re: Favorite Frasier episode?

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Frasier: You know the expression, "Living well is the best revenge"?

Niles: It's a wonderful expression. I just don't know how true it is. You don't see it turning up in a lot of opera plots. "Ludwig, maddened by the poisoning of his entire family, wreaks vengeance on Gunther in the third act by living well."

Frasier: All right, Niles.

Niles: "Whereupon Woton, upon discovering his deception, wreaks vengeance on Gunther in the third act again by living even better than the Duke."

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THIS is what made it such a great show. You had to have a baseline of intelligence and education to appreciate lines like this, but had to be unserious enough to enjoy the sight gags, pratfalls, and sexual innuendos that surrounded them.

The way the show mixed highbrow wit with slapstick made it seem almost like a live-action Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle.