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The One Where Old Yeller Dies
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Join Alasdair and DeeAnn as they discuss civil war reenactments, driving in Manhattan and trauma caused by childhood movies!
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Introduction and Weather Chat
00:00:12
Speaker
Well, hello and welcome to this week's episode of the Purple Door Podcast, a friend rewatch pod. I am one of your hosts, Alistair, along with Deanne. Deanne, how are you today?
00:00:22
Speaker
I'm doing awesome. Doing awesome, Al. How are you? Oh, yeah. Couldn't be better. The weather's cooled off, which I enjoy a little more than you do, I think.
00:00:35
Speaker
That is accurate. Yeah, this is this is my time to shine. a little chill in the air. It's lovely for me. Yes. Well, ah that just makes me so happy for you.
00:00:47
Speaker
That's right. For me, my toes are cold, my fingers are cold, and i am not a fan. yeah I miss 100 degrees. ah hundred degrees I don't miss it one bit. The Texas summer has gone for another year. We'll see what happens this winter.
00:01:06
Speaker
what Whatever. We'll see what's happening this week. I think it'll be back up into the 80s. It might just be. This might be what do they call false fall? It might be I actually said that yesterday. There you go. what we're in is false fault.
00:01:24
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It might be.
Old Yeller Memories
00:01:26
Speaker
Well, this week we are looking at the one where Old Yeller dies. oh Oh. But it's a good episode, so it's going to be okay.
00:01:37
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It's hilarious. It's such a good episode. Yeah, looking forward to diving into this one. ah je Just before we got started, oh, yes, go ahead. I was going to say before we, like,
00:01:48
Speaker
Well, okay. Hang on. Go ahead and do your thing. And then i before we start with the questions, I want to ask you about your experience with Old Yeller.
00:01:59
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Is Old Yeller like all of that? All right. Well, I was just going to say I felt this was a very question-dense episode. I've got 14 questions for you.
00:02:10
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Nice. Good. Yes, I'm ready. um And if you're going ask me about Old Yeller, I think I'm going to have some bad news for you. Stop right now.
00:02:22
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We may just have to quit the podcast. Our friendship is Okay. to In your defense, you did not grow up here in the United States. did not. here about frontier farm life, like all of ah the just good old boy and his dog and yeah and American stuff.
00:02:46
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Well, let me tell you a story, Al. Please do. We're going to go ahead start off with a story time about Old Yeller. So whenever I was in first grade, we My teacher read it to us, but she didn't finish it. And then we watched it.
00:03:06
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And I... cried my eyeballs out. So you could relate to Phoebe. Oh my God. Yes.
00:03:16
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and But I also could understand why her mom would not have let her watch it. Like ah would have changed, altered the ending because Al, like my teacher had to call my mom because she was concerned about my like emotional wellbeing.
00:03:35
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My mom was like, she's just sensitive and she really, really likes dogs. But like, it's such a crappy story, which I mean, give me all the hate for that.
00:03:48
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bye um But it's a crappy story. It's terrible. Like I... And I feel like my hatred for all movies that have dogs in them goes all the way back to that specific. If we peel back the layers, it goes back to when you saw Yeller.
00:04:10
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Lifetime trauma. Thanks, Miss Dimitriatus. Miss Dimitriatus. Goodness me. Miss Dimitriatus. Thanks a lot. Lifelong trauma.
00:04:21
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like Brought to you by Miss Dimitriatus and Old Yeller. Yeah, gross. Goodness. Well, we'll definitely unpack that more as we go through this because that is definitely the running line through this episode.
00:04:36
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Okay, we yeah. Let's see. How many questions do you think you have for me this week? I have 10. ten All right. i I mean, I could. It it is very...
00:04:49
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what ah What did you just say? Question dense? I did. I did question dense. Yeah, that's a great um a great description.
00:05:01
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Well, let's see. Well, if I've got more than you, will I start? um Although really should it be the other way around ah really does it matter? Maybe it doesn't matter at all. It really doesn't matter.
00:05:13
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Yeah, all right. Well, i i'm quite i've I've gone slightly different with a couple of questions. yeah And this even my first one is not really about this episode.
Friends Trivia and Character Quirks
00:05:24
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Oh, fun.
00:05:24
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I love it. So my first question for you is this is the third episode entitled The One Where Blank Dies. Do you remember the name of the other two that we've done so far? Mr. Heckles Dies?
00:05:38
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Yep.
00:05:41
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Oh, and Nana dies twice. You know what? That would be a bonus extra point because that there's one where Nana dies twice. There is one with another one that's just the one where blank dies.
00:05:56
Speaker
Oh, dang. And we just reviewed it a week or two ago. Stop. Are you serious? Two weeks ago? No way. Okay, wait.
00:06:07
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is that Oh, Dr. Dr. Remore dies. Yeah, that's it. Dr. Remore dies. That's it. Yes. Yes. Okay. There you go. And Nana dies. So actually there are four.
00:06:20
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Yeah, four so far involving somebody dying. Yeah. All o right. What you got for me? Okay.
00:06:31
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Who are the people that Chandler and Joey are trying to decide to take to the next game? Oh, did I write those down in my notes?
00:06:42
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and Now, you can m I am fine if you want to tell me either their names or their qualities. So one of them is a... so Oh, that's right. The qualities I can remember. One is a spitter.
00:06:57
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and then No. ah One definitely is a tapper. Yes. Oh, the other one. What's the other one? Let's think. There's a tapper. And then there is, ah what does the other one do?
00:07:13
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You're going to have to tell me. His breath stinks. He stinks. That's it. That's it. ah Eric Prower or Dan?
00:07:24
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Dan. I should have written those names down. I did not. one that bruises you. Well, let's see. My next one for you is, in the opening scene, there are four people in the living room.
00:07:37
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Who is sitting where? There are four people. Oh, okay.
00:07:46
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Monica
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and Richard. Wait, before Phoebe walks in or after Phoebe? Yes, not including Phoebe. Okay, so Ross and Rachel are sitting on the couch.
00:08:02
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They're not not quite. Well, Rachel is sitting on the couch for sure. I have. I don't have that. You're just crying about it. Oh, am i just wrong?
00:08:14
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I think Ross and Rachel are in the chair. Oh, well, she's definitely sitting on them. And then Monica and Richard are on the couch? Yes, facing the TV is what I have.
00:08:27
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Okay, sounds good. Yeah, because yeah Rachel's kind of cuddled up into Ross, if I remember rightly. You know, burying her head in. Yes. Yes. Yes, and being just very girly dramatic.
