Cheerful Goodbyes
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| “Cheerful Goodbyes” | |||||||
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| 'Frasier' episode | |||||||
| Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 21 |
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| Written by | Heide Perlman | ||||||
| Directed by | Sheldon Epps | ||||||
| Guest stars | John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin) George Wendt (Norm Peterson) Rhea Perlman (Carla Tortelli) Paul Willson (Paul) Philip Perlman (Phil) Raye Birk (Walt Twitchell) |
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| Original airdate | 30th April 2002 | ||||||
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| List of Frasier episodes (Season 9) | |||||||
Cheerful Goodbyes is the twenty-first episode from the ninth season of Frasier. The episode features several characters from Cheers, the last episode of the series to do so.
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[edit] Main cast and characters
- Kelsey Grammer – Dr. Frasier Crane
- David Hyde Pierce – Dr. Niles Crane
- John Mahoney – Martin Crane
- Jane Leeves – Daphne Moon
- Peri Gilpin – Roz Doyle
[edit] Plot outline
Frasier, Martin, Niles and Daphne are in Boston for a conference Frasier and Niles will attend. They encounter Cliff Clavin at the airport bar, who thinks Frasier is in town for his retirement party.
[edit] Episode Title Cards
- And It Took Five Days to Carve a Jack O'Lantern
- Other Nicknames He Considered Were "Tiger" and "The Duke"
[edit] Guest caller
- Rufus Wainwright voices Jeremy, whom Frasier says is a teenager.
[edit] Background
- This episode is actually not the first Cheers spinoff Ratzenberger, Wendt and Perlman had guest starred in. All three appeared in the unsuccessful series The Tortellis.
- Cliff calles Phil "Al", who was a character played by Al Rosen in Cheers.
- Sam Malone and Vera Peterson are mentioned.
- The events of the Cheers episode "The Heart is a Lonely Snipe Hunter" are also mentioned.
- Raye Birk's character had appeared in the Cheers episodes "The Executive's Executioner", "Knights of the Scimitar" and "A Diminished Rebecca with a Suspended Cliff".
