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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, as always, the wonderful Deanne. Deanne, how are you today?
Speaker: I am doing awesome, Al. Now, whenever this um episode comes out, today will be o in the past, way in the past at that point. However, it is Kate Green's birthday, so super happy birthday to Al's other half. She just walked in the room a second to ago and was clapping as I was introducing you, has now since left the room.
Speaker: But I will pass that on. yes One of my most favorite humans on the planet. She does tend to make everyone better that she's around. She does indeed. She is a keeper. Yes. so a a a very big happy birthday. At this point, it will be a a belated happy birthday when this goes out to Kate. Yes.
Speaker: She's ah she has had a good, good day. And we're we've had a good day. And we're going to finish this day on a really high note. We are reviewing the one with the worst. best man ever and uh this is this episode is chock full of lots and lots of good stuff um kate has been rather busy and it's her birthday so i didn't ask her to look through our questions i didn't even send mine oh because i just watched it well that ma And I only watched it once.
Speaker: yeah So I barely even have something interesting as a new and exciting piece of information. I think i think you're going to come up with something great.
Speaker: I am curious as to how many questions you came up with. Seven. All right. I came up with 10. Yeah. A lot of questions this week. Uh-oh. Okay. We'll see. But as always, you're going to... better not have asked what the doctor's name was on the door because paused it and it is too... Too fuzzy. Too fuzzy. I can't read it. It looks like Armando or something. And I just... I want to go ahead and put that out there because I was going to ask you that, but then I couldn't read it. I was going to ask you that. I couldn't make it out either on the screen. So that is not one of my questions.
Speaker: All right. So who who goes first this week? um You. You. All right. It is um even. So that would be you. Okay. Well, my first one, my first one, a I double checked something. And then it occurred to me that we, I think, always call it an Etch-A-Sketch. The world of the internet usually calls it a magnadoodle, which might just Brett. yeah, because that's what it is. Yeah. The Etch-a-Sketch the one that has the two knobs on side.
Speaker: I knew they must be slightly different. okay yeah You have to forgive us. I always call it an Etch-a-Sketch, but it Magnetoodle. In the opening scene, what does it say?
Speaker: In the opening scene. and it it It does change at some point. what It does because I'm going to ask you what it says later. In the opening scene...
Speaker: Yeah, well, you know, the opening scene, I should say, in the boys' apartment. I was like, weren't they in the... Yes, in Central Park. Okay. Sorry, for the opening, the first time we're in the boys' apartment, it says this, and then it changes.
Speaker: And if you don't know... yeah Ross is getting married. See, I thought it would be something like that. but Actually, it says, Big Chief ain't got no fire water.
Speaker: And I googled this to make sure. and Yeah, what? What does that mean? It means nothing. Like, if you just Google Big Chief ain't got no fire water, it just brings up the magnadoodle and how this is a friend's thing.
Speaker: It's not like famous lyrics from a song that i i could find. Weird. Okay. Interesting. Before you ask your first question, it just occurred to me, I've just glanced in at my notes and I'm going to forget. So I want to do it now. Lisa Sharma, who is a big fan of our podcast. We're very fortunate to have her as a listener, sent us a donation through the, uh, buy us a coffee link to help support the running, the running costs that are in current with having a podcast. So a huge thank you to Lisa Sharma. Thank you. That was very, very generous of her.
Speaker: Our Buy Me A Coffee link is on our, I think it's on our Facebook, certainly on our Instagram. It's just buymeacoffee.com slash the Purple Door Podcast. Any dollars that you're able to donate just goes 100% to the the hosting fees. So quick thank you to Lisa. It's really, really generous of you. Thank you so much.
Speaker: Thank you, Lisa. Thanks. Thanks. Yes. And then it is. She's just the best. Your first question. ah Yeah. Your question for me. What are the babies playing on Phoebe's bladder?
Speaker: Okay. It is. And I hope I get the, ah the, all of this, right. Bring in bring it in the funk. That's correct. Yes. Do you know what that is?
Speaker: You know what? I don't. But the way she pronounces the word funk always sounds to me like she's missing the N. and it always kind of jars me slightly. Yes. I will leave it at that. But no, don't. Wow. Yeah. it's It is actually a Broadway musical.
Speaker: Really? That was very popular right then. Like from 1995 1999. Yeah.
Speaker: And it goes through history of music and African-Americans, starting with slavery and um moving on to the end of the 20th century. That's kind of fun. And it's got tap and rap and rhythm and it's really fun and, you know, upbeat.
Speaker: I love it. No, I did not know that. Well, now you know. And that was my one piece of new information. That was it. We made it to question one of ah and and you ah yeah you've you've dropped your knowledge. i love it. There it is. That's it. All right. My second question for you Let's see. I've got a few to choose from. I'm going to go with what color is the big bowl that Joey borrows?
Speaker: Blue. It's like clear blue. It is kind of clear blue. You are off and running. Yes. Yes. How many darts are in the dart board in the boys' apartment?
Speaker: That is a great question. I have no idea. I'd give you extra points if you could tell me the colors. All right. We're going to just play it simple, and I'm just going to go there's three blue and there's three red.
