Cheerful Goodbyes

Infobox Television episode | Title = Cheerful Goodbyes
Series = "Frasier"
Season = 9
Episode = 21
Airdate = 30 April 2002
Production =
Guests = John Ratzenberger (Cliff Clavin)
George Wendt (Norm Peterson)
Rhea Perlman (Carla Tortelli)
Paul Willson (Paul)
Philip Perlman (Phil)
Raye Birk (Walt Twitchell)
Rufus Wainwright (Jeremy)
Writer = Heide Perlman
Director = Sheldon Epps
Prev = The Love You Fake
Next = Frasier Has Spokane
Episode list = List of Frasier episodes (Season 9)

"Cheerful Goodbyes" is the twenty-first episode in season 9 of American sitcom "Frasier". The episode features several characters from "Cheers", the last episode of the series to do so.

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

Plot outline

Frasier, Martin, Niles and Daphne are in Boston for a conference that Frasier and Niles will attend. They encounter Cliff Clavin at the airport bar, who thinks Frasier is in town for his retirement party, and end up going along to the party with him before dinner. Martin has an enjoyable time at the bar with Norm Peterson, Daphne takes in all of Cliff's erroneous trivial facts and stories, and Niles listens to anecdotes about the sort of pranks the other "Cheers" regulars used to play on his brother. He also calls the restaurant repeatedly to postpone their reservation. Then Cliff confides in Frasier that he does not believe any of his supposed friends actually care that he plans to leave town, so Frasier encourages them all to express their feelings and good wishes. This proves an impossible request for Carla.

Episode Title Cards

*"And it took five days to carve a Jack O'Lantern"
*"Other nicknames he considered were "Tiger" and "The Duke"

Background

*This episode is actually not the first "Cheers" spin-off that Ratzenberger, Wendt and Perlman had guest starred in; all three appeared in the unsuccessful series "The Tortellis".
*Cliff calls Phil, "Al", who was a character played by Al Rosen in "Cheers".
*Sam Malone and Vera Peterson are mentioned.
*The events of the "Cheers" episode "The Heart Is a Lonely Snipe Hunter" are mentioned.
*Raye Birk's character had appeared in the "Cheers" episodes, "The Executive's Executioner", "Knights of the Scimitar" and "A Diminished Rebecca with a Suspended Cliff".

ee also

*List of Frasier episodes