Frasier-Lite

Infobox Television episode
Title = Frasier-Lite
Series = Frasier
Season = 11
Episode = 12
Airdate = January 6, 2004
Writer = Jon Sherman, Bob Dailey, Jeffrey Richman, Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil, Patricia Breen
Director = Wil Shriner
Guests = Bess Armstrong (Kelly Kirkland)
Bill Kirchenbauer (Wayne)
Stanley Tucci (Morrie)
Penny Marshall (Celeste)
Estelle Parsons (Celeste’s mother)
Hilary Duff (Britney)
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes
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Prev = High Holidays
Next = The Ann Who Came To Dinner|

"Frasier-Lite" is the twelfth episode of American sitcom "Frasier" season 11.

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

*Tom McGowan – Kenny Daly
*Patrick Kerr – Noel Shempsky
*Dan Butler – Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe
*Edward Hibbert – Gil Chesterton

Plot outline

The KACL team has a weight loss competition with a competing radio station. The whole team pigs out just before the first weigh-in just in order to bloat the original numbers. Frasier, however, refuses to participate in such an act of “blatant unsportsmanship”. In the episode’s sub-plot, a pigeon flies into Frasier’s glass window. Niles and Martin take it upon themselves to nurse it back to health.

At the initial weigh-in, Frasier recognizes one of his “mortal enemies” from his high school days participating on the opposing team. The two make a bet on the outcome of the winner, with Frasier’s dignity pitted up against a new chess set.

The KACL team undergoes increasingly extreme measures to lose weight, including a complete fast 24 hours before the final weigh-in. Furthermore, Frasier has converted his bathroom into a steam room, and invites the entire KACL team to use it to shed some more weight before the final weigh-in.

In conclusion of the sub-plot, Eddie steals the pigeon out of the box that it was in and eats it. This has the added benefit that it makes all the KACL members lose their appetites, allowing them to survive the final hours of the competition without eating.

At the final weigh-in, the KACL team loses by a mere 2 ounces, Roz then cuts off her hair, and KACL wins the competition.

Episode Title Cards

*"Pigeon dropping"
*"Bye bye birdie"

Memorable Quotations

"A caller on Frasier’s radio show has suddenly become involved in a domestic argument"
Morrie’s daughter: I’m running away from home!
Morrie: Oh, hang up the phone, Britney! You’re not going anywhere!
Frasier: "(calmly)" And neither is this conversation.

"Frasier steps onto the scales at the weigh-in on television"
Presenter: Ouch! 1lb heavier, Fras’!
Frasier: That can’t be! I’ve added a salad to every meal!