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The Life Of The Party

Frasier and Niles lament their barren love lives until Martin gives them the idea to throw a singles party. The party at Niles' place is crowded with potential women and, rather inevitably, Frasier and Niles fall for the same woman - Vicky - and spend the rest of the evening battling each other for her attentions, with both resorting to backstabbing if necessary. Meanwhile, Martin has died his hair brown and believes that he looks much younger, except for the fact that he manages to leave brown stains all over Niles' antique furniture. However, when Roz's water breaks all over Niles' carpet, the scene shifts to the hospital where the Cranes argue over whose life is in a worse state, before Daphne arrives having been stood up at a Bat Mitzvah, and then finally Roz's baby is born - Alice May Doyle.

- Frasier is rather non-plussed when Niles reveals his latest purchase: an antique prayer rug:
Niles: Paid a fortune for it but legend says whatever you pray for on this rug will come to you.
Frasier: Certainly worked for the dealer (!)

- Frasier's way of stopping Daphne from incessantly yammering on.

- Martin has an idea to boost Frasier and Niles' love lives:
Martin: Why don't you do what my buddies and I used to do when we were young and hard up for dates?
Frasier: Invade Korea (?!)

- Frasier tries to tell Roz he isn't interested in her friend Tina, despite her best efforts:
Frasier: She showed me how she could tie a knot in a cherry stem with her tongue
Roz: That's a party trick
Frasier: The cherry was in my mouth at the time!!

- Niles has to leave Vicky as there's a small fire in the kitchen:
Vicky: Is it a serious problem?
Frasier: Oh no, he's always run like that!

- Niles comes over and interrupts Frasier and Vicky:
Frasier: Not now Niles, I'm telling Vicky my recipe for Crepe Gateaux
Niles: Oh well, I'm sure she's had enough of your crepe by now (!)

- Daphne is taken aback at Martin's attempt to dye his hair with Colour-In-A-Can:
Martin: It said 'As Seen On TV', just spray on and go - how did I know it was a lousy product?
Frasier: If only there'd been some clue (!)

Roz gives birth to her daughter Alice in this, the first of two consecutive party themed episodes, and a hugely funny episode it is too. It sees Frasier and Niles hosting a singles party, but both end up chasing after the same woman, which is the source of some great laughs as each tries to win her affections, as does Martin's attempt to look younger by dying his hair - and proceeds to stain Niles' furniture in the process. In fact there are lots of great little moments all the way through the episode - Frasier's way of stopping Daphne's conversations, and it not working on Martin, Daphne's slipping Jewish phrases into conversations, and the scene in the hospital where Martin, Frasier, Niles and Daphne debate who has had the worst night. We get to see mother and daughter doing fine in the final scene, bringing to a close this rather fine episode.

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