Daphne Does Dinner

Farce.

I don't think any sitcom has ever used the theatrical convention as well as 'Frasier'.

However, around those middling eighth and ninth series the show seemed to lose confidence in its ability to pull it off, and such episodes did not appear.

Thankfully in the tenth year they have taken the plunge again, and this is as close to a good old-fashioned 'Frasier' episode as you can get. The years are rolled back and the quality shines through.

This is a very good episode indeed, and the tenth series has found a bit of form of late.

Everyone has their moment (yes, even Mrs Moon), and it all makes for a lot of fun.

Frasier and Niles have had disastrous dinner parties. When Daphne suggest that she do the next one, Frasier will have nothing to do with it. But everything that could go wrong, seems to. This is classic slapstick, reminiscent of Laurel and Hardy or he aforementioned Larry, Moe, and Curly. Pure madness.

Goes a bit slow at first but Frasier is hilarious in this episode. And it all ends with a bang!