I'm your host, Curtis.
Original introduction wording
- I'm your host, Curtis Shack.
NO COMMON DENOMINATOR
Episode ratings.
Original rating systems, exactly as represented in the archive. These scales are not interchangeable.
By way of introduction.
Introduced as the “resident abyss boy”; says a female character’s name in the title is a good start.
Original introduction wording
- resident abyss boy
- a female character's name is in the title
Introduced as “our man with a baby” and co-host; jokes that a time of day in the title makes a good episode.
Original introduction wording
- our man with a baby
- time of day
The host corrects “man” to “men” because there are two men with babies; Vitaliy joins with his own good-day joke.
Original introduction wording
- two men with babies
- Vitaly Steart
Read the full performed opening
Welcome to Reverse Psychology, the Frasier Rewatch Podcast, where we go backwards through every episode of the show. Tonight, we are covering Frasier 2023, Season 2, Episode 3, All About Eve, which originally streamed on September 26, 2024. Will this episode be all about anyone but Eve like most Frasier episodes? We'll find out. I'm your host, Curtis Shack. Joining me as always, it's our resident abyss boy, it's Bradley Kirkston. Curtis, you know we're off to a good start when a female character's name is in the title. I have no reaction to that. Also with us is our man with a baby, it's co-host Ryan Sansone. Curt, you know it's always a good episode title when there's a time of day in it, you know? Sure do know, yes. Well, you know, I should have said men because we actually have two men with babies on this episode. Also joining us is Vitaly Steart. Curt, you should have said there was a good day when there was an episode at all. Oh, wow. Look at you. How's it a V? I'm excited. Yeah, you know, it's gonna be great when B's in a
Someone brought rules.
The games, the premises, and what everyone brought to the table.
Game / activity
Can't Beat Kebab ↗
How this one works
How it works
- Boston's number one nautical themed Middle Eastern fusion restaurant.
- We are compelled to integrate your advice into our plan
- automatically out of the running
- you will be hearing every detail that is prepared.
- competing against each other
- It's a health inspector grade, but there's no physical place for him to go inspect.
RESULT STATUS
A winner is actually on the record.
Winner: Curtis
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 2 recorded contributions
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 40:13
Expertcontext
Nicky and Smitty's
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- Response context: My brother recently bought a restaurant
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:07:33
Restaurantwinner
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- Winner statement: Congratulations, Curtis.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:07:43
Vitz Submarine
I'm putting my tiara on.; I'm waving elegantly to my fans.
More of this contribution
- Ending or payoff: We're going to have an actual submarine.; We're going to charge a thousand dollars a meal and we're going to be classy as shit.; I'm glad to have you as an investor.; I am 100 percent in.
Follow the round structure (1)
Rdesign
Source excerpt ↗ 42:36We are compelled to integrate your advice into our plan
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 42:36
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Ptheme
Question / challenge
How are you guys gonna honor the nautical theme; while setting yourself apart?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Themebrad
a merman themed bar.
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- Answer qualification: open from 11 a.m to 7 p.m.; you have to be a male to be a waiter.; women can work in the; back.; They are all dressed as mermans.; Obviously shirtless.; Very very long hair.
- Important beats: They are all wearing tails; the feet are there.; A lot of; training that goes into working here.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Themecurtis
I decided that the best move was to go submarine.
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- Answer qualification: little round aquariums in the wall that look like you're looking out into the ocean.; I just meant that it looks like a submarine.; Saltwater fish.; they're wearing wetsuits.
- Final state summary: a restaurant with like fake windows with like; water in the background, I guess.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Themeryan
In the middle of my restaurant is a giant pool. All of the tables are around the pool side.
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- Answer qualification: The intent is not for you to go into the pool.; This is a nice indoor space.; They're fancy looking.
- Method: It's getting cleaned with like plants or some shit. I don't know that part.
- Response context: You'll get that when we talk about food.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 48:33
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Poolpurpose
Question / challenge
I want to go back to the pool. What is the premise?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 48:40
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Playout
Question / challenge
How are you guys going to arrange your space and serve your guests?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Layoutbrad
an indoor outdoor restaurant.; a bar that's obviously shaped like a merman's tail.; two community tables; 15 pearls seating anywhere from four to six people at each pearl.
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- Answer qualification: The pearl doesn't close.; Not a clam.; It's an open pearl.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Layoutcurtis
it's all indoors.; You kind of speak into that and that's how you give your order.; It's like a flared out horn thing that comes out and you talk into that and it's quaint.
