Frasier (TV Series)

First Date (1998)

David Hyde Pierce: Dr. Niles Crane

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• Dr. Frasier Crane : [Realizes that Niles is still going to do his imaginary date]  Daphne... is cooking dinner... for your date with a fictitious woman. Why not just set a place for the March Hare and the Mad Hatter?

  Dr. Niles Crane : I didn't plan for this to happen, but we are having the most perfect evening! I'm feeling my confidence return, I just need a few more minutes alone, and I'll be able to tell her everything.

  [the doorbell rings] 

  Dr. Frasier Crane : Niles, the longer you continue with this absurd lie, the more likely it is to blow up in your face!

  Dr. Niles Crane : Why are you always such a doomsayer? As long as I keep track of what I'm saying, nothing is going to blow up on anyone!

  [He opens the door, and finds Phyllis standing there] 

  Dr. Niles Crane : Phyllis!

  Dr. Frasier Crane : [sarcastic]  Ka-boom!

• Daphne Moon : Well, this woman you're so in love with. Who is she?

  Dr. Niles Crane : You didn't hear that part, did you?

  Daphne Moon : No, so come on! What's her name? You can't back out now.

  Dr. Niles Crane : No, you're right, I can't. Ok, her name. Well, her name just happens to be... Da - Phyllis.

  Daphne Moon : Oh, I've never heard that name. DaPhyllis.

  Dr. Niles Crane : It's a family name. Her friends call her Phyllis. 'Scuse me.

• Dr. Niles Crane : Daphne, this place looks wonderful. And excellent choice of music, I love this aria!

  Daphne Moon : Yes, she has a gorgeous voice, doesn't she? It's a pity she never got quite the recognition of a Joan Sutherland or a Renata Tebaldi.

  Dr. Niles Crane : I had no idea you knew so much about sopranos.

  Daphne Moon : Yeah, well, you don't live with your brother for five years and not learn a thing or two about divas.

• Dr. Frasier Crane : Hello, Niles. Ooh, Niles, you'd be smart to get out of here. Dad's dragging me off to a wake for my god-uncle Charlie.

  Dr. Niles Crane : Is he the one who used to plop his eyeball into his mashed potatoes and say "I'm watching what I eat"?