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The One With The Cuffs
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Return from Break & Podcast Excitement
00:00:05
Speaker
Well, hello and welcome to this week's episode of the Purple Door Podcast, a friend's rewatch pod. I am one of your hosts, Alistair, alongside Deanne. Deanne, how are you today?
00:00:16
Speaker
I'm awesome, Al. I am just great. It is summer. um We are back recording after your worldwide trip. Yeah.
00:00:27
Speaker
And um I just could not be more thrilled. Yes. And we're hoping that listeners did notice we ended up recording almost a month in advance so we wouldn't miss a week. I was out of the country for almost a month. But back now, back in the great state of Texas. And i have been looking forward to recording this episode for weeks to get back to the Purple Door podcast and review friends with you. It's so good to be back.
00:00:55
Speaker
Yes, well, it's a great to have you back, Al. I missed y'all. And I have missed you. I have this. Sometimes you don't. I mean, we always love doing this. We love the podcast.
00:01:06
Speaker
But you say you don't realize what you've got till it's gone kind of thing. I was like, I really miss that routine of of recording episode. As you always say, a happy little corner of our life. Yes.
00:01:18
Speaker
So it's yeah good good to be back and kind of recording not too far in advance again. So yeah, very, very exciting.
Rewatching 'The One with the Cuffs'
00:01:27
Speaker
We are recording this week our review of The One with the Cuffs. A great episode to come back to.
00:01:34
Speaker
i am super excited to get into this one with you today. Yes, this is such a funny episode. And the last time that we recorded... And at the end, I don't ever look ahead to see what's coming up. Right. Ever.
00:01:50
Speaker
Ever. I don't know why, but I don't. But you said it's the one with the cuffs that I was like, oh, Joanna's back. This is the one that I keep thinking about. Because I'm like, no, no, I know we see her at least once more. I know we do. And it's because of this episode.
00:02:06
Speaker
So it's been, um you know. one that made an impression on my brain for whatever reason. I'm the same as you. Other than looking at what the next episode will be, I try not to look too far forward because it's almost like Christmas. You don't want to know what's in all the presents. You know you want to wait till Christmas morning. So I watched this one yesterday and then I'm not going to watch the other one until we decide when ah when we're going to record next.
00:02:35
Speaker
Okay. All right. Well, excellent. All right. Well, our trivia has been vetted and given the Kate Green stamp of approval. um So we both were interested in what was in Joey's pocket. i As soon as I saw that, I was like, that's going to be a duplicate.
00:02:53
Speaker
But had to do it. Right. Because what if it wasn't? right What if this was the one time it wasn't? It had to be done. that ah I love that we both did that. Now, it the ball is in your court. Who goes first today?
00:03:10
Speaker
Okay. So I went first because I'm, ah because ladies first, right? And then ah odd, so it is me. All right. I love why I'm ready.
Friends Episode Trivia Challenge
00:03:23
Speaker
We're going to start off with a super easy one, I think. Okay. What color were Monica's nails? Oh, I'm sure they were, were they blue? Were they blue?
00:03:35
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They were blue. All right. Good. night I kind of made that a sort of mental connection because I don't know if this is actually true or if this is this is just fictitious lore. But I think in kitchens like like industrial kitchens, ah band-aids or plasters are always blue because there's very little blue things in food. So if it comes off, it's obvious where it is.
00:03:59
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Really? Yeah, there's only a couple of naturally blue foods in the world or something. So it's if you get if you cut yourself with a knife in a yeah a kitchen that's a restaurant, it's it's a blue band-aid that goes on, I am i think. That's interesting. Yeah.
00:04:18
Speaker
Huh. Now I'm saying out there, somebody out there is probably going to go that's nonsense. But I think that is is the case, I believe. interesting Interesting. Yeah. Huh. Alright, well I'm off the board. I think another moderately comfortable starting question. For you, according to Joey, what is the only kind of juice the boys have in their apartment?
00:04:39
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Pickle. Pickle indeed. yeah One of those one word things that is just so funny. So funny. Yeah, just pickle. Just pickle. yep Terrible. that's Yeah, that's hilarious.
00:04:55
Speaker
Alright, what have you got for me? I have got So where and what did Joey get from Mr. Traeger?
00:05:07
Speaker
He got the chair, two chairs, a table, and they were in the basement. There are two more things he got.
00:05:17
Speaker
Okay. Okay. One more that he says and one more that you see. Oh, that's such a good question because it's not obvious.
00:05:35
Speaker
I know it's all the rusty crap, as Chandler says. Yeah, it is. Yeah, it is. I am not. neither one of these things are rusty. Neither one are rusty. I'm trying to pick. Oh, an umbrella stand? Does he have an umbrella?
00:05:50
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It's an umbrella. Yeah, like the umbrella for the table. The umbrella. I am not going to get the last one. And bubble wrap. And some of it's not even popped. Oh, it's not even popped. That's in my notes. It's in my notes. ah But I feel like you... that oh and where did he get it?
00:06:11
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So is it is it just in the basement? Is there more to it? Yeah. and the but yeah You can take whatever ah he wanted from the basement. That's right. That... ah I feel like you can get that.
00:06:24
Speaker
You didn't get the bubble wrap. Like, out of all of those things. like Yeah, let's go with half. We'll go with half a point. Let's see. I can't give myself the whole thing. We'll see. um All right. My question two for you. When Joey is making the squeaking noises, what is written at the top of the newspaper he is reading?
00:06:46
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I'll give you a clue. It's a section of the paper. It's sports. It is. It says sports pages at the top. Well done. Oh, if it says sports pages, then that's no good.
00:07:00
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Because I noticed it was a sports page because of one of the pictures, but I didn't read the words. Right. So, okay, I'll take a half a point. Okay, okay, we'll go with half. All right. All right, what do you have for me?
