The Frasier Files

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellAudio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES: 1. Charlotte was a recent transplant to Seattle - like Frasier she had an acrimonious fall out with an ex-spouse in another grand American city - the Windy City, AKA the City of Broad Shoulders, AKA The Second City AKA Chicago, IL - and to start over again she found herself on the rocky shores of Seattle (Frasier S11E18 Match Game)2. Frasier knew something was afoot and discovered that Charlotte had no other clients. (Frasier S11E18 Match Game)3. There was a slight bump in this potential love story: Charlotte's boyfriend Frank.  (Frasier S11E19 Miss Right Now)4. Frasier didn't know that Charlotte was already planning to move back to Chicago- and soon. (Frasier S11E21 Detour)5. The two decided to make the most out of their time together, no matter how short it was. (Frasier S11E21 Detour)6. It was around this time that a familiar face from Frasiers' past returned; his old agent Bebe Glazer.  Dr. Mark Reisman, a radio psychiatrist in San Francisco, was about to retire. She thought Frasier would be perfect for his time slot. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 1)7. On May 6th, 2004, National Treasure Year, Frasier bid goodbye to Charlotte, who left for the Windy City (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 1)8. On May 7th, Frasier and Niles were tasked with a seemingly impossible job - to arrange Marty and Ronee's wedding, with all the bells and whistles, and it had to be ready in eight days.  (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 1)9. On May 15th, 2004 - my fathers' birthday, a very depressing day for me -  guests and well-wishers arrived at the picturesque Branford Inn. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 1)10. He realized that he was legally able to marry people and so, in the cramped veterinarian's office with two rings recently upchucked by an elderly dog, Frasier announced Marty and Ronee as man and wife. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 2)11. He took the job in San Francisco. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 2)12. He had ditched a great opportunity in California for the chance to be with Charlotte in Chicago. (Frasier S11E23 Goodnight Seattle, Part 2)13. We see a will reading, sometime in - I believe - the 2030s. (Cheers S10E11, I'm OK, You're Defective) 

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellGuest Starring Adam Goron as "Quinn."Audio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES: 1. He met author and former CNBC anchor Julia Wilcox (Frasier S10E12 The Harassed)  2. So he took a chance and give her a kiss: which resulted in everyone at KACL having to attend a very long sexual harassment seminar. (Frasier S10E12 The Harassed)  3. She even kissed him during a rather comical situation where they were hiding from a cleaning lady in a closet. (Frasier S10E23 Analyzed Kiss)4. Frasier Crane and Julia Wilcox, despite their vastly different outlooks on life, decided to follow their feelings. (Frasier S10E24 A New Position for Roz)5. But things came crashing down in one fell swoop. (Frasier S11E2 A Man, A Plan and a Gal: Julia)6. His ex-wife Lilith reached out to him with a special request: (Frasier S10E13 Lilith Needs A Favor)7. Out and about, Frasier bumped into his old babysitter Ronee Lawrence. (Frasier S11E4 The Babysitter)8. There was also - and I'm sorry to jump out of the story like this - but there was also an utterly bizarre storyline around this time about Maris.  (Frasier S11E8 Murder Most Maris)9. After many years he once again stumbled into his ex-wife Nanette Guzman, still performing as childrens' entertainer Nanny G. (Frasier S11E15 Caught in the Act)10. Another low point for Frasier: in an attempt to scare his father, he dressed up as a clown, something Marty was deeply afraid of. (Frasier S11E16 Boo!)11. There was a silver lining in Marty's health scare:  he realized how precious his remaining days were. When he returned home he proposed to Ronee. (Frasier S11E16 Boo!)12. She was an Olympic athlete in the ‘40s and had even earned a medal. Frasier stole it. (Frasier S11E17 Coots & Ladders)13. That's when he met Charlotte Connor, owner and operator of Charlotte's Matchmaking Services. Realizing that he really needed a good match in his life, Frasier paid her $10,000 to find him the perfect partner. (Frasier S11E18 Match Game) 

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellGuest Starring Adam Goron as "Quinn."Audio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES: 1. While preparing for the wedding, Daphne's niece Audrey looked up and called her the “saddest bride [she'd] ever seen.” (Frasier S8E1 And The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon: Part 1)2. [T]he Crane's now have a winnebago. (Frasier S7E7 A Tsar Is Born)3. Frasier and Marty later claimed they had front row seats to “one of the most disastrous weddings in history.” (Frasier S8E1 And The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon: Part 1)4. Frasier was getting a special honor: the Stephen R. Schafer Lifetime Achievement Award (Frasier S8E9 Frasier's Edge)5. Soon after,  Frederick came to visit and Frasier took him - against his will - camping.  (Frasier S8E10 Cranes Unplugged)6. Through a mutual friend - in fact, his High School crush Lana Lynley - he met the sophisticated Claire French. (Frasier S8E21 Semi-Decent Proposal)7. But after their first engagement of lovemaking, he had an intensely erotic dream about none other than Lana Lynley. (Frasier S8E24 Cranes Go Caribbean)8. To think things through, Frasier went off to the woods for some solitude. (Frasier S9E2 Don Juan in Hell Part 2)9. For the proposal, Niles went all out (Frasier S9E15 The Proposal)10. Let's take a slight detour now to Boston, MA. (Frasier S9E21 Cheerful Goodbyes)11. But now a new market was added to his growing, very slowly growing, empire - Spokane. (Frasier S9E22 Frasier Has Spokane)12. And later that year he was nominated for an Excellence in Broadcasting Decency Award for an episode of his show where he spent the whole three hours talking to a pregnant teenager. (Frasier S10E4 Kissing Cousin)13. Niles surprised his family yet again by dashing off to Reno with Daphne. They eloped in a chapel called the Lucky Seven. (Frasier S10E1 The Ring Cycle)14. Daphne moved out of Frasiers' apartment. (Frasier S10E2 Enemy At The Gate)15. I'm sorry to say, things were about to get frightening for the Cranes - and it all started with a toothache. (Frasier S10E7 Bristle While You Work)16. It was an arduous process for the whole family, but our boy got out okay. (Frasier S10E8 Rooms with a View)17. Niles' recovery was difficult - the trauma of being so close to death made him sheepish, nervous and over-cautious. (Frasier S10E9 Don't Go Breaking My Heart) 

