[Dr. Lilith
Sternin goes on a TV talk show to promote her book, “Good Girls/Bad Boys.” Husband Frasier Crane and friend Sam Malone
sit in the audience to support her, then, when Lilith identifies them as
respective examples of the male types in her book, they are called to the stage
by the talk-show’s host.)
Brenda
Balzak, talk show host (played by Phyllis Katz): "What does Sam [Malone] look like
with his shirt off?"
Women
in the audience (chanting): “Shirt!
Shirt! Shirt! Shirt!”
Brenda:
“Now
let’s get hold of ourselves.”
Dr.
Lilith Sternin (played by Bebe
Neuwirth) (to Brenda): “Now, this
is the perfect example of what a bad boy like Sam can do to a roomful of good
girls like these fine women.” (Her eyes
lock on Sam) “One can't help but be attracted to his steely glance and the
strength therein, to imagine” (her gaze
grows more intense, her voice slower and hoarser) “the warmth of his skin
against ours, his arms pinning us down so we can't move.” (She's losing it; Sam sees it and starts looking nervous.) “One sees
his full lips and imagines what they must feel like” (pause) “slightly moist” (another
pause) “tugging at ours, before long one's feeling a little dizzy, and… For
God's sake, Sam! Let the buttons fly!” (Lilith launches herself at Sam's chest and
begins tearing at his shirt.)— Cheers,
Season 8, Episode 18, “Severe Crane Damage,” original air date Feb. 15, 1990, teleplay by Dan O'Shannon and Tom
Anderson, directed by Andy Ackerman
