[Much
to his disgruntlement, Seattle’s favorite radio psychologist and advice
dispenser, Dr. Frasier Cranier, has been scheduled beyond midnight by a new
station program director. After gamely trying to subsist on acres of coffee, he
and his assistant Roz have both fallen fast asleep in their chairs. Suddenly, a caller names Phyllis is on the
line.]
Phyllis
[voice of Carrie Fisher] “People
think insomnia is a laughing matter, but it's hell. If I don't get some sleep soon, I'll
just—I'll go crazy! You've got to help
me, Dr. Crane? Dr. Crane? Hey, I'm talking here!”
[Frasier and
Roz wake up with a start.]
Frasier
[played by Kelsey Grammer] (frightened at first before going into his
customary greeting): “What?! I'm
listening.”
Phyllis:
“So what do you think I should do?”
[Frasier looks
helplessly at Roz, who can only shrug. He decides to wing it.]
Frasier:
“Well, you know, sometimes these things seem clearer in the light of day. My advice is to sleep on it.”
Phyllis:
“Is that some kind of a joke?! To make
fun of the insomniac?!”
Frasier:
“Oh, no…”
[She hangs
up. Frasier sighs. Roz signals him to go to a commercial.]
Frasier:
“Oh, oh, and now for a word from, um, uh, ah [shuffles some papers on his console] I forget, I think they sell
paint.”—Frasier, Season 3, Episode 1,
“She's The Boss,” original air date
Sept. 19, 1995, teleplay by Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano, directed by Philip
Charles Mackenzie
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