Speaker: Wow. No. No. oh There are only three. ah One red, one yellow, and one black. It matches the back of the board.
Speaker: Interesting. All right. Okay. yep And none of them are on the bullseye. How dare they? They need to practice. I'm just saying. Let's see. We're both one for two.
Speaker: What group of people does Joey not want to invite to the bachelor party? Do you mean Ross doesn't want Joey to? ah i think anthropologists or the the dorky museum people or whatever you're pretty close to that yeah i've got museum geeks yeah yes there you get you got it yes all right okay well um okay so then
Speaker: During the um bachelor party, what does the Magna Doodle, and I have written in my notes, Etch-A-Sketch, say? Okay. It's in my notes.
Speaker: And it's something like... i feel like I'm close, but i don't have it right. Like, we lost another one. um oh yeah I think um that's as close as I'm going to get.
Speaker: Another one bites the dust. I should have got it. shoot Do you know that song? I do. Okay. All right. I was about to say, who sings it? Queen, sing it. Yes. Suddenly it got it in head. Yes, I should have got that one.
Speaker: Let's see. This is question. So I got that one wrong. This is question four for you. What three things did Monica and Rachel decide to get for Phoebe because she won't to be the one dressing the babies?
Speaker: Tequila. Yep. Leather pants. In a pack of cigarettes. No. Or a carton of cigarettes. No, but you got the two that knew.
Speaker: and no. she doesn't even smoke. She she doesn't. But there is something else she does do.
Speaker: And it's funny, it's the first one mentioned and I'd forgotten this one too. The tequila and leather pants. I remembered.
Speaker: ah, ah, ah, sign of feeling um
Speaker: I don't know. it is regular coffee.
Speaker: Yep. It's like the easiest one of them all. Duh. I have forgotten too. Wow. Yes. Huh. Okay.
Speaker: How many rings is Phoebe wearing in the scene? Like where she's sitting on the couch and the girls are talking to her and they're like consoling her. i have no idea. I thought you were about to ask my next question. This one, I've got no idea. But I imagine Phoebe wears quite a lot. So I'm going to go with... I'm going to go with six.
Speaker: Dang! So very, very close. Guess again. Yikes. All right, so that tells me I've got a 50-50 shot. Ah, seven. It is seven. It is seven. All right. Nice.
Speaker: And this works out perfectly because I have written this question the way I'm going to read it to you. I'm not just being nice. How many people, including Phoebe, are at her baby shower and you can be one either side?
Speaker: I had literally written that because I thought the exact numbers a bit...
Speaker: Eight. It is not eight, nor seven, nor nine. no! Is it six? She has more friends. She has 11 people there.
Speaker: Wow! I almost said nine, but that wouldn't have been right either. Right. Whatever.
Speaker: All right, let's see. Well, this is my favorite. This would give me the win, i think, if I get it. If not, we're tied. Let's see. What do you have for me?
Speaker: Well, let's see, Al. I've got three to choose from. them
Speaker: Do I want to ask you ah three, five, or seven? I like this. Let's go with it's let's go with seven. Seven. Okay.
Speaker: Whose ring is the wedding ring and how old is it? Like, what's its significance? Okay.
Speaker: It's Ross's grandmother and that and the clothes on her back were the only thing she brought with her to this country. So, I've got that. How old is it?
Speaker: Oh, I can vaguely remember them saying something about... I'm just going to have to... I'm not going to get the point. Just going to have to go with 100 years old. Okay. So, that maybe.
Speaker: Maybe. feel like that's probably right. I don't know. Just, it's been in their family for generations. Ah, yes, yes, yes. And that and her clothes are the only thing she brought with her.
Speaker: Yes. Nearly. I think you get it. I think so. you are You are being very kind. It's because it's Kate's birthday. It is. It's Kate's birthday. six good with that So in the honor of Kate, who would never allow such things to fly, this is a competition. The rule follower in her would not allow Not allowed. Not allowed. No. i I am really glad you didn't ask this question. I'm about to ask you just for fun, for funsies, as they say, because I've got a few extra. i think you might have one. you do and yeah I have two more. All right.
Speaker: Well, maybe you'll have this one. What year is it? ah that number five 1998 it is i thought that was a fun spot like to i thought that'd be a fun thing to ask but of course you asked it too of course yes all right what do you have for me all right so who all is invited to the bachelor party that's a great question so obviously joey chandlin ross gunther because they're talking pretty loudly gunther and what's his last name
Speaker: a central park in honor of in honor of our Gunther Central Park we finally get Gunther Central Park this week which I love yes um there are i think them and then I feel this three people from the museum yes and what are they known as um The dinosaur dudes. You got it. Yes. I love it.
Speaker: Speaking of three things, what three commands does Joey give the duck to impress the stripper?
Speaker: Stand there, walk around, and Get out. you you were You were kind of on the right track at the beginning. Stare at the wall.
