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The One With The Dirty Girl
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Introduction and Weather Talk
00:00:07
Speaker
Hello and welcome to this week's episode of the Purple Door Podcast, the Friends Rewatch Pod. I am one of your hosts, Alistair, alongside Deanne. Deanne, how are you this evening? I'm awesome, Al, but as as it's going to go, it's sweaty out there. It is horrible. it is so hot.
00:00:27
Speaker
But it's summer and that is just beautiful.
USA Men's Soccer Team and Alistair's Dilemma
00:00:32
Speaker
Unfortunately, last time that we recorded, we were, ah we got off quick to go and watch the USA game.
00:00:43
Speaker
I felt motivated to watch my very first soccer match from the beginning to the end, even though I missed like the first 10 minutes. Right. Um,
00:00:53
Speaker
That was the first soccer match that my children weren't playing in or my niece that I watched from start to finish. Not a good one. yeah Heartbreak. Not a good one. They fell apart, did the U.S. men's team.
00:01:12
Speaker
So who are we rooting for now? So ah there's like there's a there's a couple of teams out there I'm interested in. The Norway-England match is the big one for me. As a Scottish guy supporting England, you can't do it. But on the other hand, I've got lots of English friends, and I know how much it would mean to them.
Haaland vs. Holland Mix-Up
00:01:30
Speaker
But I kind of like Norway. I like the way they play. i like their style. yeah Okay. Norway the one that has the big blonde guy that would playing football?
00:01:40
Speaker
um American football if he lives here. Yes, Eric Haaland. Not Eric. Yes. Okay. Yes. Okay. And he plays for Norway. See, the fact that he's Holland and then Netherlands and then, and I get it all mixed up.
00:01:57
Speaker
Kate and I had a long discussion about that because she kept hearing about Haaland and thought we were saying Holland and I'm like, no. Oh! It's not the same. thing It's not the same.
00:02:08
Speaker
No, different. one One's a team, one's a player. And
Recording Challenges and Schedule Consistency
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so I had to say Erling, his is Erling Haaland, plays for Norway, Holland, a country and a team.
00:02:19
Speaker
But when we were talking about how good Haaland was at one point, there was confusion because Haaland were no longer in the tournament. There you go.
00:02:31
Speaker
But we got the... Haaland. Haaland. The guy who loves Fort Worth. Yes, he went by his cowboy hat and boots and had a great time. and He was in Fort Worth and in Dallas doing shopping. and Yeah, he loved it. He had a great time here.
00:02:48
Speaker
There you go. Yeah. Yeah. And then he would have, we were one of the top five friendliest. That's right. As discussed. Not that I'm still bitter. No, not at all. But if you ask Holland, his opinion, I think we'd be top. li but By the time this comes out, the match will be a week over. But tomorrow yeah for us is France and Morocco.
00:03:12
Speaker
which I think is going to be a great game. France, most people's favorites to win the tournament. Morocco are very good, but still kind of flying under the radar. But I think this could be could be an exciting game, France-Morocco. Like I said, when this comes out, it'll be well it'll be way in the distance. but Wow. Yeah, I guess so.
Trivia Segment: Friends 'Bamboozled' Episode
00:03:33
Speaker
Yeah. Anyway, so maybe I shouldn't try to talk about current events.
00:03:38
Speaker
Sorry about that. We are recording a a week in advance. We try to get a little ahead during the summer because the beginning of the school year will get a little crazy for us both. We don't want to ever miss a week. We're almost oh what we five or six episodes into season four, never missed a week yet. And that's, we will not to miss a week. That's the promise. We will not. Yes. We will not.
Friends Trivia: Chandler's Gift for Kathy
00:04:02
Speaker
We will not. Well, last week you took down bamboozled pretty well. Yeah, I did. i did awesome. You did. Not feeling very confident today though. I shared with you before. Yes. I watched this episode two or three days ago. So me either. So we will see. Let's see. It is episode one, two, three, four, five, episode six. Who's going first? It's even. So that's you, my friends.
00:04:26
Speaker
All right, well, I'm going to start off with, according to Phoebe, how long has Monica been playing around with this catering thing?
00:04:37
Speaker
Oh, sorry. Quite all right. I know it was way longer than I thought. Right. Because it was like years. It was two or three.
00:04:51
Speaker
What are we going to go with? and I'm going say three. And that is winning behavior because it's three years. Oh, my God.
00:05:03
Speaker
Yes. Three years. That's why you are in the lead for season four. Okay. All right. All right. All right, Al. I'm ready. How does Ross know Cheryl? and It's two parts.
00:05:19
Speaker
Sorry. But I'm not asking you the second part yet. Okay, so the first part is she's a PhD candidate at the university. Or PhD candidate, yes.
00:05:31
Speaker
Yes, specializing in... um It's like an extra points. Extra points. It's something like cesozoic, mesozoic. Yeah, well, cenozoic. Cenozoic. We'll go cenozoic.
00:05:46
Speaker
Yes, you get your
Trivia Continues: Joey's Misconceptions
00:05:48
Speaker
point. You absolutely get your point. You did a great job, Al. Thank you. I meant to Google that to see when it was. I did. Oh, did you? Yes, whenever we get to it, I'll tell you all about it. all right, because I was going to Google it and I thought, well, actually, it's going to mean nothing to me, even if it tells me the dates.
00:06:04
Speaker
But so I'm excited to learn from you. Yeah, I'm going to tell you. All right. My question two for you. How much money did Joey give Chandler to buy Kathy's gift?
00:06:18
Speaker
$20. $20. You are two for two. Almost as much as a new book. That's right. was Golly. Okay.
00:06:29
Speaker
What did Joey think The Velveteen Rabbit was about?
00:06:35
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oh I know half of it.
00:06:38
Speaker
its Because, again, there's something about watching it through a podcasting lens. I never got the eating cheese joke until this. Yes. So it's all about, it's something eating cheese, but it can't just be ah a rabbit eating cheese. It can. It's just a rabbit, okay, a rabbit cheese. know you like rabbits and cheese.