00:08:40
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It's excellent. Indeed, indeed. um All right, you're up. Okay. no
00:08:50
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ah So what firsts does Ross miss with Ben?
00:08:59
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Okay, he misses... I've got four, but... Four, okay. I remember the conversation, but not the details.
00:09:10
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um It's not going to be his first one. Is it going to be, oh, he pulled himself up?
00:09:19
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Yeah, that's one. Is that one? Maybe. We need to discuss the first word then. Pulled himself up? yeah Um, um...
00:09:34
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Yeah, he pulls on the table, right? Something. Okay. i'm no That's whenever he pulled up. Okay. Did he roll over? Uh-huh. Okay.
00:09:49
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And that's, I won't get the other ones. I got two. Two out four five. or five Waving. Okay. And then I have his first word, which was Yemen.
00:10:02
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Ah, yeah, that was, ah that's one of my questions for you. Uh-oh. Yeah, that's one of mine, yes. um I was going to ask you which, I was i'd like this question too, which word does Carol say that Ben has said which foreshadows a famous Chandler storyline?
00:10:21
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ah Yeah, it does. Yeah, it does. um foreshadowing moments in this episode. i yeah the you know I don't remember what it is, but there is, I know I've written down two.
00:10:34
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Uh-huh. Okay. So the Yemen was is one of them, and then there's another one. There is. All right. My one for you is what pieces of chicken does Monica have left over?
00:10:47
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A wing, a breast, and a thigh. She had a wing. I've got a leg, three breasts, and a wing. That's pretty close. i might be yeah I might have lost that. Hang on. feel we're feeling generous this evening. I don't know. You got at least some of them.
00:11:06
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Yeah. How about a leg, three breasts, and a wing? Yeah. There we go. Yep. Okay. he um Okay.
00:11:19
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ah So why did Carol and Susan choose to go to Colonial Williamsburg? Right. So I think I know the answer to this one. and Because I wasn't sure if that's why they went or if it was just that was a bonus was to see Susan's old roommate who's the first blacksmith, the first female blacksmith.
00:11:41
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Yes. But she didn't say roommate, just friend from college. Just friend from, that's it, friend from college. Yes. Yeah. First female blacksmith. Nice.
00:11:53
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Okay. What make of car does Richard drive? A jaguar. He does indeed. He is living that doctor life. yeah So speaking of the jag, how many blocks did Chandler get to drive?
00:12:08
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You've got half of one of my questions. That, I believe, is 15. It is. Joey was 13. Yes. And so he must like Chandler more.
00:12:20
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And i've got I've got an interesting little fact for you about that, which we'll get to in the review. fun. Yes. Now, oh, and there's, yeah.
00:12:31
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Where do Carol and Susan go for the weekend? Now, we need to talk about this later, but what's the difference in Williamsburg and Colonial Williamsburg? Because it's always Colonial Williamsburg. is that ah Is it like a separate place, like it's not a real town, like it's a national park or something?
00:12:49
Speaker
Oh, I don't know national park, but I know they have reenactments and things there. Well, and I'm going to pause you there because I want to ask you about that. I've literally written that down to ask you.
00:13:00
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Because I thought you might have information on reenactments given your, I think, is it your dad? It is my dad. Yeah, I thought it was. So I wanted to ask you ah about that. So I really want to ask, but I'm going to wait until the review. going to be disciplined. Okay.
00:13:14
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um Who does mustached Chandler remind Monica of? and That's one of my questions. Right. Sylvia. Yeah. And Sylvia.
00:13:27
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Yeah. All right. You're up. Okay, so what's the name that Ross has picked out for a baby girl? This was, I think, my other foreshadowing.
00:13:40
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Yes. Emily. Yes. Yes. Yes. i kind of Is that just a coincidence, or did they... Okay. yeah Joseph and I talked about that because he's like, is that foreshadowing right there?
00:13:55
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And I said, I don't know. i like, I wonder if they named Emily, Emily, because of that scene or, you know, like it surely was not a coincidence.
00:14:09
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surely like why They end up having to call her Emma is because it's close to Emily. but they couldn't. That's a good point. Yeah, I didn't think about Emma and Emily being so close.
00:14:22
Speaker
Mm-hmm. All right. Oh, sorry. No, no, you're fine. You're fine. There may be more answers than the three I've got, but can you name three movies that Phoebe watches in order to see the real ending?
00:14:35
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Ha, ha, ha. Oh. Okay, so we've and got Brian's song. Yep. Terms of Endearment, and, oh, shoot.
00:14:47
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What's the other one? Hang on. Don't tell me. Don't tell me. ah I've actually got three more. That she just kind of mentioned. Love Story.
00:14:59
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Love Story, Brian's Song, Terms of Endearment. Those are the ones she comes in with because she watched them as a kid. But then at the end, she's talking about E.T., Walt, and ah shoot.
00:15:16
Speaker
You know what I've got two more. Charlotte Webb? Yep. That's three of the four that I had originally. Okay. Okay. um
00:15:26
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And then Pride of the Yankees. Wow. Well done. Yeah. That was nicely done. Oh, thank you.
00:15:37
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Thank you. Thank you. It also made one of my questions go away, which was can you be three of all the movies? Yeah, she was binge watching some some good movies.
00:15:50
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No, she really, really wasn't. Well, you know what? To be fair, let's see. Looking at that list, I've seen two So that you know what? that's it oh yeah all of those? All of those. I've only seen E.T. and um you know know and Charlotte's Web. I've read Charlotte's Web.
00:16:13
Speaker
Okay. And that's so depressing and sad, too. Yeah, there's a lot of sad movies going around. And then there's Pride of the Yankees but that they talk about, and i I don't know anything about that one.
00:16:26
Speaker
No, mean, it's a baseball movie, I assume, but i don't know anything about it. Because of Lou Gehrig and the Yankees? Yes. Oh, so, of course, yeah, it will be, yeah. Okay, do you ever watch A Wonderful Life?
00:16:38
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That movie. oh Yes, yes. I was about say, Kate makes me watch it. She introduced me to it, and that's one of our Christmas traditions is watching that, so we do watch that um once a year.
00:16:51
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Yeah, we used to watch it growing up once a year, every year. But it was so depressing to me. i made Joseph watch it once because I was like, you've never seen it.
00:17:03
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It's so depressing. And there you go. So watch it. And then he was like, I can't believe you made me watch this. It was so sad. And I was like, well, it's like one of those things, you know?