Speaker: Hardly move. Be white. There you go. That's it. And that's funny. a Yeah, I didn't even hear that. huh Yeah, that was right when she's like, oh, you throw one hell of a party and he says, I'll let you play with my duck and then shows her a trick. yeah And then I've got two more quick ones for you. Why can't Phoebe have the baby have the baby at the girl's apartment?
Speaker: Because she hasn't sterilized it since the boy has moved out. Indeed, indeed. And then you may just have to, you either know it or it'll be a guess. How much money does the stripper make every week?
Speaker: It's, oh my gosh, because I was like, oh my God, that's so much money. Right. um Especially 30 years ago. $14 or week? it's one of those two.
Speaker: ah It's one of those two. it $1,600? It is $1,600 a week. Yes. So that is, let's call that, what, $6,400 month. You know, years ago, that's the ben but but that's got month at least. That's that's that's um that's a pretty hefty wage that is pulling in Yeah, good for her. All right, let's get stuck into this episode. we start off in Central Park. Phoebe is, poor old Phoebe has had to pee 10 times. The babies are bringing, they're bringing in the noise, bringing in the funk on her bladder, as you brought up in Bamboozled.
Speaker: Yes. Let's see. i' I think I told you my notes are kind of all over the place. I was doing it on my phone, so the're full of typos. Ross did not offer her a bookie. It was a cookie, not a bookie, as my notes say. Oh. And then she almost cries, and then Ken tells Rachel, yeah, the mood swings haven't really started yet, and that's definitely... She is so mean in this episode. Right? Mean Phoebe comes out. Yes. Yes. Yes.
Speaker: um we get head straight up to the boys apartment and Ross brings in Emily's wedding ring and he asks about the bachelor party and Joey's like, we haven't even chosen the best man yet. And then it's awkward. It's awkward. and it's Yeah. Yeah. I felt, okay. Have you, ah ok Do you have any thoughts on that?
Speaker: So no, like, So I've been married twice. didn't have I had a best woman. One of my very close friends was with me at the first wedding.
Speaker: and then And then the second wedding, we didn't do any of that stuff. You know, there was no best man, no bridesmaids, really. It was just family and perfect. um So but I think for Ross, I get why he's chosen Chandler, but I feel really bad for Joey at the same time.
Speaker: Right. Right. Absolutely. But then, okay. Whenever he's, it's awkward, it's awkward, it's awkward. Like, well, then just rip the bandaid off. Like, why why did we not already have this?
Speaker: Like, why did Joey have to ask? Right, and then find out that way. Yeah. Like, come on, guys. I don't know. Yeah. It definitely ends up in the right place at the end of this episode. I felt bad for Joey. A, not being chosen, and then B, the way he found out. I'm i'm with you. that's Yeah. it does It doesn't feel good. um They all kind of start arguing um after Chandler says that he's going to choose Joey to be his best man. And that means Chandler's Ross is twice and Ross doesn't get to be Chandler's. So Ross then says, forget it, Joey. Joey is going to be my best man, which is just ridiculous, but very funny.
Speaker: Yes. We go from there. We are over in the girls' apartment across the hall. The babies are kicking. And Joey comes in to borrow a big bowl. And the girls are like, why do you need that?
Speaker: Well, we're having a big party tomorrow night. Later. And he tries to leave. And, yeah, the girls are, what did they say, basically, why in the world are you having a party without us? and Yeah. no It's Ross's bachelor party. Yeah.
Speaker: Yes. They're like, so can't we come? Yeah. Yeah. Well, then they're not bachelors nor strippers, so they're not invited to this party. ah Fine, because they're going to have a party of their own. Yeah. shower And I love i love Joey's response. And he's like, whoa, sounds like something I don't want to do. Bye.
Speaker: Yeah, and I got to, you know, I'm with Joey on this one. Like, it's not even being as a guy. Like, i' you a bachelor party holds no appeal to me really whatsoever.
Speaker: yeah I guess it's not something I ever did because it's just, eh, just... I don't know. Just no, no, no. Doesn't appeal to me at all. um Never. And I think, because I think I'd be worried the whole time. Like if I had to bachelor party now, I would just want some friends to come and play some poker and just hang out like nice and low key, but would I trust them all not to do something stupid?
Speaker: Yeah. This would be the thing. And that's, so I, I was my brother's best woman. I love that. And I threw him a bachelor party.
Speaker: Right. And me and all these boys and my dad and all of them, we went out to dinner. We had some really great barbecue. Very And then we went to this indoor go-karting place and raced.
Speaker: go-karts down there that was so fun in the colony that place there no no was over in frisco yeah it was in frisco i doubt it's there it was inside of this warehouse it was awesome right but it wasn't crazy expensive and um you know and we ended up like one of his childhood best friends Happened to be having dinner at the at the ah restaurant we were at. Right. So we were like, come on, Kevin. Come hang with us.
Speaker: So Kevin went along for the ride and it was great. And then we went and sang karaoke. And I have on YouTube a smashing rendition of Toadie's sang by my slightly yeah impaired brother.
