Frasier clown scares Martin

Frasier wants to get back at Martin for scaring him throughout the episode...and he succedes lol

[@samanthamerrill1811]

Closest we'll ever see him as his live animated version of Sideshow Bob

[@davemustaki134]

I never realised that lol

[@KillerOrangeCat]

OMG YES

[@GenGamesUniverse]

just needs a rake and him to go "grrrrrr!" afterwards XD

[@psychedelicfright85]

​@GenGamesUniverse over and over. Multiple rakes all next to each other.

[@adamscarpetta9543]

I'm going to say it. This show was funnier than Seinfeld.

[@SpaceMissile]

easily. ...and this isn't even close to frasier's best scene.

[@corey-bird3489]

Adam Scarpetta Actually this show is the ONLY one ever I think is as funny AS Seinfeld.

[@DMac4214]

Yes it is

[@jonathanholland8434]

No

[@mitzithompson6585]

Yes it is

[@horsepheus]

Niles:"Just look at you...you just stand there with a smile on your face.." Frasier: "Thats make-up you idiot!" I fucking love this episode haha!

[@corey-bird3489]

horsepheus And I hate your disgusting vocabulary.

[@zenobiapalmyra5670]

@@corey-bird3489 Oh get a grip.

[@randomfullywonderful]

lol, that was hilarious. Sometimes Niles comments are gold, like when Frasier left the hotel room where Niles had slept with Lilith and he was livid, then seconds later he knocked on the door and Niles said "I knew you couldn't stay mad at us!", then Frasier goes "I'M IN A BATHROBE YOU JACKASS!" 😆

[@klina7645]

Niles look of disgust and disapproving voice are priceless 😂.

[@mikeyjamieson4715]

That gasp from the woman in the audience when Frasier picks up the meat cleaver really adds to the scene.

[@adamsanter9385]

Frasier did the ''killer clown'' prank long before it became a craze.

[@cl759]

Before Steven King wrote the novel It was based on?

[@Rockhound6165]

This episode was in 2004. Killer Clowns from Outer Space came out in 1988 and Steven King published It in 1986.

[@toddwynn3397]

As Sideshow Bob

[@KillerOrangeCat]

Martin's reaction (sans heart attack) is what made this great. Even though I am not scared of clowns, if I turned around and saw a clown holding a meat cleaver, I would likely have a minor cardiac event too.

[@lucyinthesky4682]

I love how Frasier runs with glee while holding the cleaver.

[@Handlethis81637]

I love hearing the crowd's reaction as the buildup continues, especially when he picks up the meat cleaver.

[@_PrimetimePranks]

Me too. I attended two tapings of the show in 2000, it's awesome being in the audience.

[@babyhuey6342]

+Joshua Addison, you're wrong. The show was taped entirely with a live audience, with only one or two exceptions (Niles setting the couch on fire is the one I know for sure). +Justin Addison, I like that too, especially the gasp when he grabs the cleaver, and then more people join in once they can all see what he has.

[@lumariadp]

@@joshuaplotkin8826 This comment is ridiculous. Most of the big sitcoms of the 80s and especially 90s were in front of a live audience. This one DEFINITELY was.

[@MsJoyce31202]

👍

[@christiankrenek7689]

Love this! The best part is later, when everyone in the hospital is praising Frasier for saving Martin and being a hero...and then a nurse comes out and gives a play-by-play of exactly how he scared his father into a heart attack. Everyone turns against him, and Frasier defends himself-and of course at that exact moment the woman he’s trying to help shows up, sees him, and screams bloody murder. The writing on this show was genius!

[@klina7645]

Yeah, one second everyone in the emergency room is telling Frasier he's such a good son, looking after his elderly father, then they're all staring at him in horror 😱😧😲 when the nurse (love her matter of fact tone 😂) reads from the incident report "you then lured him out to the living room by ringing the doorbell, then jumped out at him, waving a meat cleaver 🔪"

[@predetor911]

Frasier as a clown is a real sideshow.

[@QUICKBOOKS1]

So's Niles.

[@koalabear8784]

I caught your reference ; )

[@Redgloves87]

🤡

[@darkangel_1978]

Rest in peace John Mahoney

[@SpaceMissile]

without context, this comment makes it seem like he died during this take. >.>

[@Boaz833]

For the record, it wasn't the clown that killed him.

[@zapkvr]

You know hes dead right?

