Never Again to Revisit My Boyhood in Surrey

Episode reviews for Episode 4.18 - Ham Radio

soooo funny, Feb 27, 2008

Reviewer: Charlie from Staffordshire, Britain

this is by far my favourite episode!!! i cry with laughter when Gil arrives as "Nigel's brother Cedric" and "the Ice Cream Human" all in order to say his boyhood in Surrey speech!!! and Niles when he snaps... classic, classic episode which shows everything going wrong, which is what we have come to dear and expect from the Crane family :)

Rating: 95%

HAM RADIO, Jun 08, 2005

Reviewer: Block for Brains from Manchester, UK

This episode is nothing short of a chaotic masterpiece, and it is held with high regard every bit maybe the most popular episode of Frasier in its entire 264 episode run. It is very like shooting fish in a barrel to come across why it is loved so dearly, for information technology is truly an absolute classic! When you meld together David Lloyd�due south wonderful script, with Kelsey Grammar�s picky directing, David Hyde Pierce doing half-dozen different voices in a play and Peri Gilpin�s Roz having dental problems, the result is a very memorable, engaging and entertaining episode. Its hard really to tell you all the highlights, considering there are so many, but in that location are two scenes in particular that jump to mind: The first scene is the offset rehearsal of the play �Nightmare Inn� that Frasier has agreed to direct in honor of the radio station�south 50th anniversary. All the same presently, as Niles predicted Frasier has re-written half the script and is playing the atomic number 82. Gil Chesterton puts in a welcome and hysterical appearance, and this episode in my humble stance marks the superbly pompous Edward Hibbert�due south finest operation on �Frasier�. Although he is denied the function of Bull Craygon the hardhearted gamekeeper (!), he takes on the role of Nigel Fairservice instead. Bulldog also puts in an appearance playing the part of a Chinese silk merchant, Mr Wing. As rehearsals go under way, homo of a thousand voices Mel White cancels at the last infinitesimal because he is sick of Frasier�south critiquing. Two highlights come about hither: MEL: Oh really, you told me my gamekeeper sounded likewise cultured, my Irish man sounded more Protestant than Catholic and my dwarf was too tall! I too loved this quote from the same scene: MEL (indignantly): I�ve done that accent both of Broadway and the London stage FRASIER (dismissively): Well mayhap they have different standards than I have However the icing on the cake that makes this episode such a joyous wonder to behold is the final scene, which shows the alive circulate of the play, where of course everything goes horribly wrong with disastrous, however hilarious consequences. There is non a dull moment in this whole routine, every character is in their element, and sometimes you�re laughing so hard you miss something. From Bulldog becoming mute and only beingness able to communicate via the tinkling of bells, to Roz�s final minute appointment in the dentists chair: ROZ (struggling with pain) I can�t believe any of my guests could be a� mupaple mupwerer FRASIER: That�s easy for yous to say Niles is in his element as he takes on half dozen different roles and six dissimilar accents at the last minute. He is hilarious and this sequence demonstrates David Hyde Pierce�due south versatile skills excellently, especially his take on Pepo the dwarf, which sees Niles inhaling helium to squeak; �I was at the movies!� Noel was also very skilful doing the sound effects and I loved it when Frasier appear in his well-nigh booming, dramatic voice that the phone lines have been cutting, but for the studio phone to start ringing! Everything just goes from bad to worse, and information technology is stomach achingly funny. Even so the highlight of the prove was most certainly Edward Hibbert�due south performance, and even now countless time afterwards viewing it still makes me laugh: Favourite quote: GIL: I�m dying, never once again to revisit the scenes of my adolescence in Surrey, romping with my school chums in the fens and spinnies� This routine gets funnier every time it occurs, whether information technology be Gil pronouncing the bullet only grazed him, or else pretending to be Nigel�s brother Cedric or else, as a last resort pretending to be the ice cream man who happened to be at school with Nigel Fairservice! In conclusion therefore this episode is a masterpiece, witty, disastrously hilarious and just an absolute archetype. Easily one of the top 10 episodes of Frasier!

Rating: 96%

Another Precious stone, Aug xx, 2009

Reviewer: MaryM from San Francisco

I loved this 1-- so many funny things nearly it. I specially liked information technology when Roz walks in with tissues in her oral fissure because she had an unanticipated trip to the dentist. Her pronunciation of her lines is priceless... if you lot look closely, yous can come across the others (Frasier and Niles) pursing their lips, so as to squelch their laughter.