00:07:17
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Okay, why did Rachel have a key to Joanna's office? Because Mark left it for her. Yes. Very good. All right.
00:07:30
Speaker
My next question for you is, I really thought you were going to ask me this one. When, I don't think we find out his name, the encyclopedia salesman is there. How long does Joey go into a dream for?
00:07:44
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Two and it's just long enough to where you're like, yeah, that would be really weird. Right. That's the kind of thing you come home and tell your significant other about. yeah That is so funny.
00:08:00
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Okay. What did Joey know about Van Gogh and why did he think it happened? He knew he cut his ear off and it's because he thought, and I think I'm going to quote this, that he sucked.
00:08:12
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Yeah. Yes.
Chandler's Handcuff Predicament
00:08:17
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Well, I'll probably stick to Van Gogh. You know, and at least in the UK and I think all of Europe, but it's not pronounced Van Gogh.
00:08:26
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What? Yeah, it's Van Gogh. Really? Yeah. just So just for for our listeners around the world, I'll probably stick to Van Gogh. Most of our listeners are here in the States. But yeah, Van Gogh.
00:08:38
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Van Gogh. Don't crazy. And I don't know what the proper pronunciation is. um But yeah, Van Gogh. All right. My question for you.
00:08:48
Speaker
What did Sophie bring Joanna? A macaroon. A macaroon. I've got to be honest. I don't really know what that actually is. I think it's a kind of donut.
00:09:01
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Am wrong? No, it's like a pastry. Okay. It's like a cookie pastry thing. It's a French french cookie pastry thing that has a like a little like icing, but it's not icing.
00:09:18
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Okay. But it like if I were going to make them downstairs, I'd probably use canned frosting. But um but there're it's like a light, fluffy. They're good. little crunchy. like they're but good Anyway, it's a French pastry.
00:09:35
Speaker
All right. It's good. It's good stuff. It's good. All right. My final question from you. all right. Why did Monica's mom hire her to cater her party?
00:09:49
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Why did she hire her? um
00:09:53
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Is it because she liked the food at that lesbian wedding? anne And yeah, i feel like there's something else. And, oh, Richard raved about the food at something she did. Yes.
00:10:08
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Yes. good. That's right. Because Monica thought that meant that her mum really thought she was good. Right. and And Phoebe's like, that's not what I heard. Right.
00:10:19
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All right. My final question. I'm going to ask you to see if you can name two out of three things. What two can you name two out of three V's that the salesman initially asks Joey about?
00:10:33
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So when they're looking through the book with V's, he he's he says three different things. where does where does the Pope live? Yeah. so guys In the woods. No cancer.
00:10:44
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Yes. And then a vulcanized rubber. Yeah. And then you've already said the other one. Van Gogh. Indeed, indeed. I've got to be honest, Van Gogh, until this episode, and I've seen this episode many times, as many of us will have, I didn't quite catch Joey's vulcanized rubber joke.
00:11:07
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Yeah. I thought he said sparks or something initially, but never got it. yeah Yeah. There's a lot of Star Trek jokes in the last few episodes.
00:11:22
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Right. and Which is interesting, and I don't know why. But that must have been, you know how Star Trek, like, they made some new movies, and then all of a sudden, you know, it kind of pumps back up, and then it kind of goes down. Like, I don't know. Maybe it's that references are always made, but I only notice them sometimes.
00:11:43
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I don't know. Interesting. Yeah, well, keep an eye out for Star Trek references. Yeah, because I know that we've had at least three. Yeah. And then one of them had been cut out because you didn't get it.
00:11:57
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ah interesting. It was joke. okay All right. Well, wait after five questions each, we tied again. is a draw. We have got four and a half. Did you happen to have any extra questions?
00:12:09
Speaker
Yeah, I did I have two. All right. I did have three, but we both had Joey's pockets. Okay. All right. Go for it.
00:12:22
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All right. So where did Chandler see Joanna at the beginning of the episode? Oh, that's a great question.
00:12:33
Speaker
I feel like it was not anywhere specific, like walking down the street. All right. Very good. Okay. He saw her on the street and she asked him to have a drink. That's right. And he at first.
00:12:47
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Not at first. um All right. my next one for you, bonus question. What four demands does Rachel make in exchange for uncuffing Chandler initially? Because she kind does it twice. So it's the first set. You have to break up with her. Yep.
00:13:04
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You can never set foot in the office again. yep and The next two are kind of related. The Walkman. Oh, yeah. She says return my Walkman.
00:13:16
Speaker
And then goes, I never borrowed your Walkman. Buy me a Walkman. That's it. That's all four. Yes. Yes. that And that ah that goes into something else else I want to talk about later. But God, it's just so funny.
00:13:33
Speaker
It's so good. The two of them together. Brilliant. Did you have any other questions? Yes. How much did Monica's parents bet on her being successful at the catering job?
00:13:45
Speaker
Oh, it's in my notes. Is it $5? It is. It is $5. Man, we are on. we're on fight I thought this might be a rough one just because we might be out of yeah you know the swing of recording.
00:14:00
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My last one for you. What does Rachel initially offer Chandler in exchange for leaving him cuffed? And I've got three things written down. Foot rubs. Yes.
00:14:11
Speaker
Orange juice with extra pulse. That part cracked me up. Oh my gosh. um
00:14:21
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I've just got two more things written down.
00:14:28
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a hint for one of them is it still wouldn't be clean. Because that's Chandler's response. Clean the dishes?
00:14:40
Speaker
Or his kitchen? Clean his bathroom for a month. Oh, okay. I don't know. And then I don't know what the last one is. Organizes photos.
