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The One With The Princess Leia Fantasy
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Join Alasdair and DeeAnn as we discuss Star Wars, dressing up for fun and WIFI issues :)
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Introductions and Technical Difficulties
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Before we get into this week's episode, I just wanted to let you know that Deanne had no Wi-Fi at her house, so she was recording via a hotspot. Because of that, she drops out of the conversation several times, but she always comes back. So if there's a couple of moments where it sounds like there is silence or she has disappeared, That is why. But rest assured, she comes back and completes the episode. So thank you for your patience. The Wi-Fi, I'm sure, will be sorted at her house for next week's episode.
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Speaker
Well, hello and welcome to this week's episode of the Purple Door Podcast, a friend's rewatch pod. I'm one of your hosts, Alistair, alongside Deanne. Deanne, how are you today?
00:00:51
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I am awesome-ish. I've got a kid home. Awesome-ish? Yes, um'm um' we're recording in the middle of the day on a weekday at that.
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It's very strange. got a kid who's getting over a stomach bug. But feel but i feel good So I'm good. He's on the mend, which is even better.
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so Yeah, Deanna is a sick kid. Her internet was out. Her internet is still out. We're on a hot spot right now. Our hot spot. So if it drops in and out, no problem. But look at you your dedication to your craft. You are here.
00:01:32
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Yes, here we are. All right. And how are
Personal News and Season Three Excitement
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you, Al? love Oh, wonderful. Yeah, not too much excitement. Well, there is some excitement and in this side of this side of the Purple Door podcast. My eldest daughter got engaged on Saturday.
00:01:49
Speaker
I saw that! So that's quite exciting. Yes! You know, we became grandparents this year, which is very exciting. And now a new son-in-law on the way. So we're very excited about that. So exciting.
00:02:05
Speaker
Very cool. Very cool. Congratulations to the newly engaged couple. Yay. I shall pass that on. Yes. Exciting times. You know, but what's coming in a close second in terms of excitement is we're on season three.
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Season three. It's weird. As we've talked about, it's happy and sad at the same time. But I'm very excited. Season three is a good season. I kind of took a peek at all the episodes coming up and it's going to be a fun one. fun, fun season.
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Yeah, actually, I recorded as a bit of a tangent another podcast earlier on today for my other podcast, The Outdoors, The
Cultural Reflections in Media
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Educator. And I was talking to um a friend, Joe, who's a professor at university in Utah. But his dissertation, his area of study is really looking at um comic books and TV shows, especially from the 90s, and how they reflect the culture of the time.
00:03:12
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and things like that. So we actually talked quite a bit about Friends. Yeah. His dissertation was on the X-Men. Oh, how cool. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. So we talked a lot about, and the we've just we've touched on this, like, you know, some some of the jokes maybe wouldn't fly today. A lot of the jokes would not fly i love the jokes. So we talk a lot about that and what perspective to look at these things through.
00:03:40
Speaker
You know, doesn't mean that they're bad or they're wrong, but we change and we evolve as a society. and this at the Anyway, he's released a huge amount of books about different TV shows. So anyway, it's really interesting. to we we We dabbled into Little Friends this morning.
00:03:56
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ah Just talking, talking about, you know, comedy at the time.
Friends Thanksgiving Tradition
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Okay, so another tangent from the tangent, but yes this a weekend I was having a conversation with the sweetest little girl that I work with um at my seasonal job, and she's a senior in high school this year. As she was talking about, it just randomly came up, um that every year on Thanksgiving, her and her mom and her grandma and her sister... they all watch the Thanksgiving episodes. And she said, but always the one where she puts the turkey on her head.
00:04:41
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And I was like, oh yeah, that's a classic episode. And so we got into this conversation because she's, she's a senior. She's 17. She's a few days away from being 18. And she was talking about how um it,
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It's like a
Friends Trivia and Banter
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thread that kind of they all can be together and they enjoy all together.
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and I said, that's really cool because that's like three generations. And she's young, like my friend is not interested, you know.
00:05:20
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And right I don't know. I feel like there's something to that, too. And so my brain started going in. So we'll talk more about that off the air. But i just there's so many different, I guess, layers and cultural things tied to yeah You know, I was specifically zoning in on friends. But how cool is that? X-Men. Like that was my Saturday mornings, 10 a.m.
00:05:48
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Every Saturday morning. See, there you go. Oh, man. Oh, I love it. I could get into all to like X-Men and Marvel and DC. I don't quite have the bandwidth. My bandwidth's pretty full. But if it wasn't, I could see myself being really nerdy about it. and Oh, yeah. like I get why people are. like I understand.
00:06:10
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yeah it was it It was a cool conversation. i'll talk more We'll talk more about it off the I'll send you some links too. If you look up Joseph, good name, Joseph. It's a great name.
00:06:21
Speaker
Great name. You thought you'd like that. Joseph Darowski on Amazon. He's got a huge range of books. One about Cheers, one about this, one about that. And just there ah you know how they're in touch with the culture of the time. So big shout out to Joe. It was nice to talk to Way to go, Joe.
00:06:39
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This one. Good old Joe. We like Joe.
00:06:43
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Yeah, but let's talk about that more off the air. Let's get stuck in. Why don't we to season three? Very exciting. All right.
Plot and Character Discussions
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The first one is episode one, the one with the Princess Leia fantasy.
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but but but um I had, again, as is normal for me, forgotten the you know the B story, whatever, you know, what else went on. And man, it was good.
00:07:08
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So I'm excited get into this. Day of fun. I'd forgotten that was this episode. so looking for But before, of course, we get into it, I've got quite a few questions for you.
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One, two, three, four, five, six. You have a dozen questions coming your way. Wow. Okay, I stopped at eight. Okay. i've done i've i've I've kind of framed some of mine a little differently because I didn't feel they were tricky enough, so they're perhaps a little vague.
00:07:43
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You know, I'm perhaps not going to tell you in this scene what happens. I'm just going to ask you what happens. Okay. So. Okay. Yeah. right My questions are out of order.
