What's your favorite Niles line ever?

[FrasierFanJay]

I think it's hard to top his remark about Lillith when he says, "I learned if you kiss her too fast you get an ice cream headache."

But there are SOO many great lines....

[Kning]

My favourite line is from "Decoys" - Matin reveals in Café Nervosa that Niles had a crush for Daphne for years:

Martin [to Roz]:"Six years, can you believe it? Some people just don't even know when it's time to pull the plug."
Niles: [shouting after him] "Well, I won't make that mistake twice!"

[5HR1NK]

I think later on in that episode Niles says something like
"And you be very careful crossing the road!" to Martin.

[Southern FrasierFan]

Seat of Power - 2nd season.

Niles: When you think about it, our only mistake today was trying to fix that toilet ourselves.

Frasier: Yes, we tampered with the natural order of things.

Niles: But now, order has been restored. By hiring a plumber, that plumber can now afford, say, a Dolly Parton album. Miss Parton can then finance a national tour which will, of course, come to Seattle, allowing some local promoter to make enough money to send his cross-dressing teenaged son to us for $150- an-hour therapy.

Frasier: [raises his glass] To the circle of life.

[monolithic]

"carpe that diem" don't go breaking my heart (3), season 10

love that line!

[Gordi]

"You see, my brother is impotent" from the episode The Two Mrs. Cranes is a line that cracks me up everytime I hear it

[Lil]

Seat of Power - 2nd season.

Niles: When you think about it, our only mistake today was trying to fix that toilet ourselves.

Frasier: Yes, we tampered with the natural order of things.

Niles: But now, order has been restored. By hiring a plumber, that plumber can now afford, say, a Dolly Parton album. Miss Parton can then finance a national tour which will, of course, come to Seattle, allowing some local promoter to make enough money to send his cross-dressing teenaged son to us for $150- an-hour therapy.

Frasier: [raises his glass] To the circle of life.

Now THAT is an underrated moment - hilarity.

I like your sig line, being that Wuthering Heights is a favourite of mine.

[cocochanel]

yes yes yes!

"my brother is impotent"

i love that too!! he says it with such panache!

cocochanel

[IslandNiles]

I think it's from Agents in America: Part Three, but I'm not sure.

Frasier and Bebe have slept together, and she answers the door to Niles. He just stands there and rings the doorbell again, which in itself is hilarious. Then Frasier ushers him inside and explains that they were celebrating after the station agreed to re-open his contract negotitations. There's a short pause, and Niles replies: "Ah. Paid your commission up front, I see."

[FrasierFanJay]

Later in that same episode I think Niles says, "I presume she killed after mating." Regardless that's still another great line.

[IslandNiles]

Later in that same episode I think Niles says, "I presume she killed after mating." Regardless that's still another great line.

I think it pretty much directly follows the bit I quoted. Niles says, "No, no, I'm just glad you're okay ... I presumed she killed after mating!"

[jlynn]

The one when frasier and niles are helping martin rehearse for the christmas nativity play, Martin is trying to sing, Niles tell him to attack the note, but when he murders the song, niles says that sometimes the note sees the attack and retreats. It's the look on his face when he delivers the line that cracks me up

[my maris]

"I'd like a petite filet mignon, very lean - not so
lean that it lacks flavour, but not so fat that it leaves
drippings on the plate. And I don't want it cooked - just
lightly seared on either side, pink in the middle; not a
true pink, but not a mauve either, something in between.
Bearing in mind the slightest error either way, and it's
ruined."

From Dinner At Eight.

[insaneasperger]

"I'd like a petite filet mignon, very lean - not so
lean that it lacks flavour, but not so fat that it leaves
drippings on the plate. And I don't want it cooked - just
lightly seared on either side, pink in the middle; not a
true pink, but not a mauve either, something in between.
Bearing in mind the slightest error either way, and it's
ruined."

From Dinner At Eight.

Love it! typical Niles!

[Lil]

"I'd like a petite filet mignon, very lean - not so
lean that it lacks flavour, but not so fat that it leaves
drippings on the plate. And I don't want it cooked - just
lightly seared on either side, pink in the middle; not a
true pink, but not a mauve either, something in between.
Bearing in mind the slightest error either way, and it's
ruined."

From Dinner At Eight.

AAHHHH!

[Southern FrasierFan]

Seat of Power - 2nd season.

Niles: When you think about it, our only mistake today was trying to fix that toilet ourselves.

Frasier: Yes, we tampered with the natural order of things.

Niles: But now, order has been restored. By hiring a plumber, that plumber can now afford, say, a Dolly Parton album. Miss Parton can then finance a national tour which will, of course, come to Seattle, allowing some local promoter to make enough money to send his cross-dressing teenaged son to us for $150- an-hour therapy.

Frasier: [raises his glass] To the circle of life.

Now THAT is an underrated moment - hilarity.

I like your sig line, being that Wuthering Heights is a favourite of mine.