00:14:52
Speaker
Oh, that's right. Organize and have them put them in an album. Yep, that's it. Yes. ah And that was in my notes. But Integrity is still alive.
00:15:03
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Indeed. and Indeed. i That's right. All right. Any more from you? I am out of trivia. No. All right. Well, let's get it. no more. I am excited. We start off in the boys' apartment. Joey, very excited, brings in the tables the table and the two chairs from the basement. Trigger said they could have it for 15 minutes.
00:15:25
Speaker
No. No. comes in with the patio table and the umbrella. Oh, that's right. And then goes gets the chairs. Check this out. Yeah. That's right. And Chandler, I mean, he doesn't have a leg to stand on. He's sitting in a
Monica's Catering Mishaps
00:15:41
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canoe. um Yeah. It's so good.
00:15:44
Speaker
But that line, like, right, whenever he's like, you know, don't go anywhere or stay here whatever it is, you know and he's like, oh, no, no. That's right. i've got I'm paddling away. I'm paddling away. cracked me up.
00:16:00
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Oh, my gosh. It was such a strong opening to this episode. And the way Joey says, like, this bubble wrap that isn't even popped. Like, he's just, I mean, he is in heaven at this point. um We can say hello to the other another Woolison. There we go.
00:16:19
Speaker
Al Green says hello. other Yes. one but well There we go. A guest appearance from George Woolison.
00:16:29
Speaker
Now, I was thinking about the whole bubble popping thing because that's a very satisfying thing to do. Are there any textures you can't stand? Yes. I knew there would I didn't know what it is, but i knew there would be.
00:16:41
Speaker
Of course there would be, right? Okay, so number one, I hate, hate, oh, I'm almost scared to say this out loud because um I know that there's a couple of people that I work with that listen, and um this could be a very terrifying thing to share. Okay. Especially, we talked about, yeah, um burlap.
00:17:06
Speaker
I hate burlap. It hurts my teeth. it hurt It makes my, like, ah o I hate it. All right, no bar left. It's weird because it, like, stretches weird. And I also hate wet cotton.
00:17:25
Speaker
I could see that. I mean, I don't have like ah it's anything adamantly against it, but I could i could see that. yeah Oh, yeah. Like a wet cotton ball.
00:17:37
Speaker
Just no not for you. no Absolutely no. But, yeah. ah Some bubble wrap. I can pop. You'd be all over that. Yeah. I love it. And those poppets are so cool because it's kind of like a bubble pop, but it never...
00:17:54
Speaker
or bubble wrap, but it you can always use it. Never runs out. is this Okay, but what about you, Al? Go ahead and share for anybody that wants to mess with you. I don't have anything. I'm sure there are things. i couldn't When I was thinking of that question, I couldn't think of anything in particular. Really like a wool, which a funny thing. i find that kind of a funny texture, um like a sweater that's made out of wool. I don't really like it, but nothing nothing that gives me a gag reflex like burlap and wet cotton wool. That's for you. It's
00:18:28
Speaker
Is that weird? That's probably weird, but whatever. It's fine. It's fine. It's the magic that is you. It's absolutely fine. Yes. And there were so many years, like, in teaching where burlap was in. Like, burlap would come in and go out and come in and go out. But, like, even a potato sack. Like, potato sack races whenever I was a kid.
00:18:53
Speaker
Like, I hated it. So like i would put my hands through my shirt and grab onto the basket or to the bag. Right. Because I could not stand touching it it. It just was so terrible. Interesting. Well, we will make sure that this podcast stays at a burlap free zone.
00:19:11
Speaker
Thank you very much. You got it. Yes. My happy place is a safe place. Exactly. That means no burlap. No burlap. And no wet cotton. Absolutely not.
00:19:21
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No, that'll get stopped at the door. We're going to go over to the girls' apartment. Monica announces she is catering a party for her mother. I think because she says she's desperate. No, says, and then this was so funny because it was funny to Chandler and he wasn't even there because she started off with how desperate am I?
00:19:41
Speaker
Yes. and they were And then Rachel's like, oh, good thing Chandler's not here because he always wins at this. That's right. That's right. Because again, i think we may have talked about this. We assume she did not, as she said, she couldn't work for Pete. So we don't know where she's working, if she's working at this point.
00:20:01
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Yeah. Yeah. No, I think she's out of money again. I think so. I think she has not found a new kitchen to chef in. Ross thinks it's a good thing. um i I didn't write down my notes why, but um he seemed on board with Monica doing this at his parents' house.
00:20:21
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Yeah. and then But Monica doesn't believe him anyway. No, because he says that it's because mom must think you're good at what you do. Right. Otherwise she wouldn't hire you.
00:20:32
Speaker
That's
Joey and the Encyclopedia Salesman
00:20:33
Speaker
right. but you And she's like, she's not even here. That's right. You don't have to suck up to her or something. Yeah. We go back over to the boys' apartment. I think, I'm not sure if it got cut out of both of ours or just mine, but I think there's some stuff here missing. just I did a little reading on on the episode, but Rachel goes in to get juice. And again, it's not funny, but i find it very funny the way Joey goes, like, just pickle.
00:20:58
Speaker
um Like, that's an ordinary juice to have. Yeah. You know. and um And then Chandler says he but he's telling Rachel he'd be, I bumped into Joanna in the street and, you know, went for a coffee and just the comedic timing of her walking from the bathroom to Chandler's bedroom and, well, not at first, is just brilliant.
00:21:23
Speaker
Mm-hmm. Yes. So, hang on. Why do you think... So I read a thing about, was it Rachel? who was She wanted a muffin. There was something to do with them a muffin storyline. Okay, it's not in yours. It might have been cut out altogether.
