# Niles Crane Appreciation Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586 "2008-04-16T14:06:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/1 "2008-04-16T14:06:26Z")
Dodging a [hijack](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=464042)— David Hyde Pierce. Sheer genius. And for the record, the minute I saw him in [Little Man Tate](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102316/) I said (to actual people, I just KNOW I said this aloud) “He looks like he could be Frasier’s little brother!” Here’s [A Valentine for Niles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxIBk1a3qdQ) (aka “Niles Ironing”, as **Annie X-mas** so succinctly stated 😃 ). What about the one where he’s got a bag of flour that’s supposed to be a baby? Or - the kitchen scene from Les Freres Heureux (butchered that French), where they buy that restaurant? He and Daphne are flinging eels around the room. Hysterical - I bought that season’s DVD for that scene alone. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/2 "2008-04-16T14:16:50Z")
I absolutely love David Hyde Pierce. He is one of my favorite actors. He was fantastic on Frasier and I thought he was hilarious in Down With Love. I saw him in Curtians recently and I got the chance to meet him after the show. He was very nice and cracked jokes the whole time. If he were 20 years younger, 20 lbs heavier, and straight I would marry him. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/3 "2008-04-16T14:29:25Z")
I love Niles. He is easily one of my favorite fictional characters. Especially because I don’t think there is/was anybody on television who can get _quite_ as catty and mean as Niles. “You haven’t been this absorbed with a topic since Frasier Crane Day.” There are so many episodes I really love, too. The first time he dances the tango with Daphne, the episode when he sleeps with Lilith, the one where he throws a dinner party and his new pet bird attaches itself to his head and won’t let go… ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/4 "2008-04-16T14:50:21Z")
Non-_Fraser_ but still Hyde-Peirce, he was hilarious as **Emporer Zombie**. “I’m so excited I just made water in my pantaloons!” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/5 "2008-04-16T14:55:08Z")
“He was driving something called a ‘hunchback’”. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/6 "2008-04-16T15:24:41Z")
[QUOTE=pepperlandgirl] I love Niles. He is easily one of my favorite fictional characters. Especially because I don’t think there is/was anybody on television who can get _quite_ as catty and mean as Niles. [/QUOTE] “Frasier, there’s something I have to tell you. Dad wanted to, but I won the coin toss.” ---
**Author:** ![Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Buckler\_of\_Swashing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buckler_of_Swashing)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/7 "2008-04-16T15:29:35Z")
[SMUG NILES]“Who’s wearing shorts in the shower _now_?”[/SMUG NILES] I love Niles. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/8 "2008-04-16T15:31:01Z")
My favorite Niles quote: > [@Niles](#): > > I’m always the girl! In every prep school play I was the girl! Guinevere, Marian the Librarian, Ado Annie. Well, no more, I’m through with it! When do I get to be Shoeless Joe from Hannibal, Mo’?! That scene was preceded by the title card: I draw the line at Blanche DuBois My favorite Niles-related quote: > [@Frasier](#): > > Now, whenever I look at you, I will see the back of my brother’s head!! And that is one bucket of ice water, let me tell ya! ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/9 "2008-04-16T16:45:08Z")
(Niles talking about Maris) “She wanted to become a ballerina, but she couldn’t gain enough weight.” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/10 "2008-04-16T17:18:05Z")
Sorry…misunderstood post. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/11 "2008-04-16T17:19:51Z")
“Cherry bark and almonds.” The way Niles says that just breaks my heart, every time. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/12 "2008-04-16T17:32:41Z")
One of the most memorable _Simpsons_ eps is [“Brother from Another Series,”](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother_from_Another_Series) the one featuring recently paroled Sideshow Bob (voiced by Kelsey Grammer) and his brother Cecil (yes, Cecil) (voiced by David Hyde Pierce). ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/13 "2008-04-16T19:55:37Z")
In my market, San Diego CA, they play two episodes of Frasier back to back in the evening. The first is a newer episode and the next is an older one. The contrast of their age and looks is fun. I believe it was the episode where Frasier and Niles are going to write a book together and they get to bickering on the wording of a sentence and they get all huffy and one of them, I forget who says, “You’re an incomplete thought.” I try to use that line as much as possible but the opportunities are rare. EDIT: That Simpsons episode is one of my favorites. They bicker with each other just like in Frasier. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/14 "2008-04-16T19:57:22Z")
I saw the Valentine episode just this morning. My favorite is still his parenting of the sack of flour. “Last night I dreamed someone kidnapped my sack of flour and was sending me muffins in the mail.” ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/15 "2008-04-16T21:00:39Z")
Oh, good ones, all of these. Now I can finally use this opportunity to show my sig. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/16 "2008-04-16T22:42:16Z")
I love “The Therapist Song” aka “Therapy Rap” aka “Hit the Couch”. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDWeWLkD87o) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/17 "2008-04-16T22:46:04Z")
Not a Niles quote, but it’s _about_ Niles: Hail the corkmaster! Master of the cork! He knows which wine goes with fish or pork. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/18 "2008-04-16T23:06:09Z")
[QUOTE=Tahssa] I believe it was the episode where Frasier and Niles are going to write a book together and they get to bickering on the wording of a sentence and they get all huffy and one of them, I forget who says, “You’re an incomplete thought.” I try to use that line as much as possible but the opportunities are rare. [/QUOTE] This is, by far, my favorite episode. I always lose it when Frasier tackles Niles to the bed. “YOU STOLE MY MOMMY!” And a classic line from the sack of flour episode: Niles: I was practicing my Tai Chi this morning, and I accidentally kicked him into the reflecting pool. That’s when I brought him inside and left him by the hearth to dry. Frasier: He caught fire? Niles: I was not as careless as it seems. A real child would have _cried_ before it burst into flames! Oh, and an example of Niles being catty, from the ep where he wants to buy Maris a car. Frasier: I happen to think that bribery is the wrong way for couples to resolve their conflicts. Niles: And during which of your failed marriages did you hone that theory? ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/19 "2008-04-17T00:15:10Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] “Frasier, there’s something I have to tell you. Dad wanted to, but I won the coin toss.” [/QUOTE] Dang it, you STOLE mine. Agreed all around. What a great character. Just when you thought Frasier Crane was the biggest prig around, wait till you meet his brother. And to think Frasier wasn’t even supposed to HAVE a brother, until a casting director saw DHP’s headshot and brought it to a meeting, saying, “This is Frasier’s younger brother.” ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586/20 "2008-04-17T00:27:05Z")
To me, Niles and Frasier are like Lennon and McCartney… their individual talents, though undeniably great, are completely eclipsed by the quality of their collaboration. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/niles-crane-appreciation-thread/445586.md?page=2)