High Crane Drifter

High Crane Drifter is the 17th episode of Season 3 of Frasier.
== Synopsis ==
RUDE AWAKENING – An overly stressed Frasier loses his cool with a rude Café Nervosa patron (guest star John Cygan), and he resorts to physical force to teach the man a lesson in etiquette. While he immediately regrets his transgression, Frasier finds his aggressiveness has won him the support of all of Seattle, despite his own belief that there is no excuse for violence.
==Starring==
:Kelsey Grammer as Frasier Crane
:Jane Leeves as Daphne Moon
:David Hyde Pierce as Niles Crane
:Peri Gilpin as Roz Doyle
:and John Mahoney as Martin Crane
Guest starring
:John Cygan as Doug Harvey
:Mark Benninghofen as Video Clerk
Co-Starring
:Troy T. Blendell as Curtis
:Naomi as Woman in Video Store
:Paul Cusimano as Waiter
Guest callers
:Joan Allen as Lydia
:Billy Barty as Chris
:Eric Idle as Chuck
:Jerry Orbach as Mitch
:Jane Pauley as Rochelle
:Katarina Witt as Brenda
== Trivia ==
* The title is a reference to the 1973 Western movie High Plains Drifter.
*There are a number of celebrity caller in this episode. Billy Barty plays Chris who takes revenge on a neighbor by shoving a pound of rotten shrimp into the man's air conditioner. Joan Allen is Lydia who is being tormented by obscene phone calls. Eric Idle plays Chuck, a man who takes revenge on an enemy by sending him 100 scorpions in a FedEx parcel. Jerry Orbach is Mitch and he takes revenge on an offending neighbor by smashing the man's offending leaf blower against a tree. Jane Pauley, Rochelle, takes revenge on her neighbor for failing to curb her dogs, by setting the woman's lawn on fire, while Katarina Witt, playing Brenda, starts to tell Frasier about a dispute with her sister, but puts him on hold to answer her other line.
Category:Episodes
Category:Season 3