High Crane Drifter

A 1941 film directed by John Ford about life in a Welsh mining village. It won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

“I went to the movies to see "How Green Was My Valley." ... It is a beautifully acted depiction of life in a small town in Wales. It won five Academy Awards! It's a classic!”— Frasier

Scottish-American actor who won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in How Green Was My Valley (1941).

“A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR ALL YOU DONALD CRISP FANS”— Frasier

Could refer to the 1933 Universal horror film based on H.G. Wells' novel, or the novel itself. A classic story about a scientist who turns himself invisible.

“Hey, do we have "The Invisible Man?" Frasier: Right here!”— Clerk

A 1971 Clint Eastwood film about a tough San Francisco police inspector known for his vigilante-style justice and famous catchphrases.

“It's perfect for you, Frasier. Dirty Harry meets Emily Post.”— Niles

The episode title 'High Crane Drifter' is a pun on 'High Plains Drifter,' a 1973 Western film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.

“High Crane Drifter”— Frasier

Frasier's line 'Make my eggs' is a play on Dirty Harry's iconic catchphrase 'Make my day' from the 1983 film Sudden Impact.

“Go ahead, Daphne. Make my eggs.”— Frasier

Italian almond biscuits that are twice-baked, oblong-shaped, dry, and crunchy. A staple of Italian café culture.

“Oh, the biscotti! ... Leave it! ... Oh, no - go on without me!”— Niles

A play on 'The Caine Mutiny,' the 1951 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Herman Wouk about a mutiny aboard a naval ship.

“You made the people of Seattle column. Right here, under "The Crane Mutiny."”— Martin

Daphne references the British punk rock movement of the late 1970s, which was a major cultural force in the UK featuring bands like the Sex Pistols and The Clas…

“But then, we Brits have always been on the cutting edge. You should have heard the punk rockers who rented the flat below me a few years back.”— Daphne

Niles paraphrases Muhammad Ali's famous self-description 'float like a butterfly, sting like a bee' using the Latin taxonomic terms for butterfly (Lepidoptera) …

“Ah, there he is, the man who floats like a lepidoptera and stings like a hymenoptera.”— Niles

American author famous for writing about etiquette. Her 1922 book 'Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home' became a definitive guide to pro…

“It's perfect for you, Frasier. Dirty Harry meets Emily Post.”— Niles

An extinct species of archaic humans who lived in Europe and parts of Asia. Often used colloquially to refer to brutish, uncivilized people.

“We are not barbarians! We are not Neanderthals and we are not French!”— Frasier

Federal Express, a major American multinational delivery services company.

“So I put 100 scorpions in a FedEx package.”— Chuck

A village on the border between North and South Korea where the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed in 1953, ending the Korean War fighting.

“In Korea I dropped off in a foxhole right outside P'Anmunjom. By the time I woke up the cease-fire was over and I was the only one who didn't know about it.”— Martin

Newport, Rhode Island, a city known for its extravagant Gilded Age mansions and old-money American aristocracy.

“Chainsaw? Of the Newport Chainsaws?”— Frasier

A fortified wine made from white grapes grown near the city of Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain. Frasier's signature drink.

“walks back in and gets a glass of sherry”— Frasier