00:21:41
Speaker
um it It might also not be true. It was just something I was reading online. It was a precursor for Rachel bringing a muffin back to the office, even though it's something like that. fight It's a bagel.
00:21:54
Speaker
Okay. It's a bagel. So apparently there was some bit that was cut out where Joanna's ah in Chandler's apartment says something about wanting a bagel or something that maybe didn't make it into either one.
00:22:06
Speaker
Oh, okay. I know where that is, but it's at the very end of the scene. Alright, okay. so yeah um So, the other hilarious thing in this scene is for me is Joey making those squeaking noises. mean, it's crude, it's funny, it's a little different, you know. um Yeah.
00:22:26
Speaker
But, ah yeah, good old Joey. Not not just making fun of Chandler the way he does. Rachel, understandably, irritated. Yes, and so she gets mad, right? Yes. And then That's whenever, and then Joanna comes out now she's dressed, ready for work.
00:22:46
Speaker
And she says, um you know, are, are you running late? And Rachel's like, no. And she's like, if you're stopping for a bagel, you are. And she's like, oh, okay. And then she leaves.
00:23:02
Speaker
Because ok Joanna being a jerk, telling her to go get a bagel. Mm-hmm. Yeah, that's the bit. That that was cut out of ah ah the ah the the streaming version that I'm watching. um We now go over to the Gellar's house where we will spend a bit of time this episode. Monica and Phoebe are making the quiches. um ah Mrs. Gellar, Judy, not fan. She's just condescending and and not nice to her daughter.
00:23:32
Speaker
Yeah, how's the hired help? Right. That's how she greets her. Which... would be funny, like teasing, yeah if that was their relationship of at all.
00:23:45
Speaker
Right. At all. But it's just not. No. it's it's It's... I mean, Judy kind of comes good at the end a little bit in this episode, but at this point, she is she's just not being a very nice mother, I think. Yeah.
00:24:02
Speaker
Yeah. man Yeah. Not a fan. What's interesting about Mrs. Geller, though, is that she's so hard on Monica, but then you get little glimpses, right? Like whenever the grandma died and about how she had been treated and she's trying to treat her daughter better.
00:24:23
Speaker
Yes. But, you know, there's this weird.
00:24:30
Speaker
yeah she can't she can't be. so much better but in her brain she probably is yeah but monica's not feeling it at this point um no because she's the one who feels like trash Absolutely.
00:24:45
Speaker
um Although she's like, I can see Monica trying because like she thinks her mom's give you compliments and, you hires her because she's a good chef. Phoebe does not see it like that at all. um It's no not what I heard.
00:24:59
Speaker
um Yeah, well, and then she's like, okay, so if we are twisting mom's words like that, then it's cool. If you're a lesbian, too. right So however you want to look at that. Exactly.
00:25:14
Speaker
um We go back over to the boy's apartment. Again, it's i find it funnier than I should. Joey's scraping the gum off the bottom of the table. like i love The writers could have had him just sitting there, like doing nothing or reading the sports paper or something. be The way he's scraping the gum off the table. um There's a knock on the door and it's Penn Jillette, right? That's who it is that ah plays the salesman.
00:25:42
Speaker
Oh, I don't know. i didn't even look into that. I don't know why. Yeah, it's Penn Jillette, half of the Penn and Teller. Penn and Teller! Yeah, that's Penn Jillette who plays a cameo.
00:25:56
Speaker
Okay, why did I not even know that like the magicians? Yeah, yeah. the Yeah, sure that is who that is. It truly Wow. Oh, oh my There you go.
00:26:11
Speaker
so That's why he looks familiar. That would be the reason. I didn't even look that up. Why? I don't know. Yeah, I didn't look up why he played a cameo. If he did cameos in other shows, has he done acting? I've got no idea. Yeah, they typically, like they do, like Penn and Teller. Yeah. Yeah.
00:26:30
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yeah Right? Yeah. I mean, they they're out of action now because Teller got kind of mauled by a tiger, right? Years ago. Yeah. At the Mirage. and Yeah.
00:26:41
Speaker
But, okay. So, but why did I not know that Penn's name was a long name? And he shortened it to be Penn and Teller.
00:26:54
Speaker
ah Well, it's Penn Gillette is his last name. I don't know what Penn is short for. Penn is his first name? Yep, I think so. Now I'm going to have to just double check.
00:27:06
Speaker
Okay, I was thinking that you were saying Penn Jill, like that was his whole last name. Because it kind of sounds like a last name. And I was like, oh weird. It does, now that you're saying it back to me. Penn, P-E-N-N, is his first name. um Yeah, that's weird. And then Teller wouldn't have been Teller's first name, would it?
00:27:27
Speaker
that's a maybe That's a very good point. Are we about to down the most ridiculous rabbit hole ever? We might be. any And Penn does appear to be his full first name.
00:27:40
Speaker
um Yeah, he was his pen, what's his middle of pen? Fraser Gillette, according to Wikipedia. um Interesting. Yeah, I don't know why it suddenly least that it's pen and Teller, assuming, again, you're right, that Teller would be the last name of that half of the double act.
00:28:02
Speaker
Yeah. no never Oh, weird. Yeah, and Teller is his last name. ah yeah Raymond Joseph Teller. Yeah. um although oh Oh, no. Here we go. This is interesting.
00:28:15
Speaker
What a rabbit hole we are going down. i love it. All right. This is going to blow your mind. He was born and and on the 14th of February, 1948. As an adult, he legally changed his name simply to the mononym Teller, and it is the only name printed in his passport and on his driver's license.
00:28:35
Speaker
He simply has one name. Interesting. Yeah, I wonder why. That we will go into off the air. We'll dig into that. But yeah, he's just got one name.