00:07:55
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Okay. I like that. So that'll be fun too. All right. All right. So because you've got the fewest, do you go first. Is that right? No, you should go first. It's the other way around. It's the other way around. I'm out of sync this recording oh on a Monday during the day. dear. it's throwing me up. It's okay.
00:08:12
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This one has several elements. Just give me as many as you can. Can you name the most romantic songs ever and the names of who sings them?
00:08:24
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Oh, you can. No, not who sings all of them. I can tell you Two Below Honey by Van Morrison. The Way We Were, and I know it's by a woman. Yeah, but it doesn't say I don't care for that song.
00:08:40
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I know that one. Okay, and then ah the Elton John song, Tiny Dancer, but, you know, Tony Danza.
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ah Tony Danza. Tony Danza. We say that one teeny tiny line all the time. All the time. Are you a Friends fan if you hear Tiny Dancer and you don't say Tony Dancer, at least in your mind Right. If you sing the words to Tiny Dancer correctly, you are not a Friends fan.
00:09:13
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And i will in I will die on that hill. I am right there with you. Right there with you. I don't know that you would even have to be a Friends friends like diehard fan to just...
00:09:29
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Suck that one up and use it, you know? i think I think he's become part of a popular culture almost, I feel, that Tony Danza. mm-hmm. Yeah, because, oh gosh, and I've seen a picture with Tony Danza and and Elton John. I've seen a picture of them together because of that. Right.
00:09:50
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Okay. I love it. This one's hard. Okay, I'm ready. All right. So whenever Monica is laying in her bed and Phoebe is trying to get her to relax you and get some sleep, she's got like some music going.
00:10:11
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She's got some candles lit. And then she is like trying to do the like cleansing your your aura and your your mind and all that. How many candles does she have lit in Monica's teeny tiny apartment ah bedroom apartment?
00:10:30
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You know, it's funny funny you bring this up. I saw a certain amount and then I thought I should count these. And I thought, oh you know, I've already watched most of the scene.
00:10:43
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I'll just let it go. But saw four. i think there was just, was it four? It was or four. It was four. Excellent. It was four. Nice job. Excellent. And that's so funny because I watched that scene and then I was like, ooh, I'm going to ask a question about that. So whenever I watched it again, I counted to make sure. Very nice. Yep.
00:11:09
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All right. So my next question for you is, what or who does initially Phoebe think is calling her at 2 a.m.? Oh, it's either a possum or a something but then she thought where would he get a money yeah or where where would he get the money yeah you ex exact a possum or a something exactly right is it a squirrel it's not give it one more shot is it a raccoon it's not it's a mouse
00:11:45
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Oh, dang it. Okay. Yeah, you're right there, though. Right there. i was. Shoot. It's okay, though.
Tech References in Friends
00:11:56
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I added in another question. I love it. Bring it. But I'm going to add it to the bottom so it's all out of order. Okay. All right. What team does Chandler have tickets to go see? Okay. It was the the New York Rangers.
00:12:13
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Mm-hmm. Excellent. That's correct. Excellent. Because I remember thinking, like I was sure that that's what it was, but you did say it quite quickly, if I remember.
00:12:25
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All right, my third question.
00:12:29
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Why does Chandler think he's dating a grown-up? ah Oh, because she's getting divorced. There you go. Somebody who's getting a divorce. What a grown up.
00:12:44
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All right. What restaurant does Monica get sent home from? Because she does not work there. i love this. You basically, what is basically one of my questions and i was scribbling this down, trying in the world to figure out how to spell the Sichuan dragon.
00:13:02
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ah Very good. And I'm still not sure. I just, I gave it my best shot. um I'll score out that question. Yeah, she was, she doesn't work there either as she finds out.
00:13:15
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um Okay. This is one of these questions that I feel if I, if I asked it with too much detail, it'd be easy. So I'm just simply going to ask you, what is plan B
00:13:28
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And if you're not sure, I'll kind of give a little more of that. Oh, do know what plan B is. There you go. We're going to go Oh, it's like spy. ah We're going to go in. ah oh God. ah No, it's a different scene.
00:13:44
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We'll come back to that. It is where I'll give you a little more. It's... um Whenever Joey is like, and he's like, yeah we're trying to, yeah, no, whatever.
00:13:55
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Yeah. Hang on. You're so close. Somebody says something. You want a plan? Here we go. Because Phoebe says, rus you go into the air duct, disable the alarm and the rest of us will rappel down the ropes. We're in and out in 10 minutes.
00:14:12
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And then we disappear into the night. I don't know what bit that's wrong. That's plan B? Yeah. i don't know what bit. Was that bit not in mine?
00:14:27
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think. Yeah. Remind me, where was that in the episode? Okay, so it's they're all sitting there and it's Rachel and Joey and Phoebe.
00:14:40
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And then um I can't remember. It's it's that same scene like where Monica drops the ro the hair into Ross's bowl.
00:14:53
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and then And then Joey comes in and he's like, we got to get rid of her. Like, what's our plan? What's our plan? And they're like, you know, he's our friend and we're going to support him. And he's like, yeah. Okay. So what's our plan b We've got to get rid of her. And then Phoebe says that.
00:15:13
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That's it. So I mishanded it. So I wrote, I was thinking that Ross says we need to accept Janice and be grown up about it.
00:15:25
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no, that's plan Okay, that is, and that's what Joey says. We'll call that plan B, think. that's right. Dang. I like your answer much better. Okay, well, plan a is that we're going to repel. Right.
00:15:42
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I like the rappelling. I'm all for it. I like the rappelling. Dang it. Okay, so it is that scene. I just got mixed up. Okay. Right? All right. your Plan B is that we're going to accept Janice.
00:15:57
Speaker
Accept Janice and be grown-ups about it. Okay, man, that was a whole lot for absolutely nothing. Joey's not quite on board. Okay. but What color is Janice's suit?
