Frasier (TV Series)

Leapin' Lizards (1995)

Mercedes Ruehl: Kate Costas

Quotes 

• Kate Costas : Stop busting Frasier's chops; enough said?

  Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe : Well I could, but see all these lines lit up? They're all waiting to tell me how funny it was.

  Kate Costas : [to Pete, his producer]  Are all these callers waiting to tell Bulldog how much they liked the joke he played on Frasier?

  Pete : All except the guy on nine, he thinks Bulldog sucks.

  Kate Costas : Because of what he did to Frasier?

  Pete : No, just in general.

  Bob 'Bulldog' Briscoe : So, what do you want me to do?

  Kate Costas : If you think I'm going to allow you to publicly mock one of our most respected hosts on air just for the sake of higher ratings, you and I are going to get along just fine!

  [smiles and leaves] 

• Kate Costas : [to receptionist]  I need a copy of our contract with Nanette Stewart.

  [notices Frasier] 

  Kate Costas : What's Yum-Yum doing here? It's all right, I can guess.

  Dr. Frasier Crane : You promised you'd put an end to Bulldog's shenanigans and instead you encouraged him.

  [notices Kate has pulled Nanette's name from the board] 

  Dr. Frasier Crane : You're cancelling "Pet Chat With Nanette"? She's been on for six years!

  Kate Costas : Yeah, but she's been floating at the top of the bowl for the last two. When I went in to talk to Bulldog, the phones were lit up like Times Square, he's fans love it when he zaps you.

  Dr. Frasier Crane : So, you would have me ridiculed for the sake of those hyenas!

  Kate Costas : No, I would have you fight back. He makes pot shots at you, you come back at him in your drool, Ivy League, "look at me; I've got a thesaurus" kind of way! It'll be funny!

  Dr. Frasier Crane : Funny! Funny! I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with a man who's favorite t-shirt reads "Seattle Hooter Inspector"!

  Kate Costas : Afraid of the competition?

  Dr. Frasier Crane : I am a doctor, I went...

  [She gives him a look, expecting him to mention Harvard again] 

  Dr. Frasier Crane : ... to medical school! I will not embarrass myself by engaging in a grab for ratings.

  Kate Costas : You just announced to a half a million listeners that you are filled to the brim with girlish glee, I think the "H.M.S Pinafore" of embarassment has sailed! Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to fire someone.

• Kate Costas : Are all these callers waiting to tell Bulldog how much they liked the joke he played on Frasier?

  Pete : All except the guy on nine; he thinks Bulldog sucks.

  Kate Costas : Because of what he did to Frasier?

  Pete : No, just in general.