00:28:46
Speaker
Huh. Yeah. How weird. Who knew? Who knew? um Penn Jillette is the one who comes in. He kind of, I wouldn't say aggressive, but kind of aggressive the way he steps into the apartment without being invited. But seldom it. Okay, have you, like, I don't i don't know. in year Have we talked about this before, about door-to-door salespeople?
00:29:12
Speaker
I know we have. we all We've talked about things we bought off TV and then maybe door-to-door sales. feel like we we may have. Well, I know we've talked about vacuums.
00:29:25
Speaker
Yeah, that's just what I was thinking. Maybe that's where it came up because I bought a vacuum from a door-to-door salesman many years ago. Yeah, and then I told you about the person who like reached in and like dumped dirt on our carpet. Yes, yeah, we did discuss that. yeah but Yeah, and how rude and pushy. But I mean, so door-to-door salesmen, that's what they do, right? Like they... And I say they do. i don't know. Oh, well yeah, because then we talked about the meat guy.
00:29:58
Speaker
That's right. And the undercover meat guy, but late at night after the dark, and then I had forgotten to shut my window while I was carrying on about it. That's right. Yeah, we both have some door-to-door salesman trauma going on, I think. Oh, goodness.
00:30:15
Speaker
Poor us. No encyclopedia salesman's ever come by our place, but he's quite pushy with Joey and thinks that Joey might need them. He asks Joey if he ever nods along in conversations. And then that's where Joey kind of goes into this dream where the rest of the gang are talking about things that are just above his head.
00:30:37
Speaker
Yes. Yes. About the Nobel Peace Prize and then the alco Algonquin? Yeah, I don't know what Algonquin um that I caught that one.
00:30:52
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know. The only thing that bugs me about that is ah it played Joey. i played like The other five off is very highly intelligent and Joey is dumb.
00:31:03
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And I'm not saying any of them are dumb, but you know Phoebe could easily be somebody who doesn't understand these jokes. Rachel at one point was kind of played off as ditzy and stuff. I just felt a little bad for Joey. I don't think he's ever the only one who doesn't understand No, but this is also his flashback and how he was feeling. That's true. And so, you know, I don't know. Well, he goes into, what did we say, two and a half minute flashback. Yeah, go ahead. Algonquin ah kids table.
00:31:36
Speaker
It's one of the, ah just a sturdy wooden kids table. Like that's all it is. Interesting. Okay. i I thought there'd be more to it.
00:31:47
Speaker
All right. Just the name of a type of table. Okay, it says, if you are instead thinking of this famous pop culture reference, the Algonquin Kids Table, um it's a joke made by Chandler Bing on the TV show Friends.
00:32:02
Speaker
It is, oh, it's a sarcastic mashup of two different things. The Algonquin Roundtable, famous 1920s literary circle known for its highly witty, sharp, and critical conversation.
00:32:16
Speaker
And then a kids table. the isolated kids table at like holidays. All right. And I'll go Quinn table. I, I had no idea.
00:32:28
Speaker
Um, Now we know. Now we know.
Comedic Conclusion: Joanna's Retaliation
00:32:31
Speaker
I wonder if Mrs. Gellar has an Algonquin table at this party she's throwing for the kids. Because we go back over to the Gellar's house and Phoebe notices that Monica has lost a nail. One the blue nails. um And she's such a good friend.
00:32:48
Speaker
I'm running to the store. so you're nobody's ever going to know. You're going to look great. Yes. Yeah, it's so good. Then she realizes that that's not really the issue. The nail is going to be in one of the ah the the small quiche cups or the quiches that she's making. And there's no way of telling which one.
00:33:09
Speaker
Okay, have I told you that about the nail and the that I put mac ah dropped in macaroni and cheese? No. Really? Yeah, I do not know this story.
00:33:21
Speaker
Okay, so... um Haley and her sister Katie, like this was years ago whenever Haley was still a kid, you know, she was still a kid.
00:33:34
Speaker
and um And they had had a family emergency. And so chris i took i to Christina's kids. and And I don't remember if I was at their house or if I was at my house, but I had some press-on nails And I was like, I just need to do something for the kids. They need food. So I made them macaroni and cheese, which my homemade macaroni and cheese is actually very delicious.
00:34:05
Speaker
It is very creamy. And it is wonderful. No doubt. And so I was making that for them. And then, so I, I just kind of scooped it up and, um,
00:34:19
Speaker
ah And I think it was Katie, Remy, who was the the prize. She got the prize because she got the nail. And I was so embarrassed. That is amazing.
00:34:33
Speaker
Oh, my gosh. Yes. That was embarrassing. Terrible. yeah Terrible. I did not know that. But fun fact, I didn't even notice I had lost it So that's great. Makes you feel really good about yourself. Yeah. Cause it was like, Oh, what is this? Like she thought it was a, like, um,
00:34:57
Speaker
crunchy pasta no yikes like yeah mic nail yeah that's disgusting that's terrible but really funny in hindsight yeah hopefully nobody bet five dollars that you would uh end up with a a crunchy bit in the macaroni and cheese no no yeah i'd like somebody and nobody can yeah that's terrible Again, it makes me like Jack because obviously Jack bet $5 that Monica would be successful.
00:35:28
Speaker
Yeah, and that they didn't need the... And and they didn't need... the frozen lasagna yeah and so actually i was gonna ask you she did that's true um i was gonna ask you in trick this question didn't make the cut who did um who did monica say that her mom couldn't you know she promised somebody she would never say that pulled a monica again dr weinberg dr weinberg indeed Yes, and I was going to ask you that, and then I was like, that feels like an owl question. You would be correct. That was on the short list and had to make some cuts. those questions
00:36:10
Speaker
um All right, we're getting to like the the meat of this episode now. We're in Joanna's office. Oh, my God. Yeah, Chandler and Joanna, they're making out, and she suddenly has to go. um And she breaks out handcuffs, the professional that she is. She happens to have handcuffs in her office and cuffs him to the chair.
