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Frasierfan1983 08-24-2004, 08:14 AM Okay, put all opinions of episode content out of your minds, although it may help having seen the ep to understand the title.
The Frasier writers have produced some excellent titles over the past 11 years, so which were the best? Obviously this is too vast for a poll, but I suggest looking at a list (e.g. TV Tome) to jog the memory...
Here are my favourites from each season:
1. Space Quest
2. Seat of Power
3. Martin Does It His Way
4. Our Father Whose Art 'Aint Heaven
5. Roz and the Schnoz
6. Dial M For Martin
7. RDWRER (and) The Apparent Trap
8. Legal Tender Love and Care
9. Bla-Z-Boy
10. Analyzed Kiss (and) Star Mitzvah
11. Gun 'n' Neuroses
I think the prize goes to RDWRER. I still nearly burst out laughing just thinking about it. But, it helps if you've seen the episode. :rolleyes:
Chambers 08-24-2004, 10:53 AM Those are some good titles. And they're also proof that the writers are all a bunch of nerds: they love puns!! This is a little off topic, but here are more examples of title with puns:
"You Can't Tell a Crook by His Cover"
"And the Whimper is..."
"Flour Child"
"Chess Pains"
"Dad Loves Sherry, the Boys Just Whine"
"To Kill a Talking Bird"
"Roz's Krantz & Gouldenstein are Dead"
"The Maris Counselor"
"A Tsar is Born"
"The Apparent Trap"
"The Fight Before Christmas"
"Whine Club" (they really overuse the whine/wine pun)
"The Great Crane Robbery"
"Mary Christmas"
"It Takes Two to Tangle"
"The Wizard and Roz"
Ok that's enough. I think we all get the point.
These are ones that I really like:
"Travels With Martin" (also nice that it's based on the book Travels with Charley, which I haven't read but find funny because Charley was Steinbeck's poodle).
"A Midwinter Night's Dream"
"It's Hard to Say Goodbye If You Won't Leave"
And I like these two because of the Cheers link:
"Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name"
"Radio Wars"
Frasierfan1983 08-24-2004, 12:30 PM Well, also check out these two lists...
CHEERS TITLES:
Don Juan is Hell
And Coachie Makes Three
The Proposal
Dinner At Eight-ish
Dog Bites Cliff
Adverntures in Housesitting
Call me Irresponsible
The Improbable Dream
The Two Faces of Norm
Carla Loves Clavin
FRASIER TITLES:
Don Juan in Hell
And Frasier Makes Three
The Proposal
Dinner At Eight
Love Bites Dog
Adventures in Paradise (okay, this one's pushing it ;) )
Call Me Irresponsible
The Impossible Dream
The Three Faces of Frasier
Frasier Loves Roz
And that's not counting the many Frasier scene titles that have paid homage to Cheers titles.
Whoops, now I'm off-topic!:lol:
Chambers 08-24-2004, 02:15 PM Hahaha those are great.
Frasierfan1983 08-24-2004, 05:16 PM It is a continuation of the pilot, as it starts the next morning. But it's also about Frasier's desperate search for solitude in his suddenly crowded apartment. Space Quest. :lol:
Frasierfan1983 08-24-2004, 06:59 PM CHEERS TITLES:
Don Juan is Hell
And Coachie Makes Three
The Proposal
Dinner At Eight-ish
Dog Bites Cliff
Adverntures in Housesitting
Call me Irresponsible
The Improbable Dream
The Two Faces of Norm
Carla Loves Clavin
FRASIER TITLES:
Don Juan in Hell
And Frasier Makes Three
The Proposal
Dinner At Eight
Love Bites Dog
Adventures in Paradise (okay, this one's pushing it ;) )
Call Me Irresponsible
The Impossible Dream
The Three Faces of Frasier
Frasier Loves Roz
Just discovered a few more...
My Fair Clavin; My Fair Frasier
Jumping Jerks; Leapin' Lizards
A Bar is Born; A Tsar is Born
Look Before You Sleep; Look Before You Leap
Coincidence??? :crazy:
As far as a best show and title combo goes it's hard to go past "To Kill a Talking Bird"
Moondance 08-26-2004, 06:52 PM How about:
Roz In the Doghouse
Moon Dance (I had to add that)
The Dish Ran Away With the Spoon
Miracle On 3rd Or 4th Street
Slow Tango In South Seattle
Kisses Sweeter Than Wine
Chess Pains
Moons Over Seattle
No Sex Please, We're Skittish
Crock Tales
Seat Of Power
Frasierfan1983 08-27-2004, 04:43 PM Yes, 'Miracle on Third or Fourth Street'! I don't know why that one didn't make my list!:cool:
Moondance 08-27-2004, 04:48 PM "Miracle on 3rd Or 4th Street" is one of my favorites as well:) Very well written!
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Schmoopie 02-27-2011, 11:34 PM These are my favorite titles out of the episodes I've seen :
Frasier Crane's Day Off
My Coffee With Niles
Flour Child
Slow Tango in South Seattle
The Last Time I Saw Maris
Miracle on 3rd or 4th Street
Shrink Wrap
A Mid-Winter Night's Dream (Love this title because even without seeing the episode it sounds sooo romantic!)
Give Him The Chair
andress_jade 06-23-2011, 01:02 AM These are my favorite titles out of the episodes I've seen :
Frasier Crane's Day Off
My Coffee With Niles
Flour Child
Slow Tango in South Seattle
The Last Time I Saw Maris
Miracle on 3rd or 4th Street
Shrink Wrap
A Mid-Winter Night's Dream (Love this title because even without seeing the episode it sounds sooo romantic!)
Give Him The Chair
I really like A Midwinter Night's Dream, The Dish Ran Away With the Spoon, Moon Dance, Miracle on 3rd or 4th Street, Something Borrowed; Someone Blue, Space Quest, Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name, The Fight Before Christmas, Goodnight, Seattle, Death Becomes Him, Oops!, Guess Who's Coming to Breakfast, Beloved Infidel, Here's Looking at You, No Sex Please, We're Skittish, Crock Tales, Dad Loves Sherry, The Boys Just Whine, To Kill a Talking Bird, Give Him the Chair, and Flour Child. These are all eps that I love as well as just digging the titles. They just had some great ideas for titles. I know there are more I like, but that's all I can come up with right now.
Schmoopie 06-23-2011, 01:51 AM So far my favorite episode title (not the actual episode but the name of it) is "Frasier Has Spokane". That's not one of my favorite episodes, but every time I hear that title it makes me laugh! And the content of the actual episode is what makes it even funnier!
"The Adventures Of Bad Boy And Dirty Girl"
ajgenard 07-14-2011, 12:48 AM Both Frasier and Cheers have some of the best episode titles in all of sitcom history. Much better than the gimmicky starting-each-title-with-the same-word-or-two that some shows do. What I like best is that some titles I realized are a joke or play on words years later. My faves:
- How To Bury A Millionaire (also my favorite episode)
- Give Him The Chair!
- Where There's Smoke There's Fired
- Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name
- The Maris Counselor
- A Tsar Is Born
- Hooping Cranes
- Bla-Z-Boy
These are my favorite titles out of the episodes I've seen :
Frasier Crane's Day Off
My Coffee With Niles
Flour Child
Slow Tango in South Seattle
The Last Time I Saw Maris
Miracle on 3rd or 4th Street
Shrink Wrap
A Mid-Winter Night's Dream (Love this title because even without seeing the episode it sounds sooo romantic!)
Give Him The Chair
Ah, "My Coffee With Niles" was a great title.
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