Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland
Frasier opened his eyes. He was in his apartment in Seattle and Roz was standing over him with some papers in her hand.
"My God, Frasier, you ask me to go over these promo's with you, and when I go to the bathroom you fall asleep."
Frasier slowly pulled himself up from the couch. "I'm sorry Roz. Dad kept me awake last night. He and his pals are having some sort of Bonanza convention and he made me stay up to watch some videos of the show."
"Bonanza, huh? Oooh, I really liked that Little Joe, of course there was Adam, and Ben wasn't too bad himself. And then there's Hoss…" Roz went off into a dreamy look.
"Oh please, Roz, I think I've had my fill of the Cartwrights."
"Wish I did," commented Roz with a wink and a smile.
Frasier gave her a disgusted look. "Look Roz, why don't you just leave those promos here, and I'll look at them later. I'm expecting Niles to be over shortly. I just got a new digitalized cd of Enrico Caruso's first recording ever. It sounds like he was in the same room. Niles and I were going to listen to it."
Roz made a face and gathered up her things. "You don't have to tell me twice. You just better look over those promos before Monday."
"Don't worry, I will, I will," Frasier said, as he shepherded Roz to the door.
As he opened the door, Niles greeted him with a fist upraised to knock.
"Hi Niles, Bye Niles" called out Roz as she headed for the elevator.
"Bye Roz," Niles called back as the doors shut. "So, do you have it?" asked Niles anxiously.
"Yes it's right here!" Frasier held up the cd jewel case. He took out the cd and placed it in the player. Niles had just poured himself a sherry and was settling on the couch when the first strains of the song came out.
"I want a hat like Hoss…"
Niles had a puzzled look on his face. "I don't think Caruso is known for that song."
Frasier stopped the player and looked at the cd. "Oh, my God!! This is Dad's cd. They must have gotten mixed up last night. No wonder I dreamed about the Cartwrights and Caruso!"
"Uh, Frasier, I hate to be picky, but wasn't Bonanza set in the 1860's and Caruso made it big in the 1900's." Frasier turned to stare at his brother.
"That's what was bothering me in my dream! We couldn't have seen Caruso!"
Niles looked at his brother and said soothingly, in his best psychiatrist manner, "No, we could not have seen Caruso. He died a long time ago." Frasier glared at his brother and told him about his dream.
"Well, I guess after a night of Bonanza you would be dreaming of the Cartwrights. But why was I riding sidesaddle twice in your dreams?" Niles looked in askance of his brother.
"Niles sometimes a cigar is just a cigar." Replied Frasier. Niles looked puzzled, but decided to leave it.
"Well since we don't have our cd, should we listen to the rest of this one?"
"Why not?" Niles and Frasier were settled on the couch again when Frasier started laughing.
"What's so funny? That we're listening to a cd about an old western?" Niles asked.
"No," replied Frasier wiping away tears from his eyes, "I only wish I was there when Dad puts in that Caruso cd for all his pals at the convention!"
