My Coffee With Niles

Italian luxury shoe brand known for high-end, finely crafted footwear.

“Not even when I bought these four hundred dollar Bruno Maglies. Do you like them?”— Niles

A fictional German restaurant referenced in the show, known for bratwurst.

“OK, how about Hoppy's Old Heidleberg? They were voted best bratwurst of all time for three years in a row.”— Martin

A type of German sausage made from pork, beef, or veal, a staple of German cuisine.

“They were voted best bratwurst of all time for three years in a row.”— Martin

Dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, responsible for World War II and the Holocaust.

“I'm told it was a lot like that near the end in the Hitler household.”— Frasier

Bestselling American novelist known for her romance and drama novels, one of the most popular authors in the world.

“she reading a Danielle Steel novel, making a nail appointment on her cellular phone.”— Niles

American Nobel Prize-winning author known for novels depicting the struggles of working-class Americans, particularly during the Great Depression, including The…

“Vintage Steinbeck - desperately poor people escaping the Dust Bowl, their meager possessions strapped to rickety old trucks heading to what they thought was their salvation.”— Niles

A legendary medieval tale of tragic, passionate love between the Cornish knight Tristan and the Irish princess Isolde, also the basis for Wagner's opera.

“it doesn't burn with the passion and intensity of a Tristan and Isolde. It's more comfortable, more familiar.”— Niles

Fictional detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, famous for his deductive reasoning abilities.

“I think you may be onto something there, Sherlock!”— Frasier

A stringed instrument belonging to the zither family, with a series of chord bars attached to dampers to produce chords.

“me at my jigsaw puzzle, she at her auto-harp - not a word spoken between us and be perfectly content.”— Niles

A minimalist dry landscape garden associated with Zen Buddhism, designed for meditation and contemplation.

“He got Maris to dig up her camellias so he could put in that precious Zen garden that he's been hocking us about since last fall.”— Niles

A cross-legged sitting meditation posture originating from Hindu and Buddhist meditative practices.

“Yesterday, I found Maris smack-dab in the middle sitting in the lotus position.”— Niles

An international Protestant Christian charitable organization known for providing assistance to those in need.

“Then there was this scene with this scruffy boy being handed a brand-new pair of shoes by the Salvation Army.”— Niles

The Roman goddess of love, beauty, and desire, equivalent to the Greek goddess Aphrodite.

“Oh, why did you have to hire Venus herself? Couldn't you have found some beefy, East-European scrub woman who reeked of ammonia?”— Niles

A nontrinitarian Christian denomination known for their door-to-door evangelism and proselytizing.

“I don't care if they're Jewish, or Jehovah Witness or Buddhist.”— Roz

A world religion and philosophy based on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha).

“I don't care if they're Jewish, or Jehovah Witness or Buddhist.”— Roz

One of the oldest monotheistic religions, the religion and culture of the Jewish people.

“I don't care if they're Jewish, or Jehovah Witness or Buddhist.”— Roz

A set of biblical principles relating to ethics and worship in Judaism and Christianity, given to Moses on Mount Sinai.

“But he pretended he was going to ask me out, isn't there a Commandment against that?”— Roz

The second division of the Christian Bible, containing writings about Jesus Christ and early Christianity.

“No, they didn't get into dating until the New Testament.”— Niles

Public Broadcasting Service, an American public television network known for documentaries, educational programming, and cultural content.

“I was watching PBS the other night in my study and they were showing this documentary on the Great Depression.”— Niles

The severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, originating in the United States.

“they were showing this documentary on the Great Depression.”— Niles

A period of severe dust storms in the 1930s that devastated the American prairies, causing mass migration westward.

“desperately poor people escaping the Dust Bowl, their meager possessions strapped to rickety old trucks”— Niles

A famous clown character known for his wild red hair, featured in various American television shows.

“don't think it's time you got a hair cut, you're starting to look like bozo!”— Frasier

A German exclamation roughly translating to 'Oh my goodness' or 'Oh dear,' short for 'Ach du lieber Gott.'

“Ach du lieber!”— Frasier