Crock Tales

Infobox Television episode | Title = Crock Tales


Series = Frasier
Season = 11
Episode = 22
Airdate = 4th May, 2004
Writer = Jon Sherman & Bob Daily
Director = Sheldon Epps
Guests = Rosie Perez (Lizbeth)
Prev = Detour
Next = Analyzing the Laughter
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 11)

"Crock Tales" is the twenty-second episode of American sitcom "Frasier" season 11, and the penultimate episode overall. It has an unusual format: rather than use a clip show to document the changes over eleven years of the series, the show instead invented new scenes from previous seasons, with the cast wearing the hairstyles, clothes, and vocal and semiotic mannerisms from those previous seasons, in some cases wearing wigs.

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

Plot outline

Frasier chips an old earthenware crock pot while preparing dinner, and is about to throw it away, when he pauses, and remembers the dinners associated with the item, going back in time until finally remembering the first dinner he had made for his father, Niles, Daphne and Roz.

*2003: Niles and Daphne are still newlyweds
*2002: Niles and Daphne had just had sex for the first time, Roz has just returned to dating
*1999: Daphne has her pageboy haircut
*1998: Frasier is still unemployed after KACL had changed formats, Niles is separated from Maris and pining for Daphne
*1996: Niles is still married to Maris – their separation imminent, Frasier is having his disastrous dating woes
*1993: Frasier’s hair is longer, Frasier and Martin are still sniping at each other, Daphne’s hair is a bouffant, Niles is “happily” married to Maris but bringing Daphne gifts, Frasier and Niles begin their love of sherry, Kenny Daly appears as a pizza delivery boy hoping to break into Seattle radio

After the flashbacks, Frasier repairs the crock pot, warmly places flowers in it, and gives it an honored place on the dinner table, as the gang arrives. As he fills it with water, the pot immediately begins to leak from all the cracks.

Episode Title Cards

*"Crock tales"(The rest of the title cards are the years listed above preceding each segment.)

External links

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