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellAudio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES: 1. His ratings hit an all time high (Frasier S3E22 Frasier Loves Roz)2. he finally won a Seabee Award (Frasier S3E14 The Show Where Diane Comes Back)3. and he received a plaque from the Mayor of Seattle. (Frasier S3E14 The Show Where Diane Comes Back)4. He was even featured in the April 1996 issue of Seattle Monthly.  (Frasier S6E1 Good Grief)5. young Frederick tested in the highest percentiles in cognitive skills and deductive reasoning (Frasier S3E9 Frasier Grinch)6. and even came to visit Seattle for his birthday in 1996 (Frasier S6E10 Good Samaritan)7. He dated and/or made physical sex with a few women: Maris' sister Brie, (Frasier S4E5 Head Games8. Catherine, whose ex-boyfriend called into Frasier's show and was encouraged to break up with her, (Frasier S1E7 Call Me Irresponsible)9. Madeline Marshall, a sportswear designer, (Frasier S2E8  Adventures in Paradise Part 1)10. Sam Malone's fiance Sheila, (Frasier S2E16 The Show Where Sam Shows Up)11. famous pop psychiatrist Dr. Honey Snow, (Frasier S2E15 You Scratch My Book…)12. Kate Costas the new head of KACL, (Frasier S3E6 Sleeping with the Enemy)13. his agent Bebe Glazer, (Frasier S2E22 Agents in America Part III)14. and there was even a fling with his ex-wife, Lilith Sternin. (Frasier S1E16 The Show Where Lilith Comes Back)15. Lilith meanwhile got over her one-night stand with Frasier and found a new special man; Dr. Brian Patchett, a seismologist at M.I.T. (Frasier S2E8  Adventures in Paradise Part 1) After a whirlwind romance, he asked Lilith to marry him during a Bora-Bora vacation (Frasier S2E9 Adventures in Paradise Part 2)16. The two teamed up for a memorable Thanksgiving in the Macarena year, 1996, to help get their son into the Marbury Academy, the most exclusive private school in Boston. (Frasier S4E7 A Lilith Thanksgiving)17. Marty gave the [bolo] tie to Frasier that quiet evening, hoping that he too would pass it along to Frederick when the time was right (Frasier S4E8 Our Father, Whose Art Ain't Heaven)18. He met Sherry Dempsey at a police hangout called McGinty's where she was a bartender. (Frasier S4E9 Dad Loves Sherry, the Boys Just Whine)19. he was the happiest he had been ever since his darling Hester had passed away. (Frasier S4E20 Three Dates and a Breakup Part 2)20. But Frasier, ever the healer, put aside his distaste for Miss Dempsey and encouraged his father to take that next scary step. (Frasier S4E20 Three Dates and a Breakup Part 2)21. after being separated for over a year, he and Maris reconciled and began marriage counseling. (Frasier S4E22 Are You Being Served?)22. Frasier broadcast his 1,000th show. To commemorate, KACL threw a public rally at the foot of the Space Needle. (Frasier S5E5 The 1,000th Show)23. Frasier lives in a world where Daphne is - occasionally - a legitimate psychic. (Frasier S6E22 Visions of Daphne)24. When Marty realized he wanted to get married again - and Sherry didn't -they ended their relationship (Frasier S5E11 Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do)25. Lilith too suffered a loss. Her husband Dr. Brian Patchett left her for their contractor, Stan Jablonsky. (Frasier S5E15 Room Service)26. And in a final indignity, Maris left Niles for Dr. Bernard Shenkman, their marriage counselor. (Frasier S5E13 The Maris Counselor)27. Marty's brother Walter had married a fiery Greek woman, restauranter Zora Crane, and they had a son, Nikos. (Frasier S5E16 Beware of Greeks)28. [S]o Nikos called off the engagement to reconnect with his former lover, a fellow juggler named Crystal (Frasier S5E16 Beware of Greeks)29. Niles hired Donny “The Piranha” Douglass, an unkempt little man with a degree from the University of Las Vegas. (Frasier S6E15 To Tell The Truth)30. It didn't take long for Donny and his team to uncover Maris' family secret - her money did not come from timber at all, but from the manufacturing of urinal cakes. To keep this all hush-hush, Maris threw in the towel. (Frasier S6E15 To Tell The Truth)31. Donny began to date Daphne (Frasier S6E15 To Tell The Truth)32. He found love with plastic surgeon Dr. Melinda Karnofsky. (Frasier S7E8 The Late Dr. Crane)33. [D]ue to a series of comedic misunderstandings, he revealed a secret he had kept for seven years. He told Daphne that his brother was madly in love with her.  (Frasier S7E10 Back Talk)34. [W]hen Niles and Mel appeared on the society page, Daphne threw a load of the neighbors' laundry into the traffic below, causing a four car pileup.  (Frasier S7E22 Dark Side of the Moon)35. With less than a week before her wedding at the lovely Wayside Inn, (Frasier S7E23 Something Borrowed Something Blue: Part 1)36. He found Daphne's room, and the two sat awkwardly while enjoying a fine Orangina product. (Frasier S7E24 Something Borrowed Something Blue: Part 2) 

