Morning Becomes Entertainment

Infobox Television episode | Title = Morning Becomes Entertainment
Series = Frasier
Season = 7
Episode = 19
Airdate = 6 April 2000
Production =
Writer = Rob Hanning & Jay Kogen
Director = Pamela Fryman
Guests = Karen Hensel (Bethany)
Carlos Jacott (Matt)
Prev = Hot Pursuit
Next = To Thine Old Self Be True
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 7)

"Morning Becomes Entertainment" is the nineteenth episode in season 7 of American sitcom "Frasier".

Cast and characters

Main cast and characters

*Kelsey Grammer – Dr. Frasier Crane
*David Hyde Pierce – Dr. Niles Crane
*John Mahoney – Martin Crane
*Jane Leeves – Daphne Moon
*Peri Gilpin – Roz Doyle

Recurring cast

*Harriet Sansom Harris – Bebe Glazer

Plot outline

Roz brings disturbing news to Café Nervosa: 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 soon tells him that the situation is bleak, but he and Roz have been offered the chance to present "AM Seattle" on television. This is a light entertainment programme, of a much lower calibre than his own, but for a long time Frasier has dreamed of appearing on television, and decides to accept. Roz turns up on the first day with a fever and delirium, and is thus incapable of co-presenting, 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, but when Frasier revisits the KACL contract, he discovers that Bebe is not ready to leave the television.

Meanwhile, Martin's eyesight seems to be deteriorating and causing embarrassment, and Daphne has been pestering him to get some glasses. He has no idea that the choice he finally makes is a pair of women's glasses, despite the mirth they provoke from everyone.

Episode Title Cards

*"I think that smell is grease paint"

Cultural reference

The episode title comes from a trilogy of plays by Eugene O'Neill, which is entitled "Mourning Becomes Electra".

Memorable Quotations

"Frasier can hardly believe that his show is being replaced by a discussion about cars"
Frasier: Bob and Bethany, "Car Chat", please! I mean, how can anybody drone on for three hours about a subject that nobody even understands?
Roz: Yeah! We were there first!