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Frasier Online Episode Guide -> Season 11 -> Episode 11.10SeaBee Jeebies
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| Episode Details |
Written by: Patricia Breen Directed by: Kelsey Grammer |
Original US airdate: 2nd December 2003 Original UK airdate: 24th March 2004 |
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| Episode Synopsis |
Niles is getting the star treatment thanks to his involvement in Maris' court case, which includes getting invited to Bill Gates' house for dinner and private viewing's of exhibitions which is annoying Frasier no end, however Kenny brings him some good news - he has been nominated for 2 SeaBee nominations, which sets a new record, and he has the honour of making the opening comments. Kenny makes the news even sweeter by offering to call in a favour from a friend on a local newspaper and get a reporter to follow Frasier on Sea Bee awards day. Frasier has also been trying to attract the attentions of an attractive building resident as well, and invites her to the Sea Bee awards, but she tuens him down when Frasier has to tell her the awards begin at 9AM, thanks to Kenny leaving it late to book the venue, leaving Frasier with only the awards ceremony to restore his pride and reclaim the media spotlight from his brother.
The day of the awards ceremony arrives, and begins with the worst news
for Frasier - his date has cancelled on him as she has broken her heel,
but thankfully Roz has brought her sister along with her who is happy
enough to go along with being Frasier's date for the ceremony. The reporter
arrives, somewhat disenchanted with the early start, but soon perks up
when Niles arrives and starts to be more interested in what he has to
say than Frasier. Unfortunately for Frasier, the rest of the ceremony
is all downhill from there........
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| Episode Highlights |
- Niles and Daphne were invited to dinner at Bill
Gates' house:
Daphne: Their house is enormous. I got lost going to the loo,
but a voice in the wall guided me back.
- Frasier put his mail in the box of an attractive
neighbour only for her to recognise Niles before him:
Caroline: Oh yes, Dr Frasier Crane - my mother listens to you.
- Niles has to cancel dinner plans with Frasier
as he's going to hear Tony Bennett:
Frasier: Oh, well, where's he playing?
Niles: At Frank Geary's birthday party.
- Kenny asks Roz to accept an award for one of KACL's
employees should he win:
Roz: Nothing takes the sting out of not being nominated than
accepting an award for my former intern!
- The reporter asks Niles if it's true that Maris
escaped from her cell:
Niles: It's really the jail's fault for putting the bars so far
apart.
- Roz's acceptance speech
- Frasier hopes he wins with his final nomination
as the rest of the ceremony has been a disaster:
Frasier: This whole thing has been a nightmare, only it can't
be a nightmare because it's mid-morning!
| Frasier Online Episode Review |
The last appearance of the SeaBee Awards in 'Frasier' and what seemed on paper to be a really good story somehow comes up well short thanks in the main to Patricia Breen's rather weak script that seems to waste good comedic opportunities with only moderately amusing jokes, and recycle ideas that had been better executed in other 'Frasier' episodes. Thankfully, Kelsey Grammer manages to rise above the script and deliver a great performance as he tries to stay on top of all the calamities going on all around him while trying to reclaim the media spotlight from Niles, however it's not enough to save this from being a rather below-par episode in a strong season thus far.
Rating
72 %
| Latest Viewer Episode Review |
Avg. Viewer Review:
73.0%
Total Number of Reviews: 1
'Sea Bee Jeebies' review, Nov 02, 2005 |
Reviewer: Jocelyn from London, UK |
A final visit to the Sea Bee awards which sees Frasier's record amount of nominations entitling him the honour of introducing the ceremony, which thanks to Kenny's slack organisation takes place at 9am in the morning. Predictably, nothing goes right for Frasier as firstly his date cancels, leaving him to attend the ceremony with Roz's sister Denise (previously seen in Season 9's 'The Guilt Trippers') and secondly the press reporter who was supposed to be covering his success becomes more interested in Niles' new found notoriety following Maris' murder case. The main reason for watching this episode is Kelsey Grammer's marvellous performance (his delivery of the line 'Only it can't be a nightmare because it's mid-morning!' is hilarious) as he and the rest of the cast work hard to inject some spark into an indifferent script, populated by too many routine one-liners which don't hit the mark. I also found the actual award ceremony began to drag after a while, with the constant repetition of the same band music becoming rather irritating. The only really memorable scene is the closing sequence where Frasier reluctantly finds himself having to sing a rendition of 'Moon River' with specially rewritten words from a teleprompter while all sorts of chaos surrounds him. It's always a pleasure to hear Kelsey Grammer break out into song and this highly amusing setpiece remains a choice highlight of this season. It's just a pity the rest of the episode isn't as good. |
Rating: 73%
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