- Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven
Infobox Television episode | Title = Our Father whose Art ain’t Heaven
Series =Frasier
Season = 4
Episode = 08
Caption = Martin unveiling the painting by Cordoba
Airdate =10 December 1996
Production = 231-1015
Guests =John Cusack (Greg)Nicholas Walker (François)
Writer =Michael Kaplan [cite web |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0582469/ |title=Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven |accessdate=2007-06-29 |date=20 September 2005 |publisher=IMDB ]
Director =Jeff Melman [cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/frasier/our-father-whose-art-aint-heaven/episode/17032/summary.html |title=Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven |accessdate=2007-07-13 |date=20 September 2005 |publisher=TV.com ]
Prev =A Lilith Thanksgiving
Next =Dad Loves Sherry, the Boys Just Whine
Episode list =List of Frasier episodes "Our Father whose Art ain't Heaven" is the eight episode in season 4 of American sitcom "
Frasier ", and the seventy-eighth overall. ActorKelsey Grammer has identified this episode as his favourite.Cast and characters
Main cast and characters
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Kelsey Grammer – Dr. Frasier Crane
*David Hyde Pierce – Dr. Niles Crane
*John Mahoney –Martin Crane
*Jane Leeves –Daphne Moon
*Peri Gilpin –Roz Doyle Plot outline
Martin, Frasier and Niles return from watching a
Jean-Claude Van Damme film. An argument from the cinema starts up again, when Martin complains that Frasier paid for the tickets when, in fact, they had an agreement that if they went to see a film that Martin picked, he should pay. The two of them decide that the next time they go out, Martin will pay. So when Daphne says she is cooking sheep's head soup for dinner, the three of them head off to "Le Cigare Volante" instead. The "maître d' ", François, points out the artwork displayed by one of his discoveries, Cordoba, which Frasier and Niles compliment to get a table. However, when Martin goes to the toilet, Frasier and Niles tell each other they can't believe how dreadful the paintings are. Niles then sees a potential guest for a party he is throwing and goes to talk to her, while Martin returns and reminds Frasier that he will be paying, which leaves Frasier distinctly uncomfortable and the ensuing argument leads to Martin refusing to pay. The next day, however, he tries to make it up to his son by buying something that he knows Frasier will like: a painting by Cordoba.Of course, Frasier cannot tell his Dad how he really feels about it and instead puts it above his fireplace, but tries to spend as little time as possible at home so he doesn't have to look at it. He tries to find the right moment to tell his father what he really thinks of the painting. Then Niles tells his father he doesn't like the gift he received from him (a wine rack), and Martin takes the news well. Consequently, Frasier decides tobite the bullet and tells his father that he only said he liked the paintings to get a good table, and in fact does not like it at all. This causes Martin to cry, which starts off Frasier and eventually Niles (who is trying to get people to come to his party but they are all being stolen by Maris who is having one at the same time).Episode Title Cards
*"Sometimes Le Cigare is just Le Cigare"
*"Our Father whose art ain't Heaven"
*"Family ties"Cultural reference
The episode title is a reworking of the first line of the
Lord's Prayer : "Our Father, who art in Heaven…"Memorable Quotations
"Frasier and Martin discuss the film they have just seen"Martin: Didn't you learn anything from that movie?Frasier: Only that bullets are no use against a man who can kick really high(!)
"Niles tells Frasier that Maris is having an
ice sculpture made of her for her party"Frasier: The perfect marriage of subject & medium(!)"Daphne asks Niles whether he wants to stay for dinner"Daphne: I've decided to make Grammy Moon's famous sheep's head
stew . Don't worry, the name's a bit misleading; it's actually more of asoup ."At Le Cigare Volante, Martin tells Frasier he's paying"Martin: Now order whatever you want. "(looks at the menu)" Are these per person?
"Martin unveils his gift for Frasier: a painting by Cordoba"Martin: After I'm gone, this'll still be here!
"Frasier brings up the gifts he has bought for his father over the years"Frasier: I came across the
smoking jacket I gave you forChristmas last year.Martin: The shiny one?Frasier: Not shiny, Dad; silk!"Niles finds all his party guests are cancelling at an alarming rate, and discovers why"Niles: She's circulating a vicious rumour that I'm going to have a
karaoke machine at my party!ee also
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List of Frasier episodes Notes
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/nicholas_hartley/48.html Our Father Whose Art Ain't Heaven]
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