00:06:58
Speaker
Yes. And for some reason that joke just hadn't landed with me. and i'm like, man, I like that's a good joke. It is. It's so All right. Let's see. This one this one might might trip you up. I don't know. Let's see. Oh, God. Okay.
00:07:14
Speaker
Because I think it's only we said once. What is Dirty Girl's name? Cheryl. there is Look at that. you not a Not a pause, not a breath. Cheryl, indeed. No, because in my first question, I asked you, how Ross know Cheryl? Oh, course you did. Of course you All right.
00:07:34
Speaker
All right. um So, how did Chandler get the book for Kathy? All right, are we looking for several steps here? Mm-hmm.
00:07:47
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Okay.
00:07:50
Speaker
Oh, I know two of them. That's all right. Oh, you went to some used bookstores, called a couple of the author's grandchildren. Yes.
00:08:01
Speaker
Yes, it's very good. All right, we're both three three. Man, so we are awesome. at look at Look at us go. All right, on the subject of names, what is the name of the widow who doesn't want to pay Monica? Uh-oh.
00:08:20
Speaker
And that's in my notes. oh And and Phoebe just calls her widow. Hey, widow. Yes.
00:08:31
Speaker
Oh, God.
00:08:35
Speaker
Oh, the hands are on the face. The head is shaking. haven't. Does it start with an does It does not. It doesn't. it doesn't It doesn't matter. i was just going to guess a random word. Like, I have no idea.
00:08:52
Speaker
The answer is Mrs. Burkhart. Burkhart. Burkhart. There you go. all right. Can I seize this chance? Okay. all right. so what is the name of the serial that Ross offers that he has at his apartment?
00:09:16
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Oh, it is.
00:09:20
Speaker
I'm going to get it close and I don't know if I'm going to get it right. So if I don't get it right, then I don't get the point. But I'm going with cinnamon fruit toasties. Yeah, because that sounds so disgusting. It sounds a disgusting and I didn't know if it was a cereal or like a pop tart.
00:09:37
Speaker
I couldn't decide. Oh, felt like it was cereal. Yeah, I didn't know. It sounds horrible. Oh, that's a terrible assumption to make. But yeah, cinnamon and fruit, does that really go together? Well, I'm not a fan of cinnamon pretty much on anything. But you get cinnamon apples, but cinnamon fructose, that does not sound good. Oh my God, yeah. Cinnamon
Friends Episode Discussion: Chandler, Joey, and Monica
00:10:00
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apples are delicious.
00:10:02
Speaker
Oh, I make really good cinnamon apples. There you go. I just can't imagine that that's... I was thinking like cinnamon toast crunch and then fruit loops. And if you mix those together...
00:10:16
Speaker
I feel like that would be gross. I kind of think so. I kind of think so. Or maybe it's just because Ross has it. I hate it. I don't know. There be that. What is my psychological issue here? don't know,
00:10:31
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I need therapy for this. Okay. Stimum fructoses are important to you. I get it. yeah i i I feel like it's... I don't know. All right. We're not going to dive into that right now.
00:10:42
Speaker
right. Is this question... Is this my fifth question? Yeah, this is my fifth. Yes. And so, like right now, you're ahead. All right. We're tied.
00:10:53
Speaker
No, you're ahead. I'm ahead for three after four questions each. Yeah. All right. um And so this one can lose it. Yes. So I was going to ask you a question that has two answers, offering you half a point in each, but half a point won't do much good. So we're going see. if We're going to see if you get them.
00:11:15
Speaker
Okay. we hear that What two songs do we hear the widow sing? ah You're a great old flag. yeah That's one. You're a high flying flag.
00:11:26
Speaker
Yep. Crap. Okay.
00:11:34
Speaker
And there's one more. and then And then whenever she comes back out. Yep. And she's singing and it's something and it says the same word or a couple of words. It does indeed.
00:11:47
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It does.
00:11:51
Speaker
The head is in the hand again.
00:11:57
Speaker
Serious business. It is. It is because I'm going to lose.
00:12:06
Speaker
I'm going to lose. Okay. um and And it's the song and it's like, ah i feel like Bugs Bunny and the Frog sing it and do this and the top hit. like I don't know if that's true, but it would certainly fit. Like it's got that kind of that kind of jovial, yes, yeah like like a musical.
00:12:34
Speaker
Yes, I don't know, Al. This song is Jeepers Creepers. Jeepers Creepers. Yeah. Where did you get those? Yeah. ah oh Dang it.
00:12:49
Speaker
Right. That's okay. well That's okay. Yeah. I'm going to give you your fifth question, even though you've already destroyed me. All right. Okay. No, congratulations, Zach. Very good. That sounded heartfelt. Yes. Okay, well, give me a minute. I will turn it back on. Right. All right.
00:13:10
Speaker
What was on the table when Chandler and Rachel were talking? Oh, I forgot. And he, like you know, about, and he gives the book to Joey and they're talking. But there's two things.
00:13:25
Speaker
On the table. And one of them is very normal. and They're both very normal. But one of them is very prominent. On the table. Man I'm so glad you got that last question wrong. Because I have no idea. At all.
00:13:41
Speaker
None. I couldn't even hesitate. You know. ah A thing of juice. And a book. i Well it won't be a book. I've got no idea. Okay. So coffee mug. Okay. And then.
00:13:55
Speaker
ah One of those bear honey. oh yeah. Yeah. yeah Yeah. That wouldn't random wouldn't have got there. um Well, that's we're tied up.
00:14:08
Speaker
It's a long way to go. um I'm trying to see. I did my questions out of order a bit. So I'm just going to throw this one at you. What was the 1996 Tony Award winner?
00:14:20
Speaker
ran Yep, and then made I'll just throw these at you then if you've got any extra. what was I don't. Oh, well, good. Well, what was the name of Dr. Girls' Hamster? Mitzi. Mitzi.
00:14:33
Speaker
Dang it! nailed the extras. Dang it! Yep. ah How funny. Well, congratulations, Al. Thank you, thank you. Congratulations. You did a great job. All right. We, I believe, are one each. So that's awesome.