Speaker: Right. And then he threw up in a trash can and then we went home. We took him home and he was locked out and it was very dramatic and um it was awesome. But there was you know like was all good tasteful fun and and that's what we're looking for you can throw a bachelor party i can i did a great job look at you go but can you throw a baby shower that would get phoebe this excited where she starts she bursts into tears and yes yeah she is the the roller coaster of emotions is bless her alive and well
Speaker: Alive and well with poor Phoebe. So awful. I feel sad for her. I don't know. And then she's not sleeping, right? And that always makes everything 50 times worse. for Always.
Speaker: yeah it's Yeah. She's not showing her best, the best... side of herself, but it's very understandable. Oh, yeah. What she's going through. we go to Central Park. for Oh, please. I have a question. Okay. So she says, i can only sleep on my back and that hurts. So I can't sleep.
Speaker: Okay. And that made me think like I have never been able to sleep on my back ever. Right. Ever. Joseph Reed Woolison,
Speaker: sleeps on his back just straight up asleep on his back like a vampire I don't know that's so weird right I think if but yeah I'd have to cross his arms across his chest in his sleep yeah well last night whenever I came home from six flags he's asleep like this and he's got his hands like pulled up with the blanket yes I think he was cold or something and i was just like what in the world ah That's fantastic. Okay.
Speaker: So back sleeper. So I'm a side sleeper. ah but it's one of those things if if I'm really tired just lying flat on your back in bed and drifting off to sleep does feel really good but I will then in my sleep very quickly roll over to my side yeah see I don't know that I've ever fallen asleep straight on my back it's a weird thing but anyway I was thinking about that whenever she said that because I was like
Speaker: yeah like nobody sleeps on their back and then i'm like wait a minute yeah i know somebody who sleeps on their back yeah but yeah i don't know i'm definitely i tossing and turning from side to side at night um story of my life but uh i i like yeah i do like something lying down on my back it feels very very peaceful and and calm doing that um but yeah then quickly roll roll over um Where are we? Let me see. yeah Ross and Joey are planning. The museum geeks.
Speaker: That's right. They're coming because they're planning the party. and they're right i do love that they're inviting Gunther because they've been talking pretty loud. Lots of liquor and Gunther.
Speaker: That's right. Good good old Gundot. I love that he just ends up at these parties. yeah Now, speaking of booze, I think that this is perhaps a cultural reference that I don't understand.
Speaker: you Don't tell me you don't know what a Zima is. i have Other than friends, I've never heard of. I'm assuming it's a a beer. I don't know. No. Okay. Yeah, I guess. I don't know what it is, really. It's like a wine cooler and they're clear. And then you put well, okay.
Speaker: Anytime I ever drink one, you put a a Jolly Rancher in it and then it like dissolves and it changes its color and gives a little bit of a Jolly Rancher flavor. Okay. Okay.
Speaker: And back a few years ago, they put them out like in the stores again because, you know, that's, I guess, you know, 20 years later, they're like, hey, did it'll be a nice little throwback.
Speaker: um But I didn't buy any. But yeah, they're clear bottle, blue label. Do they have like a reputation as being like a drink for like a girl? Okay. So that's why Joey being a little a sexist perhaps or whatever is like, because they're geeks, they'll drink those. Okay. Yeah. I have never understood that joke until. It was like, yeah, because it's like wine coolers, like, you know, or Boone's farm or something like that. You know, there's like a,
Speaker: it's what a yeah just seemed like that okay stereotyping not saying there's any truth to it of course but it was the 90s and TV and this is yeah this is kind what happened Chandler comes in and he doesn't think Joey's going to be able to top his party even though it happened in the basement of a pizza hut I'm too good for the hut love that Okay.
Speaker: And so I was like, what? Because i don't know why, but I thought calling Pizza Hut the Hut was like a fairly new thing but no i guess not i don't know i'm too good for the hood too good and i was like oh oh weird so because like george will say it every once in a while like oh yeah we should go to the hut it's right okay catches your ear funny So he's, ah yeah, so don't worry. George bringing back the 90s. I like it. Good for George. Way to go, George. Well, Ross is leaving. He's requested a chill night. Just some guys playing poker. No strippers.
Speaker: Joey is choosing to ignore this and not hear that. The stripper will play a crucial role in this story. Yes, yes, sort of, but yeah. Yes. We head over to the girls' apartment. Monica comes in with ah three baby outfits that are suited for the village people.
Speaker: um And then Monica, this is very sad, Monica and Rachel kind of realize that Phoebe's not going to be the one to get to dress the babies. And this is really a depressing baby shower that they are they are throwing. um I've written in my note that they they pivot to a a different party. Did I send you, i think I did text you the picture of the license plate.
Speaker: Yes. Yes. um Pivot, I think it was one pivot, um very close to where we both used to live and not too far from where I live now. um Yeah. Yeah, so they... I hope it was a friend's reference. there was a friend I feel like it had to be. has It had to be. god It's got to be. um So they decide to change this party up and instead of a traditional baby shower, it's going to be one where they gift Phoebe with things she can use once she's finished being pregnant and they flash forward to the party and this backfires big time. Which... No kidding, which made me so sad because I thought that was a very reasonable, very kind pivot, if you will. Yes. And that could be so fun.
