TEXT: ACT ONE Scene One - KACL Radio Station. Frasier is on line with Roger. Roger: [v.o.] Well, I had a really good year. I decided hey, why not reward myself? So I bought what I really wanted - a forty- eight foot cabin cruiser. Want to know how much it cost me? I'll tell you how much it cost me: three hundred grand, not to mention the twenty thou for the custom teak decking. Now, here's my problem: the wife wants to call this incredible vessel Lulubelle, after her mother. Lulubelle! So I say, "no, we call it the Intrepid." So what do you think it should be called? Lulubelle or the Intrepid? Frasier: [after a beat] Roger, at Cornell University they have an incredible piece of scientific equipment known as the tunneling electron microscope. Now, this microscope is so powerful that by firing electrons you can actually see images of the atom, the infinitesimally minute building blocks of our universe. Roger, if I were using that microscope right now... I still wouldn't be able to locate my interest in your problem. Thank you for your call. Roz enters and hands him a piece of paper. Frasier: And now, [reading] "Hungry for Chinese tonight? I always"... Uh, I'm sorry, I just - we're experiencing technical difficulties. Let's go to a pre-recorded commercial message. He goes off the air and steps into Roz's booth.] Frasier: Roz, why did you hand me this copy? I don't do personal endorsements. Roz: What is the big deal? All the other personalities do them. Frasier: The other personalities aren't doctors. If I allow myself to become a common pitchman, I lose all my credibility. I am a wise man, a shaman. Roz: Zip up your fly, wise man. As he does so, Bulldog walks in. Bulldog: Whoa, Doc! This is a radio studio, not a bus terminal. Frasier: Look who's here, Roz. Noel Coward
SUMMARY:
Frasier meets Bebe Glazer, a smarmy talent agent who sweet-talks him into doing a series of product endorsements. He finds himself conflicted when she arranges a television ad for a product he does not support, knowing that the money earned could go toward his son's college fund.