00:17:17
Speaker
Yeah. What we've discovered is nostalgia makes you forget or makes you not realize a lot of the sadness or the... your stuff about these movies there's one is it christmas don't feel it's a Christmas Carol there's one that Kate found that's close to 100 years old this movie I forget what one it is but she watched it as a child and then we watched it and it creeped her out like these weird looking dolls and characters and but she called her mum and called her mum and she's like what were you thinking having us watch this I'll need to find out the name of it I've forgotten what it is
00:17:55
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That's funny. Yes, you need to. Because i need to know because I feel like that's probably something that I watched as a kid too. You know, I'm going to text her right now while we're on, while we're recording.
00:18:08
Speaker
What was the creepy Christmas? This great podcasting for the listeners. What was the creepy Christmas movie you watched as a kid then we saw?
00:18:20
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And it was weird. She'll know what I'm talking about. um And she's, I would say, yep. Yep. Okay. So speaking of It's Wonderful Life and all of that, what did Phoebe think that It's a Wonderful Life's real name should have been?
00:18:38
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Oh, is it something like It's a Sucky Crappy Life? or And Just Whenever You Thoughts. Right. but it get It couldn't get worse. It does. That's right.
00:18:52
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That's right. I quite like it. But again, know that it's going to end well. And I think I like the the oldness, the nostalgia of it a bit. ah But anyway, I've seen it just a couple of times.
00:19:04
Speaker
Okay. But have you watched The Family Man? it So Kate thinks that movie's okay. I love that movie.
00:19:15
Speaker
Okay. I love that movie too. And I so would rather watch that than It's a Wonderful Life. Yeah. I like, it's funny, ka and have got very different tastes in 80% of movies.
00:19:28
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Because she's very logical. Like, I love serendipity. Have you ever seen that movie? We've talked about this. Yeah. And it drives Kate insane.
00:19:40
Speaker
Easy. They don't just give each other their number in the first five minutes and the movie's done. Like the the illogical, like if you've got that connection with somebody, you grab it with both hands and I get where she's coming from, but that wouldn't make for a good movie.
00:19:54
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And I like the movie. No. And and that that would not make for a good movie.
Nostalgic Movies and Personal Reflections
00:20:00
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and then the But also, the timing has to be right. And so that's why.
00:20:05
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yeah I also like John Cusack. like I love him. I just like yeah and think he's just a good actor. um And then it's Kate Beckinsale, isn't it? Yep, Kate Beckinsale's fantastic. And then um what's ah what's ah your John Cusack's best friend?
00:20:22
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Famous actor, too. I've forgotten his name. don't remember. I like them. I think it's funny. Love Actually, one of my favorites of all time. Yes. I'm a sucker for a good Christmas romantic movie.
00:20:34
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um Oh, the movie was released in 1934, starring Laurel and Hardy's Babes in Toyland. Oh! Oh! Yeah. ah Yeah. She thought it was this like sweet, fun Christmas kids thing. And then we got like 20 minutes into it and it was like uncovering trauma.
00:20:54
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And yeah. Yeah. Babes in Toyland. Babes in Toyland. Ask her if that was with Annette Funicello. Annette Funicello Rick. Oh, God.
00:21:14
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What is his name?
00:21:18
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You know, I don't remember anything about it, to be honest. Oh, okay. Yes. So in 1934, it was a Laurel and Hardy movie. 1961, a Disney musical.
00:21:30
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That's the one that I watched as a kid growing up. The 1961 version of Babes in Toyland. And it had Annette Funicello and Frankie Valens.
00:21:44
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Valens? and Yeah, Frankie Valens, the musician, right? Yes. Yeah. Yeah. when A year or two ago, we went to see a tribute show, and like a tribute to his music and stuff. it was really interesting.
00:21:58
Speaker
Well, I see Ricky, but it wasn't. It was actually... please um Tom Piper. ah right. Okay. Sorry. Annette Funicello has my same birthday, even though she has passed.
00:22:13
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God rest her soul. Indeed. Annette Funicello. But we used to watch all those beach blanket movies, too. Beach blanket bingo and all that. Right. I like it.
00:22:24
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Well, I need to look up this musical. Yeah, because that caused some trauma in household over Christmas morning. Yeah. That's what it um but Excuse me.
00:22:34
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My next question for you. and This is super niche. You either saw it or you didn't. When the mustache Chandler comes in, you know, with that kind of look, he says, hey, big. Oh, no, it's after that. So it's after that. He says, hey, big guy to Richard when they're about to go out to the ah the basketball.
00:22:53
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He's wearing a T-shirt from what New York attractions?
00:23:02
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It's a museum. well Yeah, you either sort of saw it or you did. Is it the Met? It's not. It's the Guggenheim. wow And it just jumped out at me because much later on in the series, Chandler talks about the fact he's never really done the touristy things.
00:23:19
Speaker
Yeah. you Remember, he comes in with the Statue of Liberty crown and all of that. So he has a Guggenheim New York. It says the Guggenheim Museum across it. Yeah. That's not the kind of stuff he would normally wear.
00:23:32
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No. Yeah. All right. What you got for me? Okay. So ah speaking of well the mustache and Chandler and Joey and all the things, right?
00:23:47
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What was their plan as far as being like Richard? So they were. I think they both wanted to do both, but thought they would look stupid. So they they flipped for it. Who would do what?
00:24:04
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Which is just even more dorky. Like, it's just fantastic. Yeah. Uh-huh. Because, yeah, like we didn't win it. We couldn't both do it. Then we'd be dorks.
00:24:15
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That's it. just I love it. Side-stepping that. Yeah. It's so good. um Let's see. I've got three left for you. And I just realized one of my three is another foreshadowing question.
00:24:30
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Okay. I'm excited about. But this one is, how long does Rachel say she and Ross have been dating? Six weeks. Six weeks. It says ding, ding, ding. Thank you. Yes.
00:24:41
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All right. Did we say? oh okay. I've done that one. Oh. Okay. ah So why do Chandler and Joey not let Monica play foosball?
00:24:57
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is it I know she's really good at it. Is it because she's just too good? yeah Yeah. That's actually what I have written. She's too good. She's just too good. Yeah. I kind of love that, that she can demolish them at foosball, even though they own the table.
00:25:11
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Yes. I like that. um So in the scene in Ross's apartment when Rachel is changing Ben and she gets quite excited because she gets him changed successfully, we see a very common piece of sporting slash athletic equipment in Ross's apartment, but we never see him use it.
00:25:29
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What is it?
00:25:33
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It wasn't prominent, but it's very much there.
00:25:39
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Is it a tennis racket? It's not. It's a bicycle. Oh, weird. Yeah, he has a bicycle in his apartment against the wall. Wow. Okay.
