Dial M For Martin

Fresco is a technique of mural painting on freshly laid wet plaster, associated with Italian Renaissance art.

“None of them! I just had that room frescoed!”— Niles

The Wassily Chair (also known as the Model B3 chair) is a club chair designed by Marcel Breuer in 1925-1926, an iconic piece of Bauhaus furniture design.

“He walks to the dining table, running his hand along HIS chair (the Wassily) on the way”— Frasier

A reference to a traditional Chinese-style robe or smoking jacket, suggesting Niles's affectation of elegant, exotic loungewear.

“I know it's a little unsettling the way he changes into that Chinese dressing gown after dinner, but you'll get used to it.”— Frasier

A 1954 Alfred Hitchcock thriller film starring Ray Milland and Grace Kelly, about a husband plotting to murder his wife. The episode title 'Dial M for Martin' i…

“DIAL M FOR MARTIN”— Frasier

A play by William Shakespeare, classified as one of his comedies, written around 1604-1605. The phrase has become a common English proverb.

“All's well that end's well, and this afternoon ended very well indeed.”— Frasier

A symphony concert, referring to an orchestral performance, likely the Seattle Symphony, where Frasier says he met Rebecca.

“I met her at the symphony.”— Frasier

A comedic home video/TV compilation genre featuring humorous mishaps at rodeo events.

“if you had labeled the cassette "Rodeo Bloopers", I wouldn't have taped over it, I would have thrown it away!”— Frasier

La-Z-Boy is a well-known American furniture company famous for its recliner chairs.

“A man who's spent the last five years welded to his aptly named Lay-Z-Boy!”— Frasier

A concept central to psychoanalytic theory, particularly associated with Sigmund Freud, referring to mental processes that occur without conscious awareness and…

“sometimes, when the motivation is strong enough, the unconscious can cause a person to act in ways that the conscious would find unthinkable.”— Frasier

A core psychoanalytic concept from Sigmund Freud's theory that seemingly accidental actions are actually motivated by unconscious desires — that there are no tr…

“any psychiatrist worth his salt knows that there are no accidents. No one would do something like that, however unconsciously, unless they stood to gain from it.”— Frasier

A traditional theatrical expression meaning 'good luck,' said to performers before they go on stage. Its origins are debated but it is a well-known theatre supe…

“Well, normally I'd say "Break a leg", but...”— Frasier

A fortified wine produced in the Jerez region of Spain, frequently consumed by Frasier throughout the series.

“Frasier is getting some sherry.”— Frasier