Speaker: I thought it was a nice and nice gesture. The only thing i questioned, this is just me being ridiculous, is Phoebe being a vegetarian. And I think we addressed the fact she doesn't wear leather. So give her your leather pants.
Speaker: I don't think, you know, I think that maybe something to i get that's just me being silly. But just got me thinking if she does wear leather or, you know, animal products. But I don't I don't know if she does.
Speaker: um i feel like she wouldn't. Maybe they were pleather. That exactly. They could have been pleather. Maybe. Maybe. ah We're going to wander back across the hall into the boys' apartment. The bachelor pair party is in full swing. Chandler is drunk and says that Gunther's going to be his best man. Gunther says, what's my last name? And this is where we get Gunther's Central Park. which lives on in the memory through the Purple Door podcast is our favorite character each week.
Speaker: Yes. I do. I love it. Gunther ends up leaving. He thanks for Ross for not being there. we Yes. Yes, exactly that. I was like, please don't forget that because that was hilarious. Yes. Like Gunther has, not that he should have shame.
Speaker: He should not. But love how little shame he, like he just adores Rachel and he doesn't really care who knows. And just, she is the apple of his eye and he will, he will grow old. Just, just, just wanting Rachel, poor old Gunther. Um,
Speaker: So when Gunther leaves, he thanks Ross. and This is one of these lines that I use a lot in my life. um Joey gives Gunther a t-shirt, I think, and then Ross is like, what's those?
Speaker: Oh, it's a t-shirt. And when Joey goes, oh, oh, showing the back of the t-shirt. If I have anything to show Kate, I do like to break out the oh, oh, oh, oh noise that Joey makes. LAUGHTER It's why she puts up with this nonsense. Yeah, you do. Yeah, you do. And I own it and it's who I am and she chose to marry me. So this is it.
Speaker: she is She is stuck. ah So ross and Ross leaves and then right after that, Joey clears. a Bit of a jerk move by Ross, throwing the t-shirt back in the box. Just take the t-shirt that Joey hands him.
Speaker: yeah even if you're never going to take the t-shirt um then Joey clears out the apartment pretty quickly because I think he just wants to hang out with the stripper yeah now the stripper says ah you throw one hell of a party I'm not going to lie i don't think that this party was anything enormous it's like you know a few guys you know I don't know 7 or 8 people total so for for a stripper to go do you throw one hell of a party I just wonder what really what really happened at this party.
Speaker: Yeah, and maybe it was just because everybody was having a good time. Maybe. Maybe that's it Maybe. And the museum geeks probably had a lot of money. That's a very good point. that's a but i know They do live in their parents' basements, after all. they're probably saving a bit on rent.
Speaker: There he is. um We go over to it. We of fast forward, I guess, a few hours. Joey rolls over in his bed and the stripper is gone. And so is the ring.
Speaker: he freaks out, jumps out of bed, is yelling, starts knock, knock, knocking on Chandler's door. And i do like the way Chandler wakes up. Again, it's mean. It's mean.
Speaker: But the way he kind of goes, aha, you're the worst best man ever. Not being a terribly good friend, I don't think. Yeah, no. But at the same time, i mean, he's a little bitter, right? Because he stole his job.
Speaker: Yeah, evidently. um Yeah, I kind of get it. I just think Joey must be in a real panic at this point. Oh, for sure.
Speaker: could yeah ah Could you imagine? You have literally two jobs. just Right. That's it. That's all you've got to worry about. That's it. And you you did the party.
Speaker: That was one. yeah And now the ring. what's what i feel we have' ever asked What's off the top of your head the most valuable thing you've ever lost?
Speaker: That you can say you don't have to say something that you then found and you don't want to tell anyone. Do Okay. Do you know what? um My class ring from high school. Really? Right? I have no idea where it went.
Speaker: Like, I lost it. And I felt bad. And not necessarily that I would be wearing it or anything like that. like But, Yeah.
Speaker: yeah For a while, I thought I had lost my grandmother's ring that had been melted down from a ring of my grandfather's. Right. And then she gave it to me. And I thought I had lost it, but I found it just like...
Speaker: i Yeah, I found it. I'm using it for something else. And I was telling my brother about it. And I was like, next time it pops in your brain, text me because I know it's one of like six places. And I found it.
Speaker: Good for you. My brother reminding me to look. Excellent. Good for him. Yeah, but I have no idea what happened you. And at my high school ring was so pretty. Like it had my birthstone, the pink stone, and and then it had like a little jolting boot on one side. And it was so pretty. But i don't know where it Right.
Speaker: don't know what happened to you. That's sad. ah Sorry to bring down the the the tone of the podcast. that's say simple No! pop walk Yeah, okay, what about you?
Speaker: So the thing that jumped to my mind was I don't think, I may have told this story on here before, and if I have, I apologize. But several years ago, I was flying home on a Monday, and on us on the Saturday, i what yeah, I think I have, basically went shopping,
Speaker: Came home, realized I'd lost my wallet. The huge problem but that was my green card was in my wallet. I cannot board a flight leaving the United States without it. Otherwise, I won't be allowed back in So aside from the fact that...