00:36:34
Speaker
Joanna leaves, locks the door because she thinks it's ah it's kind of saucy if she leaves him there, knowing that he's waiting for her. um It's unusual, I guess, that Joanna locks her door. and Rachel and Sophie notice this and think that she or they was a Rachel saw she was working on the Christmas bonus.
00:36:53
Speaker
No, Sophie. Sophie. Sophie tells Rachel that they're working on the Christmas bonus. Okay. But the the going back and forth between her and Chandler.
00:37:05
Speaker
and and he And she said, you know, like, what are you doing whenever he goes to, like, get dressed, right? Yes. And then he's and um she's like, why? And he's like, whenever I go outside naked, people throw garbage at me.
00:37:22
Speaker
I was like, oh my God, that's so funny. That's hilarious. It's one of many brilliant lines in this episode. um Rachel opens the door, of Rachel and Sophie, I guess, open the door and sees Chandler. And again, another great line. I think this is where he goes, yeah, hello, how are you? Yes. Like it's just not unusual that he is sitting there half-dressed, handcuffed our boss's chair. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
00:37:51
Speaker
It's so good. yeah Equally, it's funny. um I love the way Chandler answers the phone and realizes he doesn't know Joanna's last name.
00:38:03
Speaker
Hilarious. So good. Hilarious. Turns out it's in Joanna. I was also going to ask you, where is Joanna when she makes this phone call? and She's in her boss's car about to drive through the tunnel. That's right. I'm hoping she's like sitting, you know, the boss is driving and she's in the back because this is not the kind of conversation you want to have where your boss is in earshot. She's going to be back in a few hours. So Chandler somehow manages to press the right button with his nose and calls Rachel. And again, in the most hilarious voice. Rachel, could I see you for a moment?
00:38:42
Speaker
And it's just like, oh my gosh. Instead of just like, would you just get in here? Right. It's so good. um She is understandably mad at him. um You know, I think she's got every right to be pretty irritated because he's he could be, knowing what we know about Joanna, she's kind of cutthroat. He could be messing with her career at this point. So that's You know, I'm kind of with Rachel on this one. um This is where she agrees to uncuff him if he never sees her again. But then she realizes that Joanna is going to find out and in a panic locks him to the filing cabinet. Okay, yes. And then he's freaking out. And then that's whatever. He's like, actually, I'm a very good liar.
00:39:28
Speaker
I did borrow your wallet. That's right. The back and forth between the two of them is just solid gold. It really, really is. yes we We pop back over to the boys' apartment briefly. ah Penn Jillette is trying to sell Joey the books and starts asking him about things that start with V. The only thing that dawned on me was there's no way Joey, being ah coming from a very staunch Catholic family, doesn't know where the Pope lives. um even Joey, Joey would know that. um And like I said, to trivia, I, for some reason, always thought he said Sparks birth control and didn't get the joke. And then for some reason, this time Spock in the joke landed with me after 25 years. it's Right. And so quick, so quick. And that's the part.
00:40:23
Speaker
And that's why we're going to take an improv class. It's going be great. Yes. We talked about that before we got on the air today. Yeah, we are going to go and take an improv class together this summer. That is on the summer to-do list.
00:40:39
Speaker
I'm in. Sounds like a blast. Let's see. We go back over to the Geller's house. Monica and Phoebe are in Monica's old bedroom. It's now ah a workout room, a gym. And Phoebe being a good friend. We're going to change what pulling a Monica means. We're going to make it something good.
00:40:56
Speaker
Okay. Time out, though. Whenever she walks in and, um you know, Monica's laying there on the treadmill. Yeah. and joe And Phoebe's looking around at all the stuff that they've got in their in-home gym, right? Yes. But they still have, like, Monica's dresser and Monica's curtains and Monica's flags on the wall. But then everything else is a gym. And she's like, you must have been really fit as a kid. And then it's like, you know, she obviously was not thinking, right? Because it's a big deal that Monica was very heavy as a child. and Yeah. But...
00:41:35
Speaker
and But I thought that was so funny because, you know, Phoebe's just a good friend. She is. I'm sure. I think we may, it may get touched on in the late, later episode.
00:41:47
Speaker
I think it's a later episode where um the Gellers house, the the basement floods. Like I'm sure Ross's room is untouched. Cause Ross is kind of the golden child.
00:41:57
Speaker
As we find out. Oh gosh. And that episode is so funny. Because then you find the notebook with Ross's um comic books.
00:42:13
Speaker
Yes. Dinosaur Boy or whatever. And then you find out the connection between Phoebe and Ross. Yeah. Whenever they were kids. Oh, what's that character called?
00:42:26
Speaker
Yeah, something boy. It's not Dino Boy. Science Boy. Science Boy. Maybe, yes. In my head, I've just got Flame Boy, which Phoebe says. Not that, though. Yes. Speaking of improvisation, one of the greatest unscripted moments in Friends history is in the next scene when Chandler smacks himself with the filing cabinet. It was not scripted. Oh my gosh!
00:42:56
Speaker
Are you serious? Yeah, and I couldn't find I knew it was unscripted. And and it just did of friends lore. But I couldn't find out if he ever said if he did it intentionally or accidentally. But he that was not supposed to happen. Jennifer Aniston's reaction covering her mouth is genuine.
00:43:13
Speaker
ah That was not in the script at all. I choose to believe he decided to take one for the team and do it because it's brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
00:43:27
Speaker
Yes. Yeah. funny They're arguing back and forth all the negotiations. As you talked about earlier, the orange juice with extra pulp? No! it It's is just, I love it when you kind of get, in my head, a more unusual pairing of characters and they create something brilliant like Rachel and Chandler did in this episode.