Thank you!! I like the usage in A Mid-Winter Night's Dream....an excellent early episode.

[Lil]

Seat of Power - 2nd season.

Niles: When you think about it, our only mistake today was trying to fix that toilet ourselves.

Frasier: Yes, we tampered with the natural order of things.

Niles: But now, order has been restored. By hiring a plumber, that plumber can now afford, say, a Dolly Parton album. Miss Parton can then finance a national tour which will, of course, come to Seattle, allowing some local promoter to make enough money to send his cross-dressing teenaged son to us for $150- an-hour therapy.

Frasier: [raises his glass] To the circle of life.

Now THAT is an underrated moment - hilarity.

I like your sig line, being that Wuthering Heights is a favourite of mine.

Thank you!! I like the usage in A Mid-Winter Night's Dream....an excellent early episode.

Mid-Winter Night's Dream has to be one of my top 5 favourite episodes. From the whole 'glockenspiel' thing to the fighting between Frasier and Martin in the car... sheer genius.

[eddies_the_star]

i dont have a favourite line but my favourite niles moment ever would be between hot and foamy and the ironing the trousers scene which is comic genious.

[freewill]

From "The Three Faces of Frasier", when Frasier has dragged Niles to Stefano's restaurant to see the "improved" version of his portrait.

Frasier: What do you think?
Niles: (inhales) I think you're insane.

His delivery of this line makes it so much funnier than it is on paper.

[genesisfan78]

Hm... There are so many. Just thought of this one:

"Her lips said no, but her eyes said 'Read my lips'! "

+1. My favorite one as well.

Miss Ge

[the crinimal]

this one is fall off the couch material.

''I'm especially looking forward to something called the "munchies" stage. It's where one enjoys bizarre food combinations. I'm thinking of pairing this Chilean Sea bass with an aggressive Zinfandel.''

whoever wrote that.. bravo!

[seledoux]

this one is fall off the couch material.

''I'm especially looking forward to something called the "munchies" stage. It's where one enjoys bizarre food combinations. I'm thinking of pairing this Chilean Sea bass with an aggressive Zinfandel.''

whoever wrote that.. bravo!

That whole Niles being bad segment is excellent. I love his using all the "rich terminology" which reminds me of one of the saving graces of Word to the Wiseguy:

"Well, you see, last week my lady got on the wrong side of "Larry Law," and since then certain, shall we say, "complications" have arisen, and in brief, things have gotten "hot-hot-hot," and we believe you are the man to "turn on the air conditionin'."

Nowhere near my favorite Niles line, but a jolly good one. I will have to think about my favorite line and come back with it!

[nzmooncrane]

Nineteen floors down to my car! Garage door's electric! Can't open! Twenty floors back up! Lost count! Bad lady upstairs! Big dog! Need place to die!

Niles in Dark Victory

love that quote. One of my favourites lol!

[Mr Blue Sky]

this one is fall off the couch material.

''I'm especially looking forward to something called the "munchies" stage. It's where one enjoys bizarre food combinations. I'm thinking of pairing this Chilean Sea bass with an aggressive Zinfandel.''

whoever wrote that.. bravo!

Yep, the writer of that ep Christopher Lloyd's return to showrunner duties alongside Joe Keenan for the final season certainly helped the show finish on a high. They both have the main characters absolutely nailed.

[Mr Blue Sky]

this one is fall off the couch material.

''I'm especially looking forward to something called the "munchies" stage. It's where one enjoys bizarre food combinations. I'm thinking of pairing this Chilean Sea bass with an aggressive Zinfandel.''

whoever wrote that.. bravo!

That whole Niles being bad segment is excellent. I love his using all the "rich terminology" which reminds me of one of the saving graces of Word to the Wiseguy:

"Well, you see, last week my lady got on the wrong side of "Larry Law," and since then certain, shall we say, "complications" have arisen, and in brief, things have gotten "hot-hot-hot," and we believe you are the man to "turn on the air conditionin'."

Nowhere near my favorite Niles line, but a jolly good one. I will have to think about my favorite line and come back with it!

It's true. Even when Joe Keenan writes a (for him) sub-par episode it's still littered with memorable dialogue. This is my favourite scene from that ep:-

Frasier: Well, I think a little mistrust adds mystery to a relationship.
Brandy: Mystery I could stand if he didn't neglect me so much. Every time we go for a romantic dinner he gets a phone call and bang, it's "Gotta work babe, finish your lobster. I'll send you a limo."
Frasier: Lobster? Limos? My God, give me his number and I'll marry him!
Brandy: Money ain't everything, especially when you've got a sex life like ours...
Roz: He's not even good in bed?
Brandy: Who knows? We're never there long enough to find out!
Frasier: You know, this really isn’t necessary...
Brandy: I said to him last night, "What the hell was that?! I've been vaccinated slower!"



Sorry, I know that has nothing to do with Niles, but still...