Speaker: My green card was oh over the course of all the applications, several thousand replacing it as hundreds. I would then not be able to fly home 48 hours later. There's no way of getting one because I was flying out on a Monday. The office didn't open till Monday, even if I wanted to get some sort of emergency pass.
Speaker: called JC Penney where it'd been shot, all of that, nobody had found it. About an hour later, somebody had turned it in. um Somebody had evidently found it where it was, i because I knew the path I'd walked from my car into JC Penney. They found it hundreds of yards further away. So somebody had found it, taken the cash out, which wasn't a lot of cash,
Speaker: um, thrown it down. Then somebody else found it, turned it in. And all I cared about was the green card being in there, which it was. that was, that was, that was a stressful couple of hours. That was. Yeah.
Speaker: Yes. but Yeah. Oh, and it was all my fault. do You know, that was the thing. It was like, I just dropped my wallet getting into my car. me so But all all all's well that ends well and all of that. And that did push me to get my dual citizenship. so now Yeah, it did. Now I don't have to worry about a green card. I have two passports ready to travel. so Yes.
Speaker: Yes. yeah um So we go back back down to Central Park. Phoebe comes in and she's apologizing to Monica and Rachel and thanks them for the shower. Oh, what did I miss?
Speaker: Nothing. Because now she's about to just be a jerk. right way Having been so nice, like really thanking them for the shower. She acknowledges her behavior.
Speaker: And then, okay, it's all been about me. What is it? What's going on with you guys? Yeah, she's being super nice. Rachel says she's not going to go to Ross's wedding. And that's when Phoebe kind of lays into her, saying it's all just a bunch of high school crap and nobody really gives and Yeah. You know, it's not real problem like she's had. Yeah. yeah Just. Yeah.
Speaker: Almost out of nowhere. It's judgy and mean. Yeah. And then poor. And then, like, Rachel starts crying and she's like, oh, and here come the waterworks. Right.
Speaker: Yeah. Dude. Overboard. Yeah. Aw. Yes. um Yeah. Poor. Yeah. ah Poor old Monica and Rachel. She is grumpy. This is extra grumpy, though. She is yeah the highest of highs and the lowest of lows is poor old Phoebe. We're back in the boys' apartment. Joey calls the strippers company. They don't care. 911 just yelled at him. um look Ross comes in to thank Joey. I tried to write a description of this. I couldn't really do it justice. The boys' bathroom door has changed and it's weird.
Speaker: i'll need to I'll need to just send a picture to you. It's a door like this, almost like this kind of window thing in it that doesn't make any sense. It was very peculiar. weird. And I wanted your your opinion. It was like, am I missing something obvious? Like, it's not really a bit of glass or something. i'll need to see if I can find a picture. Strange. Yeah. um So a guy work had the blast. One of them had never been to a bachelor party. Another one had never been to a party before.
Speaker: Joey being Joey tries to be subtle and ask where he could buy one of Ross's rings because he says it's pretty nice. You want to pick up one of those bad boys. And then this is where Joey explains it's irreplaceable. His grandmother, the clothes on her back, that ring, that's all she came to this country with.
Speaker: Chandler not helping the situation you know you might say it's a magical ring whatever it is he says yeah magic ring yeah magic ring and then this is where Joey has to kind of confess that you know the stripper stole it and then Joey says they will get on it well oh that's because you should call the police ah Joey says the police will get on once they've solved all the murders. I love that line too. um I think that's that's just a really funny one. And then yeah Chandler in the background is kind of going, all right, I've had my laugh. i have you know I'm going to help him out. Why don't we book the same stripper whose name we don't ever find out? i don't know No, it's irrelevant. Yeah.
Speaker: Just makes a ridiculous amount of money. Yes, she does very well for herself. So they book her for another party at Chandler's office. We go over to the girl's apartment again, kind of bouncing back and forth. Monica and Rachel give Phoebe some tea, very scared at her reaction. They kind of back off and... um Monica made the tea. Phoebe really likes it. Phoebe sat so has a contraction, then another one. They kind of figure out it's false labor. Why Rachel is ripping up sheets and then why Monica has a Bible. Maybe it's Rachel's Bible. I don't know. Monica's Jewish. Thought that was just an interesting thing that they had the Bible handy. um
Speaker: Yeah. ah such the All chaos sort of ensues for a few seconds there. Okay, but wait.
Speaker: And the Jewish
Speaker: religion, they use the Bible? They use the ah the Old Testament. The Old Testament, but not the New Testament. Okay. Correct. some Somebody correct me if I'm wrong here, but they, yeah, pretty sure they don't use any of the New Testament. Okay.
Speaker: um and yeah Yes. that Is that correct? Suddenly, it's one of those things that I've always thought. um Yeah. and They have other books. They have the Tanaka, something like that. But I think that's, i don't I don't want to pretend like I understand how it all works where the Torah falls into this. um I think there's sort of, I think there's some overlap with the Bible and the Torah.