00:43:52
Speaker
Yes. We go back over. Sorry, go ahead. Go ahead No, that it's so funny. I had no idea that that was. That was improvised. Like I had no idea.
00:44:05
Speaker
Yeah, and yeah i swear and and maybe it's because I knew it. I swear you could see it in Jennifer Anderson's eyes like she's not in character. um Genuinely, her friend has just got smacked in the back of the head with a a large piece of metal.
00:44:21
Speaker
And then him just going. Yeah. Yeah. That's why I choose to believe he he knew he was going to take one for the team at that moment because of his reaction, I think. just comedic genius.
00:44:36
Speaker
um Go back over to the boys' apartment. Joey finds out these encyclopedias, $1,200. Yeah, but he also found out that there's a lot about vomit he didn't know.
00:44:51
Speaker
Yeah. I love the way Joey says, it what does he say? like I guess that's there's some things you don't learn from book learning. like Oh, I'm a home during the day. i have patio furniture in my living room.
00:45:08
Speaker
It's so good. And we both had in trivia, a question we had to cancel out. It was what does Joey have on listing all the things in his pocket? They must be Chandler's pants because he does have $50 in his pocket. He wants to find out how this bad boy ends up. So he is going to purchase just the V volume.
00:45:29
Speaker
Gosh. oh Yeah. Which is so funny. And the V volume is going to be one of the smallest ones. You know you would think, yeah, probably not.
00:45:41
Speaker
I should have thought about this and asked you what what letter would you choose? I don't know what one I would choose or why. But a yeah, don't know about V. Maybe we'll have to think about that.
00:45:52
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know. Yeah. Because like my logical, okay, we had a set of encyclopedias growing up that um I don't know why.
00:46:06
Speaker
I'm sure. i don't know why. But, um you know, s is is divided into two um to volumes. Like S through S O and then S P through Z. Gotcha.
00:46:28
Speaker
Okay. And then I think there's one. I know S for sure. There might be one more. And so I was also thinking about that, that like 50 times 26, which is not correct.
00:46:48
Speaker
It is not. he I guess he's throwing in some books for free or something because I thought about that as well. was like, hold on, that doesn't quite add up. um that Actually, do you know what? 50 times 26 is 1,300.
00:47:04
Speaker
thirteen hundred Oh, so he's overcharging. Maybe, no, he would be undercharging. Oh, that's right. I had 1,400 in my head. Yeah, 1,200. Yes.
00:47:16
Speaker
Yeah. So I wonder if, but like you, let'ds see, I was thinking like you, V, and W were all in one call, but whatever.
00:47:29
Speaker
It doesn't matter. Right. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter. But, um, The math is weird. It is a bit. um But i would I would take whichever one was the thickest.
00:47:45
Speaker
I think it makes logical sense. Because that would make the most sense. Yeah, most... Bang for your buck, isn't it? Right. but that Did you notice, though, that whenever... they're looking in the v and they he says and they're talking about van gogh and cutting off his ear all of that and then he points at the page and there's no picture it's all text yeah he painted that all text i did paint did that and i was like yeah guys like i don't know yeah the camera caught something it shouldn't have caught there i think yes
00:48:21
Speaker
um We go back to Joanna's office and Rachel and Chandler still negotiating. But then Rachel, she she strikes the the winning blow here. She figures out how to get Chandler. And I'd never other than this reference. I don't know who Milton Burrell is. I did a quick Google.
00:48:38
Speaker
you know a comedian actor had a long career was married many times i guess had a reputation for being a ladies man i guess um but i had to look him up because literally never heard um yeah don and maybe it's because he was a comedian and very popular with the ladies and chandler's kind of funny i don't know i don't know where that or why that reference um was was brought in but she figures out how she's going to give him a ah stellar reputation and he's he's on board with this at this point so is happy to go along with Rachel's demands it appears.
00:49:18
Speaker
um We go back to the Geller household Monica's made the casserole and her mum said it was very tasty. um I kind of I got confused with the timeline because if Monica made the lasagnas but they were already frozen and Mrs. Geller had them frozen in the freezer then she didn't make the lasagnas so I was like what did I miss here because Judy would have made the lasagnas Monica didn't know they were there but then she's complimenting ah I guess Monica did she make something else I don't quite recall she did she made a castle okay that's it
00:49:57
Speaker
She made casserole. um And what I figured is that
00:50:07
Speaker
Monica went upstairs, right? And was like laying on the thing or laying on the treadmill and being sad and whatever. And a frozen lasagna, and that it's weird, right? Because I can't think if it takes 45 minutes or an hour and a half.
00:50:25
Speaker
Right. Yeah, not sure, to be honest. And so that would have been a really long time to just be laying around upstairs not feeding your guests. Right, especially when the quiches wouldn't take anywhere near that time.
00:50:38
Speaker
um Right. Ones that not frozen. But hey bill maybe she has a supersonic oven. You never know. Jack Gellar has splurged and ah yeah got a fancy oven.
00:50:52
Speaker
Um, but Judy does come in and say that she was wrong and she's kind of remorseful for her behavior. Um, and, and Monica seems very appreciative of that. I did notice in this scene that Monica or well, Courtney Cox has all 10 nails on.
00:51:09
Speaker
Um, so they evidently found the nail or it was, you know filmed out of sequence or something, but she has, yeah all, all, all 10 nails on there. Well, maybe, maybe Phoebe drove to the store.
00:51:23
Speaker
Maybe. And got her her nail. Got her her new set. And that's why they had an hour and a half to cook some frozen lasagna. They had time to kill. Yeah, they probably did go and get a new set of nails.