00:14:50
Speaker
There you go. And I'm just saying, that's pretty crazy considering we're six episodes in. Right, right. We're we are trivia masters. I think so. I think we can just anoint ourselves as the masters of friends trivia.
00:15:05
Speaker
There you go. We'll go with that. Yeah, until the next time we have a trivia night and we will anoint somebody with the... I've lost my mind. The troll, be the gallo cup.
00:15:19
Speaker
The Geller Cup. that gall I've already got my trolls. I've got trolls. They're ready to go. Awesome. are ready to be. i I'm anticipating I don't know, September or October, we will go back to Miss Angeline's, our usual hunt for another trivia night, I hope. I can't wait. And I have their...
00:15:41
Speaker
their official Geller Cup as well. Yes, we're going to present one to them to keep on their shelf. I like it. Yeah. Let's get stuck in. We start off, let's see, in Central Park, Ross says goodbye to the woman he was on a date with.
00:15:55
Speaker
um Everyone's kind of watching through the glass and all, except for Rachel. um ross Ross comes in and she has, ah as you said, PhD candidate specializing in the, again, I've got to write down, but don't know. Cenozoic
In-Depth Friends Analysis: Monica's Catering and Chandler's Gift
00:16:13
Speaker
era. era Cenozoic era. Tell us about it. All right. So the Cenozoic era.
00:16:20
Speaker
it ah The last 66 million years since the extinction of the dinosaurs. which So that would be the most recent, right? Okay. But it's known as the age of the mammal, which is why I was like, oh, yeah, no, you would totally know what this is because it's it is characterized by, like, all of the different, the different the like, diversification or, you know, like, how and diverse mammals became.
00:16:55
Speaker
Okay. Evolution and then birds and plants and all the things. That's kind of interesting actually. changed said Yeah, I find that that would be a very probably because it's it's more relatable to right now versus the dinosaurs, right? Yeah.
00:17:19
Speaker
so Interesting. out Hey, yeah I just learned something new. that's There you go. Yes. and And then but that specific era is broken into three different, like, periods inside of that era. Right. And it's like, may ah I would have no idea how to say these words, but there's one that starts with a P, one that starts with an N, and then the one that we're in right now, which starts with a qe All So, and that's just since 2.6 million years ago.
00:17:54
Speaker
Not that long ago. Right. Right. and But that's whenever they're talking about the glacial cycles and humans and the way that we are now.
00:18:06
Speaker
There you go. they I had no idea. No idea. Well, there we go. Now we know. Now we know. ah Ross is very excited. Yeah, they're going out for dinner again tomorrow.
00:18:18
Speaker
um I believe. But yeah, if I recall, Rachel's just sitting on the couch. She's wanting nothing to do with this conversation because they're still having their ah they're spat.
00:18:30
Speaker
Yeah. But then she is also well, and she is But she's definitely interjecting there. Right. So what is she? You know, like an aerobics instructor. Right. She's so pretty, right? Yes.
00:18:46
Speaker
And then, and, yeah, I Googled the girl because I was like, she looks like a supermodel. She really does. Right. She's not. She's not? She's just a German actress.
00:18:59
Speaker
Oh. Yeah. There you go. yeah i didn't i I didn't look her up. Yeah. but But then Rachel's like, well, maybe she and her friends are having a contest to see who can find the bring home the biggest geek. That's right. Find by me. Hope she wins. Find by me. Okay. Well, then there's like a deleted scene right there at the end where Joey like taps Chandler and he's like, oh, we should do that and see who can bring home the prettiest girl. ah
00:19:30
Speaker
Chandler goes, uh, yeah, Joey, it's called life. And I was like, dang. And I was like, yeah.
00:19:41
Speaker
was like, oh, poor Joey. He thought that was such a good original idea. That's so funny. Poor old Chandler. We end up going up to the girls' apartment. Chandler comes in. He needs some wrapping paper for the gift that he got for Kathy. It's the first edition of The Velveteen Rabbit. um Now, correct me me if I'm wrong, because I can't picture the episode, but isn't this Chandler's favorite book much later on? Don't we hear that Chandler was like, that was his favorite book as a kid?
00:20:15
Speaker
I don't know. Right. I honestly don't know. We'll have to make a note to yeah to pay attention to that. Because, um yeah, the Velveteen Rabbit sucks.
00:20:29
Speaker
I mean, unpopular. Yeah. It's not, I remember reading it and thinking, and this is years ago, but being underwhelmed, I think. so Somebody out there, we we we do now get some Spotify comments and things. Somebody out there is going to correct us. But swear this isn't the only mention of the Velveteen Rabbit.
00:20:49
Speaker
Yeah. cha like somebody but Somebody please tell us. Ooh. Yeah. it o yeah Okay, because I'm trying to think. is does somebody give the velveteen rabbit to emma at her baby shower and they were like she can't even read that might be it maybe he gives it to her because it was his favorite book as a kid maybe that but you might be onto something okay yeah we'll have to look that up but but yeah no the velveteen rabbit and i apologize if there are people out there but
00:21:25
Speaker
I mean, ah you know, in in my career, I have read a lot of kids' books. A lot. A lot. Right? ah The Belveteen Rabbit is depressing and sad, and it sucks.
00:21:39
Speaker
The End. The End. That is my hot take. The Belveteen Rabbit. But I feel like there are plenty of people that will be like, that's not a hot take. I feel that way, too. Oh, we would love to hear from them. Yeah, but it's one of these books I think everyone knows the name.
00:21:54
Speaker
um Yeah. Yeah. did Did you read it? or I remember reading it and seeing the cartoon. i feel like ever I feel like I read it years ago and just was kind of, I didn't get it. Like I didn't get the hype behind why such a Goss House lore behind it.
00:22:14
Speaker
But one thing it does do, according to Phoebe Ross and Rachel, they all think it says, I love you. Yeah. To Kathy, Chandler's still in a bit of denial. um Phoebe suggests that Joey gets to something better, like ah like a crossbow.