More of this contribution
- Answer qualification: All of the servers will wear pearls. How about that?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Layoutryan
Mine is indoor only; All of my servers are surfers and they surf over to your table and they bring you whatever you ordered.; I think it's like robot powered surfboards, to be honest.
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- Answer qualification: one seat at every table is like a little bit of a risk.; most of the table is not going to get splashed on.; I didn't necessarily say you don't get to go into it.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 54:38
Pdrinks
How are you going to liquor up your guests?
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Drinksbrad
sweet fruity drinks
More of this contribution
- Method: All the mail staff will always have a drink in their hands ready to go.
- Answer qualification: Everyone's going to ask for drinks so much that the ice isn't going to have time to melt.; One drink at a time.; They have another hand, Vitaly.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Drinkscurtis
the Kraken brand spice drum.; You can mix that with Coke.; That's your option.
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- Answer qualification: I'm telling you guys in the pitch meeting, I'm not going to tell the customers that obviously.; I would say absolutely coming right up.; And then I would deliver them a rum and Coke.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Drinksryan
the shark bite
More of this contribution
- Answer qualification: it's a blue drink.; it comes with a shark for some reason.; You could dump in blood somehow.
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 56:53
Drinksresult
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- Winner statement: Somehow Ryan won this round.
- Brad(ley): “Somehow Ryan won this round.”
- Brad(ley): “Congratulations.”
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 56:57
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Pfood
Question / challenge
Now, Vit, why don't you tell each of us whether we get to have a soup, a salad, or a side?
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Brad(ley)Source excerpt ↗ 57:14
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Assignsoup
soup
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 57:55
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Assignside
side
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 59:29
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Assignsalad
salad
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Foodbrad
seafood gumbo
More of this contribution
- Answer qualification: I thought about going with a beef stew, but I thought that was a little too obvious.
- Adjudication: Pretty good, actually.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Foodcurtis
homemade octopus flavored chips.
More of this contribution
- Answer qualification: These are top of the line chefs.; We came in to a shit ton of octopi.; And potatoes are cheap.; So we're adding potatoes.
- Selection or action: Do octopi day.; I'll take it.; Done.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Foodryan
seaweed salad that our surfers pick up on their way to your table.
More of this contribution
- Method: we are cultivating some seaweed,; It's seasoned table side.; They scoop and grab it.; at your table, there's like a little prep station
- Answer qualification: It's not what we're known for.
- Response context: You'll get a better understanding of how the pool will come into play.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:00:42
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Pspecial
Question / challenge
So what anachronistic menu item will you feature?
More of this contribution
- Answer qualification: Something that doesn't fit, basically, in this case.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Brad(ley)Source excerpt ↗ 1:01:06
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Assignjamaican
Jamaican
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:01:34
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Assignhawaiian
Hawaiian
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:02:46
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Assignrussian
Russian
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Specialjamaican
C-O-N-G-E-E.
More of this contribution
- Answer qualification: It's like a rice porridge.
- Claim: it became really big in Jamaica.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Specialcurtis
the option of spam or sardine.
More of this contribution
- Method: There's no cooking it.; It's just straight from the can.
- Response context: A guy, a real person I actually saw at lunch today at work.
- Answer qualification: If there was a section in this for a main item, you know, that's what my main would be.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Specialryan
All of our surfer waiters who are in tuxedos are also double agents.
More of this contribution
- Method: So if you say a secret word, they will shoot some borscht out of their sleeve into a bowl that's sitting at the center of the table.
- Answer qualification: I should have done that.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: VitaliySource excerpt ↗ 1:04:22
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Pgrades
Question / challenge
So, Vitaly, what grades do we get?
More of this contribution
- Adjudication method: It's a health inspector grade, but there's no physical place for him to go inspect.
- Response context: all of us have managed to make it through without getting shut down.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 1:05:12
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Pnames
Question / challenge
Can we give a restaurant name at least?
More of this contribution
- Answer qualification: Yeah, that's probably a good idea.
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Merman's Kebabs
More of this contribution
- Submission type: volunteered restaurant name after permission
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Super Submarine
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- Submission type: volunteered restaurant name after permission
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
The Boston Sea Party.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: RyanSource excerpt ↗ 1:05:46
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Graderyan
More of this contribution
- Adjudication verdict: you're being shut down.
