Frasier Coffee Set Wives of Henry VIII

From the episode "Mixed Doubles."
The full episode can be found here: • Video

[@SciTrekMan]

Only David Hyde Pierce could make simply saying “Catherine of Aragon” so completely hilarious! 😂🤣😅

[@GlobalDynamicsEureka]

So very true, along with "pretentious fop."

[@englishkernigit8294]

Had me rolling on the floor

[@youmustcreateachanne]

It's all in the enunciation.

[@3point14ishable]

Consider the writing. Can you make a joke only saying two of Henry VIII wives. Challenge accepted. Frasier: Anne Boleyn Niles:Catherine of Aragon

[@Vejur9000]

That voice is musical, and iconic.

[@ivorcurtis3586]

What acting. What writing. Perfection.

[@chuck430]

Now replace all those periods with question marks.

[@tracep81]

Ivor Curtis brilliant

[@helenaville5939]

@ Ivor Curtis. Love it!

[@itsmylife842]

I agree! A great and funny scene!!

[@MsSetagaya]

When you see another actor doing a Niles impersonation you realise just how astonishingly good DHP is!

[@MsSafisana]

MsSetagaya do you know I thought that was DHP?!

[@SashaTownsendTulsa]

DHP is perfect. Hilarious, pretentious, and sincere. Love this show.

[@kumssaetefa2648]

Like who?

[@MarcoBoneMan]

Yeah it’s really obvious watching the two performances together it really highlights how hard it is to perform those almost caricature levels of uprightness naturally.

[@j.d.4697]

I think he did it super well though.

[@umachan9286]

There are very few sitcoms that can still make me laugh years later like Frasier does. The writing and the actors were perfectly on point.

[@giraffesareselfish9563]

I didn't watch my first episode of Fraiser until 2020 and I couldn't stop, I binged the whole series in like a months time.

[@improcrastinating8063]

"Milk's on its way, Niles is still steaming" 😂

[@Treebard]

Great line

[@koosk41]

As soon as Niles says "Catherine of Aragon", you just know Frasier is immediately thinking on the scale of rarity and he's just about to call the antique dealer!

[@BeckettSong]

When Niles says, "I want to kill myself!", which "self" is he talking about? LOL!

[@jakelover1731]

Wow, that's clever. Never noticed it could be read two ways. Sharp!

[@gether2to1]

LMAO you should have more likes

[@WittyUsernamehere]

That's a good question.

[@pepesilvia3827]

@@turdface5661 That 'Aha' moment is the outburst after Rodney gives the particular additional request for his coffee prep. The joke is that utterly defining characteristic blows Niles' denial out of the water. His anger at Frasier is because he's realized Rodney and himself are identical. Uh.

[@spider-ball]

Both, and that's the Jungian joke!

[@Avenger85438]

Good way to remember his wives. Divorced, beheaded, and died. Divorced, beheaded, survived.

[@snowangelnc]

The British show "Horrible Histories" did a whole song about it. My history class loved it.

[@Avenger85438]

@@snowangelnc That's where I got the lyrics.

[@TheBeautifulDisaster]

snowangelnc I was thinking Six: The Musical

[@abinashmishra329]

Ironically “Survived” ended up leaving the world the same way “Died” did.

[@francismallard5892]

This is brilliant!

[@laurenjcoates]

Niles hearing Daphne say “he likes to smell my hair” completey destroys the notion that people in the living room can’t hear what people in the kitchen are saying - which is funny because they act as if the kitchen scene is out of earshot of the living room

[@DBurns-zt7xh]

So true! It's so close. I just knew the people in the living room could hear every word.

[@darth856]

I guess the pretext is that the people in the living room were having their own conversation, and thus didn't focus on what was said in the kitchen. But, yeah, it doesn't really hold water. One of those sitcom things

[@smudger671]

It's just a comedy!

[@mrcritical6751]

In sitcoms real life logic only applies when rule of funny is applied

[@01Sunshine234]

My favorite gag with that is when Fraiser was asking everyone to name flaws with his character so that he could improve himself. Later on, the conversation moved on and everybody started listing his positive traits, except Daphne was in the kitchen, so when she came out, she thought everybody was still naming flaws and shouted out something like "pretentious!" I like it because it means that she heard that they were calling him names, but she didn't hear the actual words they were saying. The kitchen has convenient hearing properties.

[@WolfstarGaming1]

The Niles/Rodney scene is absolutely hilarious. I laugh to tears every time.

[@GlobalDynamicsEureka]

Yes! I love it when Niles says that Rodney is a "pretentious fop." :)

[@lindasmilesrfree6067]

+GlobalDynamicsEureka The mirror image suddenly appears! LoL!!!