00:22:30
Speaker
that Her excitement in that, oh, there's something else. No, actually, it's because I had to Google because I could not wait. I'm sorry. It's quite all right. You're absolutely right. It is mentioned again. And it is that's not, I'm not thinking of the right ones. But, you know, whenever they all dress up for Halloween and Chandler is dressed up as the rabbit.
00:22:57
Speaker
That's right. Monica says that it's because his favorite book as a child was The Velveteen Rabbit. there I knew it was mentioned somewhere. okay all Yes, good job. Wow. That episode with Chandler's the rabbit and Ross's Sputnik arm wrestling. Yes. Man alive. If we don't, we would do be doing this podcast anyway anyway, but even if we didn't, meant we'd have to keep going just to do that episode.
00:23:25
Speaker
That's yeah solid gold. Well, yeah.
Phoebe and Monica's Catering Storyline
00:23:29
Speaker
And then, ah man, and that was one of my favorite questions that we asked at our last trivia.
00:23:36
Speaker
Yes. was about everybody's costume. That's right. That's right. Seeing who could remember what. Yeah, I love Phoebe's enthusiasm over the crossbow. um Yeah. But then Monica has some interesting news.
00:23:52
Speaker
She had to turn down a funeral for 60 people. It's a Rachel that goes, oh, my God, what happened? Yeah. Yeah. It's so well written. um Phoebe is said that she is going to lend Monica the $500 because she's been toying around, as you correctly said, in Bamboozled for three years with this and she wants to help get her going.
00:24:15
Speaker
um How Phoebe has $500 when she's just been fired to to loan to a friend, i don't know, but she's a good friend. Okay. And that's what's going through my mind, like through that entire thing. Like,
00:24:30
Speaker
They've both been out of work now for a while. Yeah. And I'm like, how do they have
00:24:41
Speaker
so much money? And to $500 just to be like, I don't have any income. I still have bills. And here you go. Here's $500. Have a nice time.
00:24:53
Speaker
Yeah. i don't I don't quite get it. Good for Phoebe, but that seems a little bizarre. um Joey and Kathy come in and i think Kathy needs to go to the she has to go to the bathroom and Joey very unsubtly lets her know that she can pee at Monica's place. It's no problem. Yeah, of course. You know her bathroom's clean. Indeed. It's going to be a good experience, I think.
00:25:17
Speaker
i Joey's not sure if he needs to get Kathy something. They've only been going out a few weeks. um I believe we both had the same question about who Joey dated for several years. Yes, we sure did. Is it Angela Delbecky? Delbecky.
00:25:35
Speaker
um They all agree that Joey should, but Rachel wants to make sure that he does not get her a cook a coupon for an hour of Joey love. which joey seems a little disappointed about well and it makes me laugh whenever he's like um you know yeah who she didn't ever have a birthday while we were going out he's like what do you mean we went out for three years or right for three years oh my gosh So good. at this but My notes are all over the place. but I think at this point, um you know, it's a new scene, but we're still in the girls' apartment. Monica comes in and the funeral was a huge success.
00:26:19
Speaker
And is actually going to be catering for that guy's best friend the very next day. She's the official caterer of that accident. Indeed. I couldn't decide Phoebe was being unreasonable here when she acts like a bank, wanting all of her money back basically the next day.
00:26:39
Speaker
i don't know. i I don't know if if Monica should, before she bought anything else, have talked to Phoebe and said, look, I've got $500, but i want to roll it into the business.
00:26:52
Speaker
Right. Yes. That's exactly what she should have done. yes i think i think Phoebe would have said fine because it's 24 hours. um And then Phoebe, I think, quickly realizes, yeah, she says, sorry, i acted like a bank.
00:27:06
Speaker
Yes. But it made me laugh whenever Monica's like, so I went. I bead. bead. You told me to be a caterer, so I went. bead. Yeah, and gets all these pots and pans, and she is ready to cater. I'm at omelet station.
00:27:25
Speaker
It's so good. and I love the way she comes back here with all those pots and pens. um Okay. And yeah so right right here, Rachel's working on the crossword puzzle.
00:27:38
Speaker
And that I think that got cut out. Okay. yeah that i think it I don't think I saw it here. I mean, I know we see it several times, right but I don't have it in my notes here.
00:27:49
Speaker
Okay. Yeah. And so right there, she's like an aborigine. And they're all like, what? And she's like, no, no. Oh, Aborigine!
00:28:01
Speaker
And they're like, what? Oh, no, no. And then it's, you know, so just tying in that that crossword puzzle is okay is still still on the go.
00:28:13
Speaker
Yes. Yeah, that is definitely not cut. because or It is cut because I go from um Phoebe wanting the money back straight over to Dirty Girl's apartment, which is how I'm just going to refer to her. um She and Ross go in and I've just written disaster.
00:28:31
Speaker
Yeah. Oh my gosh. But before they go in, with i was like, oh, okay. Because before they go in and she makes he makes ah she asks if he wants to come in and then he's like, did Homo erectus hunt with a wooden tools? yeah And then whenever she responds to him in that dorky way and then they both laugh and I was like, oh, actually, cute.
00:29:00
Speaker
Yeah, right. Maybe Kate's favorite, one of Kate's favorite expressions is there's a lid for every pot. And like maybe maybe the ah this is the lid for the pot that is Ross that could, you know, had potential.
00:29:13
Speaker
yeah Until they go inside. Until the door opens, yeah. Because they go inside and man alive, like New York especially, it has a rotum problem.
00:29:26
Speaker
Not saying everywhere does, you know in you but you know if I was living ah you know in an apartment in Manhattan, I would be extra clean all the time.
00:29:37
Speaker
Right. Anyway. anyway I mean, anyway. Yikes. Yikes. Yeah, Yikes is the one. And then she just liberally throws food around for Mitzi, her hamster. She hasn't seen him in a few days, him or her a few days.
00:29:54
Speaker
Yeah. Oh. Yeah, it's just. Okay, I have a question. Are you familiar at all with showbiz pizza? Never heard of it.
00:30:06
Speaker
No. Okay. No. So whenever I was a kid, you know, Chuck E. Cheese. I do. Okay. yes So showbiz pizza was like Chuck E. Cheese. Chuck E. Cheese like equal, right? Like McDonald's and some other burger place. I don't know.