00:25:52
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All right, you are up. oh Okay. you have any more? ah Yeah. So oh whenever um Ben says his like first official word,
00:26:10
Speaker
Oh, are you there? Yes. Yep. Sorry. i just shrunk everything. No, you're fine. We can hear you clearly. And he says, um hi, right?
00:26:22
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Yes. How does he say it?
00:26:27
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How does he say it?
00:26:31
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I don't remember.
00:26:35
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Well, okay. Whenever they're mimicking him. Hi, hi. No, um all I can hear is the word hi, but I'm not sure sort of the context of it.
00:26:49
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Okay. there are ah She's like, it's more like, hi. And Ross is like, hi. And I thought, oh my God.
00:27:00
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Yes, here comes Ross. but Hi. And then that made me laugh because, you know, Ross and his. Ross being Ross. That self. a That's right.
00:27:13
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I'm all out. And I made up that question. so No, I like I couldn't remember that this like that bit of the scene. I just knew he said hi. So my I like this question.
00:27:24
Speaker
I'm patting myself on the back, even though you'll get it straight away. Excellent. I need to make sure I phrase this correctly. When Phoebe and Ben are watching TV in the final scene, what foreshadowing of a future scene of the show is depicted in the show?
00:27:39
Speaker
I know. It's a whenever um they're at the beach. That's it. They bury Joey. Well, I was going with Joey just digs a big hole on the beach just like Arnie does.
00:27:56
Speaker
And then they lose Bart in the hole, which doesn't happen. But Joey spends a lot of time. I dug me a hole. he was very proud of that. Yeah. Yeah, but digging holes at the beach is fun.
00:28:10
Speaker
It's weird, isn't it? right that that would be I think if I was going to spend afternoon on the beach, I'd probably dig a hole. Yeah, we always do that. yes like A giant hole is always something.
00:28:20
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know why, but I'm with you. like I agree. Well, that was a good bamboozled. I like that. and Lots of good questions there, I feel. I feel like you might have won.
00:28:33
Speaker
Well, we don't keep score, but... We don't. Yeah. You know, it was a good one. Yeah, we'll get Kate back on soon. When we record on the weekends, we've got much better chance of getting her getting her involved. We're recording this on Wednesday night.
00:28:49
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So she is she has been very busy today. There you go. So let's see. We'll get stuck right into this. We start off as we alluded to in Bamboozled in the girl's apartment. And Monica is the one who decided to watch Old Yeller.
00:29:05
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Phoebe's excited. She thinks it's going to be, ah you know, it's a fun movie because she doesn't really know what happens at the end. um And it's funny. i was going ask you if you'd ever had this experience and you've already told us a bit about it with Old Yeller.
00:29:20
Speaker
Yeah. God. Yeah. Yes. Yeah. Forgot their name already, but we're were're not happy with that second grade teacher. Miss Demetriatus, first grade. Demetriatus. That sounds like some kind of fungal infection.
00:29:33
Speaker
I'm not going to lie. Which might be very appropriate. if but If I told you had a case of the Demetriatus or something, that you'd believe it, I think. yeah i think so i think yeah you tell me to go to the doctor i think if that was the case um yeah but she doesn't know what happens and then gets exposed to the tragic end of old yellow um the old yellow doesn't have babies but old yellow has rabies yeah very very sad um
00:30:05
Speaker
We kind of go over into the next scene. i just noticed that Richard's smoking his cigar on the patio because sometimes he smokes inside. I don't know if he does ever smoke his cigars inside.
00:30:16
Speaker
I know Monica smokes his cigar inside after they've broken later on. um But he should not because that would be very rude. it' been It's funny. It's one of these things I notice in ninety s sitcoms Like, you know, and we've talked about this, I think, like, when did that transition, like in Frasier, which is the other show that 90s sitcom I love, sometimes people smoke in his apartment, sometimes he asks them if they'll go outside instead, where, of course, now and for the last 10, 20 years, whatever, more, you wouldn't ever ask somebody to go outside. Nobody would just light up a cigarette in somebody else's house.
00:30:58
Speaker
Right. I don't know how long it's been, but you know at least 20 years, maybe 30. I feel like the 90s were maybe when it transitioned. um I think you're right. think so. But just I just noticed he was at the Monica's leftovers and Joey and Chandler burst through the door.
00:31:15
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um Obviously, they must have been in the hallway, I think, when they were on the phone because she's joking that she's wearing nothing. or I don't quite remember.
00:31:27
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Nothing but rubber gloves. That was it. Nothing but rubber gloves. Nothing burst through the door. yeah yeah Yeah. Yeah. It's an odd one, that. It's an odd, you know, I don't know. An odd joke.
00:31:41
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An odd joke. But they get Joey and Chandler over there, which is the main thing because they have a dilemma. They have this extra knit stick. Did they say why Ross can't go? I don't remember if they do.
00:31:53
Speaker
No, they're, they, we just know they have an extra one. And here's what's so stupid is that it did not even occur to me that the reason they have the extra ticket would be because Ross can't go.
00:32:08
Speaker
Right. I think maybe never occurred to me. i was like, I wonder how they ended up with three next ticket. with I wonder how that happened. Yeah. And they're both acting a little, um,
00:32:21
Speaker
I don't know, they're not really thinking here when they don't even, car to the dents, you know, to invite Richard, who, as we find out, is a huge Knicks fan. um Yeah. Which is good. The only thing i that jumped jumped out to me that I got thinking about was I know we find out I think in a later episode, maybe already do. He grew up in California, so he didn't grow up a Knicks fan, but assuming he's been in New York for quite a while, I know he married his high school sweetheart. and i don't We don't know when he moved, but he is obviously taken to the New York sporting scene and is a huge Knicks fan.
00:32:58
Speaker
um But they're hesitant to take him because he's too old, which makes me feel sad for Richard.
00:33:09
Speaker
What do you think? Yeah. it Yeah. That is sad. Because was he? He's, I mean, there's mid-20s at this point, right? 21 years older. Yeah.
00:33:20
Speaker
I mean, he is. But at the same time, it would be like, you know. yeah yeah know i like going places with my dad.
00:33:34
Speaker
Right. and And, you know, they talk about calling him a dad and all that later. But um and this seems like he can't be too upset about it.
00:33:47
Speaker
Right. He just can't. He's just not on their radar, I guess. um we We go over to Ross's apartment and Carol and Susan comes in. Ross is very excited. That's right. Because ben did you pull himself up on the coffee table?
00:34:01
Speaker
Is that what he did? Yes. But then i don't know. if gay Should Carol and Susan have been so, oh, yeah, he did that two weeks ago. We got on video. They've let him believe it.
