TEXT: Act One Scene One - Café Nervosa Daphne is sat at a table as Frasier enters. Frasier: Daphne! Daphne: Hey. Frasier: Hello, I thought you were spending the afternoon with Dad. Daphne: He's in the loo. Why don't you join us? Frasier: All right, thank you. [sits] Hey, did you happen to catch the show today? I was on fire. First caller was an agoraphobic - [fists the air] Boom! - knocked it right out of the park. Then, two troubled marriages and a compulsive over-eater - Boom-boom, Boom! I was a regular mental health dispensing machine. Daphne: I did two loads of laundry and cut a piece of gum out of Eddie's hair. Frasier: Now, Daphne, don't get down on yourself. The work you do at home is very important. In fact, I don't know what Dad and I are going to do once you're married. Daphne: Thank you, Dr. Crane, that makes me feel better. Frasier: Boom! Boy, there is no off-switch on this thing! Daphne: Sadly, that's true. [laughs] Roz enters. Frasier: Oh, there she is, the other half of our team. Roz, are you still as jazzed as I am? Roz: They're taking us off the air! [sits] Frasier: What?! Since when? Roz: Well, while you were out looking for Gatorade to pour over yourself, Kenny came by and said he's yanking us for a week. He wants to try out that new show - you know, "Car Chat with Bob and Bethany." Frasier: "Car Chat with Bob and Bethany," what the... [pauses] Ohhh, touché, Kenny. You are indeed a worthy adversary but you shall find I have a trick or two of my own! [laughs] Daphne: You know, Dr
SUMMARY:
Frasier's show is being taken off the air for a week. This happens to be at the time when he is re-negotiating his contract with KACL , so he believes this is a tactic of theirs. Bebe Glazer soon tells him that the situation is bleak, but he and Roz have been offered the chance to host AM Seattle on television. Roz turns up on the first day with a fever and delirium , and is incapable of co-hosting, so Bebe steps into her place. During the show, Frasier makes several valiant attempts to raise the level of decorum, but Bebe artfully keeps it light, persuading him to do impressions and so forth. By the end of the week, they are both intoxicated by the experience. However, Frasier learns that Bebe is stalling the negotiations with KACL and starts to suspect that she is angling to make their move to AM Seattle permanent.