Woody Gets an Election

Name: Woody Gets an Election
Director: James Burrows
Released: 1993-04-22
Duration: 22 min
Rating: 8.0
Cast: Jackie Swanson, Paul Willson, George McFarland, Philip Baker Hall, Peri Gilpin

S11 E21 April 22, 1993 0h 22m ★ 8.0

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Overview

When City Councilman Kevin Fogarty comes to Cheers on his re-election campaign spouting a whole lot of political nothings that nonetheless woos the crowd, Frasier bets the gang that he can even get a trained monkey on the ballot and garner 10% of the vote. Without a trained monkey in sight, Frasier chooses Woody as a good surrogate. Frasier does indeed get enough signatures to get Woody on the ballot. Woody helps his own political cause when Holly Matheson, a local reporter covering the City Hall beat, mistakes Woody's farm talk as an analogy for the problems of City politics. In an early poll, Woody garners 8% popular support, enough for the gang to concede defeat to Frasier.