[@darkangel_1978]

@@MexAm120902 😂

[@EvilHumanist5]

I love all the mime-like physical humor that Kelsey Grammer invested in the clown scene -- the exaggerated swagger, the 'Aha!' gesture when he remembers the cleaver, and even the way he rings the bell, like he's miming strangling a small animal. *DINGd-DINGd-DINGdong...*

[@JM-zo5me]

Miming a WHAT now? 😨

[@Lamporre]

That is one of the greatest moments of Frasier history! What's funny is when he goes into the kitchen to pick up the cleaver, a woman in the audience realizes what he's doing and her reaction is almost as funny as when he actually scares his dad.

[@emmarutherford4003]

That is one of my favourite things about that whole scene! :)

[@jonnydeppluvr7825]

AHH! SIDESHOW BOB!

[@ZEZERBING]

yes, never thought of the Simpsons.

[@canalesworks1247]

Part of the magic here is that Kelsey is actually a pretty big and formidable guy, especially compared to John. There are times when he breaks the "Frasier" character and acts like a real guy. This is one of those times and it's hilarious.

[@KingOfElectricNinjas]

He's totally got the stage presence for it too.

[@zapkvr]

Have you seen him in Boss? He is terrifying. Damn that was a great show

[@SuicideboysGrey59]

@@zapkvr what’s that about?

[@b.c.102]

@@SuicideboysGrey59 He's the abusive, violently corrupt mayor of chicago.

[@jonmedina259]

​@@b.c.102 That sounds like every mayor of Chicago...

[@lexiiw0o]

The part where he runs to the door and then rings the door bell had me in tears. SO FUNNY.

[@LilyRose8959]

To be fair, Martin did start with the pranks.

[@maxfrankow1238]

charmedfan7704 true but this was just a different level of shenanigans.

[@notsureiL]

Lol he just went boo and Frasier screamed like a girl, girlish scream 😂 As usual Frasier takes it to far when he wants revenge.

[@GooglyEyedJoe]

It's like when they keep laughing at Frasier being pranked by Bulldog then when he and Bulldog work together to prank Marty, Roz and Kenny and they get annoyed at Frasier.

[@cl759]

Martin said boo Frasier went to the moon and the guy had a heart attack, same difference??

[@Hulk2k6]

Moral of the story is don't dish it out if you can't take it!

[@partyguy101ify]

When this episode was first broadcast, it had been over 15 years since Frasier dressed as a clown. The first time we see him as a clown was in 1989 during season 7 of Cheers.

[@keyanawhitely7942]

Really. I didn't know that

[@patrickgogan3517]

That doorbell ring 😂😂😂

[@andrewmcgillivray1881]

the scene after that in the emergency ward is even funnier!

[@alanlurie2140]

Sideshow Bob is alive and living in Seattle!!

[@whaterfoo]

A lot of clowns live in Seattle. 2020 proves your 3 year old comment

[@randomfullywonderful]

The nurse afraid of clowns that Frasier was treating in this episode was hilarious. I remember her in the hospital elevator after Frasier said "I AM NOT A MONSTER!" The doors opened, she screamed, she turned and screamed like two more times!

[@traveler317]

OMG!!! Look at his stance, his Face at 1:22!! that is terrifying!

[@RaoulDuke77]

he is a scary dude with that on, Kelsey Grammer is a big guy too

I must have watched each episode half a dozen times,it still makes me laugh out loud.For my money the best comedy series EVER!!!!

[@Dane_Youssef]

Well, no one can say Martin didn't have it coming.

[@pure.precision]

The way he rings the bell creeps me out

[@countkilroygraf8816]

The knife was a bit much. I would've just sang the score from H.M.S. Pinafore.

[@tangenty6987]

"I am the very model of a modern major general!"

[@fingersTitan]

@@tangenty6987 "I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral."

[@Hulk2k6]

That most likely would have killed Martin.

[@ByronGman]

Of all the brilliant little touches in this scene, the best has to be: how would a clown ring the doorbell?

[@KillerOrangeCat]

I once was an assistant on a research project where we were trying to see why people are afraid. The highest things we found seem to indicate that it has mostly to do with the makeup and three factors of the makeup: 1. Not being able to see the face 2. Painted on faces do not really move so you have a consistent look and 3. a long drawn out smile that seems to exist for no reason at all. It was a neat study.