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellAudio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES: 1. The exclusive building was on the Counterbalance, one of Seattles' steepest slopes. (Frasier S1E6 The Crucible)2. and on a clear day he could even see Mt. Rainier. (Frasier S8E4 The Great Crane Robbery)3. He decorated his new home with African art (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son), a Chihuly sculpture (Frasier S7E16 Something About Dr. Mary), a lamp by Corbu, a chair by Eames, another chair by Wassily, and the sofa was a reproduction of the one that Coco Chanel had in her palace atelier. (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)4. got a job at KACL, 780 AM,  a Seattle institution founded in 1947. (Frasier S3E24 You Can Go Home Again)5. On Friday May 21st, 1993 ‘The Frasier Crane Show' debuted on KACL. (Frasier S3E24 You Can Go Home Again)6. Earlier that day Frasier found that his initial producer - a man named Dave - had suddenly quit. (Frasier S3E24 You Can Go Home Again)7. Later that day, Frasier visited his father. He met Marty's dog for the first time - a feisty Jack Russell Terrier named Eddie. Marty, only interested in the game on TV, rattled off a catchphrase that had “it”: “I'm listening.” (Frasier S3E24 You Can Go Home Again)8. [H]e dropped commercials, left dead air, scrambled up the stations' call letters, spilled yogurt on the control boards and worst of all had difficulty helping his callers. (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)9. Marty - still living alone - slipped and fell on his bathroom floor. (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)10. Frasier hosted several applicants for the home care worker position and made sure to look for candidates who were experienced and thorough. During this process, he met a young woman named Daphne Moon. She was spacey, immodest and a self-proclaimed psychic. Frasier wanted nothing to do with her; Marty hired her right away. (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)11. She played pool at the seedy bars of Manchester at age six (Frasier S1E15 You Can't Tell a Crook By His Cover)12. and she wasn't afraid to get into fights with the local boys. (Frasier S1E4 I Hate Frasier Crane)13. She became a decorated pool champion, (Frasier S1E15 You Can't Tell a Crook By His Cover)14. bred show rats (Frasier S9E19 Deathtrap)15. and ended up a wild child, hitchhiking, drinking, shoplifting. (Frasier S11E11 High Holidays)16. When Frasier and Niles were her age they were studying Shakespeare and building model submarines. Daphne was taking lovers (Frasier S9E13 Mother Load: Part 2) (Frasier S7E23 Something Borrowed Something Blue: Part 1) (Frasier S9E13 Mother Load: Part 2) (Frasier S4E24 Odd Man Out)  and running off to London. (Frasier S2E14 Fool Me Once, Shame on You, Fool Me Twice...)17. In 1986, Daphne started working with people with disabilities. A few years later, In 1992, she packed her bags and moved to Seattle. (Frasier S3E11 The Friend)18. we later find out that he would spend over ​​$3,000 a year at Nervosa (Frasier S10E20 Farewell, Nervosa)19. He was nominated in 1994 for a Seabee Award in the category ‘Outstanding Achievement for Informational Programming in Radio,' (Frasier S1E18 And The Whimper Is…)20. Father Mike Mancuso, host of “Religion on the Line”, (Frasier S2E6 The Botched Language of Cranes)21. Bonnie Weems, “The Auto-Lady,” (Frasier S1E10 Oops)22. Gil Chesteron of “Gil Chesterton's Restaurant Beat,”  (Frasier S1E16 The Show Where Lilith Comes Back)23. Amber Edwards of “Amber Edwards' Book Chat,” (Frasier S2E1 Slow Tango in South Seattle)24. Leo Pascale, host of “The Happy Chef,” (Frasier S2E19 Someone to Watch Over Me)25. Nanette Stewart, host of “Pet Chat,” (Frasier S2E22 Agents in America Part III)26. Helen Grogan host of “Ma Nature's Gardening Show,” (Frasier S4E5 Head Games)27. Gertie Olsen host of “Gertie's Grab Bag,” (Frasier S4E17 Roz's Turn)28. Miss Judy, host of the “Arts and Crafts Hour,” (Frasier S5E8 Desperately Seeking Closure)29. Clint Webber, host of “Health Watch,” (Frasier S5E17 Perfect Guy)30. Aunt Penny, host of “The Story Lady,” (Frasier S5E12 The Zoo Story)31. Bert, host of “Bert the Backyard Gardner,” (Frasier S5E17 Perfect Guy)32. Tooty Feingold, host of “Tooty the Story Lady,” (Frasier S5E24 Sweet Dreams)33. Ray Schmidt, host of “The Green Grocer,” (Frasier S5E24 Sweet Dreams)34. Dan and Jenna, hosts of “Let's Go Camping with Dan and Jenna,” (Frasier S7E16 Something About Dr. Mary)35. and who can forget Dave, host of “Chopper Dave's Rush-Hour Roundup.” (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)36. While Frasier was settling in, Marty was able to crack the Weeping Lotus case (Frasier S2E13 Retirement Is Murder)37. While ice fishing with his sons, he worked up the courage to tell them something he had wanted to say their whole lives: that he loved them. (Frasier S2E20 Breaking The Ice)38. [Maris] wanted a divorce. (Frasier S3E8 The Last Time I Saw Maris) 

Written by Stephen WinchellGuest Starring Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend as Aubrey TaylorAudio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES:1. He accepted the fling and made a desperate promise to forgive and forget. But Lilith was not interested in reconciliation. She realized that this was more than an affair. She was in love with Dr. Pascal.  (Cheers S11E6 Teaching with the Enemy)2. Niles was there for his brother during this difficult time. He told Frasier that he should talk to Lilith and find out why she did what she did. (Frasier S2E21 An Affair to Forget)3. This was the only time Frasier visited with Niles between 1991 and 1993 (Since Frasier saw Niles only once in two years in Frasier S3E24 You Can Go Home Again)4. Of course, all of this happened right before Frasiers' high school reunion. (Frasier S6E2 Frasier's Curse)5. He spent Thanksgiving with his son at Cheers, surrounded by friendly faces. (Cheers S11E8 Ill Gotten Gaines)6. After two hours on the ledge, Lilith arrived to console her distraught husband. She was able to talk him down (Cheers S11E7 The Girl in the Plastic Bubble)7. Frasier would later reveal that it was thoughts of Frederick that prevented him from taking that fatal plunge (Frasier S1E2 Space Quest)8. Frasier later received divorce papers, and he knew their love story was finally over. His friend Rebecca Howe - once the object of his affections - threw him a Divorce Party. It was a kind gesture, and when the other guests left Rebecca and Frasier - very surprisingly - ended up kissing…and more? (Cheers S11E16 Is There a Doctor in the Howe?)9. [A]n unexpected guest arrived. It was Lilith. (Cheers S11E16 Is There a Doctor in the Howe?)10. As they tried to figure out how to move forward at Cheers, Dr. Pascal arrived, gun in hand. (Cheers S11E17, The Bar Manager, The Shrink, His Wife and Her Lover)11. Frasier began to realize that he too was unhappy. His practice was stagnant. And he realized: he also didn't want to be married anymore. (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)12. He jumped into his black BMW (Frasier S1E7 Call Me Irresponsible) 