Speaker: Again, yes somebody, okay, good. Yes, somebody please correct me if I'm wrong. Yes, please. Yes, that was an interesting choice. But of course, it could be Rachel's Bible. Who knows?
Speaker: um we do wander back we go to chandler's office which we don't get to see too much the alias names that joey has developed through his acting craft mr gonzalez and mr wong div diverse he said diverse yes that's another one if i'm doing don't know something at work and i see a couple of very diverse names on a piece of paper i will just quietly chuckle to myself and go diverse Um, the stripper comes in.
Speaker: She really, you know, Ross is not being cool in this situation. kind of freaking out. The stripper remains pretty calm. Basically, she's like, I didn't take it. I make plenty of money. I don't need your ring. I don't want your stupid ring. Your stupid ring. Yeah, $1,600 a week, 30 years ago, which quickly leads to a proposal from Chandler. um He is is smitten with her and her her monthly wage wages, it seems.
Speaker: So I do like the Ross freak out, I must say, the way he the way David Schwimmer acts here. just I mean, he's just neurotic. It's funny. just Yeah, it's so good. um The boys have reconvened back at Joey and Chandler's and they're just sitting around going, well, if you didn't take it and I didn't take it and the stripper didn't take it.
Speaker: And then I guess is dead who did and we hear a funny sounding squawk in the background and and the the the duck is may I guess it's a funny noise. I've never really thought about what sound the duck makes, I guess I'm hoping I'm guessing they think it's a different sound because there's something lodged in its lodged in its throat. Interesting. yeah that was just figured he was the only other one in the apartment.
Speaker: That's true. that's a can be that I just thought it was a quack. like yeah He's walking around quacking and then they're like, wait a minute. Could it be? you're also yeah you're You're tall enough with that long neck. But maybe it was just a weird...
Speaker: squawk a weird squawk squawk they have realized what happened joey in very joey fashion is the last one to figure out of course going on we again wander back to the girls apartment phoebe's talking to the girls about the fact that she is sad about you know the pregnancy almost coming to an end and um all that that is going to entail i do think monica and rachel here are being wonderful friends uh phoebe's realizing how tough it's gonna i hate the way she says when they go away there's something about that that's just very sad sad but then monica and rachel i think are very sweet and doing the right thing talking up cool aunt phoebe She's going to be the one that they they come to when they want to run away and how they're going to love her and all of that. So good on Monica and Rachel, I think, in this scene. For sure.
Speaker: And she's cool Aunt Phoebe, right? of Which all of us just dream to be is is the cool aunt, right? Yeah, exactly. This is this is the goal for so many of us is to be that. hu Yeah, it is.
Speaker: Yeah, it is. Willow, yeah, i'm ah I would like to be cool, Auntie. I'm sure you are cool, Auntie, to Willow. I'm sure. I'm never crazy, Auntie. Maybe that, too. You could be both. I don't think they're exclusive. Yeah, they might actually go hand in hand. That's what I'm thinking.
Speaker: Yeah. Phoebe she pretends to have some contractions just to kind of break the ice a little bit I think and cheers herself up we go over to the vet I do love this this this scene Joey's worried that the duck he's not going to make it through he's such a good duck And this this montage just kind of comes out of nowhere.
Speaker: a But I love it. I think it's great. but Yeah. In the middle of this scene, suddenly there's this montage of all the stuff that the duck has done. and I am here for any good montage scene. Right, right. It's great. Yeah, yeah. But the duck...
Speaker: Yes. Yeah. I just, I love the fact that it's ridiculous. bates it is And it's always doing the same thing. her Yeah, right. It doesn't do lots of different things. It's just in different locations doing the same thing. With different people. Yeah. um Is that is a Barry Mandelow song in the background?
Speaker: I wish you hadn't asked me that. oh i Probably. i i don't know the song. Wasn't it The Way We Were? it could be. The Way We Were. Yeah, hang on.
Speaker: yeah All right. You're going to look that. It just sounded like Barry Manilow's voice to me. um Barry Manilow, if I ever hear his name, I think of Will and Grace because Will wrote a letter a newsletter, a fanzine called The Manilowdown, which I just think was a great name. um And I love that we get out of the flashback and all three boys are just kind of staring into space.
Speaker: just Just thinking about this this good duck. Did you find out the song? Are you still... You're still looking up the song. um Okay, so it I don't know. i i was looking it up. It's Barbra Streisand, if it's the song that I have in my brain. But...
Speaker: I don't. Hang on. Just keep talking. I'll keep talking. Talk about things, Al. Deanne is furiously typing away. Well, we'll kind of go through this scene. The vet comes out with the ring. of Ross sniffs it.
Speaker: Goodness knows why you would ever sniff a ring anyway. Little one that has just come out of the inside of a duck. And this is where Joey kind of says, look, Chandler wouldn't have lost the ring. he wouldn't have been so irresponsible. Deanne, go.