[@vinvass2674]

This was posted 3 years ago. But seriously? On clip like this we just happen to have a researcher, some kind of social scientist, who conducted a study and has now come here to comment on You Tube on a clip from a comedy show> Seriously? REALLY? !!

[@NekoInk13]

Killer Orange Cat I reckon IT probably doesn’t help :P

[@NekoInk13]

Killer Orange Cat Plus I don’t think the film IT helped haha

[@dreadcthulhu5]

And Gacy. He didn't help either. Or Killer Klowns From Outer Space. Or any of the other killer clowns in movies and television.

[@heidikickhouse-]

@@vinvass2674 @Vin Vass (Continuing the 3 year theme here..) - You are free to disparage any commenter you wish - this is KZbin after all - but I personally found K.O.C.'s post fascinating. Clown-fear has always seemed absurd to me, they bear noone ill-will, yet that phobia (or "hate", sometimes) is held by so many! So I appreciated learning about the reasons for it, now it makes sense to me. ( And re: your point about the appropriateness of this comment in a clip from a "comedy show" - Frasier was not always 100% pure 30 minutes of comedy, there were occassions here and there where the writers targeted one's brain or heart as well.).

[@SouthernCal1317]

I’m not afraid of clowns at all but Frasier sure would scare the hell outta me if he was at my front door like that haha How he rang the doorbell was perfect too. The man is a genius

[@notsureiL]

And holding a butcher knife.

[@bonniestar4707]

Yeah the jump scare of a clown being in my house when I am alone would make me jump, despite the fact I don't have a phobia of clowns.

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

It's not the clown stuff, it's the LITERAL MURDER WEAPON.

[@danielb337]

I’m scared of clowns so frasier would certainly scare me if he was dressed as a clown holding a weapon

[@Dabhach1]

I have to say, Martin had that coming from a long way back. I just coiled up laughing the first time I saw it.

[@GusMcGuire]

Considering how he bought this outfit to wear in front of a patient suffering from coulrophobia, I'm genuinely at a loss to see how this would have helped her 😂😂😂

[@brittanyc.4540]

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[@ericnierstedt6242]

I think the idea was for her to see him put it on piece by piece, so she could see that underneath the costume and makeup, there was a person. Once you can humanize something it becomes less scary; like telling a kid Freddy Krueger is just a guy in makeup.

[@jimmykray9583]

She does see him later in the hospital and has a freak out 🤣

[@GnuHopper]

After this, Frasier was so traumatized he started living in the sewer and beckoning children to their doom...

[@w8lftr]

this has to be the funniest episode of Frasier of all time. I was crying watching this. omg.

[@patgogan7324]

The way he rings the bell everytime lmao!!

[@notsureiL]

Excitement ring 😊

[@linkieloos]

Absolutely legendary.

[@strawbanana12]

I saw this last night and I absolutely DIED of laughter. I laughed for 20 minutes, I couldn't stop!!

[@noelanderson969]

The meat cleaver was genius!!😃😄😄😂😂

[@tonyhodgin1158]

He looks like the clown from IT

[@HarshPTHESNAKEFIST]

The clown from “IT” is called Pennywise, the dancing clown, but Frasier’s clown would be more at home in the clown aliens in “Killer clowns from outer space” 😊

[@zapkvr]

No, he doesnt

[@jamesowensiii9475]

Am glad I watch Frazier on Netflix, before I never realized how funny this show was . This one was my all-time favourite🤣🤣🤣

[@keyanawhitely7942]

Me too.

[@robbychaney9376]

0:36 “Aah, Sideshow Bob!”

[@VonSchtauffe]

i lost it when i heard the knife XD

[@vinceniederman3235]

+Megat Ismail Same With Me I Love The Audience's Reaction When Frasier Comes Out In The Clown Outfit LOL!

[@bonniestar4707]

This would scare the pants off anyone, even those without a clown phobia. No wonder Martin had a heart attack

[@klina7645]

Well, as Martin insists "It wasn't a heart attack! It was a cardiac event"

[@bonniestar4707]

@@klina7645 He did say he had a "little" heart attack to Ronnie before he said it was a cardiac event.

[@tomimpala]

Could you imagine if this is how they killed off the father in the show? Haha

[@Kelaiah01]

+I Do Monologues Whoa. ^^

[@Starry_Night_Sky7455]

That would be an innocent prank that ends in tragedy.