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellAudio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES: 1. In 1990 Lilith Sternin became a bestselling author. The manuscript she was working on before she met Frasier was finally complete. She called it “Good Girls, Bad Boys,” (Cheers S8E18 Severe Crane Damage)2. Much like his father - who in 1974 went through a midlife crisis, he dyed his hair black and bought a motorcycle (Frasier S1E20 Fortysomething)3. He met a number of famous and notable personalities including Alex Trebek ((Cheers S8E14 ‘What is Cliff Clavin'), Bill Medley of the Righteous Brothers (Cheers S8E16 Finally: Part 2) and Celtics' great Kevin McHale. (Cheers S9E2 Cheers Fouls Out)4. [P]er the results of a test, Frederick Crane only had an average intelligence. (Cheers S9E7 Breaking In is Hard To Do)5. It didn't help when Frederick's first word was “Norm!” (Cheers S9E7 Breaking In is Hard To Do)6. All the way back in Seattle, a Jack Russell terrier gave birth to a litter of puppies. One of those little creatures would later be adopted by Marty and named Eddie (Frasier S3E24 You Can Go Home Again) (NOTE: This makes Eddie around 2 years old in S1 of Frasier))7. On this November day in particular, he had lunch with his partner Frank and somehow ended up with a goldfish. He named it Eddie. Frank, Marty and fish Eddie ended up driving around Seattle while Marty unloaded his familial woes on his partner. Frasier was once again staying in Boston for Thanksgiving. This bothered Marty more than he let on, but Frank knew. They stopped at a convenience store like they had many times before. Marty didn't get anything, but Frank picked up a slushie.  Before they left, Frank decided to go back inside: the frozen concoction wasn't to his liking.  (Frasier S9E4 The Return of Martin Crane) This decision brought him face to face with a man named Hicks who was holding up the store with a .38 special. (Frasier S8E23 A Day in May) Frank got lucky: Marty Crane intervened. He stopped the robbery and saved Frank, but for this good deed, Marty took a bullet to the hip. (Frasier S8E15 Hooping Cranes) As he lay bleeding out on the ground, the ever stoic Marty didn't shed a tear. (Frasier S4E8 Our Father, Whose Art Ain't Heaven)  8. Marty was taken to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Frasier left Boston right away to tend to his ailing father. (Frasier S2E6 The Botched Language of Cranes)  9. Marty was brusque with his son, almost cruel, this moment of vulnerability showing a mean streak in the patriarch. (Frasier S9E4 The Return of Martin Crane)10. He was terrified. He never wanted to take a risk, he never left the house, he'd duck for cover every time a car backfired. (Frasier S10E9 Don't Go Breaking My Heart)11. Frasier always had problems talking about death. He thought that if you talked about it, it would happen. (Cheers S10E11, I'm OK, You're Defective)12. After his father was shot, Frasier finally drew up a will (Cheers S10E11, I'm OK, You're Defective)13. Lilith and Frasier took Frederick to see popular children's entertainer Nanny G on his birthday.  (Cheers S10E16 One Hugs, the Other Doesn't)14. In April of ‘92 Lilith began working on a study with renowned scientist Dr. Louis Pascal. He was developing a subterranean dwelling called an Eco-Pod and Lilith was assisting him. (Cheers S11E7 The Girl in the Plastic Bubble)15. “The Crane Train to Mental Well-Being” lecture tour and video cassette. (Wings S3E16 Planes, Trains, and Visiting Cranes)16. She allowed a latent attraction to her new colleague surface, and the two had a steamy one-time fling. (Cheers S11E6 Teaching with the Enemy) 

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellGuest Starring Adam Goron as "Quinn"Audio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES: 1. He attended a hockey game - already a red flag- and the good doctor instigated a fight with a man in the crowd.(Cheers S5E16 Never Love A Goalie P1)2. Whatever the case, Lilith Sternin moved into Frasiers' home in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston in the spring of 1987. (Cheers S5E20 Dinner at Eight-Ish)3. His former paramore Diane Chambers was set to wed Sam Malone. But she left him at the altar as well - opting to postpone their nuptials while she worked on a manuscript. (Cheers S5E26 I Do, Adieu)4. He sold Cheers to the Lillian Corporation, a huge conglomerate that immediately began to smooth out many of the bars' more colorful edges. (Cheers S6E1 Home Is the Sailor)5. It was here that Frasier met Rebecca - and was quite taken with her. (Cheers S6E1 Home Is the Sailor)6. The two had been fighting - she demanded that they get engaged or she would leave. (Cheers S6E5 The Crane Mutiny)  7. Frasier wrote Lilith a Dear John letter so he could pursue the sultry goddess of sex Rebecca (Cheers S6E5 The Crane Mutiny) 8. Hester Crane, beloved mother and wife, respected psychiatrist, the monumental figure in Frasiers' life, passed away in November 1987. (Frasier S9E6 Room Full of Heroes)9. The two were married in a traditional Jewish ceremony in February that year. (Cheers S10E20 Smotherly Love)  10. Frasier overanalyzed every detail in the bedroom, robbing the two of them of the joy of their new union. (Frasier S4E7 A Lilith Thanksgiving)11. At the altar Maris was beginning to think Niles had cold feet - he was faint, shaky, sweating. But Niles was all-in with Maris, this was simply a congenital heart murmur that would plague him for the rest of his life expressing itself for the first time. (Frasier S2E16 The Show Where Sam Shows Up)  12. Before the two were pronounced man and wife, a feud that would last six years was born. (Frasier S1E16 The Show Where Lilith Comes Back)13. Maris and Niles honeymooned in Europe (Frasier S1E17 A Midwinter's Night Dream)14. Frasier and Lilith vacationed in Bora Bora  (Frasier S2E9 Adventures in Paradise Part 2)15. The entire family spent Thanksgiving in Seattle with Marty, almost a year after his wifes' passing. (Frasier S10E6 Star Mitzvah)16. Frasier learned some life-changing news: Lilith was pregnant.  (Cheers S7E14 I Kid You Not)  17. One night Frasier and Lilith got drunk and decided to have a little body fun. Moments prior to their childs' conception, Frasier told Lilith “Who cares about the next 20 years, let's get nasty.” (Cheers S9E7 Breaking In is Hard To Do)  18. She started to go through mood swings, she began craving strange food like balls of butter, fistfuls of flour, a deep dish 4 cheese pizza with prosciutto and anchovies. (Season 8E3 A Bar is Born)19. Her belly button went from a beautiful, sexually attractive  innie to a grotesque and horrific outie. (Cheers S7E20 Call Me Irresponsible)20. As a respected scientist, she continued to work and was even invited to lecture in New York City. (Cheers S7E20 Call Me Irresponsible)21. Frasier kept busy as well and rubbed elbows with some impressive people. He met Admiral William J. Crowe Jr, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Cheers S7E17 Hot Rocks). He met millionaire executive Robin Colcord (Season 8E3 A Bar is Born) and trust fund heiress Kelly Gaines (Cheers S7E19 The Gift of the Woodi). He even met a charming young lady in Lamaze class and shamelessly flirted with her in front of Lilith. (Cheers S8E4 How to Marry a Mailman)22. [Frederick] was born in the back of a taxi cab. When Frasier arrived at the hospital to be at his wife's side during labor, he was shocked to see that this little bundle of joy had already arrived. ( Cheers S8E6, The Stork Brings a Crane)23. He later recalled what it was like when he held Frederick in his arms for the first time, saying it was “as if everything else in the universe simply melted away.”  (Frasier S2E4 Flour Child)24. With Frederick, he quickly found out that you don't just love your children, you fall in love with them. (Frasier S5E4 The Kid) 

