TV Quote of the Day (‘Frasier,’ As the Crane Brothers Weigh Filling in During an Emergency)

[An ailing Frasier suggests to his brother Niles that he fill in for him on his psychiatry advice radio call-in show.]

Dr. Niles Crane [played by David Hyde Pierce]: “Frasier, I think that fever of yours is making you delusional.”

Dr. Frasier Crane [played by Kelsey Grammer]: “Oh, no! I filled in for you when you were too sick to meet with your ‘Fear of Intimacy’ group!”

Niles [heading into the bathroom]: “I wasn't sick. They were just getting too close.”—Frasier, Season 1, Episode 23, “Frasier Crane's Day Off,” original air date May 12, 1994, teleplay by Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano, directed by James Burrows