00:30:24
Speaker
and But yeah they had different animals that would play. They had like this big gorilla that played the keyboard and he had like a white leather jacket on and he was really cool. And then they had like different characters or whatever. But there was one that's name was Mitzi.
00:30:43
Speaker
And she was the only girl in the band. And she was a cheerleader. And she would shake pom-poms. She would shake pom-poms. They were green and white. But that was her name, Mitzi. Mitzi. M-I-T-Z-I.
00:30:57
Speaker
Mitzi. I'm going to have to Google, what was it, Showtime Pizza? Show... Showbiz. Showbiz. Ask Kate if she knows about Showbiz Pizza. That was before... Kate will know about Showbiz Pizza. You know who will not? My brother.
00:31:15
Speaker
Is it because your brother's 10 years younger? Younger. Right. And by then it was Chuck E. Cheese. Just Chuck E. Cheese. All right. I will do some recon over here and see what Kate has to say.
00:31:28
Speaker
um Yeah. The apartment. Disgusting. So Ross suggests, you know, yeah he's got cinnamon fruit toasties. But yeah, she's not so keen. Ross's place has a funny smell.
00:31:43
Speaker
And later the line, it just kills me. kills me. Soap. Soap, yes. It's so good. Again, just one word, but the way it's delivered. So good. We go to the catering shop. Monica and Phoebe are cleaning up. Do you recognize the set?
00:32:08
Speaker
Okay. Is it um The kitchen at the Geller. It is indeed from just a few episodes before. It's the exact same kitchen. Look at you go.
00:32:19
Speaker
Yeah. Same kitchen. And here's this. It's not from just a few episodes ago that I remember it. I feel like it's the one ah like with Richard.
00:32:29
Speaker
Whenever Richard comes in. And they find out about his Twinkie in the city. Don't mean to brag, but when we did the tour of the studio, we got to stand in that kitchen, which was kind of cool.
00:32:40
Speaker
You should brag. That is amazing. It was a kind of a cool thing. Again, not to get soundtracked, at some point, the four of us need to go and do that tour. Yeah.
Chandler's Feelings for Kathy and Ross's Date
00:32:51
Speaker
That needs to be done. um But yeah, Monica and Fever, they're cleaning up. Monica doesn't feel comfortable asking for the payment. And the widow just doesn't seem and to want to pay. um think And again, this being the Geller's kitchen, I think it's quite funny that ah the the guy who died, his name is Jack, the same as old Jack Geller.
00:33:14
Speaker
Yep. But Monica, yeah, she does not feel comfortable asking for the money. And we'll get to Phoebe steps up later on. Yes. We go to the girl's apartment. Did you notice what Chandler was drinking?
00:33:28
Speaker
A yoo-hoo. Again, and his yoo-hoo he's got going on. Yeah. Yes. And this is the first time I saw Rachel trying to figure out the crossword puzzle, asking Chandler for the clue. I think this was the rent one. Uh-huh. It sure was.
00:33:43
Speaker
That I got correct. Indeed. um And then she's like, yeah, we should go see. Oh, no, too busy. ah Chandler is, he is bamboozled at that point. Yeah, he is. Yeah, he is.
00:33:57
Speaker
One of the funniest moments for me is the way Joey comes in beaten down, exhausted, done for the day. is exhausting shopping for girls and just the, you kind of throw it on the table.
00:34:13
Speaker
He's back from... Yes, it is. At office, Max. At office, Max. But he he's pretty proud of his gift. It's not just a pen. It's a pen with a clock.
00:34:24
Speaker
I mean, because you never know. She might be writing... And then, oh, it's time for my date with Joey. The logic is flawless. It truly is. Flawless. But Chandler, he doesn't feel this is exactly something a boyfriend should get and offers to go and help Joey out here. and go and get her a good gift.
00:34:49
Speaker
We'll find out later. Joey slips him $20 for the the pleasure of going to get Kathy this gift. um We go back to the catering event and Phoebe says the Monica needs to toughen up and get her payment.
00:35:00
Speaker
And i can't remember. Oh, wait, time's out. Go back. Yeah. Then, um you know, because Rachel's sitting there whenever they're talking, right?
00:35:11
Speaker
Oh, wait, yes was she? She was, right? Okay, and i there was this part that um that's on there. Okay. Or that got cut, whatever he's like, or just get a card that has a poem on it already.
00:35:28
Speaker
And then think it's Rachel who goes, it's a card, but it's also a poem holder. didn't see that. And I thought it funny because it seemed like a very Chandler line to say, but it, you know, it got cut, but it seemed like a Chandler line to say, but it was Rachel.
00:35:51
Speaker
Yeah. That kind of sarcasm seems like, yeah, Chandler thing to say. Yeah. I didn't get to see that line. Yeah. I'm trying to remember if in this next scene where Phoebe tells Monica to toughen up.
00:36:05
Speaker
I know the widow's singing, you're a grand old flag. But does Phoebe go and get the bunny at this point? I don't quite remember. Uh-uh. Not yet. Not yet. yeah Okay. Not yet.
00:36:17
Speaker
um we We step over to the boys' apartment and joy's telling ah Ross is telling Joey as he's helping him with the tie about how awful. I was curious if you've ever hired a professional cleaner, like a domestic cleaner to come and spring clean your house. I have not.