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellGuest Starring Adam Goron as "Quinn"Audio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES: 1. Their first stop: London. There the two visited Big Ben, the Tower of London and watched the Changing of the Guards. Their trip took them to France where they boated on the (Sen) Seine and took in the beautiful Notre Dame. Next, Florence, where they visited the (paan-tay veh-kee-oh) Ponte Vecchio.  (Cheers S4E18 The Peterson Principle) Then, off to the alps for some skiing. (Cheers S3E24 Bells of St Clete's)2. After returning to Italy, Frasier was ready to pop the question. And he knew the perfect place, a restaurant called Luigi's. There he would ask for Diane's hand. And when she said yes, he would whisk her away to a country estate in Florence owned by a colleague, Dr. Marino. A priest would be waiting for the happy couple, ready to wed them right then and there. (Cheers S3E25 Rescue Me)3. The very next day at the Marino estate, Frasier stood at the altar with his wife-to-be. But here was the moment, the moment where Diane came face to face with the feelings she had been running from. When the priest asked if she would marry Frasier, she looked around and asked if he was talking to her (Cheers S4E1 Birth, Death, Love and Rice)4. His sad story spread through the University of Bologna, where students and faculty laughed and gossiped about his misfortune. From there it spread throughout Italy. It became so infamous that in a game of Soccer when a player kicked, missed a ball, and fell down, the Italians called that “a Frasier.” If he was knocked out cold they called it “a Frasier Crane”. (Cheers S4E1 Birth, Death, Love and Rice)5. To make matters worse, all of this happened right before his 15th High School Reunion, (Frasier S6E2 Frasier's Curse)6. Upon his return to Cheers he met a fresh faced young bartender named Woody Boyd. Frasier was in no mood for polite introductions and cornered Malone, threatening him with a gun.  (Cheers S4E1 Birth, Death, Love and Rice)7. Over the next few months, Frasier drowned his sorrows with liquor and beer (Cheers S4E2 Woody Goes Belly Up)8. He met an interesting woman, another psychiatrist. Her name was Lilith Sternin. (S4E17 Second Time Around)9. He met a friend of Sams, a fun-loving woman named Candi Pearson. They spent a whirlwind 16 hours together and on a lark, got engaged.  (S4E17 Second Time Around)10. That's why he was invited to appear on ‘Psychology This Week,' a local TV show where a panel of psychiatric professionals debated certain aspects of the psychological condition. Frasier was set to appear against a colleague, ​​Dr. Foster. (Cheers S5E4 Abnormal Psychology)11. While still a  child, her father told her to close her eyes, and then he was gone for two years. (Cheers S6E21 Our Hourly Bread) When he returned he had a whole new family including a young son, her half-brother Blaine. (Frasier S9E16 Wheels of Fortune)12. Lillith was a decorated medical professional (S4E17 Second Time Around), on the psychiatric staff at Boston General hospital (Cheers S5E4 Abnormal Psychology), and an aspiring author (Cheers S8E18 Severe Crane Damage). She was a dedicated researcher, a proud Jewish woman, and, due to a strange genetic quirk, she had two different sized feet. (Cheers S8E23 The Ghost and Mrs. Lebec)13. What was supposed to be a goodbye became a deep kiss (Cheers S5E4 Abnormal Psychology), a lovely dinner, a drink at Cheers, and a night of passion at Dr. Sternin's condo. (Cheers S8E21 Bar Wars 3)14. That year, Marty Crane received some devastating news about his wife. Hester, the fiery know-it-all was diagnosed with terminal breast cancer. (Frasier S10E8 Rooms with a View)

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellGuest Starring Adam Goron as "Quinn"Audio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen Winchell REFERENCES:1. But for his very first job he worked as a prison counselor. (Cheers S8E26 Cry Harder)2. Perhaps Frasier was inspired by a bizarre chapter in his childhood; Marty used to take him and Niles to the police station and made a game out of locking them in an empty cell. He would then quote unquote “lose” the key. (Frasier S1E15 You Can't Tell a Crook By His Cover)3. Frasiers' operation was impressive from the get go - his office was in a downtown high rise (Cheers S5E24 Cheers the Motion Picture)4. He employed a full time secretary - a Mrs. McGrady, a woman who had been working for Frasier's mother since 1966. (Cheers S4E25 Strange Bedfellows P2)5. That's why he found himself at Golden Brook - a sanatorium in Connecticut (Cheers S3E2 Rebound P2)- in the fateful spring in 1984. He was working there as a consultant.6. Two female patients had a disagreement about a game of croquet and things turned violent. Frasier stepped in and broke it up (Cheers S3E2 Rebound P2)7. Let's travel further back in time to 1889, the year a tavern opened up at 112 1/2 Beacon Street in Boston. (Cheers S8E6 The Stork Brings a Crane)8. She introduced them all to Frasier, and there he met Ernie “Coach” Pantusso, Carla Tortelli, Cliff Clavin, Norm Peterson, and “Mayday” Malone himself. (Cheers S3E1 Rebound P1)9. He began a marital relations group to help his patients navigate their rocky relationships. (Cheers S3E3 I Call Your Name)10. He attended and presented at a prestigious seminar about multiple personalities at the University of Chicago (Cheers S3E4 Fairy Tales Can Come True)11. [He] attended a symposium to discuss nerve endings. (Cheers S3E12 A Ditch In Time)12. But another Crane wasn't at all thrilled about Frasier's choice of lover. In the fall of 1984 Hester visited her son in Boston. (Cheers S3E8 Diane Meets Mom)13. In early 1985, a 32-year old timber heiress was in distress - the gates to her stately home weren't opening. As she banged her fists - and later a tire-iron - against them, Niles - who happened to be driving by - pulled over to assist. When their hands touched they both felt a spark and low and behold, the gates opened. That heiress' name was…Maris. (Frasier S1E17 A Midwinter's Night Dream)14. These two happy couples did meet in Seattle in 1985. (Frasier S3E14 The Show Where Diane Comes Back)15. He had been chosen as that year's visiting scholar at the University of Bologna and was to spend 6 months in Italy.(Cheers S3E22 Cheerio, Cheers) 