00:34:15
Speaker
No, they should have just. No, because why? Because what do you the baby's not going to say, oh, yeah, I've done that before. Right. What's the game? And it's something i I have no idea.
00:34:32
Speaker
Like both of my boys,
00:34:36
Speaker
my mom and my mother-in-law allowed me to believe that I was there for all the firsts. And that you are. What is the harm in that?
00:34:47
Speaker
There is the only joy. Only joy is brought from that stage situation. Exactly. They get nothing from saying, actually, did it first here. you get nothing from that.
00:35:00
Speaker
yeah And so, really, they i it ah back to the manipulation and control and all that. like Yeah. Why? Why?
00:35:10
Speaker
Why? yeah Why? What was the point? Ross is understandably frustrated. I do find it odd in their situation that he doesn't ever have Ben for a weekend.
00:35:22
Speaker
Like he says, you know, i don't want to just have for a day. want him for the whole weekend. Like I would assume separated parents, Ross is involved in Ben's life. He would have him for a weekend.
00:35:34
Speaker
every other weekend, so at least sometimes, because they all seem to get along and all seems to be okay. But, um, it looks like until this, this point, he's only ever really had them for the day. Yeah. Which is crazy.
00:35:47
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. That just seems, seems nuts. Um, but, uh, they are quite Susan and Carol are quite okay with him having Ben for the weekend. Um, they're obviously good to enjoy weekend away, which we will get to.
00:36:02
Speaker
Um, We go over to Central Park. This is where Phoebe brings in the stack of movies that you read off for us beautifully and bamboozled to see the real endings.
00:36:14
Speaker
um Richard is parking his car, and this is where Joey and Chandler both say how far um they got to drive. here's a fun Here's a fun fact for you.
00:36:26
Speaker
yeah. It is 27 blocks from the shooting location of the outside of the girls' apartment to Madison Square Garden. The distance they give is the correct distance.
00:36:39
Speaker
Wow. I went old school and hopped on MapQuest and did some Googling, and it's virtually a straight line. It's exactly 27 blocks.
00:36:50
Speaker
I wrote down that it was 15 and 12 is what they drove each, which would be 27. Yeah, you're right. Yeah, it it's like 27 and a half because you make a little turn. But I thought that's, again, that's, and it's not from the, from this,
00:37:06
Speaker
obviously the shooting locations in California is that outside shot of Monica's apartment. That address is known. People go and take the picture outside all the time. So it's from that. That can't be a coincidence that they're both happy to be 27 blocks.
00:37:21
Speaker
But it ah because i was just curious. i was like, I don't I know that they live in the village. The village is in Manhattan and Madison Square Garden is in Manhattan, but it's huge. So how far is it? And it's, yeah, it's a mile and a half, 27 blocks.
00:37:34
Speaker
Wow. Well, okay. So can we discuss, though, how crazy that is that they drove a mile and a half? Right. and In New York? And when you when I looked at the, in fact, I think I still have it here. Yeah,
00:37:50
Speaker
yeah it's exactly 1.5 miles. And to drive it of an evening. So let's say we're recording in the evening. It says it takes 10 minutes. But still, parking and all of that, that just seems excessive.
00:38:06
Speaker
um It does. Yeah. Yeah. It seems like a weird situation. Why would you drive a mile and a half in Manhattan? Why wouldn't all three jump in a cab? and not Or just walk it.
00:38:19
Speaker
sir But like, ah yeah, because you're you're talking about a 20-minute walk. Yeah. like What's the matter? Yeah. and And parking is going to be, if nothing else, just stressful or difficult or expensive or any of those things.
00:38:38
Speaker
All of those things. All of those things. and And like, think about that. They made it all the way up to the apartment So Richard drove, um let them drive the mile and a half, and then dropped them at the building, and then had to drive around to find a parking place.
00:39:00
Speaker
Right. Doesn't seem a very Manhattan thing to do. No. Driving a mile and a half. Yeah. any Anyway. We're getting to the bit that i wanted to ask you about.
00:39:12
Speaker
Yeah. Well, Joe and Chandler, we must say, they think Richard's super cool this point. They are on the Richard train. they they He is not just this old fuddy-duddy guy.
00:39:23
Speaker
They think he's a really cool guy. The way he kind of handles his business. you know so Maybe does the valet parking. That's right. So he took the parking stress out when he kind of handed somebody the money kind of smoothly.
00:39:37
Speaker
The tip. The tip. Which, again... Chandler talks about this much later in the in the series. He attempts to do it and spills coins all over the floor when he's taking Monica out.
00:39:51
Speaker
um So, yeah, quite a bit of foreshadowing, actually, dotted throughout this ah this episode. um But we end up going upstage, and this is where Carol and Susan are dropping Ben off for the weekend.
Historical Reenactments and Personal Experiences
00:40:04
Speaker
Off to Williamsburg, Susan's friend, the blacksmith, But yeah all I know is that your dad is has been somehow involved in reenactments. And when I think of Williamsburg, I've never been. it makes I imagine sort of, you know, revolutionary war reenactments. Whether that's true or not, I don't know.
00:40:22
Speaker
But um has ah you know is that something your're debt your dad's into? Is that right? Yes, yes. But he does civil war reenactments. Okay. Antonio Williamsburg would have been prior to.
00:40:37
Speaker
right? Yeah. Yeah. I think so. yeah I'm not, I'm not sure to be honest. The reenactments that like we've gone to and watched him do and everything, they, they're always really, really cool.
00:40:50
Speaker
And they've got like cannons and then they've got some people who are on horseback and they've got all of these, you know, different things. But then my favorite thing to do is to like walk around because they've got vendors and things that are there, but it's,
00:41:05
Speaker
ah very niche like there's people the boys ah whenever we've gone like they'll get something that's made by the blacksmith and like they both have pocket knives um you know that they pounded out right there on the in the heat this this kind of thing is not on my radar at all I get the feeling if I went, I'd be like bought into it. But this is awesome. Yeah, this is fun. And the best...
00:41:37
Speaker
and the and the the best thing like that we we did ah for years whenever my dad first started doing the reenactments. And then up until a year or two after COVID, um we would drive down by College Station, Brenham, you know, where the Blue Bell is.
00:42:00
Speaker
And there's a plantation down there. And so they would have the weekend before Thanksgiving, and they would um They would go down Thursday night and then Friday on this plantation, they would have the battle.
00:42:19
Speaker
They had a battle in the morning and a battle in the afternoon. And then they would their little units and things would do drills. but school kids would come Friday and then it was open to the public Saturday and Sunday.
