Frasier (TV Series)
Roz in the Doghouse (1995)
David Hyde Pierce: Dr. Niles Crane
Quotes
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Frasier : Oh, Roz, Bulldog knows the blunt approach won't work with you, so he's being more subtle. But, his ultimate goal remains to... well, to...
Roz : [sharply] To what?
Dr. Niles Crane : To play Æneas to your Dido.
[pause]
Dr. Niles Crane : Sorry you had to hear that, Daphne.
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Dr. Niles Crane : You think you had a bad week? This morning, Maris and I woke to the sound of our gardener Yoshi hacking his way through our prized topiary.
Frasier : Well Niles, I've never understood why you wanted your hedges to be sculpted into the shapes of animals.
Dr. Niles Crane : Well, we're both animal lovers, but Maris is unable to have pets. She
[short pause]
Dr. Niles Crane : ... distrusts anything that loves her unconditionally.
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Dr. Niles Crane : Anyway, there was Yoshi, drunk as a lord, swinging his hedge trimmers wildly over his head. Before we could calm him, he had transformed Maris's prize stallion into some sort of obscene... goat-boy. The poor woman is inconsolable.
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Martin Crane : Hey, Roz!
Roz : Hey, Martin, what's going on?
Martin Crane : Oh, Niles bought me some new shoes!
Daphne : [mock approvingly] Oh yes, look! They have tassels!
Dr. Niles Crane : Aren't they exquisite? Those shoes were individually handmade by an artisan toiling in a hilltop village above Florence. The man is a hero there. It's an event when he completes a pair of shoes. They ring the cathedral bell and the whole town celebrates!
Roz : There's a town that needs a bowling alley.