00:16:12
Speaker
I really hope I'm right because I remember thinking that is a bright green. Yes. Nice job. Like, like that, but that's a, adult that's a choice. Like good for Janice. It was, it was. You know, I'm going to wear bright colors.
00:16:29
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ah You know, because she had wore that blue with those pink earrings. And then she wore at the beginning of this episode, she's in yellow and orange. Yeah.
00:16:40
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And yeah she she goes for it with the bright colors. see She's she's she's not afraid of standing out.
00:16:51
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um I like it. Yeah, I like it. Good. um I didn't write it down, but i remember thinking it was a very bright color. um OK, specifically, what movie does Ross reference?
00:17:05
Speaker
The Empire's Return of the Jedi. Return of the Jedi. As we've, I'm sure we've
Relationship Dynamics in Friends
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Speaker
discussed, I know we've discussed this, have I'm sure we've discussed on here, I am not well-vast in Star Wars at all. So I wouldn't have known the specific Star Wars, but it is indeed Return of the Jedi.
00:17:25
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Yeah, and we've talked about this. This is the one with the Ewoks. Isn't it? Is this the first? No. i See, no, it's not for gosh. See, there's the Empire Strikes Back, and that's the second one. And then there's Return of the Jedi, and that's the third one. That's the one with the Ewoks, and they're so cute, and it's Right.
00:17:51
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Okay. All right. Good to know. Yes, your question up next. All right, so what did Janice and Joey do on Joey and Janice's Day of Fun?
00:18:05
Speaker
That's my final question. They went to a Mets game and Chinese food. There you go. That's right. Yes. I love it. All right, let's see. What have got for you? One of them I'm going to take off. It's too easy.
00:18:21
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I think, well, it says, who does Chandler hate?
00:18:28
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who does And if you're if you don't know what i'm talking about, I'll give you another small hint. Yes, please. Okay, Joey says... um
00:18:40
Speaker
love What is exactly does Joey say? It's when Joey's trying to describe to Chandler how he feels about Janice. He says, you know that... I'll give you a hint. You know that girl from the... Somewhere with the something? And Chandler kind goes, oh, I hate her.
00:18:57
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oh That's when Joey can... That's just kind of like with Janice. You know, I don't hate Janice. But that's how he feels. Oh, we've lost Willis. Is she back? There we go. I'm back. He glitched off for two seconds. Yeah, he went... thank o That was special in my ear.
00:19:17
Speaker
Okay. We are back. um
00:19:23
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Let's see. have no idea. Hang on. Is it... The girl. it's the girl It's a girl from a place they eat who has a physical feature that Chandler doesn't like.
00:19:40
Speaker
Oh, let's see. We may have frozen with Woolison. I'll keep talking for a second. See if she comes back. Yeah, she went to get on earlier and her internet was completely out. Not working at all.
00:19:55
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Yeah, she's just been kicked off. We'll see if she comes back. There's Woolison. There you go. Sorry about that. backing You are fine.
00:20:07
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So I'll give you, let's yeah, it's it's a girl from somewhere with a physical feature.
00:20:19
Speaker
Let's see, Wilson's thinking hard. It's from ah it's from from an eatery. it's just It's a type of food. Is it a deli? It's not a deli.
00:20:34
Speaker
Wilson's thinking hard over there. Yeah, I have no idea. It's the girl from the Greek restaurant with the big hair. and chandler can oh that's right. hate And he was going like this. at all Oh, man. Yes. Fail. All right. Dang it.
00:20:53
Speaker
It's okay. you've you very You got another one for me, do you? Yes. Yes, I do. Oh, gosh. All right. What have you got Right there? Perfect. Perfect.
00:21:05
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All right. ah What makes Monica finally fall asleep?
00:21:13
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Is that... um ah It'll be one of these couple of answers, but really when she sits down with her dad on the couch. um Is that the bit... At the end, she's got the the videos on and she falls asleep with her dad and then her dad takes the cigar.
00:21:32
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Right. Because why? oh Oh, is it because she knows that Richard's unhappy? Yes. Yes, okay. was trying to backtrack that in my head. That's right. tells her she's ah Jack tells her she's miserable. That's right.
00:21:48
Speaker
um Again, no context, but I don't think you'll need it for this one. Woolison, who painted the fas the faces on the mountain? ah Count Rushmore. Count Rushmore. This is... I love that one. Yes.
00:22:07
Speaker
all right Do you have any more for me? I do. I have two. Oh, me too. Great. Oh, okay. How does Ross describe Jabba the Hutt?
00:22:21
Speaker
Oh, that's a good question.
00:22:26
Speaker
I know the scene. I can picture I have no idea. The big worm guy. Oh, the big one guy. That yeah sounds apt. Yeah. like it. And she's looking at him like he's all crazy. The
00:22:43
Speaker
the big one guy. I like it. um What type of videos does does Richard love? a Civil War. Yes, he does. Yes, he does.
Emotional Struggles and Support
00:22:56
Speaker
Okay. At the beginning of the episode, how many nights has it been since Monica slept?
00:23:03
Speaker
Oh, no, I did not note the number. I'm going with, I'm bouncing between two. I'm just going to go four. Three.
00:23:15
Speaker
That was my, I was going three or four, three or four. Dang. You said two and I'm like, ah, he's going to get it. Yes. Ah. Okay. All right. Now I have one more for you.
00:23:28
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okay Um,
00:23:32
Speaker
Let's see. I'm trying to think how to phrase this because this is a good question if I can phrase it right. Who is mentioned in this episode that has a massive impact on the show later on, even though we only see her or we don't see her in this episode?
00:23:51
Speaker
ah I'll try and say that again. Somebody is mentioned in this episode. is it Chandler's mom? We don't them. It is not. Ross's mom? That would make sense. No, they have an even bigger impact, an indirect impact on the show.
00:24:11
Speaker
And this person's mentioned for the first time. And we do see them, I think, in just one episode. Oh, is it the girl from the coffee place? It's the girl from the Xerox police. Yes. There you go. See, but here's the deal.