00:42:32
Speaker
And the reenactors live in the tents. And then like after the day is done and, you know, visitors are shooed off the property, they all like would come together and have a meal. And the people who on the plantation, you know, were very hospitable and food and whatnot.
00:42:55
Speaker
But, um, Yeah, it was it was we would drive down Friday after school and then we'd spend the night in College Station. And then Saturday we'd go and we'd be there by the 11 o'clock battle.
00:43:08
Speaker
And, um you know, you walk around in the camp and all that. And they're doing demonstrations and they're like running drills. And then they do the actual like battle and they have rules and things.
00:43:24
Speaker
about like if you get how, how it is that you show if you've got shot and you know, so you're always watching and then they shoot things. And like, if you run out of water, then you have to die like this and, you know, but they, through and and it's, it's just really, really cool. Yeah. I think it would be a fun thing to watch yeah for somebody who knows very little about it and,
00:43:53
Speaker
I could see myself really enjoying it of a weekend. Yeah. and it And the weather was always super, super nice. Right. And everybody's really nice. And then you've got like all these homemade things to buy. And then there was always this...
00:44:09
Speaker
ice cream lady who made homemade ice cream. And I would look forward to that all year to go and have the homemade ice cream. homeade ice cream at Oh gosh. Yeah. And it started, it started with an H. I can't think of what it's called right now. Hempstead.
00:44:26
Speaker
Hempstead is the name the plantation. But then after COVID, you know, that, that ruined so much. It did. things Not everything came back. Yeah. It's sad. Right.
00:44:38
Speaker
Well, hopefully Carol and Susan got to see something you know similarly fun. um But Joey is looking in, I thought it was a mirror, but I guess it's maybe like a saucepan, a frying pan. I don't know.
00:44:50
Speaker
It's a spatula. Oh, that's right. It's a spatula. I knew something, kitchen utensil. See what he looks like with the cigar, but he's like, you just can't pull it off like Richard does. Yeah.
00:45:03
Speaker
it's just it's just not the same and this is where a chandler comes in i just love the look on his face but again like in the like
00:45:13
Speaker
like he's got a whole new walk you know it's yes and like all sideways and ridiculous yeah sorry my dogs are barking yeah it's uh i just love the way he walks in like that um Did they come in because they are taking Richard to the Ranger game, the ice hockey team. ah Let's think. i had a question for you. Where is it? no. I'm going ask it in a little bit.
00:45:41
Speaker
It was slightly related to that. But, yeah, they're off to the hockey, um which at this point I'm really enjoying the fact that they are embracing Richard. And, yeah, he's off out with the boys again, which is which is awesome. Yes.
00:45:56
Speaker
um Now, I really want to know your opinion about this next scene. Because we both have similar feelings about Ross. You are more, little a little heavier on it than I am, but we're in the same camp.
00:46:10
Speaker
But Ross and Ben go to visit Rachel. Rachel, what's she doing when she's trying to hold Ben? Like, I don't know. Am I out of line here? I don't care if you've never had kids.
00:46:23
Speaker
You don't hold a baby like at arm's length like that and go, i don't know what to do. Like, you've seen somebody hold a baby before. Or am I out of line here?
00:46:36
Speaker
Honestly, Al, I don't know. Has she ever seen somebody holding a baby in real life? i would just And has, did she pay any attention?
00:46:52
Speaker
Like, to... I know that a lot of people are, you know, naturally, like they play with baby dolls and all of that.
00:47:04
Speaker
But, um I mean, not everybody does. And so not everybody has that. um
00:47:15
Speaker
Yeah, maybe I'm being little unfair on Rachel. People know that you're out line, but for me, that doesn't surprise me. Because there's nothing about her that seems nurturing or like... Right.
00:47:31
Speaker
and know She doesn't have friends that have... She had a friend that was pregnant. Yep, that's right. But you don't ever hear anything about babies or any of that.
00:47:44
Speaker
That's true. She's not got nieces or nephews or anything. no She doesn't have nieces or nephews. her so her Her sisters aren't like way younger than her. True.
00:47:57
Speaker
yeah Well, speaking of being right or wrong, this is where Ross goes into his little, um you know, talking about the kids that they'll have a boy and a girl. Rachel kind of freaks out.
00:48:08
Speaker
I think Rachel is right to freak out here. And really it's the next scene. but I think her reaction is completely appropriate. Even though I suppose it's you know stereotypically, which often is just nonsense, you would think that maybe the woman is the one thinking these things. It's fine that Ross is thinking them. You don't say them out loud.
00:48:31
Speaker
like rob and um With this one, maybe we're on the same page. I think Ross is in the wrong. right so Yeah. there's there's no just you don't You're going to freak somebody And he does.
00:48:45
Speaker
And the reason you're going to freak them out is because that's far too hourly to start talking about these things. Well, and Well... Well, you know what? you know In their situation, I think you'd have to be aware enough that Rachel is not... She's not looking to settle...
00:49:06
Speaker
yeah She's not sitting mid-30s with a world of experience and looking for a husband. She is finding herself, doing all these wonderful things. And yes Ross is a smart guy.
00:49:20
Speaker
he needs to be aware enough to... I love when Rachel talks, we'll we'll just kind of go into the next scene a bit, where Rachel talks about the fact that she's had decisions made for her her whole life and now she's finally getting to do it Which I think is it's really like important that she says that and I like it. And it makes you very aware of what Rachel's going through.
00:49:40
Speaker
Surely Ross would be aware of that. You would think so. You would think. Yeah. And the thing is though, I don't know, is he?
00:49:50
Speaker
Because I think he kind of thinks everybody thinks like him. You know, we do see that from time to time.
Character Conflicts and Resolutions
00:49:58
Speaker
Don't we? Definitely. That, uh, And yeah. And ah you know, just recently in that episode where he like accepted or was talking to Joey about how brave Joey is.
00:50:10
Speaker
And he's like, you know, the way that I am, i have to know where my next paycheck is. I have to plan. i have to, I do all these things. and And so he's recognizing the fact that Joey is not like him, but I don't know that he really fully gets that not everybody is like him.
00:50:30
Speaker
I think you're right. I think you're right. He's not the one-off, you know? Yeah, he's thought about these things and not really account to him that maybe others somebody else wouldn't want this exact life that he is manufacturing in his head.
00:50:45
Speaker
So they're going to move to Scarsdale, which I and i Googled to look up. It's an incredibly fancy place. Is it? Even for sort it's just north of Manhattan. It's like 15 minutes north on the train.