[@WeylandYutaniCorp91]

I told my mother about this scene, she's a big Henry the VIII buff, she thought this was so hysterical, especially how Niles says "Catherine of Aragon."

[@dianetheisen8664]

I am a Henry the VIII buff also, but more accurately, an Anne Boleyn buff. This episode combined 2 of my favorites; Frasier and Tudor England.

[@KS-xk2so]

I don't know much about Henry the 8th, but due to this scene I can name at least 3 of his wives lol

[@j.t.6700]

I have the Wilma juice cup in my set along with Fred , Barney, Betty, Pebbles and Bam Bam LoL

[@ladylibertywdc8324]

The Morton Salt girls mugs are in my kitchen.

[@youmustcreateachanne]

Was there not a Dino one?

[@derricklafrance9440]

Let's go to JTs house for coffee.

[@ianfinrir8724]

Oh well, look at you Mr. Fancy.

[@j.t.6700]

@@ianfinrir8724 lol

[@decodolly1535]

No matter how many times I watch this scene, the way DHP says "Catherine of Aragon" will never not be funny.

[@raggedcritical]

One of the things I really liked about Frasier is that they were consistently quick on the uptake. In most other shows Niles would have been clueless about his resemblance to Rodney for the entire show but in Frasier all he needed was one (egregious) example and he instantly gets it.

[@Crazygurl1211]

Well, it did take Frasier an entire episode to realize that the woman he was dating looked exactly like his mother, even though everyone else saw it right away. And it took Niles several episodes to see his dog's resemblance to his ex-wife.

[@333angeleyes]

Because most shows (sorry if this sounds insulting) is for the everyman/woman. Which means blue collar, high school educated, average Jane and Joe... The comedy had to be low brow. Frasier was for people with a higher sense of self, no toilet jokes.

[@rikiishitoru8885]

Niles also spent quite a few episodes completely unaware that his dog resembled Maris

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

Gabri'el Alexander I cant say it’s insulting because you’re right. Those other shows aren’t funny at all. It’s cheap ‘humor’ that loses any potency after one watch. I’ve watched Frasier through many times and still laugh my head off because it requires you think about why it’s funny 😆

[@daddyalex7988]

@@jenniferhiemstra5228 I think it's more that Frasier didn't talk down to the audience.

[@robertstorey7476]

Hilarious. Niles is my favourite sitcom character ever.

[@sma3037]

Tied with Marty.

[@pnwguy00]

Frasier doesn't succeed as a sitcom without Niles. Just a flash of brilliance, getting DHP to play that role.

[@seanm6667]

Without Niles there is no show.

[@stimpy_thecat]

This show is just so damned brilliant.

[@Transterra55]

The writing on Frasier was brilliant! Add excellent directing and superb acting and no sit-com can compare..

[@jodiurlacher145]

If only every house had a soundproof kitchen

[@youmustcreateachanne]

Except Frasier's isn't either.

[@seanmason2996]

Watching this the evening after John Mahoney passed away. Makes me too sad...

[@GlobalDynamicsEureka]

He was fabulous.

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

The saddest part? He never completed that juice glass set 😢

[@333angeleyes]

This is what I don't understand/agree with about them having a reboot. Martin was always my favorite character so without him the show will be greatly lacking

[@wspencerwatkins]

Gabri'el Alexander puke, I didn’t even know there was a reboot in the works. At least it’s mostly the same cast but they’ll never recapture the magic. Why bother?

[@orangefox1231]

I actually like that Martin and Frasier have something else in common. COLLECTIONS lol

[@KingOfElectricNinjas]

Reminded of the part where Martin and the boys bond over Antiques Roadshow, the one thing that they're both equally interested in.

[@diogeneticist3585]

Veneer!

[@evrbody]

@@KingOfElectricNinjas That's about what I expected.

[@oz_jones]

You realise that Martin was joking, right?

[@fatihtuzun348]

I must have watched this scene 100times already. Still, when I hear Niles says "Catherine of Aragon" I start laughing

[@eddieboyky]

Anne Boleyn? Catherine of Aragon! I love this show!

[@WittyUsernamehere]

"Oh no, Frasier. I'm grateful. C'mere! Let me show you how grateful I am!" *Proceeds to attack with a kitchen utensil* LOLOL

[@tadimaggio]

Now I have to find out if there actually IS a set of six upscale coffee cups modelled on Henry Vlll's wives...

[@GoGreen1977]

I've tried to track it down, but no luck. Can't even find a mention of it.