00:24:27
Speaker
Here's the deal. Is it? Because the girl later is the Kinko's girl. She's from Kinko's. No, that's a good answer that's a good discussion. So, I mean, it could be...
00:24:44
Speaker
it It could be because like Xerox is copying and Kinko's you go to get your copies. So like, yeah, it's like a proper noun or a verb, you know, it's like hoovering, you know, kind of like the post office or the UPS store, you know, it's all kind of not the same, but the same.
00:25:08
Speaker
Yeah. Okay. That's a good point.
00:25:12
Speaker
So I don't know. True. But yes. like it. Because I thought that too. Whenever that first came up, I was like, oh, but then did they say her name?
00:25:25
Speaker
They did not. Nope. Okay. Because I think her name is Claire. I don't know. We'll have to kind of pay attention, but... We'll have will have to pay attention. It'd be good for us to do that. I don't remember her It might be. We might pay a little bit of attention.
00:25:40
Speaker
We'll remember this random conversation. Chloe? It is Chloe, not Claire. I think it's Chloe. I wouldn't have gotten there, though, if hadn't said Claire.
00:25:52
Speaker
So, you know, you got the you got the first letter right. There you go. so There you go. Well, let's see. ah ah you I'm out of questions. Are you out of questions? I am out of questions. i am ready to get into the episode.
00:26:07
Speaker
Let's do it. Well, to me, this has a very simple but pretty funny opening scene. yeah Walk in, chit-chatting, Joey thinks a girl winked at him, and they just stare at the couch because there's other people sitting there. yeah And I love that they just kind of go, oh, and walk out.
00:26:27
Speaker
yeah Yeah. Like, our spot's taken. We cannot stay. We cannot stay. Yeah. from I did a quick Google, have not verified this, but it seems like it's one of only three times that the gang walk in and there's other people on the couch. I know the bullies.
00:26:45
Speaker
This will be the second. I don't remember what the third is. Because I initially thought, oh, it's um Robin Williams and his name's got out my head.
00:26:58
Speaker
um where do they make that cameo. Steve Martin? Billy Crystal. Billy Crystal and Robin Williams. H. Macy. But they join the gang.
00:27:13
Speaker
yeah I think Billy billy Crystal, right? with them Yep, it is Billy Crystal. Yeah. yes um So that doesn't count, though, because they join... The gang on the couch.
00:27:26
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So I don't know. Anyway,
Episode Ratings and Announcements
00:27:27
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somebody will tell us or we'll stumble across whoever. We will stumble across it. I just love the simplicity of this and the way they just walk out. I think that's lots of fun.
00:27:37
Speaker
Yes. It's very funny. The first main scene, we're over in the girls' apartment and they're talking about the most romantic songs. do you Do you have something that comes to mind? Like, do you and your good husband have a a song or is it just one that you think is a great romantic song? Man, okay. So, yeah, there's a lot of songs. And here's what's weird. Like I said, the way we were, that is not, like, for me I don't, o let I don't like that song.
00:28:10
Speaker
Right. um We enjoy um Plain White Tees. Do you know that band? It's one those bands I know of them. I know of the Plain White Tees, but I don't know if I would go with that's a Plain White Tees song. Well, you put me on the spot and I cannot think of the name of the song. But like, it's oh it's about a guy and... um Like they they kind of are going on their way and doing all the things. But, oh, hey there, Delilah.
00:28:46
Speaker
I love that song. Oh, okay, yes. It's just so sweet and romantic and I love it. Mom, I think that's what teach. No, it's not. It's plain white tease. Mind your business, sir. My stomach bug kid is right here. That's right.
00:29:04
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ah but um But, yeah, i I don't know. It's a tough one. well We'll circle back around if you think of another one. yeah I will. I will. I will. Yeah, perfect. um But, yeah, it's not um Tiny Dancer for me, anyway. But do love that. I feel like that whole bit was probably to shoehorn in that joke. and met It works. It's such a good joke. um' I'm all for it. Yeah.
00:29:32
Speaker
I just love it. And I noticed that when, and this is a ah theme throughout Friends, when when Phoebe starts to sing Tony Danza, Jennifer Aniston covers up her mouth, which she was notorious for doing on the set because she just couldn't control her laughter. So you see her genuinely laughing out of character behind her hand, which always makes me smile.
00:29:55
Speaker
um Monica comes out. She's depressed about Richard. She's in a pretty dark place at this moment in time. Yeah. um there But she shoot we're going to get there with her eventually. She'll come.
00:30:12
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mean, she doesn't come out of the funk at the end, but she there's a little bit of resolution perhaps to it. Well, she's going to get some sleep, which is nice. Yes. She needs some sleep.
00:30:24
Speaker
ah Yeah, and ah I don't know. in Turning into a raccoon with no sleep. so Right. Well, let's see. We go over to the boys' apartment. Slight continuity error here for me because um they've got the pancakes out and then Joey says, you know did you make those? And Chandler's like, yeah, like I could do that. I'm pretty sure at some point, I don't remember when, Chandler says something about he always makes...
00:30:55
Speaker
For Joey's Dix. He makes breakfast. Yeah. Yes. but so so And Chandler, he's an intelligent guy. and And being intelligent doesn't translate to being good in the kitchen. I understand. But I think when he's like, like I could ever do this. I feel like he's at he could be a pancake-making guy.
00:31:14
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i think I think it's within his wheelhouse. Absolutely. And the thing is, is that you're 100% correct. Because later on, it's um with the girl that's that they all like.
00:31:27
Speaker
Whenever Joey tries to shoo off the girl that they all really, really like. And then and Chandler makes... do you Do you remember? do you know what I'm talking about? Yes. um Yeah. He says, I always make pancakes for the girls before I send them on their way.
00:31:50
Speaker
Kathy? No. know. i can but It's not Kathy. But yeah, he comes back and he's like, but you were supposed to give her pancakes and send her on her way. And then they were all hanging out with her. Yeah.
