Something Borrowed, Someone Blue [1]

Giorgio Armani is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1975, known for its high-end suits and menswear.

“If you're worried about my appearance, I know where I can get my hands on some very nice Armani suits.”— Simon

A famous phrase from John Donne's Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (1624), later used by Ernest Hemingway as the title of his 1940 novel 'For Whom the Bell Tol…

“Ask not for whom the doorman buzzes...”— Frasier

Trappist monasteries are monasteries of the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, a Roman Catholic religious order known for their vows of silence and …

“I was reading about a Trappist monastery in the Amazon that they somehow built into the treetop.”— Niles

A boulevardier is a term for a wealthy, fashionable socialite, a man who frequents the boulevards; derived from French, it connotes sophistication and worldline…

“You'll be on the arm of a well-known Seattle boulevardier and radio star.”— Frasier

A French expression meaning 'black beast,' used to refer to a person or thing that one particularly dislikes or dreads.

“I've come attuned to her various quirks... eccentricities... bugaboos.... bête noirs... night terrors.”— Niles

The episode's title card 'Memento Morrie' is a pun on the Latin phrase 'Memento Mori' meaning 'Remember that you will die,' a philosophical concept urging aware…

“MEMENTO MORRIE”— Frasier

Winnebago is an American brand of recreational vehicles (motorhomes), commonly used as a generic term for large motorhomes.

“Frasier, I invited Simon to stay in my Winnebago!”— Martin

Château Pétrus is one of the most prestigious and expensive wines from the Pomerol appellation in Bordeaux, France. The 1945 vintage is considered one of the ra…

“My God, Dad! This is a 1945 Chateau Petrus!”— Frasier

Sherry is a fortified wine made from white grapes grown near the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain. It is a favored drink of the Crane brothers t…

“Join me in a sherry, Frasier?”— Niles

Frasier begins to describe Château Pétrus as a premier cru Bordeaux, though technically Pétrus is from Pomerol which does not use the cru classification system.…

“Well Dad, Chateau Petrus is a premier crux Bordeaux...”— Frasier