The Show Where Woody Shows Up

Canadian actor famous for playing Captain James T. Kirk in the original Star Trek television series and films.

“May I remind you this is the man required by law to stay at least 100 yards away from William Shatner?”— Frasier

A 1985 film (and 1953 play) by Horton Foote about an elderly woman's journey to her childhood home. Frasier uses it as an expression meaning a liberating escape…

“Boy, that's a trip to Bountiful, let me tell ya.”— Frasier

The iconic science fiction franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, referenced via Noel's Star Trek obsessions including Klingon language and the scene card refer…

“CAPTAIN'S LOG, STARDATE 3012.4 MR. SPOCK INFORMS ME THERE IS NO KLINGON WORD FOR "FEEL"”— Noel

American business magnate, aviator, and film producer (1905–1976), known in later life for his extreme reclusiveness and eccentric behavior, including reportedl…

“His toenails were like Howard Hughes's and his breath smelled like an autopsy.”— Daphne

Ancient Greek dramatist (c. 480–406 BC), one of the three great tragedians of classical Athens, known for plays such as Medea and The Bacchae.

“As an old Greek haberdasher once said: "Euripedes, Eumenides." ... It's just a little joke on the ancient dramatist Euripedes”— Frasier

A concept associated with Thomas Wolfe's posthumous novel 'You Can't Go Home Again' (1940), expressing the idea that returning to the past is impossible.

“The past is just that, the past. You can never go home again.”— Frasier

American composer (1885–1945) of musical theatre and popular music, known for works such as Show Boat and standards like 'Ol' Man River' and 'The Way You Look T…

“we could go and get a nightcap at the piano bar at the Mayflower Hotel - It's Jerome Kern night!”— Niles

A popular song written by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley for the 1961 musical Stop the World – I Want to Get Off.

“for starters, Woody sang "What Kind Of Fool Am I?" Quickly turned into an audience participation number.”— Frasier

A song by Irving Berlin from the 1946 musical Annie Get Your Gun, performed as a competitive duet.

“Then Gil and Noel did a charming duet with "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better." They were both wrong.”— Frasier

A song from the 1957 musical West Side Story, composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

“performed a haunting rendition of "I Feel Pretty," during the latter verses of which Noel joined him on the apron of the stage and translated... into Klingon.”— Frasier

A song from the 1966 musical Sweet Charity, composed by Cy Coleman with lyrics by Dorothy Fields.

“Well hey, big spender. ... The last time I heard that phrase, Gil was belting it out while sitting on the lap of a Japanese businessman.”— Niles

The Eumenides (also known as the Furies or Erinyes) are figures from Greek mythology, chthonic goddesses of vengeance. Also the title of a play by Aeschylus.

“"Euripedes, Eumenides." ... It's just a little joke on the ancient dramatist Euripedes and the mythological Furies.”— Frasier

A fictional language created for the Star Trek franchise, spoken by the alien warrior race known as the Klingons. It was developed into a full constructed langu…

“Noel joined him on the apron of the stage and translated... into Klingon.”— Frasier

A 1957 musical with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, a modern retelling of Romeo and Juliet set in New York City.

“Who's that pretty girl in the mirror there? What mirror, where? Who could that attractive girl be?”— Daphne

A genre of short, amusing musical dramas, also known as operetta, featuring spoken dialogue and lighter themes than grand opera.

“I used to be with a light opera works.”— Daphne

A cocktail made with crème de cassis topped with champagne, a variation of the traditional Kir.

“the highlight of the evening was when Gil, after one too many Que Royales, performed a haunting rendition of "I Feel Pretty"”— Frasier