[@waypay1]

Royal Doulton made a set shaped like their heads. 😂

[@nelsonricardo3729]

Not exactly: www.coleoflondon.com/collections/mugs-wives-of-henry-viii

[@danielr3522]

Screw that, I want the Flintstones juice cup set!

[@decodolly1535]

@@nelsonricardo3729 I'm not sure you can call those upscale.

[@Mike8981]

Catherine of Ara GONE?

[@TheBrownIsland]

Catherine of Aragon

[@Mike8981]

I was being sarcastic at the way he pronounced it. But thank you. lol

[@sarahcallaghan3314]

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[@suzycreamcheesez4371]

hey you got to use the F word@ and call him a name! Just like a real junior high kid! Ju@CONFLAGRANS IN SANGVINE ANGELORVM

[@MrTonyBarzini]

CONFLAGRANS IN SANGVINE ANGELORVM nice attitude jackass

[@Matt-cz6ti]

I want that coffee set

[@CeraCullen]

same!

[@GoGreen1977]

I've tried to find it online, but no luck.

[@awenbunny]

Fake Name The seller raised the price upon hearing it was mentioned in conjunction with the Fraser show. 😂

[@dianetheisen8664]

@@awenbunny Of course he did! Did you end up buying it?

[@grantcampbell9560]

Frasier: "Anne Boleyn?" Niles: "CATHERINE OF ARAGON!"

[@beegee22]

"Milk's on the way - Niles is still steaming." LOL!!!

[@pougiebear66]

Favourite Frasier scene or all time...Such comedic timing & impeccable writing...No wonder it's still in syndication around the wold.

[@andiidoode]

I love the way Niles is looking at him as he describes his coffee order in the kitchen

[@colleenm6852]

Keep coming back to this, over and over..just pure comedy

[@nygnyg1]

:pretentious fop"

[@rayspeakmon2954]

I'm 60 years old and my top two sitcoms from my era are MASH and Frazier.

[@kitty-vk8ic]

God this show is brilliant and funny as hell 😂 never get tired of it

[@sicilianotoronto]

I would totally buy that set! Lol

[@SciTrekMan]

sicilianotoronto You mean the Flintstones? 😂😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@tracymurray6840]

@@SciTrekMan In my case, it would be both the Flintstones juice glasses and the Wives of Henry VIII coffee cup sets.

[@dianetheisen8664]

@@tracymurray6840 Me, too! I am Tudor fan and a Flintstones fan.

[@Doreai]

*Daphne walks out.* *Nile grabs a utensil and has a go at Frasier again.* : "You're a dead man!" Get's me every time. lmao 😂🤣

[@Motorleather]

Catherine of Ara-Gone 😀

[@snowangelnc]

That's what Henry said.

[@axiomist1076]

My god ! Where did they find Niles' twin brother ? LOL

[@EagleOneM1953]

Whoever came up with this idea and the xcriptwiter9s) deserve an award and a big fat bonus. One of the best and most hilarious episodes of the series. to me the best remains the one where Niles tries to iron his pants and sets the couch on fire. The acting of David Hyde Pierce in that one is pure comic genius..

[@missm8067]

I’m a history major and my parents are huge fans of the show so they sent me this clip and that’s how I ended up becoming a fan of the show as well 😂😂😂

[@kdp8133]

Channel 4 still playing this on a loop every weekday morning. And I'm still watching it...

[@OarsmanPower]

The expression on Rodney’s face after he discusses his coffee cream preference is hilarious. Such perfect actors on this show! 👍🏼

[@Vwaff]

The way he widenens his eyes and jolts his head fowards is like punctuation to mark the end of the sentence!

[@sandranaylor2348]

Perfect acting, perfect script

[@abhiu2398]

One of the best jokes in this scene (which is already rich with so many) is that all the 'weapons' Niles picks up to attack Frasier with would be totally useless in an actual fight XD

[@Lattamonsteri]

Yea but I think he just want to make his anger clear, not to harm Frasier. I bet Niles is so clumsy that if he grabbed a knife, someone WOULD get hurt, by accident :D

[@Poodle3624]

Lattamonsteri I think he’d hurt himself before managing to hurt anyone else intentional or not. Look at how he flips a coin.

[@Lattamonsteri]

@@Poodle3624 you might be right :D

[@blofeld39]

@@Poodle3624 * Niles injures himself; looks at own blood * * faints *

[@Poodle3624]

blofeld39 Hate to quote a movie that’s totally irrelevant but not, ‘nobody makes me bleed my own blood. Nobody!’

[@docette2015]

Niles knows where to hit Frasier where it hurts. :p

[@cazia9]

Am i the only geek who wants that limoges bevvie set?