00:32:04
Speaker
Yeah. Forget who it is, but I know you're talking about. um It's always a good episode when Janice makes an appearance. Yeah, it is. She's so funny. It elevates it. She's just the best. The way she hops in, you know, now my men can cheer up and all of us. Cheer up and syrup don't rhyme in my book, but she makes it work.
00:32:25
Speaker
You know, and who would we be to deny her that rhyme? You would never. But um never. But Chandler wants to take the day off and just hang out together. But he has a report and she's got to see a lawyer.
00:32:39
Speaker
She's ah she is getting divorced. And Chandler's feeling pretty grown up about it. He's dating somebody who's getting divorced. So right there in the middle of that scene, there's a cut.
00:32:54
Speaker
Um, where Janice, you know, comes in and Joey is like, good morning to her. And, um, she's like, Ooh, someone's wearing grumpy pants. And then Chandler's like, Oh, it's gotta to be you. I have on my smarty pants.
00:33:10
Speaker
And then she offers him some pancakes and he's just like, no, thanks. No, no, no. right So it gives a little more context to the fact that he doesn't like her, you know, or he's annoyed by her.
00:33:26
Speaker
I do find it interesting that Joey's so annoyed by her because there's not many people he gets annoyed by. And I know Janice is a larger-than-life character. But Joey's always so easygoing.
00:33:39
Speaker
like It's interesting that he gets annoyed so much by her. Yeah. We go back over to the girls' apartment. Monica's found Richard's hair in the drain. I don't have a question for you here, but it just reminded me of you being a lady in a house full of boys.
00:33:56
Speaker
And you've probably seen and found some stuff. Just, you know, stuff that just... You're in a house full of boys. It is what it is.
00:34:07
Speaker
Yeah. yeah yeah we have We have a more balanced household over here. So it just made me think... I bet Wilson is, yeah. Yeah. You know, one of the boys names. My kitchen table. Like, yeah, there you go. say stinky socks everywhere, everywhere. Right.
00:34:28
Speaker
Yeah. i had a feeling you would have had some relatable trauma. Yeah. It's true. To just one even bits of hair. Yes. Joey comes in. He's pretty mad at Chandler because we didn't touch on this in the last season. Chandler didn't blink when Joey asked him if he was breaking up with breaking up with Janice, but he's not. She makes him happy.
00:34:50
Speaker
And so Joey's pretty upset that he didn't blink. What are we going to do? ah Yeah. Yeah. Not being a great friend, but but man alive, Janice seems to really bug him.
00:35:03
Speaker
Yeah. And I don't... yeah Yeah, I get it. I get it. And then this is where Phoebe's like, you know, he's trying to find out, you know, somebody else. We'll call accepting her plan B. And then Phoebe goes into her, like, spy movie scenario.
00:35:26
Speaker
And it's like... And she's like, yeah, yeah. And then it changes to Ross's bedroom. So... Right. I funny you bring that i was going to ask you that. I wasn't sure with the initial scene, but then I think i was pretty sure later on.
00:35:42
Speaker
All the Ross and Rachel in the bedroom stuff happens in Ross's apartment. Is that right? that's just judged by where the door is yeah that's okay that's what i think the that's what i was thinking too i didn't think they said but the door would be on the other side for rachel's um but we are in ross's bedroom and they start talking about fantasies i can't do it with a straight face i want to say wilson i've got a question for you just to make you panic but it's not yeah but it's not the kind of question don't worry this is a pg show
00:36:16
Speaker
In your seasonal work, and I'm quite sure in other parts of your life, you've dressed up as something really fun. Oh, yeah. fun thing you have right What's the most fun thing you have dressed up as?
00:36:29
Speaker
Oh, God. Because I've barely dressed up in my life just as teacher a few times. But you strike me as somebody who seizes the opportunity to be something wonderful.
00:36:41
Speaker
I do enjoy a good dress up. I'm just saying. Right. ah I mean, my our Halloween costume, Joseph and I did Beauty and the Beast this year. there we go. And I have wanted that yellow dress with the tall gloves.
00:36:59
Speaker
for probably an embarrassing amount of years and so i was really excited to have that uh we used to dress up for christmas eve in victorian garb and that was always super fun i had like a nice big white hoop skirt dress that was lined with like green. That was super fun.
00:37:25
Speaker
Um, you know, for my seasonal work, I'm an elf and I, um, I actually got my same outfit back this year with some minor changes, like from the super long, it's shorter and I've got green tights and, um,
00:37:44
Speaker
A giant petticoat. And so that's super fun. So what I'm seeing here, as I'm telling you about the ones that immediately pop into my brain, my favorites are the ones with the giant petticoats. If it's got a hoop skirt or a petticoat that I'm i'm here for it.
00:38:04
Speaker
I knew you would have deep and well thought out feelings about this. Yeah, I do. Any excuse to dress in character. Yes, and if there are sparkles involved or a petticoat, I'm here. a Sparkles and a petticoat, and maybe some ears.
00:38:20
Speaker
I'm here for it all day. There's no stop stopping love it. I think that is fantastic. But they are very much talking Star Wars, which we have discussed on this pod before. I did start watching. It's not the first one, but the one that you're meant to start with.
00:38:39
Speaker
But I didn't get through it. I must do better. um So that's on my list. Womp, womp, womp. Okay, so here's the deal. Yes, yes. You never would have known.
00:38:51
Speaker
i'm I'm looking at the thing of all the cut lines. Really fat worm guy. Cut. Because it says, do you remember the scene with Jabba the Hutt? And then it cut out. He was a ah really fat worm guy. And then Rachel goes, wow, men and women are really different.
00:39:11
Speaker
And then he goes, no, no, no, no See, Jabba had his prisoner, Princess Leia. But it cut out all of that. So it just went from Jabba the Hutt. And then he goes, Jabba had Princess Leia as a... I don't even know how they would have cut that to still make it make any sense. It's funny, isn't it?