00:36:36
Speaker
Right? I have not. But I have toyed with the idea many times. Right. Like... I don't know. But like, I guess Joseph had a lady that would come, they would clean up and then she would come and like clean. Like, I don't know. She came like once a month or something like that. We never gave up a kid. And I'm like, well, that's fancy. Because that's so fancy. Yeah. um So I bet no. no
00:37:07
Speaker
Probably should. Probably could. But probably won't. But probably won't. yeah What about you? So I was thinking about it. So when we were growing up,
00:37:20
Speaker
my my when we were little, my two sisters and I, my mum stayed home. She was a nurse and stayed home when we were little and then kind of went back to work part-time a few days a week and then went back full-time. And at some point, um I can only assume there was a deal made with my dad. I think when she went back full-time, she said she would do it, but she as somebody came in and cleaned. It was like,
00:37:44
Speaker
maybe every other week for a couple of hours. Mrs. Balfour, I'll always remember her, came in and she would just like vacuum the whole house and mop the floors or something. Like she didn't do lots, but it was just a couple of hours, maybe a couple times a month when my mom went back full time. See, that's so fancy. It is fancy. we've And then I was thinking, Kate and I, think we've had somebody come over twice. If I recall, I think not toot to my own horn, I think when we went away somewhere for a couple of weeks and then I had somebody come in like the day before we came back.
00:38:21
Speaker
And clean the house top to bottom. That's nice. And then I think we've done it one other time. it might have been like just after we moved in and like we were just overwhelmed with boxes and this and that. Maybe, I don't quite recall, but I feel like there's been twice in our life.
00:38:39
Speaker
Okay. We've had somebody come in, but no, and no certainly not never on a regular basis of any sort. That's so fancy. But evidently, Darter Girl needs, she's going to need some help, which we'll get to in the very final scene. She needs help across the board.
00:38:56
Speaker
Yeah. um
Wrap-Up: Friends Episode Summary and Future Plans
00:38:58
Speaker
I do like that Ross is doing the tie for Joey, helping him out here. um And then Joey says that he basically just needs to power through, get over it. He wants to see this girl again.
00:39:09
Speaker
Get over it. But yes, but Ross is lying. That beautiful pig. pig. And Ross is lying about soap, which we've overlooked, but that's in this scene.
00:39:24
Speaker
The girl's apartment. Chandler has searched the city high and low. He cannot find a better gift than the Velveteen Rabbit. So... ah But it cracked me up whenever he's like, yes, at the invisible store for Kathy or something like that. And he's like, can you help me with all of this stuff? That's right.
00:39:46
Speaker
think that cracked me up. He is a broken man at this point. He yeah hip but eata is very sweet. He's like, you know, I wanted to have this gift even if I'm not the one to give it to her.
00:39:58
Speaker
um Yeah. And then Joey, just being Joey, comes in. Chandler gives him the book and the way he shakes it. and yeah just Something about Chandler again, the way he kind of draws the outline to explain it's a book.
00:40:12
Speaker
It's just just so well done. It's not a book with a safe. It's just a normal book. Yeah. Like you even hi a book with a safe. That would be that thin.
00:40:28
Speaker
Did I ever tell you what, well, did I ever tell you, this happened maybe two years ago, that um it's it has something to do with the book in the safe. So I guess years ago, Ben gave Jack, those are my stepson's, Ben gave Jack a book, a big, big book being hollowed out the middle.
00:40:48
Speaker
So i think this was years ago. So he gave him a book with his safe. Jack evidently put money in it. But the funny thing is, we didn't find this out until Jack gave us a pile of books to take to recycle books to sell.
00:41:05
Speaker
We took him down there. they and Those local people will know. You know, you take and they say, all right, we'll call you to the counter in a minute with with your offer for your books. And they called me back and they said, something happened that has never happened before. And they opened Over $150 was inside this book that Jack had forgotten about.
00:41:25
Speaker
oh my gosh. Yeah. Wow. Wow. Yeah. That's awesome. So if you're going to have a safe in the book, remember that it's a safe, folks. is Right.
00:41:37
Speaker
Okay. So did they give you the book? Would they take the book? They not take the book. need more information. They gave us the $150 plus dollars and the book back, and then we did sell them several of of the other books. But the good fine people Recycle Books, the honest folks.
00:41:57
Speaker
Those are good people. Gave us every penny back, of course, and just couldn't quite believe what had happened. That's funny. So shout out to Recycle. You know, it's a very good question. I'll need to see if Jack still has it.
00:42:12
Speaker
That's hilarious. Yeah, super, super funny thing that we were not expecting to happen. and hilarious we go back over to the funeral reception this is where the widow i think he's is singing jeepers creepers yeah monica can't ask for payment so phoebe kind of storms in demands the payment and then follows her up the stairs when she says she'll go when she gets her parts or a checkbook or something and um poor old monica so awkward so please think of us for your next event and put the card down on the table um and we don't see i know that they end up at some point with the ah the van but i'm trying to recall i guess we'll find out the next few weeks really what happens with the catering if much else really happens yeah um let's see we end up back in the dacha girls apartment she and ross are kissing outside they go inside and Ross is going to push through.
00:43:14
Speaker
i think is this where you kind of you see he moves all the the the the garbage with his jacket and kind of sits on it? Yes, and he sits on his jacket. Yes. And then she comes up behind him and and does, guess who?
00:43:30
Speaker
The Department of Sanitation. Yes. What a stupid joke to make. But it's true. It's hilarious for all of us watching. Absolutely. And how does she not feel self-conscious at all?
00:43:45
Speaker
Right. Like, that's what blows my mind. Does she not realize that her place is abnormally disgusting? Like, even a little bit disgusting.
00:43:59
Speaker
Like, come on, girl. Anyway. Because she puts herself together, which, you know, yeah is the thing. And then lives like that is... a ah It's a rough one. and all the noises he's making. He sticks his hand in. I couldn't figure out what it was. I've just written down black goo.
00:44:25
Speaker
and then I have written down brown goo. Brown goo. And then like this lunch meat or something sticks to it. What the heck? like
00:44:39
Speaker
It's so funny. He's trying to keep the romance alive, but yeah he's got goo and meat stuck to his hand. yeah Who knows what it is? Who knows?
00:44:51
Speaker
And how terrible it must smell with random lunch meat just hanging out. Right. Right. the All the garbage is bad enough. The stuff that's going rot smell.
00:45:04
Speaker
That's a thousand. That that makes it so bad. Yes. That is awful. So bad. And then, am I right saying it was like a bag of of chips or something that Rossi's moving? Yes, potato chips.
00:45:16
Speaker
Yeah. And he grabs, his I don't know, a squash racket or something. can't remember what he grabs. Yeah, it's it's some sort of a racket. Yeah. Just yeah beating the crap out of the bag.