00:50:59
Speaker
The average home price is anywhere from two to four million, depending on the source. so Yeah. It is, if you want a home, like a house, not like a ah brownstone or something, in you know near Manhattan, Scarsdale is one of the places you go.
00:51:17
Speaker
um There was two famous people who lived there that I read. I can't remember who one of them is, but Yoko Ono is the other one. Oh, okay. She lives in, hand you know, she's got some money, you know. yeah So, you know, I don't know what you make as a paleontologist in a museum, but Scarsdale, maybe 30 years ago, wasn't a fancy place.
00:51:39
Speaker
But, um yeah, it is a leafy suburb of Manhattan, just due north of uptown.
00:51:51
Speaker
Wow. Let's see. In this scene, this I wanted to ask you about this. I don't think we've talked about this. Chandler comes in to get Richard. They're off to the college basketball playoffs.
00:52:02
Speaker
um You love the Cubs. But what's your favorite sport to go and watch in person? Is it baseball? Would you go and see the Cubs if they came to town?
00:52:14
Speaker
yeah Yeah. I do. I love watching baseball. But i ah know Yeah. Baseball's it. I have been to like one hockey game I can think of.
00:52:30
Speaker
And I did not like it. ah Well, that's a lie. Whenever it was Reunion Arena and the Stars played there, we went or i went on...
00:52:40
Speaker
a date there. And it was a terrible experience. Like everything about it was an awful experience. So i I'm pretty sure that's the only stars game I ever went to. And I was just like, no, thank you.
00:52:53
Speaker
But I do love going and watching the, is it the tornadoes that play in Frisco, the minor league team? Oh, the Rough Riders, the Frisco. Oh no, that's baseball.
00:53:07
Speaker
Oh, oh, hockey. Um, um, I,
00:53:12
Speaker
Gosh, I know the legends of the basketball team. Yes, I'm pretty sure it's the tornado. The tornado, art you might well be right. yeah it's I don't know. um
00:53:26
Speaker
But there the minor league stuff is kind of fun. just a little more... as It is. It's less crowded, it's lot cheaper. and Well, and they they're more entertaining. like I love going... Because the legends are so fun to watch.
00:53:40
Speaker
Yeah. But I, yeah, because even and if you look at the minor league teams, I would prefer to go to a Rough Riders game. So, yeah, I really like watching baseball.
00:53:52
Speaker
That's what I thought. I thought baseball would be your pick. That's what i was. Yeah. Yeah. Or anything that my kids are doing. I'm sorry. I talked over you there. What did you say?
00:54:04
Speaker
No, I think I interrupted. I said, or anything that my kids are doing. That's always. Of course. Yeah. Any of the kids' sports. Yes. um But she I think Monica says go Vassar, which don't really know where that is, but I do know that Lisa Kudrow went to Vassar to study.
00:54:23
Speaker
um It just jumped at me. I read it in ah in a friend's book. That's where she went. I'm not sure where it is, but ah just, you know, it's an interesting name. Yeah.
00:54:34
Speaker
I guess it's named after some, but they don't really know. i know it's Vassar College. Right. And it is in New York. It is okay. That's what she wants.
00:54:45
Speaker
um So let's see. We go over. We're still in the girl's apartment in the next scene. Phoebe didn't watch the ending of A Wonderful Life because as she, what did you, you said it beautifully. What did she call It's a crappy life where nothing good happens or something.
00:55:01
Speaker
Yeah, but it's a sucky life. And even when or whenever you think it can't suck anymore, it does. That's right. that's The full unabridged title. Darn close.
00:55:16
Speaker
Yeah, poor old Phoebe in her movies. um um It's funny, I was thinking at this point, gosh, we've not been in the boys' apartment yet and and um when I was watching it. And i was thinking, oh, do we not go over there? But then, of course, the very next scene, which we have talked about briefly,
00:55:31
Speaker
um The three boys are playing foosball and there's a little trash talking. I like Richard. Richard, he's not showing his age, but just his wisdom. I like the joke he fires back at Chandler but when puberty kicks in the about his mustache.
00:55:48
Speaker
ah like like yeah I do like that joke. Monica comes in and she's she's not irritated. That's unfair.
00:55:59
Speaker
But she's I think she's, is there dilemma there that she's like, she wants Richard, is he spending too much time with the boys? You know, which. and I feel like she's irritated. I feel like that's probably an accurate. That's a fair word.
00:56:15
Speaker
Yeah, maybe she's, to me, maybe she's irritated. Or jealous? But she's know that she's questioning it, like, should she be or something? Like, she's like should I be jealous of this? so so I'm not sure.
00:56:27
Speaker
Maybe she just is. Maybe she just is a bit jealous or irritated. Yeah, I think she is because she's like, he doesn't have much free time. Right?
00:56:38
Speaker
Isn't that what she's like? And now he's spending it all with them. So she's maybe jealous is better. Yeah, a bit jealousy. A bit of jealousy But Monica comes in, as you alluded to. She's pretty good at foosball.
00:56:53
Speaker
You know, smashes the ball into the back of the net. And all game's over, boys. That's that. um And this is where Joey ruins everything by saying he's much cooler than their dads.
00:57:08
Speaker
I'm guessing at this point they hadn't written Chandler's dad, you know, they hadn't given him a backstory yet. Because when Joey would have ever met Chandler's dad, that seems very unlikely, given what we find out later on. Right. Yeah.
00:57:25
Speaker
But he's much cooler than their dads. And that just, um poor old Richard. I do feel for him. I feel like his heart sinks a bit in this one. That's going to hurt your feelings a bit.
00:57:37
Speaker
um He didn't see himself as a father figure or dad, dad, daddy-o or whatever Chandler calls him. You know, trying to pretend that it's like young Parsons vernacular.
00:57:49
Speaker
um Yeah, I don't know. I feel for what do you What did you take from this scene?
00:57:59
Speaker
ah I don't know. i mean, I feel bad for him. But, okay, can I ask you a question, though?
00:58:09
Speaker
Yeah. Did we skip over the part where Ross and Rachel are fighting? You know what? we we we We talked about the fact that...
00:58:21
Speaker
But we kind of skipped over it. I think i think you're right. And then they tell each other that they love each other. We definitely did not mention that. And, of course, that's a huge thing.
00:58:32
Speaker
Yes. Yeah, we did skip over that a bit in the – yes, I've got to run down here. That was a couple of scenes ago. Yeah, when Chandler comes to take Richard to the basketball playoffs, it's in that scene.