Speaker: All right. It was Weekend in New England by Perry Manilow. Okay. Way to go, Al. There we go. Now, the way we were is whenever she's talking about the most romantic song ever, whenever they were talking about that, and she dresses up like Princess Leia at the end.
Speaker: bed Yes. Yeah. This one. barr yeah I just, I knew the voice couldn't picture the song. That's what it is. yeah Yeah. There you go. Kate and her mum went to see him last year.
Speaker: Oh, wow. That's She was wearing the T-shirt, I think, yesterday, oddly enough. maybe on so Yeah, yesterday. he she He's just one of those people that Kate knew when he stops touring, she'd regret not seeing him, like going to see him once. So, yeah, they went and had a good time there. um Joey is basically saying Chandler should be the best man at this point. He wouldn't have screwed things up.
Speaker: Ross kind of says look basically I want both of my mate you're both my best man I want you both up there and all three kind of tear up um in the end I think it's a great outcome and then we have a final little end credit scene with the duck in just this metal tub having a bath living his best duck life Yes. Yes. Yes.
Speaker: Sweet. Duck. Yeah, good old dog duck. Just chick and duck. All right, let's think this week. Very appropriate to ask you who your Gunther Central Park is going to be this week.
Speaker: ah Okay, so it's Ross. That was my one genuine laugh whenever, like, it was, and I was like, oh.
Speaker: oh yeah that actually was pretty funny right and it's whatever part whenever it's a state of you know you be cool man and then he like loses his line he's like you did not stay cool oh stay cool man you did not stay cool that part and then whenever um and the line whatever he's like oh and about the stripper Good choice, man. Yes. And I'm like, you're such a tool. But it made me laugh. So you go. You have to go with it. Yeah. I will admit. Good for Good for you.
Speaker: um I'm kind of bending the rules, I think, possibly. Uh-oh. Gunther Central Perk. I want to so badly, but I'm not going to. I'm actually going with both Monica and Rachel for how well they tolerated Phoebe. Aww. not blaming phoebe the hormones i can only imagine no fault of hers but she was very sweet and then very mean up and down up and down and still at the end they were so caring and nurturing when she was genuinely really sad they didn't they didn't fire shots back at phoebe at all so or just get up and leave
Speaker: Or that. the They kind of just took it because it's it's their friend. Yeah. So I couldn't choose one of them and not the other. So they're both getting like half a point, I think, this yeah How are we measuring this week's episode? Well, with a ancient rings, of course. I think it might be ancient rings, which is kind of fantastic. How many ancient rings?
Speaker: I gave it eight. All right. julie It was a good, solid episode. Moving the story along, um you know, kind of setting up for what's coming next. And i had had a couple of laugh out loud moments that I appreciated.
Speaker: Yeah, I think I've got the same conclusion, but I went with seven and a half. Seven okay they have ancient rings and perhaps an ancient earring. so Something like that. Yeah, a pinky ring. A pinky ring. Yes, that's what we'll go with. um Yeah, a good day episode, kind of middle of the road for me, some funny moments, so but bit good. Middle of the road is not bad.
Speaker: If a middle of the road was bad, we wouldn't be doing this podcast. Middle of the road is good. Exactly, exactly. So I'm going to stick with seven and a half. Oh, we're getting into it now. We're doing the one with Ross's wedding.
Speaker: and it's the end of season four oh it's the i mean this is kind of freaking me out like part of maybe you feel the same part of me i can't remember not doing this podcast and yet also the starting season five seems like it's going too quick right you know i don't i don't like this Yes.
Speaker: yeah So we're coming up on like our second year, right? Like we've, yeah, like we've got November we're going to have our trivia night. We should talk about that. We should talk about that. The Sunday before Thanksgiving, the date has escaped me, but the Sunday before Thanksgiving, three o'clock, back at our home, the home of the Purple Door podcast, Miss Angeline's Cocktail Lounge, right here in Denton. More information coming. We'll be posting lots of things online. They reached out and said, please come back. We'd love to see you. So I said, how about we do a Friendsgiving? I've got a Geller... a geller cup for our friends over there with for good old we we are ready yeah it's going to be super exciting um but yeah it's i mean we're the end of season four at the end of season five will be officially halfway which makes me excited and sad and all of the things sad yeah it's just
Speaker: I don't know. Like, it's cool because, like, we will be, we're still years out now. Right. Oh, yeah. We're still, yeah, we're not hanging up our boots yet. Right. No, not yet.
Speaker: yes its that so i've just had a thought and i should probably ask you this off the air but gonna do we do the one with ross's wedding part one and part two as two separate episodes or do we do one big bumper thing for the whole way to know okay we're doing two parts i can see it all two parts i just had that thought i never two parts it's gotta have the cliffhanger because okay the first part is and then everything shifts that's true that's true it's too much too much to do a shift to all in one episode it's too much
Speaker: Then we do them separate. Too much! As God intended, part one and part two. Yes. God intended. God intended it. That's it. All right. So we will be back next week. The one with Ross's wedding, part one. i There's so much to talk about. It's going to be wonderful. But as always, everybody out there, thank you so much for listening to the Purple Door podcast.
