Selling Out (Frasier)

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“Selling Out”

Frasier episode

Episode no.

Season 1
Episode 9

Written by

Lloyd Garver

Directed by

Andy Ackerman

Guest stars

John Drayman (Walnut)
Michael David Edwards (Almond)
Dr. Joyce Brothers (Herself)

Original airdate

November 11, 1993

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List of Frasier episodes (Season 1)

"Selling Out" is the ninth episode from the first season of the sitcom Frasier.

1 Main cast and characters
2 Plot outline
3 Trivia
4 Memorable quotes
5 See also

[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 gets squeamish about reading a live commercial for a Chinese restaurant during his show but decides to do it after sampling their food. His endorsement proves popular and Bebe Glazer, a local talent agent, signs him on as a client after telling Frasier what Freddie's college tuition is expected to cost in 15 years. After a few more successful commercials, Bebe cons Frasier into endorsing a product he doesn't support, which makes him look a little nutty.

[edit] Trivia

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First Appearance of Bebe Glazer.
Frasier told Bebe that he had a five-year-old son, when in fact Frederick was born just four years earlier.
Frasier will again become concerned about reading commercials in the season 5 finale, Sweet Dreams.
The ending skit differs from the norm in that it has sound. Frasier emerges from a hot tub and the viewer can hear the water splash, and Frasier gasping for air.

[edit] Memorable quotes

Frasier: Well, what would you think if I did a commercial and publicly endorsed a product?
Daphne: Oh, you mean like Cher does?
Frasier: Thank you, Daphne. One against.

Daphne: It was about a group of high-spirited, ethnically diverse twelve-year-olds in a girls' private boarding school. I played Emma, the short, spunky one. Of course, by the end of the series, I was sixteen, five foot ten, and they had me boozies bound up tighter than a mummy. Well, I'm off. [leaves]
Frasier: The woman is like an artichoke. You just peel away one astounding leaf after another.