[@big_dro1713]

Yup

[@GlobalDynamicsEureka]

:D I would love to have it.

[@missm8067]

BigD n

[@big_dro1713]

Michaela Bauer Ok Ok I'm sorry.

[@lindasmilesrfree6067]

cazia9 I must be because I was a little upset when it appeared that Niles broke the "Catherine of Aragon" cup! I would love that set along w/some authentic English teas! Yup! I'm a geek.

[@Frankybroadcast]

Niles is hilarious

[@michaelvoisey8458]

I wish we could have seen more of that nice blond lady with Niles she looks very pretty

[@CGStaggs]

This show is still funny every time I see a clip !!!! The writing, the acting, the timing. Flawless !!!!

[@charlesdodson4906]

Frasier is a great show! it's always funny to watch Frasier go out on dates with ladies and screw them up.

[@dianetheisen8664]

He does have that way about him, doesn't he?

[@ESowder24]

I love how Niles could hear Daphne he loves to smell my hair yet they couldn’t hear what the hell was that! Ha

[@mgg5418]

I’d love to know who’s that actor who is playing Rodney! He not only looks very much like David Hyde Pierce but he has the mannerisms and sound o much like the character, great job!!!! Makes it all the more hilarious!!

[@dianetheisen8664]

Even their one-time actors were good.

[@Baskerville22]

One of the very, very few American TV shows with wit and genuinely subtle comedy

[@MrRwk314]

Oh fuck off you Pretentious Fop.

[@Baskerville22]

@@MrRwk314 You prove my point about Americans lacking wit, subtlety AND the ability to appreciate both. A foul mouth also seems the norm....

[@MrRwk314]

@@Baskerville22 British humor is just dry garbage. You have a high opinion of yourselves and your witty subtle "humour". It's all kinda boring to me.

[@Baskerville22]

@@MrRwk314 Your comment goes awry. I'm not British.

[@MrRwk314]

@@Baskerville22 Yeah your a coward who doesn't say where he's from just likes to shit on anything American right?

[@jpsned]

I love how the show made jokes about erudite subjects. My parents and I loved it. ❤️

[@andynightingale7335]

Seen this episode a thousand times, and yet I've only just spotted the cups actually do have the wives of Henry VIII on!

[@dianetheisen8664]

Oh yeah!

[@markseslstorytellerchannel3418]

Ah yes, those sound proof open kitchens!

[@julianfishman2888]

2:00 YOU'RE A DEAD MAN!!!

[@almadiaoh9464]

it's this scene where i finally figured out why niles sounds so familliar! he voices Dr. Doppler in Treasure Planet! I watched that movies over 100 times!

[@GlobalDynamicsEureka]

I will have to watch that! Thanks. :)

[@jenniferhiemstra5228]

He was Slim in Bugs Life as well ;)

[@shcheah2002]

Even though I’ve watched this scene countless times, even though I know what’s coming next, when it comes, I still crack up!

[@cl759]

Come here, let me show you how grateful I am ! ! You are a dead man ! ! And then breaks catherine of aragon 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@donnaprather1066]

TIMING! This is an acting class in perfect timing.

[@snowangelnc]

I can't help but wonder, what really would have happened if Frasier hadn't talked Niles into waiting a day instead of asking Daphne out right away? Would they have gotten together then and there; saving Niles three years of heartache and avoiding the entire fiasco with both Donny and Mel?

[@kendallrivers1119]

I don't think it would've worked. Remember Daphne herself didn't realize she was in love with Niles until years later. She may have been flattered but Niles was still with Maris although separated and she said herself that she wouldn't get involved with a man whose separated in First Date. Ironically she ended up doing that anyway but that was a different circumstance lol.

[@snowangelnc]

@@kendallrivers1119 Those are two good points, and I'd thought about them too. On the other hand, Daphne's realization didn't come until after Frasier had accidentally told her that Niles was in love with her. (That could be a whole other topic of what would have happened if he had never said anything.) That was the first time anybody had ever brought up the thought that Niles was a possibility for her, and she went with it. It raises the question of whether or not it was the timing, or if she was ready much earlier and only needed a little nudge in that direction. As for the separation, there are general statements but also exceptions - like the irony you brought up involving Mel. If Daphne had just met a guy on a blind date or at a party and found he was separated, I can see her not being interested in pursuing anything. It would also be in her character to say no to Niles when he and Maris first separated but Niles was still trying very hard to work through their problems and keep the marriage together. There came a point though when everybody had accepted that it was over. At that point I'd say that Niles would at least be in the gray area.

