Airdate: 1/5/89
Rebecca needs a clown for a company children’s party she’s
hosting, and thinks struggling actor Woody would be perfect. But when the
Woodman bows out after getting a call to fill in at his theater company, all
eyes are on Frasier, the one who suggested Woody in the first place. After a
rocky start, Frasier warms up the crowd quickly, but Woody forgets to give him
his clowny boxer shorts: a necessary article of clothing when the handkerchief
is pulled… and the pants fall! (Frasier currently has on a pair of French
underwear, which more closely resemble an eye patch.) Fortunately, that hanky stays
unyanked, until the very end when al the kiddies have gone home.
In other news, Judy, one of Sam’s old flames, is back in
town, and she’s got her daughter, a girl who used to be a like a daughter to
him but now is all grown up and looks it. Ol’ Sammy seems to be on the brink of
having one of his fantasies fulfilled, but his double-header dreams are dashed
when the daughter has an important question for him: will he give away her hand
in marriage – to a swell feller she met at school?
Both stories good here, with one being broader than the
other (guess which). Actually, the big payoff never really happens, and that’s
probably a good thing too, as a clown in adult underwear is about as
inappropriate as… well, you imagine something. Sam’s story is really just a
triangle the writers would’ve gotten around to eventually, but boy, did they
ever hire a hottie to play the daughter!
Cold open: Woody’s word-association response (“thermostat”
to “bottom”) baffles everyone, including Frasier, struggling desperately to
find a connection. Rebecca ends all confusion when she bends over to adjust the
thermostat.
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