Frasier
Episode 8.11
The Show Must Go Off

Written by: Mark Reisman 
Directed by: Robert H. Egan

Original US airdate: 6th February 2001
Original UK airdate: 23rd March 2001



and Emmy winner!
The first part of the Emmy Awards,
 held Saturday September 8, 2001 in Pasadena, generated 3 wins for Frasier, including:  

 Sir Derek Jacobi

 winning for
 Guest Actor in a Comedy Series

Main Cast 
Frasier Crane:  Kelsey Grammer
Niles Crane: David Hyde Pierce
Martin Crane:  John Mahoney
Daphne Moon:  Jane Leeves
Roz Doyle:  Peri Gilpin
and Eddie

Guest Cast
Jackson Hedley:  Derek Jacobi
Cecil Hedley:Patrick MacNee
Dwayne:  Ray Porter
Stage Manager:  Ben Livingston
Fire Marshall:  Jonathan Adams
Klingon:  Milan Dragicevich

Plot Summary:  Frasier drags Roz to a Sci-Fi convention to buy some comics for Frederick, and happens to spy Jackson Hedley signing memorabilia for fans. Jackson did a performance of his one-man show at Frasier and Niles' school and introduced both of them to the world of Shakespeare, so Frasier goes ove to speak to him. He finds out he plays a character in a sci-fi show on TV, leaving Frasier appalled that the man's talents are being wasted. Discussing the situation with Niles, they come to the conclusion that they can be the one's to save Jackson's career by mounting a production of his one-man show at a Seattle theatre. Hugely excited by having the chance to be theatrical producers, Frasier and Niles are horrified when they finally get a chance to see  Jackson perform after all these years - he's an untalented disaster.
     With only seven days till opening night, and tickets selling fast, Frasier and Niles despair over what to do - apparently, the stagehands now wear earplugs during rehearsals. Frasier has an idea - he believes that having worked on TV, he has lost the skill he once had when Frasier and Niles saw them many years ago, so he has managed to get a copy of his one-man show from some years ago and hopefully when Jackson watches it, he will see how good he used to be. Unfortunately, the video just shows that Jackson has been an awful actor for a long time, leaving Frasier and Niles no choice but to close the show and fire the director. However, Jackson then arrives and informs them he has fired the director, leaving Frasier and Niles trying to do everything in their power to stop Jackson going on in order to save their reputations....from www.frasieronline.co.uk.

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