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellAudio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES:1. For example, did you know Marty had a pet owl named Plato? (Cheers S4E18 The Peterson Principle)2. He would later look back at those four years as the best of his life. (Frasier S8E7 The New Friend)3. The young scholar truly jumped right in, pledging a fraternity right away. He went through a hazing process and although the details are vague, the rituals included handcuffs and/or a strapless brassiere. (Frasier S2E3 The Matchmaker)4. His passion for the subject was reignited after he attended an epidemiology seminar by one Dr. Bagely. (Frasier S7E16 Something About Dr. Mary)5. He played “Man #2” in a production of ‘Can Can,' and the experience made him seriously consider giving up psychology for the arts. (Cheers S8E9 Two Girls for Every Boyd”)6. He acted throughout his years as an undergraduate and later appeared as the Pirate King in the Pirates of Penzance' (Frasier S4E14 To Kill a Talking Bird), Col. Fairfax in Yeoman of the Guard (Frasier S5E9 Perspectives on Christmas) , Cyrano De Bergerac in Cyrano De Bergerac (Cheers S8E20 Fifty-Fifty Carla), and as Dr. Armstrong in Agatha Christie's Ten Little Indians. (Frasier S1E19 Give Him the Chair)  7. At Harvard, Frasier rowed crew (Frasier S8E7 The New Friend), played squash competitively (Frasier S5E17 Perfect Guy), and used fencing to relieve his stress. (Cheers S5E15 Spellbound)8. Unsurprisingly, Frasier began to dabble in activism - he started wearing crystals, he dissolved herbs under his tongue and listened to whale flute music while exploring alternative medications. (Cheers S10E10 A Fine French Whine)9. Frasier composed a poem called ‘Bangladesh, Dhaka Before the Dawn.' He performed it one night at a gathering called The Human Collective. (Frasier S9E2 Don Juan in Hell Part 2)10. Frasier got along wonderfully with her cat Bobo Black Paws (Cheers S10E16 One Hugs, the Other Doesn't)11. In 1974, still an undergrad and very much in love, Frasier Crane married Nanette Guzman. (Cheers S10E16 One Hugs, the Other Doesn't)12. It was a little, clandestine affair completely lacking in ceremony. They both dashed off to City Hall, and afterwards had a little celebration. Nanette invited 50 friends, but 70 showed up to enjoy the free food and drink. (Frasier S11E15 Caught in the Act)13. they would have incredibly intense fights about nothing at all. (Frasier S11E15 Caught in the Act)14. Frasier graduated in 1975 with a major in psychology and a minor in music (Frasier S3E1 She's The Boss)15. He studied with Dr. Bennet Ludlowe, an author, innovator and educator. Frasier saw the man as an idol and inspiration. (Cheers S3E13 Whodunnit)16. He also studied at the feet of Dr. William Tewksbury, a man Frasier considered as his mentor. (Frasier S8E9 Frasier's Edge)17. He began to manifest many symptoms he was studying about in his textbooks, leading to an unfortunate summer in 1975 when he became impotent. (Frasier S3E20 Police Story)18. He too joined a fraternity - Phi Beta Kappa (Frasier S1E15 You Can't Tell a Crook By His Cover)  19. and became something of a fixture on the Yale stage. He played Tartuffe in Molière's play of the same name, and Yale Daily News said he had ‘the magnetism of Marlon Brando, the charm of Danny Kaye, and the range of Laurence Olivier.' (Frasier S4E18 Ham Radio)20. [Niles] took impromptu trips to Vegas (Frasier S2E13 Retirement Is Murder), and even stole another man's fiance. (Frasier S11E21 Detour)21. During his senior year he was rocked by a series of misfortunes. After contracting mono, he missed four weeks of classes. He studied round the clock to catch up on this missing work but right before final exams, his girlfriend broke up with him - to start dating his roommate. Niles had a nervous breakdown. He was found curled up in a freezer bin at a nearby grocery store. (Frasier S11E8 Murder Most Maris)22. Frasier meanwhile graduated with honors in 1979, specializing in Psychosocial Behaviorism. (Frasier S1E15 You Can't Tell a Crook By His Cover)23. During his time in England Frasier continued to row, even winning a championship with the Oxford team. (Frasier S6E7 The Seal who Came to Dinner)  24. He still found time to act, appearing in the Spring Musical as Yum Yum in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. One of his costars was Dr. Simon Finch-Royce (playing Miti-Sing), who would later become a leading expert and best selling author who specialized in marriage. (Cheers S5E21 Simon Says) (Frasier S3E4 Leapin Lizards)25. It didn't help that he had fallen face first into some poison ivy. He still attended - as a blotchy, itchy mess. He ended up sitting with the most pathetic people there: the Chess Club's Barbershop Quartet known as The Checkmates. (Frasier S6E2 Frasier's Curse)26. She learned to play pool (Frasier S1E15 You Can't Tell a Crook By His Cover), she discovered psychic abilities (Frasier S8E20 The Wizard And Roz), and even starred in a children's TV show called “Mind Your Knickers.” (Frasier S1E9 Selling Out)