00:39:33
Speaker
Yeah. I'll need to need to double check that. But yeah, they did cut that bit of it now that I think it through. um But yeah, they discussed this Princess Leia fantasy...
00:39:44
Speaker
It goes on to where Rachel and Phoebe are discussing on the next day. i initially thought, well, are they out of line? But I don't think they're out of line. This is just, you know, I say what girls do. that that Yeah, that sounds sexist. it's not I think it's a good thing, though. I think it's a good thing when you have that little group of friends to talk about. I don't, because I don't think it's all girls. I don't think all girls do that. Of course. Yeah.
00:40:12
Speaker
Just like I don't think all guys like later whenever she talks about locker room talk. I don't think that's all guys. Right. Making a hundred percent agree. A blanket statement like that.
00:40:25
Speaker
But I think that there's also a line where if you kind of go over it. like oversharing. yeah And then as the friend who's being overshared too, you know, like everybody ribs them for that. And that, and I don't know. yeah I think in their group it works and and it's fine. Okay.
00:40:50
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. I wouldn't be comfortable being any part of that, but to yeah, I just, I got, find myself thinking was, was Rachel out of line or not? But I think you're right. I think in most,
00:41:01
Speaker
context maybe she would have that would be oversharing but in this there's such a tight group it doesn't feel as right you know crossing over a boundary i suppose well and then even if she was oversharing her making fun and referencing in a public place while other people are around like that might have been you know, where yeah, I don't know, but I'm a chronic overshare. So it's like, but in my advanced age, I, if I'm oversharing and it gets me, well, there you go. That was where my bad. We are in the same age, age bracket. It's, it's what we do. It's what we do. yeah no it happens I think there's ah there's a cheap joke here with ah you know Phoebe kind of going po and it's because she got a new pager which yeah I think might be the first mention of any kind of pager or so cell phone or like like it might be a new bit of tech. Oh no, Ross has had one hasn't he? Because he had 55 jumbo jumbo jumbo that's right um so well Phoebe's now got one maybe masseuse
00:42:15
Speaker
needs to have a page and most emergency ah must exactly exactly ross has found monica outside this was in the szechuan dragon staring at a parking meter um yeah she's in she's a rough place she is exhausted um But I was wondering if you caught this. Phoebe does the kind of princess Leia. Yeah. What was it she had? Some kind roll? Cinnamon rolls. didn't quite catch what it was. They were either cinnamon rolls or honey buns.
00:42:46
Speaker
Right. Probably honey buns because that's funnier. Honey buns for the buns. I like for the buns on the hair. I like it. Yes, yes. Yeah.
00:42:58
Speaker
I love that we go over to the boys' apartment and Joey's watching Wheel of Fortune. um Now, my next-door neighbour's been on Wheel of Fortune, which is not exactly a claim to fame for me, but she she is rightly very proud of it. I think she she was on it when it was like the road show, like they were at...
00:43:19
Speaker
you know, some concert venue in Dallas and you could go and they did like a live show. Yeah. think it was that, bigit but if I remember, I might be wrong. Maybe she was on the television, but I know it was like a lifelong ambition for Parker who lives next door and then managed to get on. schm She has a big picture of her with the wheel and all of that.
00:43:38
Speaker
Way to go, Parker. So I think that's quite cool. Yeah, good old Parker. That awesome. Amazing. But I love that Joey's watching it. And it's Kent Rushmore and he's idiots, you know.
00:43:51
Speaker
um It just, I just, that fits Joey's character so well. But Chandler's tickets to the Rangers hockey game. And Joey's kind of sad that it's Chandler, sorry, Janice, not Ross, who's going to be going.
00:44:04
Speaker
um I don't think Joey's out of line here. i can, I think they're both in the right Chandler. It's understandable that he's, cause he's not mad. He's just sad, which is perfectly reasonable. And then Joey's being honest without being mean or anything. He's just being, Hey, I just don't, she's just a lot to take. I think he's trying to spare Chandler's feelings. So there nobody's in the wrong here. I feel they're just trying to navigate this tricky situation.
00:44:33
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. um And every time she starts laughing, he wants to rip his arm off and hit her with it. Yeah. It is a pretty vivid ah Yeah. It's quite something.
00:44:49
Speaker
I think in the next scene, Ross may want to hit Rachel because he made he is upset that Rachel has, you know, spread their, ah you know, their one-on-one discussions around the group. I think, I i think that,
00:45:03
Speaker
we We have seen Ross before and we'll see him again lose his temper and be just just a not very nice human being. I think i think he handles this quite well. he doesn't The only thing I... ate And it's a personal pet peeve where he kind of does that... What does he say? He does like an impression of Rachel.
00:45:21
Speaker
Or it's like he just copies what she says. um Right when they walk in the door, I forget what it is, she says, and then he kind of copies it in like a mimicky voice. Oh, whenever she's like, I didn't think it was a big deal.
00:45:37
Speaker
it is oh I didn't think it was a big deal. She didn't think it would be that big of a deal. yeah That I'm not a fan of. Just in real life and everything, that's...
00:45:47
Speaker
that, as Chandler would say, you'll see the business end of a hissy fit with that one. Like, don't do that. No. It's not a fan. It's just passive-aggressive and annoying.
00:45:59
Speaker
It is. Now, Rachel stresses to to Ross that, you know, him and the guys should talk about stuff. You know? They should give it a shot. And Ross seems pretty on board with this, to be honest. Like, he's... There's no pushback. It's like, you know, okay, maybe we should... um and we'll get to that shortly what you know how that falls apart when he talks to Chandler um we're still in the apartment Phoebe's trying to get Monica to relax and she she I think she tries she really does but she is not in a place to be led down down the path to it to a deep sleep no
00:46:39
Speaker
She, yeah, she's not, ah you've got to be in a certain mind space. I couldn't go to sleep with somebody sitting there talking to me regardless. Yeah. But at this point she's so tired.
