I only saw the last 15 minutes of the “Frasier” finale, and mostly liked what I saw. Overall, it was a frequently amusing show, although I admit to not watching it a single time since it switched back to Tuesdays a few years ago. As a lifelong “Cheers” fan, however, I always had a soft spot for the Frasier character, even if his show had a completely different sensibility.
My favorite episode of the show’s run: the one in which Frasier, Niles, and Martin have all been rejected by their women of choice, so they go together to a bar and drown their sorrows. Frasier makes a request to the piano player, but the poor guy replies that he only knows three songs- “America the Beautiful,” “Happy Birthday,” and “Goldfinger.” Frasier, Niles, and Martin oblige, and the episode ends with the three men crooning Shirley Bassey’s classic James Bond theme. Don't know why I love that one, I just do.
Posted by Stephen Silver at May 14, 2004 02:03 PMThe CIA had an opening for an assassin. After all of the background checks, interviews, and testing were done there were three finalists - two men and one woman. For the final test, the CIA agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun.
"We must know that you will follow your instructions, no matter what the circumstances. Inside this room you will find your wife sitting in a chair. You have to kill her." The first man said. "You cant be serious. I could never shoot my wife!"The agent replies, "Then you?re not the right man for this job."
The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about five minutes. Then the agent came out with tears in his eyes. "I tried, but I cant kill my wife." The agent replies, "You dont have what it takes. Take your wife and go home."
Finally, it was the womans turn. Only she was told to kill her husband. She took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard, one shot after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls. After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman. She wiped the sweat from her brow and said, "You guys didnt tell me the gun was loaded with blanks. So I had to beat him to death with the chair."
Posted by: Jokes at October 9, 2004 09:04 AM