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellAudio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES:1. When Frasier Crane was only 8 years old he realized his ultimate destiny: like his mother he would heal people through the art and science of psychiatry. (Frasier S8E9 Frasier's Edge)2. Frasier attended Seattle's prestigious Bryce Academy, a preparatory school with an impressive legion of alumni. (Frasier S6E2 Frasier's Curse)3. Frasier's class alone gave the world a heart transplant specialist, a cancer researcher, and a computer software magnate. (Frasier S6E2 Frasier's Curse)4. He was an unathletic, bookish sort and was still a target for bullies. (Frasier S4E2 Love Bites Dog)5. His nickname during his Freshman year was the “Bryce Academy Crier, (Frasier S6E2 Frasier's Curse)6. He made some attempts to remedy this, like joining the football team ((Frasier S5E8 Desperately Seeking Closure) or the woodworking club, ((Frasier S5E10 Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name)7. He never fit in with the popular kids, his only friends were the nerds, students in the debate club, or that exchange student from Abu Dhabi. (Frasier S7E14 Big Crane on Campus)8. He took Spanish and learned the language fluently; (Frasier S2E21 An Affair to Forget)9. [H]e went on to serve as the Grand Panjandrum of the Vocabulary Club (Frasier S4E11 Three Days of the Condo)10. He even began tutoring other students (Frasier S8E21 Semi-Decent Proposal)11. His very first role on stage was Bottom in a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. He received a standing ovation (Frasier S4E19 Three Dates and a Breakup Part 1)12. His role in The Dream led him to mount and direct his very own backyard production of Hamlet, where the star of the show was a skull Frasier stole from one of the Bryce Academy classrooms. (Frasier S9E19 Deathtrap)13. For the trouble, Frasier wrote a short story about the experience that he published in the high schools' literary magazine. It was called, “Through the Clown's Mouth Darkly,” and it went on to take the silver medal in the All-City Fiction contest in 1968.  (Frasier S8E6 Legal Tender Love and Care)14. He also started writing a society column for his school's newspaper using the nom de plume Alastair Mowbray, (Frasier S6E19 IQ)15. 1968 had another important milestone for Frasier: his first kiss. It was with Jill Solomon in one of the science labs at the Bryce Academy. Jill was not thrilled about the experience, and in response she hurt Frasier in such a way that he had to visit the nurses' office. (Frasier S8E17 It Takes Two to Tangle)16. [H]is sexual frustrations became so unbearable that in order to distract himself from them, he constructed a replica submarine big enough to sleep six over the course of six months. He would often play pretend in it, shouting “Fire one! Fire two!” (Cheers S7E2 ‘Swear to God')  17. In one memorable incident, Frasier received a standing ovation night after night for his role as Conrad in Bye Bye Birdy. One student did not enjoy the performance, writing in the Bryce Academy Crier, that “Mr. Crane's attempts to gyrate his hips as Conrad the teen idol in Bye Bye Birdie made this reviewer say, ‘bye bye breakfast.' (Frasier S3E23 The Focus Group)18. Frasier wrote a musical to be performed by the other students and made sure that Niles had a good part. (Frasier S7E13 They're Playing Our Song)19. They even collaborated on the spring musicale, writing cheeky songs that somehow got past the keen eyes of teachers and faculty. (Frasier S1E22 Author, Author)20. [I]n addition to theater, he also joined the Existentialist Club, where he was named “Most Likely to Be,” (Frasier S1E18 And The Whimper Is…)21. [H]e graduated second in his class (Frasier S9E14 Juvenilia)22. Frasier made sure to push himself out of fear that he'd be bested by brainy little Niles. (Frasier S6E19 IQ)  23. On Prom night,  Frasier and his date arrived at the dance in a horse drawn carriage. His date was Niles. The quote-unquote official story was that both of their dates canceled at the last minute and they decided to go stag together. (Frasier S7E23 Something Borrowed Something Blue: Part 1)  24. After renting their house for ten years, the owners of the property - a Mr. and Mrs. Lasskoph- asked the Crane family to vacate. (Frasier S9E19 Deathtrap)25. That summer, Frasier lost his virginity. After four years of unwanted chastity, he began an illicit affair with an older woman - his piano teacher, Miss Clarice Warner. (Frasier S2E1 Slow Tango in South Seattle)26. Many years later, Frasier relayed this story to some drinking buddies in Boston. One of them, Thomas Jay Fallow, would turn it into a bestselling romance novel, “Slow Tango in South Seattle.” (Frasier S2E1 Slow Tango in South Seattle)27. Niles becomes a spelling bee phenom (Frasier S9E18 War of the Words)28. Hester has an affair with a neighbor named Daniel Lawlor (Frasier S1E8 Beloved Infidel29. In 1968 Marty gets his iconic chair (Frasier S1E19 Give Him the Chair) 

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellAudio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES:1. On a spring day in 1953, Marty Crane was stuck in a waiting room filled with cigarettes and Life magazines. (Frasier S2E4 Flour Child)2. “Suspected pinko ousted from Crossing Guard post,” read the headline of the day's newspaper, and it was confirmed further down on the page that Queen Elizabeth just had a child. (Frasier S7E10 Back Talk)3. From the first moment Marty saw Frasier, he was proud of him. (Frasier S9E6 Room Full of Heroes)4. But even with an infant at home, Marty was having problems balancing his work and home life, which happens a lot with men who serve. (Frasier S1E19 Give Him the Chair)5. Now from an early age, young Frasier was a sensitive boy. (Frasier S4E3 The Impossible Dream)6. Hester, with her PhD in psychology, must've recognized this and often engaged with the inner recesses of her son's psyche. (Frasier S9E2 Don Juan in Hell Part 2)7. He took after her at an early age - he was born with a brain, an IQ of 129. (Frasier S6E19 IQ)8. He was also littered with health problems like an allergy to cats (Frasier S3E10 It's Hard to Say Goodbye if you Won't Leave)9. and dust. (Cheers S9E5 Ma Always Liked You Best)10. He also had an unfortunate skin condition on his derriere known as pityriasis rosea (Frasier S1E5 Here's Looking At You)11. They regularly…….made love, and to drown out the noise of their coitus they would play Broadway cast albums. (Cheers S9E14 Days of Wine and Neurosis)12. There was a memorable fight in 1956, one where Hester became dreadfully upset with her husband. To make up for it, Marty bought her flowers and made her a romantic dinner. This apology worked. And this romantic reconciliation came with a surprise ending: that night Hester became pregnant with a second child. (Frasier S1E17 A Midwinter's Night Dream)13. The very first thing Frasier said when he met Niles was, “I don't like him.” (Frasier S10E8 Rooms with a View)14. He too was brainy - with an IQ of 156. (Frasier S6E19 IQ)15. Niles was allergic to cats, (Frasier S5E16 Beware of Greeks)16. cumin, scallops, nutmeg, oat bran, wheat germ, carob and parchment mites. (Frasier S8E13 Sliding Frasiers)17. He once convinced him that the whole family were figments of his imagination, that the whole world was just in his mind. For months, Niles would dart into rooms just to make sure everyone was still there. (Frasier S10E8 Rooms with a View)18. When Frasier was 10, he forged letters from Leonard Bernstein and told everyone that they were penpals. Niles was able to unmask this pathetic charade after quote-unquote Leonard Bernstein said that his Broadway debut was Candide when it was actually On The Town. (Frasier S5E1 Frasier's Imaginary Friend)19. He encouraged them to play ball with the neighborhood kids, but the children only wanted to play with Marty. (Frasier S4E16 The Unnatural)20. Frasier joined the Cub Scouts, but quit after just one hike. (Frasier S4E16 The Unnatural)21. And when Marty tried to teach his sons how to ride bikes, the two unathletic children wound up in the hospital so many times that Social Services started asking questions. (Frasier S10E16 Fraternal Schwinns)22. When Frasier was very young, he found Marty's badge as his father was dressing for work. He started playing with it, and Marty sat him down and told him it wasn't a toy. It was a symbol of integrity, and honesty, and helping people. (Frasier S4E8 Our Father, Whose Art Ain't Heaven)23. Marty ended up buying them two Balinese lutes, two decoupage kits, two pairs of lederhosen. (Frasier S2E18 The Club)24. When Niles discovered a love for fencing and backgammon, Frasier started to participate in these activities as well. (Frasier S11E4 The Babysitter)25. In their play fort, they would make up fancy rules and titles for themselves and things would escalate into full blown fights. (Frasier S8E18 Forgotten but Not Gone)26. They would sit on their mothers' davenport in their tweeds and tams, listening to the Texaco Symphonic Hour together. (Frasier S1E20 Fortysomething)27. They co-authored a series of stories called the Crane Boys Mysteries. (Frasier S9E19 Deathtrap)28. 1961 was a big year for the young family. They moved into a lovely home on Wallace Lane. (S9E19 Deathtrap) (Frasier S6E19 IQ)29. Frasier turned eight - and had a terrible birthday. First, his father refused to take him to see West Side Story. (Frasier S4E3 The Impossible Dream30. Then at his birthday party, he accidentally pinned the tail, not on the donkey, but on a girl named Sally. She was so mad she shoved a cupcake down his shorts. (Frasier S5E23 Party Party)31. Marty took Frasier and some of the other boys from the math club out for pizza, and when the check came Marty could not calculate the tip in his head. (Frasier S4E16 The Unnatural)32. And in that moment, he felt a sense of purpose in his life that he would see through for the rest of his years. (Frasier S8E9 Frasier's Edge) 