00:51:34
Speaker
um we go to central park chandler comes in and i couldn't think how to phrase this but the girls are i assume they know the truth and they're kind of playing along with rachel where they're kind of being a bit flirtatious with chandler and then joey corrects them and uh chandler just gives up the game pretty quickly and i can't remember how long he says is it like two hours two hours that lasted um And then poor old Joey. Joey tries so hard to have a highbrow intellectual conversation here, talking about volcanoes, vivisection. I think he says vast difference. I'm not sure what that is.
00:52:13
Speaker
um and then And then ends with the Vietnam War and unfortunately the gang starts spiraling into the Korean War and Joey is once again left behind. Poor old Joey. He's obviously done his homework. He's done he's done some book learning, as he would say, and still gets left out a bit of the conversation. Yeah.
00:52:35
Speaker
Poor old Joey. We do end, we finish this episode in Joanna's office and she is handcuffed to the chair. I'm guessing she's been there all night. I couldn't quite figure out how she ended up being handcuffed to the chair.
00:52:48
Speaker
I'm guessing she came back. She unhandcuffed Chandler and he handcuffed her and then took off and yeah and just left her there. You know, I don't really like Joanna too much, but I feel a little bad for, well, you know what? No, I don't. She did the same to Chandler.
00:53:04
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. So you get what you get. I don't feel bad for her now that I'm thinking this through. um Before we get into the yeah our Gunther Central Park and how many whatever we're measuring this episode by, there is a reason I thought you would particularly love this episode.
00:53:23
Speaker
Do you know what that reason might be?
00:53:28
Speaker
Other than the fact it's funny. There's there's a a sort of slightly, a very Deanne Woolison reason that this... Yeah.
00:53:38
Speaker
I don't know. Whose name have we not mentioned?
00:53:44
Speaker
Ross. Well, you know, you mentioned him once. Yeah, this is perhaps the least amount of Ross. It is very Ross low, which maybe that is why. Right, right. He's at the table with Monica. You're When you told me he says something like, you know, he's kind of sucking up to him. That's it. Yeah.
00:54:07
Speaker
Wow. Yeah, and you know I guess he and he's sitting on yeah well he he's sitting in Central Park in the second to last scene. but Yeah. There's nothing with Ross in this episode all. Yeah, you've got any of the storylines. No, nothing. That's funny. Okay. Yeah. Okay. I thought about that after I watched it. was like, I wonder if Wilson, because I didn't catch it and then thought about it afterwards and was like, is it a coincidence that I like this and it's kind of light on Ross Gellar?
00:54:38
Speaker
Well, I feel like I probably need to preface that ah had you not pointed that out to me, my number for my thing and my gun service, like, I'm not changing anything. Right. Having knowing that piece.
00:54:57
Speaker
But that's very interesting. Right. Yeah, yeah. i Wow. I think there might be some layers to peel the onion, as the director said the other week. You know, there's something to it.
00:55:11
Speaker
Well, let's think Gunther Central Park. Who would yours be this week? Okay, mine was so easy. So easy. It was obviously Chandler. Right. And it's, okay, I want to tell you, like, I have not changed anything that I put, right? I said he's so funny, but so quick-witted.
00:55:30
Speaker
Rachel and him going back and forth and especially the physical comedy. And then or I put in the physical comedy in parentheses, ah especially with the file drawer.
00:55:42
Speaker
Close parentheses. I love it. Exclamation mark. And that's hilarious. Because I didn't know that that wasn't part of it or anything. But that part just stood out to me. It was funny.
00:55:59
Speaker
Yeah, and the fact that like he he must have planned it because just when I play it back in my head, he doesn't he doesn't like get a shock when it hits him. like He just times it perfectly. It's like, and there you go.
00:56:14
Speaker
Yet again. ah Like, oh, it's so funny. So good. Well, let's think. What could we measure this week? We could do filing capital. Hey, who was yours? That's right. Mine my mine is also Chandler. I kind of thought about...
00:56:30
Speaker
like it really was almost not a tie but like Rachel and Chandler they kind of build each other up like so like without the other one it wouldn't have been nearly as funny like it's true like a double act at that point but but again Chandler with the filing cabinet and his one liners you know where he's how are you and the extra pulp thing all of that oh victorias whenever he's sitting there and he's like Because if you don't come back, and she shuts the door, and then he's talking to nobody. There's absolutely nothing I can do. That's right. We didn't even mention that line.
00:57:11
Speaker
Oh, it's so good. Yeah, so Chandler for me, you just, you you you can't choose anyone else in this episode, I don't think. um so and let's see how we could measure filing cabinets we could measure encyclopedia volumes we could measure blue fingernails or quiches i don't know what do you want to go with or handcuffs or handcuffs handcuffs all right how many are you going with for this episode nine nine as have i we both chosen Chandler and both gone with nine interesting love it I love it But yeah, like such a good, solid, hilarious episode.
00:57:53
Speaker
Chandler Heavy, Ross Light. I mean, come on now. What a great episode to come back to after almost month. Almost a month of not recording.
00:58:05
Speaker
Well, let's see. our Next week we have are the one with the ballroom dancing. Speaking of Trigger, he's going to feature in this one pretty heavily.
00:58:16
Speaker
um Yeah. ill you'll You'll know it when you, as soon as you start seeing it, you'll know what's going on. Again, I don't remember the subplots or anything else. I just know the main storyline. So looking forward to this. Any final thoughts before we wrap up this week?
00:58:34
Speaker
No, I'm just, I'm happy to be back. Awesome. Back at it As am i A summer of the Purple Door podcast recordings. I cannot wait. Yes.
00:58:45
Speaker
Awesome. Well, as always, thank you everybody out there for listening to the Purple Door podcast.