TEXT: Skyline: A blimp flies over the city. ACT ONE Scene One - Lilith's Home Freddie is seated at the table, writing. Lilith stands near a bookcase, going through a file drawer. Lilith: Here we are. File A, slide sheet 1, image 1 of subject Frederick G. Crane. Freddie: Mom! Lilith: [showing him the slide sheet] Here you are, just an hour after being wrestled from my grudging womb. Freddie: Gross! Lilith: You know, if you'd like there's still time to include this in your Bar Mitzvah video. Freddie: Thanks, but I just want to get through this thing with as little humiliation as possible. Lilith: [going through a box] Oh, look at this! Your hospital cap. The very combed cotton that swaddled your little...[voice breaking] head. Lilith's emotional reaction is very minor, but somehow, for her it seems big. Freddie: Are you okay? Lilith: Of course I am. It's only natural that there should be some emotional upheaval caused by the impending shift in our relationship. I knew it would come, I just wasn't expecting such a roller coaster. [She pauses briefly.] All done. Is this your guest list? Oh, I didn't realize you wanted to invite so many friends. I don't even know some of these people. And why are you inviting Jeremy Berman? I thought you told me he's the biggest nerd in your class. Freddie: He's not so bad. Besides, the more people you invite, the more presents you get. Lilith: Frederick... a Bar Mitzvah is a rite of passage, not an opportunity for you to collect presents. Freddie: I'm sorry. You're right. I'll try to trim it down. SMASH CUT TO: Scene Two - KACL Frasier is walking down the hall. Kenny approaches. Kenny: Hey, Doc! Frasier: Kenny. Kenny: I can't tell you how touched I am that Freddie invited me
SUMMARY:
Frederick's Bar Mitzvah is a couple of days away and Lilith is reminiscing about his childhood. When going through the guest list, Lilith finds that Freddy has invited as many guests as he could, in order to get more gifts. She embarrasses him by crying during her speech. Frasier in the meantime wants to give a speech about Freddie in Hebrew . Noel Shemsky, his co-worker, agrees to teach him in return for a favor. When Frasier fails to fulfill his end of the deal Noel teaches him the speech in Klingon . Later when Frasier sends him a consolation prize, Noel attempts to call Frasier to tell him what he did but Frasier's phone is off. As a result, Frasier embarrasses himself and his son.