00:45:29
Speaker
It's so funny. Yes. And she's like, no, no, it's Mitzi. And then you know, thank goodness.
00:45:39
Speaker
Just a rat. a rat Just a rat. Not good. God, that's so gross. So several years ago, i did look this up recently. as She's left the job.
00:45:50
Speaker
But New York City, it I say it has a notorious rat problem. That's probably unfair. It's a big city. But it did have a really bad rep rat problem five or six years ago. And I knew this because my brother-in-law and his family lived just outside the city.
00:46:05
Speaker
And they hired a school principal to become the city rat czar. And that was her like unofficial job title to rid the city of as many rats as possible.
00:46:17
Speaker
And, you know, the qualifications were somebody who is organized and this, that the other. So they went with the school principal. and Wow. yeah Yeah. If you Google New York City Red Czar, something like school principals. it was an interesting story.
00:46:34
Speaker
um she was she was Her one job was to help get rid of them. Interesting. So, okay. I was in New York and I'm trying to remember.
00:46:50
Speaker
It must have been in 2021 because it because it was Maybe not. Maybe it was 2020. But it was in November. and it was right after Broadway opened back up.
00:47:03
Speaker
Okay. Okay. and Broadway had opened just opened back up. And so I had bought tickets to go see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.
00:47:15
Speaker
And so Fred and myself and then Christina and Remy. rimmy her youngest, oh went to New York and saw Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. And we went around and we did all these like activities and doodahs and everything else.
00:47:38
Speaker
And um we're all wearing masks, like in all the pictures and everything, you know, we're wearing masks. But I remember that it was a big deal because everybody was like, oh, yeah, you know, whenever y'all go to Central Park, make sure You know, keep an eye out for the rats.
00:47:56
Speaker
And I was like, that's weird. But sure enough, we went on a horse carriage ride through Central Park. And it was at night. And sure enough, there were rats just chilling.
00:48:10
Speaker
and Just hanging out. And it was like, yeah. So there you go. yeah That was five years ago, six years ago. It's not the only mention of Rhett's. I know they get mentioned in Phoebe's apartment, for the record, as you do. I love New York City.
00:48:27
Speaker
I don't know if I could ever live there, because you've got to be on all the time. All the time. But like I was there for a conference... two years ago maybe i think it was the last time i was really in the city was two years ago went to get the subway at you know it was about eight in the morning uh with the with the community and then it's just there's a guy singing trying to make some money busking standing in his underwear you know just ah you know just it was this it's incredible there's nowhere like it it's incredible yeah
00:49:03
Speaker
Any opportunity I get, I'm going to go um just to soak it all in. It's just unbelievable. It is. it It is such a cool place, but you're absolutely right. Like, you have to be on all the time. yeah And that was one of the things that Fred said about New York and about Las Vegas.
00:49:27
Speaker
Because... A couple of years ago, we took him, Joseph and I took him to Las Vegas for a concert festival. Right. And he said, he was saying, he's like, you know, ah Las Vegas is a lot like New York, where there it's overwhelming the amount of things that are going on everywhere you are. Right. All the time. all the time All the time.
00:49:55
Speaker
And I was like, yeah, that's true. But man, I love those places. Yeah, I've never been to Vegas. it will I will get there one day. I love Vegas.
00:50:06
Speaker
You can't ever stay longer than four days. I feel like four days is the max number of days that you can spend in Las Vegas without either ending up in jail or dead or bar broke.
00:50:18
Speaker
Or a combination of those things. One of those things. Yeah, or any combination. Like something... Four days, four days. I think we've talked about this. I've been to 45 of the lower 48 states and Nevada, Las Vegas is one that I've not made it to. I think we've discussed this. I've got a friend who lives there who is a survivalist expert and wants to take him me out into the the Nevada desert for like a weekend with like a flint and a piece of wood. And like that he's like, I'm going show you how to do this.
00:50:51
Speaker
And he's like, record it. I want to go. Right? You're in. I want to go. That's awesome. Yeah. And you go out in the desert, ah the the Mojave. Yeah. Yeah. oh He went into like. I want to be his friend too.
00:51:07
Speaker
All right. I will introduce you guys. He, um so I'll back there. His name's Sean. He's amazing. I, on my other podcast, reached out to him for an interview because he was on Queer Eye, the TV show.
00:51:23
Speaker
Okay. I remember you were talking about this guy now. Yeah. So there's that guy. Just a great, great guy all the way around. So yeah, one day we're going to make that happen.
00:51:36
Speaker
um because And we could do it on our trip to California. There you go. To go Friends Lot. See, there we go. We've got this figured out. It's like three hours from Los Angeles. Yeah.
00:51:48
Speaker
Yeah. yeah Yeah. Easy. Easy. We can do that. we'll go to Vegas.
00:51:55
Speaker
I've got this this all kinds of ideas. This is the best trip ever. It is going to be. Okay. People made a fuss about the Hangover movie. It's going to have nothing on us when we all go. Uh-oh.
00:52:07
Speaker
Yeah. I've not seen it, but that sounds scary. The original, I've seen, I think it's three. I think I've seen two of the three, but like of most of these things, the original one, so good. Like, it's the best. Okay, isn't there a dead body?
00:52:23
Speaker
I think somebody dies. It's a comedy, though. It's a comedy. Okay. Yeah, well, I'm all about having a comedy, but no dead bodies, okay? All right. i can't promise you there's not a dead body.
00:52:37
Speaker
I'll need to have a look. No, I'm talking about on our trip. Oh, on our trip. On our trip. I can 99% certainty there's not going to be a dead body.
00:52:47
Speaker
All right. I like All right. Okay. All right. Done. um When we go to Central Park, Rachel has finally completed her crosswalk and she has nobody to hug. and But here comes Gunther.
00:53:02
Speaker
Crashing through. It's so good. He just comes, yeah, his face. So sad. This is going to be his moment. um But then Phoebe and Monica come in.
