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#OTD in 2001:

Niles: “Yes...yes...yes... No.”

Daphne: “I don't like this exercise, it's too hard!”

Niles: “No, no, no, no, you're doing fine, you just have to loosen up. Look, I'll show you. See? It's just a little finger exercise.”

Daphne: “I know another little finger exercise.”

Niles: “Daphne, you're not paying attention.”

Daphne: “Yes, I am. Why don't we just cancel the lesson and spend the day together?”

Niles: “No, no. What kind of teacher would I be if I did that?”

Daphne: “Oh that's right. You're the teacher...and I'm the naughty student who wouldn't do her homework.”

Niles: “Oh. That'll be Roz. Could you get that?”

Daphne: “Hey, Roz.”

Roz: “Hey, Daphne.”

Niles: “Hey, Roz!”

Roz: “Niles!”

Niles: “How'd it go this week?”

Roz: “Okay I guess. But those exercises aren't easy.”

Daphne: “See?”

Niles: “Alright, alright, look, if I'm going too fast, we'll make some adjustments. Just do the best you can. That's great! Do it again. You see, Daphne, that's a song.”

Daphne: “You said we weren't going to be playing songs.”

Niles: “Wait, wait, go down one. Yes, good!”

Roz: “Oh my God, this is so cool!”

Daphne: “I want to play a song.”

Niles: “And you will Daphne, as soon as you master your exercises. You know, why don't you try playing along on your practice pad?”

Daphne: “Oh, shoot.”

#OTD in 1994:

#OTD in 1999:

Niles: “It's not your turn yet, I still have two more lives.”

Lilith: “It's Lilith. I need to talk to you.”

Niles: “Does the door have to be closed?”

Lilith: “I think it's best, it's of a personal nature.”

Niles: “What's this about?”

Lilith: “Well, it's about an attraction that I thought was over and now I'm beginning to think, maybe it's not.”

Niles: “Usually in my dreams, this is where I try to run and can't.”

Lilith: “This isn't about you, you egomaniac. This is about Frasier. I think he wants us together again.”

Niles: “He knows how I feel about you.”

Lilith: “Not us! Me and Frasier! Is there a chair here I could talk to?!”

Niles: “Well, what makes you think he wants you to get back together?”

Lilith: “Well, first he offers to collaborate on this article, now he's plying me with wine and at this very moment I expect he's asking your father to clear out for the night.”

Niles: “So he took a professional interest in your article and he offered you some wine on Thanksgiving. Now who's the egomaniac?”

Lilith: “Perhaps I am overreacting. I'll just have to keep my eyes peeled for more conclusive evidence.”

Niles: “I didn't know there was a door there!”

He signed my shirt!

#OTD in 2001:

#OTD in 2001:

It’s time to grab your Hawaiian shirt and throw your underwear in the trash!

HAPPY ISLAND NILES DAY!!!!!

And let’s not forget that the ONLY reason that Island Niles exists in the first place is because Six Dance Lessons in Six Weeks at the Geffen Playhouse got extended by a few extra weeks which meant David had to keep his beard a little longer (which I like to think I helped enable a little bit as I saw it four times while I was in LA in the summer of 2001, and I was naturally delighted to still see it when this episode first broadcast).

#OTD in 1994:

Daphne: “I suppose I just fall in love too fast. The minute I feel that spark, I just give my heart away.”

Niles: “Daphne, you must stop being so hard on yourself. What you see as a fault is also your greatest gift - to be so open, warm and loving.”

Daphne: “You're so kind, Dr Crane. I'm glad we ended up like this tonight.”

Niles: “So am I.”

Daphne: “It's just so nice to be with a man you feel so comfortable with. I feel very close to you.”

Niles: “I feel very close to you too, Daphne. You know it's easy being someone you feel close to, when you feel close to someone...who's so close.”

Daphne: “Dr Crane, your Glockenspiel has sprung to life!”

Niles: “Oh, the clock! My God, it hasn't run like this in years! Maris will be delighted... Maris.”

Daphne: “You really love her, don't you?”

Niles: “You know, I do. Love is a funny thing, isn't it? Sometimes it's exciting and passionate. Sometimes it's something else. Something...comfortable and familiar. That newly-exfoliated little face staring up at you across the breakfast table, sharing a laugh together when you see someone wearing white after Labor Day.”

Daphne: “I hope someday some man will feel that way about me.”

Niles: “Oh Daphne, don't worry. You are a very special person, and someday a man worthy of you will come along...just as soon as the Gods create him.”

Daphne: “That's the loveliest thing anyone's ever said to me. Thank you, Dr Crane. You're a good friend.”

Frasier: “STOOOOOO-OOOP! STOOOOOP!”

Niles: “Frasier!”

Frasier: “My God, have you two gone mad?! You'll regret this for the rest of your lives!”

Niles: “What are you talking about?”

Frasier: “Well, the two of you here alone, the fire, the candlelight, the nightie!”

#OTD in 1996:

Niles: “Daphne, I must tell you again, that is an exquisite gown.”

Daphne: “Oh, thanks It was way out of my price range, but did you ever see something and say, ‘I just have to have it?’”

Niles: “Where's my chair?”

Daphne: “A tango!”

Niles: “Oh, you never taught me a tango!”

Daphne: “Oh, you'll love it! It's perfect for you! This is a passionate, full-blooded dance that rose up from the slums of Buenos Aires.”

Niles: “Well, the parallels between me and an unemployed gaucho aside, I think we probably should just sit this one out.”

Daphne: “Oh, nonsense! There's only one rule in the tango: our bodies must be in continuous contact, with not a sliver of daylight between us.”

Niles: “I can do that.”

Daphne: “Stop! Don't be afraid! Daphne won't let anything happen to you.”

Niles: “I don't think…”

Daphne: “Don't think! Just feel. You're an Argentine slum-dweller. You have no house, no car, you don't know where your next meal is coming from. But none of that matters. Because tonight...we have the tango!”

Niles: “Oh mama, I've got it all!”

Daphne: “That's it! You're dazzling! You're brilliant! But I feel you're holding back!”

Niles: “I am.”

Daphne: “Oh, this is no time for inhibitions!”

Niles: “I know.”

Daphne: “Oh let it out Niles. Let everything out!”

Niles: “Oh Daphne, I adore you!”

Daphne: “I adore you too!”

Niles: “What?!?!?”

Daphne: “I adore you too.”

Niles: “Oh, how I've longed to hear those words!”

Daphne: “Oh, how I've longed to say them!”

Niles: “You're beautiful! You're a goddess!”

Daphne: “I don't ever want this moment to end!”

Niles: “Then let's not let it! This is the most glorious night of my life.”

Daphne: “Oh, mine too...”

Niles: “Oh, Daphne! I'm a new man! Do you have any idea what I'm feeling?”

Daphne: “Of course I do! Your friends look positively dumbstruck. From now on there'll be no more of that ‘Oh poor Niles’ attitude.”

Niles: “Far from it!”

Daphne: “I knew you were a good dancer, but I had no idea you were such a good actor!”

Niles: “Actor?”

Daphne: “Yeah! ‘Daphne, you're a goddess, Daphne, I adore you!’ We fooled everyone, didn't we?”

Niles: “Oh...oh. We certainly did, didn't we?”

Daphne: “I'm surprised it was so easy!”

Niles: “Well, given the right circumstances, anyone can be fooled.”

Daphne: “Ooh! What do you say to another dance?”

Niles: “No thanks, it's getting late and I've danced enough.”

Daphne: “Alright, then! I'll just go powder my nose and then we'll be off.”