[@dianetheisen8664]

@@snowangelnc Phew! You really put some thought into this! And I agree.

[@robbiewhite323]

0:56 Niles goes back in the kitchen just before Martin asks him to come back.

[@mymangobango3533]

Has anyone else watched The Tudors & has an all new appreciation for Frasier’s coffee cups?

[@dianetheisen8664]

Yup.

[@whynot2734]

the best for me was when Niles cut his finger OH SO FUNNY worth looking that video up

[@doct0rnic]

I want a coffee set like that

[@wonipowa7542]

I would die to have that set.

[@3sampv]

Not seen this since it aired in the 90s but had never forgotten which cup fell.

[@deronlackey2083]

On a show full of brilliant writing, this one is waaay up there-hysterical!

[@j.d.4697]

"Niles is still steaming" 😆

[@dianetheisen8664]

A couple of my 2 favorite things: Frasier and Tudor England.

[@Gamingnstuff131]

Both at the same time “What the hell was that?!” 😂

[@danbytp]

Oh Niles,Get over yourself Man!!!

[@doct0rnic]

I cant believe frasier is using such a low grade coffee maker for those high end coffee cups

[@Shiirow]

its the Cheers in him.

[@differentman1878]

I'm married to the blond. Now I just need to tell her.

[@Hollins23]

This was the greatest sitcom! I hope that it makes a huge resurgence! 💓

[@edmonddantes3640]

Could anyone, in real life, really stand to be around these prissy, pretentious people for very long?

[@Plethorality]

I would love it! They would get my jokes.

[@charliepanayiotou4305]

Well Lilith and Maris were both pretty prissy and pretentious themselves and the running joke in Frasier is he and Niles only hang around with similar people in general

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@charliepanayiotou4305 What about Roz, Daphne and Martin? Of course Martin's their dad but Roz and Daphne were far from pretentious and prissy yet they were very good friends of theirs.

[@kendallrivers1119]

@Edmond Dantes Yes, if they had the genuine good hearts and were as funny as Niles and Frasier are.

[@dianetheisen8664]

@@kendallrivers1119 Frasier and Niles Did have good hearts. They just didn't know how to show it, sometimes.

[@jimrebr]

Anne Boleyn? CATHERINE OF ARAGON

[@ebrooks6067]

"Anne of Cleaves " I loved it !!!!

[@anisharamlogan6941]

Lol oh my lord they are so funny

[@HypePerformanceGroup]

Realizing that Niles would make a perfect Mordin Solus

[@floris.927]

Gee ... you think Catherine of Aragon only had a broken heart.

[@dianetheisen8664]

She had that and more.

[@tuchinsky]

- sound of breaking cup - Frasier: Anne Boleyn?! Niles: Catherine of Aragon!!! best show ever

[@kathrynbillinghurst188]

Thank you for our daily FRAZIER 🙏

[@TC-dx3vv]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/naKXZplshJaIqLc Why is Frasier waving his hand like this here and nodding (at 2:15)? Is it kind of like "Go on, then"? He feels the same way as Rodney about a fresh cup of coffee smelling "heavenly"? He realizes Niles would say the same thing that Rodney does? It seems a bit odd. I get him nodding in agreement, but the wave seems grand even for Frasier. Or is he cuing "Rodney" and they forgot to pan away from him while he did this?

[@michelleottley5292]

Askew askew ! All antiques must be askew on the shelf LMAO

[@myvisionownsme]

I lovvvve FRASIER!!!!

[@joepalmer3208]

"Ann Boleyn?"- "Catherine of Aragon!" LOOOOOL

[@runarandersen878]

What the hell was that?

[@betaniasebastianlopes6569]

Niles is still steaming 😂

[@DxSkyline]

This scene even today is great.

[@destinyhall4931]

One of the best shows too me can't get enough love lt

[@el7jake]

The double entendres are too much! "Milk's on its way. Niles is still steaming"!!

[@nygnyg1]

Classic!

[@jazzybash1]

I always wondered how the mother was. They have got to have gotten this from their mother. They act nothing like their father

[@Scipio488]

Actually, one of the things I particularly like about this clip is that is shows you how MUCH like Martian Frasier is (despite some superficial differences in taste).

[@annathecartoonartist4819]

Niles: “I found you, faker!”

[@greentombdive]

You weirdly edited out the scene’s connective segment. Not funny.

[@Rockhound6165]

"Ann Boleyn?" "Catherine of Aragon."

[@Thurisaz314159]

I wonder if Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard were a little shorter than the other ones.

[@christopherbereznak1175]

Never laughed so hard at the name Catherine of Aragon in my life.