TEXT: Act 1 Scene 1 - The Radio Station Fade in. Frasier is on the air. Frasier: Well, Roz, I think we have just enough time for one more call. Roz: Okay, we have Andy from Bremerton on line three. Frasier: Hello, Andy, I'm listening. Andy: [v.o.] Am I on? Frasier: Yes, go ahead. Andy: Can you hear me? Frasier: Yes, you're on the air. Andy: Hello? Frasier: You're on. Andy: Am I on? Frasier: Not any more. [cuts him off] This is Dr. Frasier Crane on KACL, wishing you good mental health. Frasier and Roz disconnect and take their headsets off. Kenny comes in with several other KACL people. Kenny: Gather round everyone. Frasier: Oh, Kenny, what's all this? Kenny: I'm here to officially announce this year's SeaBea nominations. Frasier: Oh, well. Gil: He made us wait until your show was over. It was interminable. Kenny: First of all, KACL has been nominated for a total of nine SeaBeas. Everyone makes happy noises over this. Kenny: Which ties us with KPXY, the mighty Pixie, for most nominations. Frasier: Yes, the mighty Pixie, they do very well. Kenny: Now, all the nominees were chosen by a panel of experts... Roz: Just give me that! She snatches the paper away from Kenny. Frasier: Good girl, Roz. Roz: Oh, here's one: "Best Restaurant Critic: Gil Chesterton." Gil: Oh, thank God I'm nominated! Now I won't have to attend "The Chestertons." Roz: "The Chestertons?" Gil: It's an elaborate awards show my wife and the dogs put on when I'm overlooked by the SeaBeas. Frasier: Roz, I don't see our names anywhere. Roz: No, nothing, we've
SUMMARY:
KACL has nine nominations in this year's Seattle Broadcasting Awards, and Frasier is being given the Stephen R. Shafer Lifetime Achievement Award. He receives some flowers and a congratulatory note from his old Harvard mentor, Dr. William Tewkesbury ( René Auberjonois ). He begins to worry that the note says "you must be very proud", and not "I am proud of you". He decides to call on Dr. Tewkesbury before attending the award ceremony, to ask him about a possible subtext in the note. There is none; his secretary wrote it for him. However, the ensuing conversation sets Frasier thinking about his achievements, and he suddenly feels a terrible sense of emptiness. Meanwhile, Martin is doing his best to give Niles constant reassurance that, although Frasier is the one receiving an award, Niles is just as successful. Niles is touched, but finds his efforts a little tiresome. Daphne has continued to eat constantly and put on weight, and Niles is the only one who has not noticed.