[@tomimpala]

Bonnie Hundley It would have been one of the greatest moments of TV sitcom history.

[@Kelaiah01]

I Do Monologues I don't know about greatest, since I liked Martin and wouldn't have wanted him to die, though it certainly would have been iconic. ^^

[@tomimpala]

Iconic, aye.

[@LDis1]

One of the funniest scenes of all time in Frasier.

[@YD-uq5fi]

Frasier's movements are so seamlessly funny.

[@Rockhound6165]

The over animated way he rings the doorbell is hilarious.

[@cerzule]

Is it just me, or is Frasier dressed as a cleaver-wielding clown one of the scariest looking things ever? :) It's still really funny, though!

[@tkotomy]

LOL the way he rings the bell hahahahahahh

[@noelanderson969]

KILLER CLOWN, AAAAAA!!

[@SuicideboysGrey59]

Hell no! I am terrified of clowns. If I saw a man dressed as a clown and as big as frasier holding a meat cleaver, ready to strike me, I’d die before anything could even happen.

[@nataliegillmore9260]

R. I. P john mahoney

[@joshuaplotkin8826]

now i'm old and looking back I thank you for my heart attack

[@johnerwin981]

probably a BAD idea to do that in real life, i.m.h.o.

[@knowsmebyname]

I just did that to a friend of mine. It was wrong. He was hitting the head at 2 in the morn and I got him when he opened a door. It was stupid. Could have killed him and it's really not that funny. I felt awful. It's funny on Frasier but you are right John. The heart attack scenario isn't a big stretch.

[@patgogan7324]

People are doing it all over the country now Asking for trouble I think

[@vinvass2674]

So at sometime around midnight, or later, you are dressed as a clown and wait in the toilet. (No explanation of course as to why you just happen to have a clown costume with you, was it some plot device like in this episode?) At 2am (and if this story was real, it could have been 7am in the morning before someone got up to use the "head", an extra 5 hours of waiting) your friend walks in and sees you. I think maybe it was 2am and you were dreaming. Or it's next day and you are day dreaming. Or bullshitting. Or just an idiot. And really, you came to You Tube to find the Frasier clip, to write to tell everyone you had JUST done it? Fucking loser.

[@Dabhach1]

Pat Gogan Especially in a country where people (for the moment, anyway) retain the right to bear arms!

[@Shiirow]

@@Dabhach1 yes those bear arms hurt, especially if they dont manicure the nails.

[@Dancerama6]

Amazing that the biggest laugh this show gave me was within the final 10 episodes 😂

[@tguns1]

Those audible gasps when Frasier grabbed the knife.

[@Knttsq]

Frasier has left the building!

[@steveym90]

this is one of the funniest scenes ever, comedy genius!

[@MrEddie-ml6wm]

Holy moley. That's downright terrifying

[@bobnagel6449]

It was John Gacy that put the clown business out of business.

[@dreadcthulhu5]

He sure didn't help. Creepy bastard.

[@TheLastBabyMan]

The new IT reboot looks great.

[@a_can_of_soda]

Martin made 7 accounts and disliked this video.

[@kobemarion1137]

Make it 35, lol

[@TheHManShow]

Even though Martin should never have had a heart attack, he did kind of have the scare coming. After all the times he scared Frasier! Lol

[@guylawes]

"eeeeYAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!" LOL!!!

[@Kikasume1]

Scariest friggen clown ever. Even scarier than Pennywise from IT.

[@ThornikoSpike]

I once went to a birthday party with a clown as the entertainment when I was a little girl. That was perhaps the WORST day of my life. That clown made me cry so much, finally I can look back on that day and laugh about it XD

[@atlassilverbraid]

It was a mild, very mild cardiac event.

[@oystercultviking]

This is SO one of my favorite episodes. He looked PERFECT XD

[@fright_clubgroupie7634]

LOVE THIS SHOW!

[@ArwenUndomiel406]

When he ran with that knife I fucking lost it!

[@maureensullivan7448]

My husband was just scared to death of clowns! I couldn’t figure out why this was funny!

[@redrooster1908]

This one was called,"Boo."

[@spencerlower]

Come and float with us, Martin. Everybody floats down here! Frasier, Niles, Daphne, Roz and even Eddie. And when you're down here with me, YOU'LL FLOAT TOO!