Written & Starring Stephen WinchellAudio Production & Recording by Adam GoronDirected by Lara UnnerstallMusic by Takuya Yoshida & Stephen WinchellREFERENCES:1. February 9th, 1993, 112 Beacon Street, Boston (Frasier S9E14 Juvenilia),  (Cheers S11E7 The Girl in the Plastic Bubble).2. His career, at one point an aspect of his life he had been the most proud of, had grown stagnant. (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)3. He had once considered this woman the “candle that [lit his] way.” (Cheers S7E19 The Gift of the Woodi)4. her affair was the most painful and humiliating experience of his entire life. (Frasier S1E8 Beloved Infidel)5. Not a real bear- certainly not - but a pewter bear - about a foot tall with a clock sculpted into its chest. It was crafted in Moscow for Alexander II of Russia.  (Frasier S7E7 A Tsar Is Born)6. This one we know a little bit about; he liked to smoke  (Frasier S3E17 High Crane Drifter)7. and he liked to travel. (Frasier S7E2 Father of the Bride)8. He also had a long career as a police officer, (Frasier S7E18 Hot Pursuit)9. and he married a woman who had a fondness for corncob pipes  (Frasier S6E7 The Seal who Came to Dinner)10. Marty Crane was born in [...] Seattle, WA (Frasier S1E1 The Good Son)11. His father was emotionally distant, the type of man who went his whole life without telling his son that he loved him. (Frasier S2E20 Breaking The Ice)12. Marty had a brother, Walter.  (Frasier S5E16 Beware of Greeks)13. Marty had a sister - Vivian - who was known as ‘The Mouth.' (Frasier S1E8 Beloved Infidel)14. He would personally oversee monthly mixers affectionately named Marty Parties, (Frasier S5E22 The Life of the Party)15. His own personal pièce de résistance was a suede jacket that left his dates purring  (Frasier S10E17 Kenny on the Couch)16. Marty had an uncompromising moral strictness (Frasier S8E20 The Wizard And Roz)17. Marty served under Lt. Franks  (Frasier S8E20 The Wizard And Roz)18. Hank “Bud” Farrell,  Stinky, Wolfman, and who can forget Boom Boom (Frasier S4E1 The Two Mrs. Cranes)19. Together they fought in foxholes (Frasier S6E10 Good Samaritan)20. and their assignments took them to places like the South Korean county of Pyeongchang (Frasier S6E7 The Seal who Came to Dinner)21. and the North Korean city of) Panmunjom. (Frasier S3E17 High Crane Drifter)22. During their time in Korea, Marty cheated death. (Frasier S9E24 Moons Over Seattle)23. Marty, ever the ladies man, seemed to charm the women of Pyeongchang, and he found time to date (Frasier S6E7 The Seal who Came to Dinner)24. There he met Stan Wojadubakowsk (Frasier S7E17 Whine Club)25. (Marty's father, a secret sentimentalist, gave Marty his beloved bolo tie to commemorate the graduation) (Frasier S4E8 Our Father, Whose Art Ain't Heaven)26. As a chalk outline was made around the body, something caught Marty's eye.  (Frasier S4E24 Odd Man Out)27. Through the flashing blue lights of the coroner's wagon, he spotted the silhouette of a young woman, and in that moment he realized that he was a goner. (Frasier S2E8  Adventures in Paradise Part 1)28. While Marty's ancestors came to America with some stolen money and a pewter bear, Hester's arrived on these shores with a personal fortune, (Cheers S4E2 Woody Goes Belly Up)29. She had a sister, Louise (Frasier S3E3 Martin Does It His Way)30. and a brother, Frank.  (Frasier S5E7 My Fair Frasier)31. a non-syndicated radio host (Frasier S9E22 Frasier Has Spokane)32. It's very clear that Frasiers' ex-wife took a lot of money in their divorce.  (Frasier S3E16 Look Before you Leap)33. Hester drove Marty crazy; she was always so upbeat (Frasier S3E10 It's Hard to Say Goodbye if you Won't Leave)34. and once got caught naked in the back of Marty's squad car. (Frasier S5E19 Frasier's Gotta Have It)35. They ran into a rough patch and broke up for a time. (Frasier S3E13 Moondance)36. During this break Marty pursued other women, but nothing took. (Frasier S3E13 Moondance)37. He was extremely nervous the night he proposed and got drunk, likely on his beloved Ballantine beer. (Frasier S9E15 The Proposal)38. Marty, undaunted, worked up the courage to ask again. To help the proposal move in a happier direction he whipped up a batch of hot buttered rum, one of his specialties. This second time, Hester accepted. (Frasier S5E14 The Ski Lodge)39. Hester was pregnant. (Frasier S9E15 The Proposal)40. Getting married was a good start, so in Saint Bartholomew's Church, a very pregnant Hester waddled down the aisle to meet Marty. The minister could not contain his shock (Frasier S9E15 The Proposal)41. She began an experiment with a pair of lab rats named Frasier and Niles. She kept meticulous notes about them, she monitored what they ate, their behavior, and she became quite fond of the little creatures. It was with a heavy heart that she recorded the death of Frasier on April 14th, 1953. Frasier S4E22 Are You Being Served?)42. Shortly thereafter in Seattle, WA, Frasier Crane was born (Frasier S1E21 Travels with Martin)

In this brief introduction, Dr. Howard Lyon welcomes you to the show and hopes you return for our proper Episode 1!The Frasier Files was researched, written and performed by Stephen Winchell and developed for audio by Stephen Winchell & Ian Abramson. Directed by Lara Unnerstall with audio recording and production by Adam Goron. Music by Stephen Winchell & Takuya Yoshida.