Rating: 96%

Frasier Crane'southward Nightmare Inn..., Aug 09, 2005

Reviewer: Michelle (BGF) from England

I of the finest episodes of Frasier I accept yet seen, and I immediately award it "classic" status here. "Ham Radio" centres around a reproduction of a murder mystery play called "Nightmare Inn" that KACL decides to put on. Frasier, Roz, Bulldog and Gil are soon cast, with actor Mel White as half a dozen other characters, but because of Frasier's abiding nitpicking, Mel shortly quits in anger. Frasier rounds upwardly Niles to assist, simply does not mention to his blood brother that he will have to play 6 dissimilar parts, with a dissimilar emphasis for each one. The whole sequence of the operation of "Nightmare Inn" in the radio station is hilarious; everything imaginable goes incorrect. Roz tin can hardly speak properly, considering her oral cavity is filled upward with novocaine - "Inthpector, fank God youf comf...I campf beweive any of my guesps could be a...mulbuble mububer." Bulldog suffers stage fright and is unable to read his lines, as he is too scared, whilst his girlfriend, Maxine, who is dyslexic, messes up on her line, "Look out - he'southward got a gun", reading - "Look out - he'south got a nug!" Edward Hibbert as Gil puts in 1 of his best performances ever in his determination to consummate his "boyhood in Surrey" speech, and Niles has his work cut out with six different parts and six dissimilar actors - finally becoming so fed up that he kills off everybody, thus cartoon the instance to a close ix minutes too early!

Rating: 97%

loooove this, Apr xi, 2008

Reviewer: Briana from New York

This episode is absolutely hilarious. One of my favorite lines is said past Bulldog's girlfriend...."He's got a nug!" Classic. I also love when Gill goes on and on almost that scene, after Frasier told him he would take to cut that scene out.

Rating: 97%

Thats "Frasier-tainment!", May 24, 2011

Reviewer: JZ from Chautauqua New York

I Love every minute of this episode. My favorite part being Roz trying to talk subsequently her emergency dentist procedure . I cannot type it merely we all have had our mouth numbed for process and and then...try to talk..now endeavour to say "double murderer" HAHAHAHAHA!!! How DID they do this with a straight Face???? PS...... "OMG hes got a nug" was anticipated , BTW...

Rating: 97%

Superb!, Jan 26, 2006

Reviewer: Nick from North Wales, U.1000.

If anyone but wanted to seek out the funniest Frasier episode and so they need look no further. All of the cast pull out wonderful performances, particularly David Hyde Pierce as he has to take on a multitude of roles, and the script is perfectly structured.

Rating: 98%

Ham Radio, Oct 01, 2006

Reviewer: Eugene from Durham, UK

Undoubtedly one of the all time great Frasier episodes. Frasier recreates a KACL radio play entitled "Nightmare Inn" which on the dark of functioning descends into a farce owing largely to Frasier's disability to finish interfering with his cast. There are countless moments of one-act genius in this episode. Highlights include: Niles taking on 3 different roles with iii different accents; Bulldog's dyslexic girlfriend (who says "He's got a nug" instead of gun) and the best of all Gil Chesterton's attempts to get his "Boyhood in Surrey" speech into the play despite Frasier's insistence that it had to exist cut. I never go sick of watching this episode and express mirth out loud on each viewing. In my stance all the cast gave great performances. A comedy classic

Rating: 98%

One of the best, December 22, 2007

Reviewer: Sepheryn from Northern Ireland

I love this episode, its amazing. I don't know if it's my favourite, but definitely top v. Especially brilliant when Niles does all the voices and kills everyone off lol. I could proceed and on almost this episode but i won't, it's merely genius :o)

Rating: 98%

Ham Radio, Dec 23, 2005

Reviewer: Bearding from Newcastle upon Tyne, Britain

Surely the funniest episode I've seen (though due to lack of TV license I am only catching upwards with final few serial on US DVD). The 'set-up' of the show rumbles along seamlessly then the fantastic crescendo just highlights once more the glorious character of 'Niles'. Cried with laughter as Niles finally kills himself off at the stop of the Radio Drama.

Rating: 99%

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