00:46:53
Speaker
Right. And I don't know. My, I guess, I wonder if like Phoebe being a masseuse, And having, you know, like the plinky plunky music or whatever she calls it. Yes. And all of that. I wonder how many people while she's been massaging have fallen asleep.
00:47:19
Speaker
true And if that's not kind of what she is trying to set up for her is just to get her relaxed. So she'll just go to sleep because she is, is entering into honey badger territory.
00:47:35
Speaker
i don't know. i I think it's a very Phoebe thing to try to do for her friends. Yeah, it is. I mean good old Phoebe. She's all always looking out for her friends. Speaking of friends, Janice and Joey, they've had their day out.
00:47:58
Speaker
Janice and Joey's day of fun. Again, a sporting event. You know, that seems to me something that they do quite often. They've gone to a Mets game. And then Chinese food. I did wonder if that was at the Szechuan.
00:48:11
Speaker
Not Szechuan Palace. The dragon. yeah I kind of hope it was. I hope that that's that's where they went. And again, Joey's not in, oh, I do love Janice's line. I'll forget if I don't say it now, where she says, like, bye, sweetie.
00:48:27
Speaker
You too, Chandler. Like, just a fun little line, that one. I'm acknowledging the fun she has had with Joey.
00:48:38
Speaker
lets see I'm hoping you're still there. The screen's frozen, but I'll just keep yakking and you interrupt me when you're back. um There you go. You're back. Sorry. No, no, you're fine. was hoping you, I was just saying one of my favorite lines is when...
00:48:53
Speaker
Janice says something is it by sweetie or by honey you too Chandler and then laughs and walks out yeah I do enjoy that ah she's so weird she's so weird she is i just love it because I feel like good on Janice for not being she wasn't upset with Joey she's like let's let's try to fix this problem let's spend some time together So she handled it well. I feel Joey's handled it well because he's trying.
00:49:22
Speaker
And then Chandler, he's just got his feelings hurt. You know, but he's handling it quite well. He's not mad at Joey. Why should he shouldn't be? But he has his feelings hurt, definitely. um But I do love that they have to go out for the day.
00:49:38
Speaker
um We head back over to Central Park. Monica's picked up these Civil War videos that she had ordered from Richard. I do love, as exhausted as she is, she still makes a little fun of Ross.
00:49:52
Speaker
um she Oh, yes yeah, She has it in her. Just managed to do that. um Okay. Did you notice? And I thought it was, i don't know if I think it's weird or noteworthy or what, but whenever she comes in and she's holding the the tapes. Oh, you're frozen. I know you'll come right back. her richard She'll be right back with her. loved what they comment Oh,
00:50:19
Speaker
oh no No, you're back. We can hear you now. Could you repeat this? You had some on the edge of our seats with this comment. ah ah So whenever she walks in and she's holding the cassette tapes, which I am cassette tapes, but she walks in as she's yeah like, and she says, you know, it's the Civil War. Richard, he loved the Civil War. She talks about him in the past tense like he's dead.
00:50:49
Speaker
Right, yes. And I thought that was strange because I'm like, I'm sure he still does love the Civil War. ah Like, i don't I don't feel like that is something that people just stop loving if they loved it enough for you to get in entire body. Yeah, they don't stop because they broke up.
00:51:08
Speaker
Right. And so I thought it was yeah interesting that that's how she was referring to him. So... yeah Yeah, in that past tense. You're right you're absolutely right.
00:51:20
Speaker
Yeah, but she still makes her... This is where Ross attempts to talk to Chandler. Oh, say one more time. Oh, I don't know. i said that that's where she makes her dig at Ross.
00:51:34
Speaker
Yes, that's right. it It is almost like she's at her most or the lowest point is when she but she still musters up that little bit of the energy that she must have left, which I just I just think is great writing.
00:51:49
Speaker
It's so well done. But this is where Ross decides to try to talk to Chandler about feelings and it safe to say it just blows up in Chandler's face. um he ends up kind of freaking ross out and um yeah yeah talking about the mothers it's such an icky area but i do like the acting here like basically the way ross tu go sit over there like he's putting him in the corner yeah i like it whenever he's like i said share not scare and he sends him away that's right
00:52:25
Speaker
So then he puts his head down on the desk. It's so good. It's so good. um The penultimate scene, Monica's watching the Civil War video. She's smoking a cigar. Obviously, it reminds her of Richard. um And again, you know, Jack, i do I do love old Jack Gellar. It's his mum's bridge night. but obviously, he was just looking for an excuse to come in.
00:52:49
Speaker
You he was worried about his daughter. And he wants a monocuddle. So... Works out pretty well because he ends up on the couch. His daughter's asleep. He's watching a Civil War video smoking a cigar. Works out pretty well for old Jack.
00:53:02
Speaker
Yeah. So sweet. And again, we he just a sweetie, isn't he?
00:53:12
Speaker
He is. I mean, this's you can't say a bad word about Jack Gellar as far as I'm concerned. He's I think he's a good dad and he, he's, he sticks up for Monica when her mom takes digs at her and all of that. Um, lucky Monica to have such a, such a great dad to Jack Geller.
00:53:30
Speaker
Um, big, big fan of his. And then we, we finish up, we kind of wrap this episode up when Ross's bedroom and he's pretty upset at Chandler. We won't go into all the details, but he's rude as life.
00:53:43
Speaker
Um, with his traumatic stories that he shared at ah in Central Park. They've come flooding back to Ross for an icky, icky ending.
00:53:56
Speaker
Yes. It is what it is. It is what it is. will tell you this. The champ will ruin his life. Go ahead. That's right. just ruined it.
00:54:09
Speaker
I did Google this episode. I wanted to, um what was I was checking something and um stumbled across this on IMDb that Jennifer Aniston's hair in this episode, certainly the beginning is a different color.
00:54:23
Speaker
um Their hair has dyed. And I, again, not verified this. But in this episode, apparently it looked rather more red.