[@JRCGuitarist]

Spencer Lower 😂😂😂 Noooo!!! You did not go there.

[@geralyne9042]

Oh my..

[@robynm7221]

Stephen King "It" I've read most of his books. Reading that one scared even me! My imagination of what that clown looked like was worse than what they came up with for the movie! Lol! Lol! 😱🙋‍♀️

[@Izzyduude]

annnnd that's how they killed off Martin!

[@leech2008]

I couldn't stop laughing when he scared his father it was the funniest moment in this show's history!

[@docette2015]

I suppose the truly disturbing thing is how well Fraiser wears that clown outfit. I'd have a heart attack too!

[@danielb337]

I 100 percent agree with you. I would have had a heart attack myself too see Frasier in the clown costume holding a knife

[@LilyRose8959]

Where did Frasier change at? In Daphne's room? His bedroom is down the other hall, and he has the one bathroom for the whole apartment, other than the ones in his and Daphne's rooms.

[@darth856]

I think this is one of the later seasons were Daphne no longer lives there.

[@ursaminor9780]

darthen856 You're right. This episode was in the 11th and final season. Daphne moved in with Niles in Season 9.

[@seikibrian8641]

"he has the one bathroom for the whole apartment, other than the ones in his and Daphne's rooms." All three bedrooms have ensuite baths. (The room by the front door is just a powder room.) But when he goes to change, he turns right, not left. So he went into the laundry room, not the back bedroom.

[@CarelessMorgan]

that would be even more hiliouis if a policeman was standing in the doorway when martin opened the door.

[@davemustaki134]

Why?

[@mrcritical6751]

I guess because then a cop would hear an old man screaming and turn around to see said old man on the ground with a clown ominously looming over him with a weapon

[@vinceniederman3235]

I Have Never Had a Fear Of Clowns In My Life They Are So Funny While Most People Hate Them Without Reason This Clip is Perfect Example Of Why I Don't Dislike Clowns At All!

[@ithinkimcrazyhehehe]

i think it's the whole killer clown thing that makes people hate them, as shown in the video lol

[@vinceniederman3235]

+ithinkimcrazyhehehe So True LOL The Clown is Like From The Movie It Who Was Played By Tim Curry!

[@ithinkimcrazyhehehe]

+Vincent Niederman that's also a good example as to why people hate clowns lol

[@vinceniederman3235]

+ithinkimcrazyhehehe Yup For Some Reason Clowns Don't Scare Me!

[@saltyninja]

When You Capitalize The First Letter Of Every Word It Makes Your Comment HARD TO READ.

[@joncarroll2040]

I can only imagine how hilarious the out takes of them filming this must have been.

[@joysparvier5939]

How he stepped out into the doorway 😂

[@notsureiL]

This is how sideshow Bob was born.

[@mlauren629]

That would have scared the crap out of me tooooooo!

[@SCREENSTARS43]

Love this episode.

[@MrToxic-ph4ss]

I really like Frasier´s clown costume

[@jayp398]

My "clowning" achievement

[@davemustaki134]

Marty kind of looked like old biff from back to the future 2 here

[@rulonrasp1234]

just think of what would of happend if frasier did that in the episode where martin was stoned

[@zapkvr]

Would HAVE happened for christs sake

[@darthkek1953]

Dad. You're dead, dad. I've got a dead dad. Dad's dead.

[@exbronco]

They float, Martin. they all float, and you'll float, too!

[@ravineprojects]

HAHAHA one of my favorite scenes in this show

[@joeyjohn5277]

So he basically tried to dress as sideshow bob but still failed to kill bart senior haha😂

[@MissIntensivo]

I have a fobia for clowns and when i see Frasier/Kelsey as Clown i scare the hell

[@tomtom5418]

1:04 ....that will stick with me for a while. Holy Crap!

[@vinceniederman3235]

Clowns Don't Scare Me Not One Bit Since I Don't Have a Fear Of Them Big Time And Frasier Getting Payback At His Father is The Perfect Example Of Why Most People Have a Fear Of a Clown All The Time In Their Life!

[@MsJoyce31202]

I'm not a fan of practical jokes, myself, but.... 😂😂😂

[@millertime97jm]

was I the only one expecting Martin to scare Frasier back?

[@bennash7392]

To be fair, Martin had it coming.

[@thenamesbanana]

...Does he live in the sewer, by chance? Bloody scary, but funny stuff!