Frasier 9x21 Cheerful Goodbyes

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First Aired: Apr. 30, 2002 on NBC

Summary: Frasier gets invited to a psychiatrists' conference in Boston, and takes Niles, Daphne and Martin with him. By chance they meet Cliff Clavin (from Cheers) in Boston airport, and Cliff thinks that Frasier has come to Boston for his retirement party. Not wanting to let Cliff down, Frasier…
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Main Characters in this Episode

Guest Stars

Carla Tortelli LeBec	played by Rhea Perlman
Cliff Clavin	played by John Ratzenberger
Norm Peterson	played by George Wendt
Phil	played by Philip Perlman
Paul Krapence	played by Paul Willson
Walt Twitchell	played by Raye Birk
Jeremy	voiced by Rufus Wainwright
Eddie	played by Enzo the Dog

Episode Quotes

Niles: If I hear one more of that postman's crackpot theories my head will explode.
Frasier: Don't worry, Niles, no one takes him seriously.
Daphne: I never knew how many letters there were in the dolphin alphabet.

Carla: I'd like to say that I'll miss you... but it sticks in my throat like your rotten deviled eggs. I hate your guts! The way you talk and talk and talk about nothing. The way you walk, your stupid white socks...
Frasier: Carla!
Carla: Back off, I'm toasting! The 20 years I have known you would have been less painful if I were covered with open sores and thrown into a pit with a bunch of diseased rats! But now, finally you're leaving! I know I am not as young as I used to be, but I can live again! I can live again! Finally, I can live!

Carla: Anyway, God bless.

Cliff Clavin: You were always there for me, Al.
Phil: I'm Phil. Al's been dead for fourteen years, ya dumb son of a bitch!

Mistakes/Goofs

Goof (factual errors): One of the well wishers who Cliff accidentally calls Al says that he has been dead for 14 years. Al Rosen, the man who played Al passed away in 1990, meaning that he had been dead for 12 years instead of 14.
Goof (continuity error): Numerous times during Cliff's retirement party, his beer switches between having a rather large head of foam, and having no foam at all.

Trivia

This episode was part of NBC's 75th Anniversary celebration, in which actors from previous NBC shows guest starred in current ones.
One of the guests at Cliff Clavin's retirement party appears to be director James Burrows, who directed 32 episodes of "Frasier" and 237 episodes of "Cheers."
Marks the exact 20 year period since Cheers began back in 1982.