jules to fix the quote thingOoh the smart liberal college! Wow, physics and music - he is seriously a highflyer! I read English - much softer and easier to scrape by on. Funny thing - I dated a guy from Wadham,(but he wasn't nice at all - so we don't talk about him ) and my current boyfriend (Balliol grad) plays classical violin! Ummm....and now back to the real topic here...*smiles sheepishly*
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Post by louise on Apr 19, 2008 7:39:14 GMT -5
It's a definite candidate for best episode, and for all of the reasons you mentioned, Muffin. The performances are perfect all-around: from Kelsey and David playing off of each other like only they can, to the slices we see of the other characters (Roz going home to rip out her faucet!), to the exasperated waitress with her team of specialists. You called it a feel good show--exactly. This is my comfort episode. If I want to laugh until my sides hurt, I'll turn to various other episodes. If I want to spend some time with the characters I've grown to love, it doesn't get much better than this. I always come away with a warm, happy feeling. I have to mention the bit of subtle acting DHP does after Daphne mentions that Martin told her to put her feet behind her head and spin like a top. He moves his body around just enough for the camera to catch it. That's not something that comes to mind immediately when thinking what a great physical comedian he is, but it must have taken such control. Exactly sensefille, wonderful post! My Coffee with Niles is a chance to spend time with characters we've grown to love. I remember thinking the first time I saw it, "My God, I love these characters!" It's my warm and fuzzy episode. And I love David's subtle movements! The waitress is also excellent in this ep. Can anyone tell me who she is?
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Post by kellym on Apr 19, 2008 11:43:15 GMT -5
Muffin, I think her name is Luck Hari?
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Post by woggle on Apr 19, 2008 11:46:04 GMT -5
COOTS AND LADDERS
I love the scence in Frasiers apartment when they get out some old photos and Daphne notices that Niles was caught always looking at her bum , he squirms and says just a fleeting glance turns into oh many , many times LOL then she askes him if he remembers the colour of her eyes and his eyeline wanders downwards it always makes me laugh when she says " your doing it again arn't you "
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Post by ironic maiden on Apr 20, 2008 6:20:49 GMT -5
Yes, Kelly, according to IMdB, that's her name.
I watched "You Can't Tell a Crook By His Cover." Jane Leeves shines in this. She delivers her offhand comments during the poker game so well, but she really gets going in the pool hall. I know some say Daphne lost her lovable quirkiness later, but the toughness was there from the first season. She grew up with all those brothers, after all. Does anyone know whether her dramatic exit in the wrong direction was scripted?
Finally, this was the episode with this memorable exchange: Niles: Excuse me. Has a young woman been in here this evening, approximately five foot nine and three quarters, with skin the color of Devonshire cream and the sort of eyes that gaze directly into one's soul with neither artifice nor evasion? Frasier: This would be an Englishwoman called Daphne.
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Post by louise on Apr 20, 2008 6:46:51 GMT -5
Muffin, I think her name is Luck Hari? thanks kellym! She's excellent.
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Post by lemur on Apr 20, 2008 9:04:51 GMT -5
Does anyone know whether her dramatic exit in the wrong direction was scripted? I like to think it wasn't. That bit is quite memorable for me because it really sold me on Frasier. I was in Golden Discs on Grafton St, Dublin (since closed down - sob!) in the summer of 2004 and they were playing the S1 DVDs on their big screen. I'd seen Frasier before a handful of times, but when Niles delivered that line it was the first time I went "oooh ... look at him." And then Frasier made a joke about a watch fob and I just thought "I'm going to love this show."
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