00:54:34
Speaker
And this person who wrote this claimed that she had just auditioned for the role of Rose in Titanic. Oh. And the people who'd auditioned had dyed their hair red. They'd all tried to, you know, get into character because the parents were going to, you know, this character, Kate Winslet's character, was always going have red hair because of her parents or something, you know, so it would kind of be more continuity. Yeah.
00:55:02
Speaker
But yeah, so apparently she auditioned for the role Rose. That's interesting. Which I had idea. Yeah, yeah she would. I didn't.
00:55:14
Speaker
That would not have worked. Go ahead. That would not have worked. It's funny, isn't it? When you, no, I agree with you. Oh, yeah. it's ah I love tights men. You can't picture anyone else in that role. I didn't.
00:55:29
Speaker
Titanic's a great movie. and Some people don't like it. I think it's fantastically well done. um It's one of only a couple of movies that I distinctly remember coming on two VHS tapes because it was too long ju long yeah for that one back in the day when it came out.
00:55:47
Speaker
Yeah. Oh, for me, it's for me, it's Titanic and Braveheart came in two boxes. OK, OK. Good to know about Pearl Harbor, too. yeah um But yeah, I don't know if it's true because I really try not to deep dive too much prior to the episode. um But I'm going to look that up now that we've talked about it.
00:56:07
Speaker
because be interesting if she really did audition for that that would be that would be really yeah fascinating to find out um let's think we are you know what you know what we are we are at Shea Stadium and it is bat day at Shea Stadium and you're gonna get some of those massive like sodas that you get at the baseball they come with like the hot dog and the halls are how many of these sodas do you think you are gonna give this episode Well, apparently i am super thirsty because I'm going to get eight. I'm going to get a good solid eight.
00:56:42
Speaker
Yeah. A good, solid H from Woolison. I'm just saying, I'm going to be just a hair less thirsty at seven and a half. A good episode. The Princess Leia stuff, I think, is okay. Like, it's good. It's good. But I do like, and in the time Janice pops in, and I do like that storyline with Joey. Yeah. Because, again, I don't feel there's a right and a wrong. I feel everyone's trying, so that's kind of nice.
00:57:07
Speaker
yeah And then, you know, maybe i would have given it a seven, but Jack Gellar pops up at the end. and that i was say we touch Janice and Jack like,
00:57:18
Speaker
you know and right i need to ah tony dansza song and i yeah it's it's a good one if It is. It's a good one. So I might be going in a little a little light. I'll let you know if I mull on this and and bump up to an eight. But, um you know instead of a Gunther Central Park, maybe this week I should ask you, who is your Tony Danza?
00:57:46
Speaker
That question may have frozen Wilson again. Yep, she's popped off and there she's back. You're back. I hope they are going to decrease our internet bill this week.
00:57:57
Speaker
hope so. Because my hotspot's not doing it and our internet has been up and down for two weeks now. That is no good. No good. Well, yes, I was just asking this week instead of a Gunther Central Park, I'm going ask you who's your Tony Danza of the week. Oh, hold me close.
00:58:17
Speaker
Yes. Chandler Bing. Chandler Chandler Bing is my tiny dancer this week. i love it. My Tony Danza, if you will. Yes. Just because he's funny.
00:58:31
Speaker
but Like the thing is, is that everybody, all six of them and Janice, I would have felt fine picking. So I just picked one.
00:58:46
Speaker
and yeah oh yeahp It was Chandler just with my gut. That is who I chose. I love it. And similarly, again, this this has been a recurring theme this week. There's no really bad characters. There's nobody who's just entrenched in the wrong.
00:59:03
Speaker
But for me, Joey stood out because I feel like he really was trying with Janice and just some of his one-liners, some of his bits and pieces, for me, just stood out as particularly funny. And I've just realized for the third week, Joey's got three weeks in a row for me. Wow. He's on a hot streak over here.
00:59:22
Speaker
See, okay, so now I'm thinking maybe I should have picked Janice. Because how intimidating to go to somebody that you know does not like you and be like, hey, let's hang out all day.
00:59:35
Speaker
And you know she paid for everything. oh yeah. she's getting divorced and she's got a baby at home. But she's going to spend her day trying to win over her man's best friend. That's a very good point. I think i think you'd be perfectly reasonable to go to the the replay booth here and change your decision. am i am after After doing that, I am. I'm going to go back. was it this After further review. yes yes After further review. i like it. Janice it is. um Well, next week, we're to have a very special episode next week.
01:00:14
Speaker
So the quick backstory is... those of you who have been listening from the beginning we really really appreciate you first of all what it is you know what's coming that you will know that episode one season one and episode three of season one were co-hosted by my good friend steve who was a regular on the fraser podcast and we've known each other for several years now um And he said to me when, you know, Deanne came on for episode two and four, and then we knew that this was going to become, instead of my podcast, it was going to become our podcast immediately. He said, fantastic.
01:00:50
Speaker
Very excited for you and Deanne. I have one favor to ask you. Can you please invite me back for season three, episode two, because it's my all time favorite friends episode. so of course, we we made that promise and we are keeping it. We are going to record the three of us and Steve is going to talk us through why this is his favorite episode of Friends of all time. So I'm pretty excited about that. I am i am pumped. I am very excited. Yeah.
01:01:19
Speaker
And its it's fun because I've had this little notation beside it on my printout of all the episodes since the beginning. So we've worked our way all the way down now to this point. Cool. Which makes me happy. So we'll have Steve on next week, which will be fantastic. It the one where no one's ready. Not sure if I said that. It I think I'm right saying, the only Friends episode is shot entirely one location. In the girl's apartment. In the girl's apartment. So I don't want to speak for Steve, but think that plays a big part into why he loves this episode so much.
01:01:56
Speaker
Well, i can't wait to hear all about it. Yep. It's going to be fantastic. I think on that note, we're going to wrap. Any final thoughts this week, Willison? ah No, no. I'm just going to quit talking while my internet's still going. so There we go. I love it. Well, as always, we will see you guys next week. And thank you very much for listening to this week's episode of The Purple Door Podcast.