- Result qualification: standing water, sometimes not standing water.; You probably have mold because you have standing water.; You have water putting on customers.
- Score effect method: automatically out of the running
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: Brad(ley)Source excerpt ↗ 1:06:19
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Gradebrad
More of this contribution
- Adjudication verdict: I'm also shutting you down.
- Result qualification: shirtless guys walking around and they have very long hair.; They also have the merman tails.; I have hair in all my food.
- Score effect method: automatically out of the running
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 1:07:16
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Gradecurtis
More of this contribution
- Result qualification: So there wasn't really anything too crazy about Curtis's restaurant.; Everything else is like normal.; It's just average.
Round context
- Method: competing against each other
- Final adjudication: Ryan: shut down; Brad: shut down; Curtis: C
View source wording — how it was explained on the show
- Interaction mode: competing against each other
- Adjudication method: It's a health inspector grade, but there's no physical place for him to go inspect.
- Competitive scoring statement: Captain Kebab's got a C-plus rating.
Comic bits and episode moments.
Conversation excerpt
Workshop ↗
So I would like to workshop ways we could; potentially impress your children.
See how they answered
What everyone brought to the table · 3 recorded exchanges
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: CurtisSource excerpt ↗ 02:51
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Workshopcurtisprompt
Question / challenge
Curtis, what do you think you could possibly do; since these kids hate you so much?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Medievalanswer
medieval times
More of this contribution
- Response context: if Ryan, you and your family came to Chicago
- Answer qualification: they feed you a big meal and they assign; you a night on a horse
- Important beats: a bunch of nights joust and fight each other in a big old show.
RECORDED EXCHANGE
Participant cited: VitaliySource excerpt ↗ 04:20
“Participant cited” identifies a contributor, not the speaker of every word in this excerpt. It may include other participants’ replies or reactions.
Workshopvitalyprompt
Question / challenge
Vitaly, do you have anything you want to try to make Ryan's kids happy?
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Vitalyanswer
Ice cream, popsicles and fake tattoos.
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Ravensanswer
just talk about
More of this contribution
- Prompt item: the Baltimore Raven.
- Answer qualification: both my kids say, boo the Ravens.
Show 1 more contribution
CLAIM & ADJUDICATION
Attribution unavailableSource excerpt ↗ 04:23
Workshopevaluation
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- Adjudication: Yeah, you nailed it. Those are the big three.
- Winner statement: Vitaly wins again.
- Ryan: “things. Ice cream, popsicles and fake tattoos. Yeah, you nailed it. Those are the big three.”
- Brad(ley): “Oh, of course, Vitaly wins again. You would be shocked at how much they fucking love a fake tattoo.”
Conversation excerpt
Reviewtransition ↗
Source details
- Context outside the activity.
Conversation excerpt
Episodediscussion ↗
Conversation excerpt
Solomonprompt ↗
You want to explain it?
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 1 recorded contribution
RECORDED ANSWER / CHOICE
Solomonanswer
two women are fighting over a baby.; Just cut the baby in half. You get half,; she gets half. Everybody wins.
More of this contribution
- Ending or payoff: And that woman who cares about; the baby is proven to be the real mother.
- Answer qualification: if I remember correctly
Conversation excerpt
Ratingsprompt ↗
Well did this episode seem reasonable? Brian what do you think?
Conversation excerpt
Pieaside ↗
Source details
- Context outside the activity.
Conversation excerpt
Caviaraside ↗
Source details
- Context outside the activity.
Conversation excerpt
Previewprompt ↗
are we going to see any improvements next week when we cover the previous episode
What was recorded
What everyone brought to the table · 1 recorded contribution
WHAT THEY BROUGHT
Previewanswer
No.; Frasier makes everyone go to the theater to see Cyrano de Bergerac.; But during it, he gets a phone call and is super loud and misses the whole entire show; because he's talking to an old friend.; We never meet the friend and the whole episode makes absolutely no sense.
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- Answer qualification: That may or may not have happened.
Source details
- Prompt item: season two, episode two, Cyrano, Cyrano
Conversation excerpt
Outro ↗
Conversation excerpt
Productionappendix ↗
Source details
- Response context: I hate that that's a callback to something that hasn't happened yet.
By way of goodbye.
You're welcome for listening. Nobody.
Source excerpt ↗ 1:08:56–1:09:01Original sign-off transcript
So for myself, for Ryan, for Brad, and for Vitt, you're welcome for listening.
Nobody.
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