00:53:17
Speaker
can't remember if they hug Rachel or not. I think they might. They do. They do. Because he fell. He tripped over and then the girls walked in and then she says, I finished it.
00:53:29
Speaker
hug me so then they hug and as they're hugging her Gunther stands up and he's that's right this was his chance this was his chance for old Gunther um Phoebe and Monica talk about the catering and they decide to go into business together Phoebe's gonna handle the money they could fight crime that's right you know Phoebe's the hard one yeah Yes, and and Monica's the wuss. They can fight crime. It does seem to be that Phoebe gets the good end of this deal. Like, she's not going to have nearly the amount of work.
00:54:08
Speaker
She's just got to collect the money, really. Yeah. It's an easy job, it seems. um We go over to the boys' apartment. I need to go back. I think I will and go watch the last couple of episodes since the end since the boys got robbed because their apartment has almost nothing in it. The walls are bare. There's nothing really on the countertops.
00:54:30
Speaker
Like, noticeably, there's loads of things missing. And they are always scraping stuff off of this table. Off that table. Have you noticed? I did notice. Like... That's so good.
00:54:42
Speaker
um But Joey comes in. Kathy loved the book. um Kathy comes in and this is where Joey kind of, what does he say? Oh, Chandler got you a gift too as her slides the pen over to Chandler. And he's like, no, he didn't.
00:54:58
Speaker
No, no, no, he didn't. And Kathy, good old Kathy at this point, you know, she she accepts it with grace and with thanks. um but then Joey reminds her not to forget her coupon and just the way he throws himself against the door frame. him um But Kathy is wise to what happened with the book. As you said and Bamboozled, Joey said it's because was she likes rabbits and likes cheese, something like that. yeah Yes.
00:55:29
Speaker
So she figured that Chandler, Good old Chandler had something to do with it. um And this is where Chandler kind of gets a, not a reality check, but, you know, Joey's his best friend.
00:55:43
Speaker
And I think realizes he needs, at this point, he needs to try and do something about his feelings for Kathy. um And we end this episode back outside Dirty Girls' apartment. I could call her by her real name, but why start now? It's Dirty Girls' apartment. Monica shows up.
00:56:01
Speaker
I guess she and Ross have broken up officially at this point after he nearly killed Mitzi with the racket. Yeah. And Monica just wants to clean it. She's not having it. Shuts the door in her face. And Monica just starts to scrub the outside of the door.
00:56:18
Speaker
um Yeah, I think she said she couldn't sleep thinking about it. Yeah. Yeah. That's what she said. is She's like, you don't know me, and you know but I'm Ross Geller's sister. And she's like, oh, yeah, it's too bad that didn't work out. That's right. And then she's like, I couldn't sleep. And then after she shuts the door and she's she said it again, you know, and she's like, I won't be able to sleep.
00:56:44
Speaker
And then she starts cleaning the outside. I'm like, how's that? Yeah. It was a good one. It's a good one. Well, we
Final Reflections and Upcoming Content Teasers
00:56:53
Speaker
end there. um Let's see. How are we? Let's do Gunther Central Park. Gunther Central Park of the week. Okay. So I felt like the obvious choice would be Chandler. Right? Right. Because of all of that. But then I decided i decided not to go with him.
00:57:13
Speaker
Okay. I decided to go with Phoebe. Right. Yeah, because i i yeah because she's awesome.
00:57:25
Speaker
And she ah genuinely is, in my opinion, the best friend in this in this whole thing. you know like That's my opinion. But she's so funny. And i i love all of her like little...
00:57:45
Speaker
I don't know. I don't know. She's just she so good. And so that's my Gunther Central first. I had a very similar debate in my own head because I wanted to go with Chandler and then thought, I know I've chosen Chandler quite a lot recently, but then so I shouldn't. But then thought, well, I can't do that. That was the rule I made that I would not choose somebody just because I'd chosen them before.
00:58:11
Speaker
because I thought about Phoebe too. But however, I decided to stick with Chandler. I love this all the whole thing about the book. And then the way he says, know, Joey's my best friend at the end. I am enjoying this little arc with Chandler.
00:58:25
Speaker
um So decided just it to stick with him. Had I not, it was going to be Phoebe as well. Because like you said, she's been such a good friend to Monica throughout all of this. Yeah, yeah. she I don't know. And it makes me laugh because ah ah you know, she she loans that money, you know, and Monica's like, you don't have a job either. She's like, yeah, but I'm doing this.
00:58:50
Speaker
Right. the whole You know, you sound like Monica can't, not Monica can. Monica. So there you go. There we are.
00:59:03
Speaker
how are we measuring this week's episode bottles oflythol yeah That is the only acceptable answer. It's some sort of industrial cleaner. Let's let's go with Lysol. I'm just saying, or we could do Fabuloso, whatever your heart's desire. You know you said Lysol, let's stick with Lysol.
00:59:25
Speaker
All right. So I gave it seven and a half bottles of Lysol. Yes, I did. I did. yeah I liked it lot better than last week.
00:59:35
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Yes, that was kind of my thought was I gave last week a seven and it was a bit better. So I also went with seven and a half. um It was a step up. I liked last week's a little more than you, but we're on the same page this week. and Yeah.
00:59:50
Speaker
Seven and a half. All right, let's look ahead. Next week it is, bum, bum, bum, the one where Chandler crosses the lines. Oh, we're going to get into the weeds of the whole Chandler, Joey and Kathy situation.
01:00:07
Speaker
I don't think Chandler will be your favorite next week. I don't think so either. I think it's going to be a fall from grace for Chandler for at least a week. We'll see what happens.
01:00:18
Speaker
Yeah. Well, any final thoughts before we wrap this week's up? Um... No, survival in the desert. Yes.
01:00:29
Speaker
That's it. Survival desert trip, Vegas, Los Angeles, and going to tour the French set. And no more than four days in Las Vegas.
01:00:40
Speaker
Absolutely. The budget, nor our lives, will allow it. That's it. Awesome. Well, fantastic. Well, like I said, next week we will be back with the one where Chandler crosses the line. But as always, thank you, everybody, for listening to the Purple Door Podcast.