00:58:47
Speaker
Yes. Yes, yeah that's right. That's right. That's where they're going back and forth. I love the way Rachel stands up for herself. And not that she has to do this, but she explains herself very well and her reasoning for believing or for feeling the way she does Yeah, absolutely. And then you had touched on that about how, and because that's whenever she says, oh, but that was whenever we were talking about the baby stuff. I think that's why I inadvertently skipped over it because we kind of talked about it, but then not.
00:59:19
Speaker
Yeah, she doesn't have to justify her feelings, but she does in a really good, like, like okay, who who would not understand that? Like, given her he's hit given her her life history.
00:59:32
Speaker
yeah But yes, suddenly they tell each other they love each other for the very first time. And it's not a big moment, but it's a huge moment. And in such an angry way.
00:59:43
Speaker
Yeah, which maybe that maybe that's a good reflection on their relationship as a whole. they Right. I don't know. Because, yeah, it's a weird thing to to have happen in that moment.
00:59:57
Speaker
Uh-huh. I agree. It's this constant deep love but arguing and fighting and back and forth is, yeah, symbolizes their relationship well, I think. Yes.
Sweet Endings and Future Plans
01:00:09
Speaker
Yeah, I'm glad you caught that because obviously that's the important part of this. No, no, I'm glad to discuss that. um But Ross and Rachel, they are back over. um Rachel manages to change the change the diaper slash nappy for the first time. Uh-huh.
01:00:27
Speaker
So good for her. You know, again, she's branching out a little bit, trying new things. Good for her. um And it's this when Carol and Susan come up, having been gone for the weekend. Yes. And Ben says, hi but then ends up saying bye, which which Ross is elated about.
01:00:52
Speaker
Is it right in this scene? Is he both hi and bye? Yeah, well, because he just said hi to Rachel. And so then they Rachel and Ross are talking and going back and forth about...
01:01:05
Speaker
saying hi. And then Carol and Susan walk in and she's like, guess what? He just said hi. And they're like, oh my gosh. So then they're like, you know, hi, hi.
01:01:16
Speaker
And then Rachel's, you know, hi. And that's it. Yeah. you And then Ross had been like, something about her. Sad sack Ross making an appearance at the end.
01:01:28
Speaker
Yes, sad sack Ross. Yes. Yes. And then there he's like, bye, Ben. And then Ben says bye. Bye. That's right. So it ends on a high note for Ross. Yes. um The very final scene.
01:01:40
Speaker
I don't know why i love this scene so much. Because it's so sweet. It just is, right? Just Phoebe and Ben having this time together. Well, and then Phoebe showing that she's all about breaking the cycle.
01:01:54
Speaker
right Yeah, yeah i just it's such a sweet kind a tender moment, just that just the two of them together. Yes. Watching Sesame Street, the most innocent of innocent shows.
01:02:07
Speaker
Yes. I love that, that final scene. And I love the fact that I'm sure she says that she's previewed it for him or she's watched it already to make sure it's fine.
01:02:19
Speaker
Yes. Something like that. I don't remember what she said, but something like that, which I just... I just love that so much. I just love It's a great way to end it. um Well, in this episode, do you have somebody that stood out for you um for your Gunther Central Park of the Week? I think this is going to be tricky for me, to be honest.
01:02:41
Speaker
Okay, so I went back and forth because that last scene with Phoebe and Ben was so sweet and just, you know, and i I felt for Phoebe and she's working through all this trauma.
01:03:01
Speaker
I identified with the old yeller trauma. Right. And so, ah like, I was going between her And then Richard. Because, you know, i felt bad for him. and and But then at the same time, it's like he went out on a limb by hanging out with those guys. By hanging out girlfriend's friends. friends And he's so articulate, right?
01:03:28
Speaker
And I'm like, that's nice. So. Who are
01:03:37
Speaker
you going to go for?
01:03:40
Speaker
I'm to go with Phoebe. Okay. Yeah. I like it. i like it. And that is who I have written down to. um Because when I said i was going between Phoebe and Rachel, because I really do like that scene where she and Ross are arguing.
01:03:55
Speaker
And again, I like seeing Rachel spread her wings and grow into the character she becomes. And I like that. But then i was thinking, I do love the way that Phoebe describes it's a wonderful life.
01:04:08
Speaker
It's quite a Phoebe heavy episode. And I love that scene at the end with Ben. So just because there's more of Phoebe, oh I'm also going to go with her. Okay.
01:04:20
Speaker
But let's see. We sit down. We have our cups of coffee. Phoebe has pre-drank a couple of cups out of the the vessel that our coffee coffee is being poured from. So it's fine. she She has assured us it's going to be okay.
01:04:34
Speaker
How many cups of coffee are you going to give this episode I am going to give it seven and an espresso shot. Man alive, we are on the exact same page this week. That's exactly. I figured it was more than a seven, but less than an eight.
01:04:50
Speaker
Yes, exactly. You know, it was it fell right into that kind of range. So seven and an espresso. That's quite nice. I guess it's good when we have different things too, but also it's fun when we come together and have the same Gunther Central Park and the same amount of cups of coffee.
01:05:07
Speaker
And that hardly ever happens. It really does. Yeah, doesn't happen often. To be honest, like we we can be on the same page with one, but very seldom is it both.
01:05:19
Speaker
Absolutely. So, you know, I like it. I do. yeah Well, any final thoughts on this episode before we wrap this up? Old Yeller sucks.
01:05:32
Speaker
All right. And I am going to visit my granddaughter tomorrow. oh And then I'm going up there to see Macy, my daughter. They live in Kansas.
01:05:46
Speaker
I'm going up with Kate's minivan, empty, seats folded down to help. Macy is moving back for a couple months. um Awesome. Oh, my gosh.
01:05:59
Speaker
Yes, you get to you get to meet Liddy. um and I'm so excited. I'm not going to all their business out there, but Macy's husband is deployed so in the army. So Macy's going to come back for the holidays, which we're very excited about.
01:06:12
Speaker
So they are coming back on Friday. We are babysitting on Saturday. She's going to have all of her first holidays and things. Yes, she's having her first holidays with all the family here.
01:06:25
Speaker
Oh, my God. well We are babysitting on Saturday if you find yourself near us and want to stop by. You you are invited. great. Thanks. Yes, NTD can come and visit.
01:06:37
Speaker
Yay. I love it. Well, let's see. Next week, and I feel this happens so often. I love it. It's the one with the bullies. I know that storyline, the one with the bullies do, but I don't remember the subplots.
01:06:52
Speaker
I that that that seems to be the habit I've fallen into. Yes, I love it too. So it is the one with the bullies. Well, we will be back next week with that.
01:07:04
Speaker
But on that note, thank you everybody, as always, for tuning in to the Purple Door Podcast.