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The One With Ross' Thing
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*We are sorry for the technical issues and sound quality throughout this episode*
Join Alasdair and DeeAnn as we discuss plants, Pete being a touch unhinged and remember -....FIRE SAFETY IS NOT A JOKE, SON!"
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Technical Issues
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Good morning Purple Door Podcast family. Before we get into this week's episode, I wanted to let you know that we recorded this last night and unfortunately Deanne was having some major technical issues with her internet connection which you can hear throughout the episode.
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We decided rather than trying to re-record it and put the episode out late, we would just go with it and release it this morning. So we apologize in advance for the quality of some of this recording. We understand you may have to skip some of it. Hopefully there's still enough there for you to listen to and enjoy. We will be recording next week's episode from our usual locations, so it should not be an issue moving forward.
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So again, sorry if this is difficult to listen to at times, and we appreciate your patience, and we are so thankful to each and every one of you who take time out of your week to listen to the Purple Door podcast.
Summer Weather Chat
00:00:59
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The Purple Door Podcast Well, hello and welcome to this week's episode of the Purple Door Podcast, a Friends Rewatch Pod. I'm one of your hosts, Alistair, alongside Deanne. Deanne, how are you this evening?
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I'm awesome, Al. I'm sweating though. I don't really appreciate that. It's a little warm for me. It's creeping in The summer heat is... is ah no And I prefer it. I prefer Right.
00:01:30
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But at the very beginning, it's just a little shocking. That's all. We have to get used to it again. You're going to survive. You're going to make it. I'm going to make it. Don't yeah worry.
00:01:41
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Yes. I've got faith in you. Yeah. And luckily, your parents have a pool. wo Yeah, that is, that we're going to get hours. So that means don't have it. You don't have to worry. Owning so or knowing somebody. just show up. Yes.
00:01:57
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We own a pool and it's it's great, but man alive, it's a lot of work and a lot hassle. A lot. Yeah. Yeah. every Every summer I go, ah, I hate this thing.
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The hours that go into cleaning it. But then it's really nice to have two, so. yep yep it's always worth it in the end well let's see this week is the one with Ross's thing bum bum we'll see what that thing is as we dive into this episode let's see we've got our questions they have been vetted by Kate um so I think we're kind of good to go and remind me as always who's going first
00:02:45
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Okay, this is an odd episode, so that would be me.
Friends Trivia: Ross's 'Thing'
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All right, I'm ready for it. All right, what two things does Ross guess that the thing is? Okay, a mole. But not a mole, because why?
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It's not a mole because... I mean, this doesn't count for your points or anything like that. Oh, i it's on the tip of my tongue. I'm to think about that one.
00:03:23
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wrinkly to be a mole. Too wrinkly. I love I'm curious as to what this thing looked like, but we'll... yeah we'll get into that yes we'll get into what this thing could have been ah but it could be a mole and then is it he doesn't say a nubbins a pimple no a pimple that's right but it's too fancy to be a pimple Too fancy to be a pimple, but we got there in the end. Pimple and mole. All right. Nice job, Al. Nice job. Thank you. Thank you. Let's see. Your first question is, how many hot saves does Vince have as a fireman? 98.
00:04:08
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98 it is. Probably working that one out from from Chandler saying they'll play with matches. Yes, but it's not a joke, son. Fire safety is not a joke, son. Not a joke, son. He's the same age as them.
00:04:24
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Uh-huh, uh-huh, yep. All right, so where does everybody hide in Pete's apartment? Oh, that's a good question.
00:04:36
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All right, so Rachel is by the ficus. who Chandler's on the couch. Mm-hmm. Monica's not hiding. Correct.
00:04:49
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So we've got Joey Ross Phoebe. Somebody's behind the curtain. going to go with Joey behind the curtain.
00:04:59
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Is he behind a curtain? No. So hold on. chair Is Joey behind the couch? ah Yes. Okay, so we have Joey Chandler, Rachel's by the Ficus, Monica doesn't count. So it's Ross and Phoebe.
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So I'm going to go with...
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I don't know. I'm thinking somebody's behind a curtain, but I might be making that up and I don't know about the other one, so I won't quite get it. Oh, no. It's kind of a crappy question. I'm sorry.
00:05:35
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I kind of like it, though. I like it. It's like a multi-part answer. It is, but Phoebe's just behind Rachel. Like, she's just kind of squatted down.
00:05:48
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then one is behind the back of the couch. um Joey's behind the arm of the couch. And then Rachel's by the plant. and then By the plant. Gotcha. And then Phoebe's, like, right behind Rachel. Yeah.
00:06:04
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No, I didn't. I just got the couple. Didn't quite get that one. I'm not mad about that yeah That's a good question. I like that question, though.
00:06:17
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All right, we'll go half. Why not? Just for fun. All right. Because you know what? I've got a question for you that might have some flexibility. So we'll see. Where has Pete gone on his trip when he leaves the Monica the message saying we need to talk?
00:06:35
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Is he in Tokyo? He is not in Tokyo. That's where he was an episode or two ago when he got the fancy toiletries. Oh, you get another guess. Say hi.
00:06:48
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No, not quite so international and exotic. He's in Atlanta. Is it Atlanta? Dadgum. In Atlanta. Yeah, well. All right. sweet we What have you got for Who walks in on Ross and Chandler and Joey?
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That's Rachel. Yes, yes. Yes, I feel Monica would have wanted to see what was going on. And then he just probably would have too.
00:07:23
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rachel is he Yeah, they would have been very intrigued by it. Uh-huh. Yes.
00:07:31
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All right. So this one, let's see. Man, you're winning. I'm winning, but it won't last for long. Don't you worry. When Phoebe comes into Central Park stressed about dating two guys, her shirt is written in what language that we find out in a later episode she speaks?
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French. French it is. Yes. See, there you go. you're back on track. If you hadn't given me that hint. Oh, you cut out for just a second. are you There you go. Oh.
00:08:04
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Okay. Yeah. you hadn't given me that hint, I don't know that I would have known. So.
00:08:14
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Yeah. It's a, when I wrote the question, I was like, that's too hard. so let's, let's, you know tease out a little more with that. That she does end up speaking French. But it actually does make me feel a whole lot better because I kept trying to read the shirt.
00:08:34
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and I couldn't. So... you you You can look online. The shirt exists. It was a real like shirt made by some designer. um I did look into just to double check. It was French on the shirt.
00:08:50
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Nice. But yeah, that shirt that shirt exists. ah Let's have a look here. Oh, it's your question. Your one for me. All right. and
00:09:03
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What drink does Chandler hold in a number of different scenes?
00:09:11
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That would be a Yoo-Hoo. Yeah, it would. is that it was The first time that it was on the screen, I thought it was a beer. And then I was like, oh wait, no. That's definitely a Yoo-Hoo.
00:09:27
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Because it's a distinctive bottle, but he's kind of covering the name. So i was like, well, are they trying to show you who are not? Because it obviously is, but his fingers covered up the logo. So I thought that was kind of interesting. But in one of the scenes in the girl's apartment, he's holding it and you can see it where it says you.
00:09:46
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like oh nice. Okay, I didn't catch that. Yeah, it was pretty clever product placement. I like it. Nice job, Al.
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Thank you. All right.
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This then you question.
Chandler's Yoo-Hoo Obsession
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No, wish to it well, three and a half to two. you can get you I've got three and a half out of four. You've got two out of three. So oh you've got two more. You've got two more coming your way.
00:10:16
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Have I? I think just one more. Let's see. Yeah, because I asked you who walked in. What does joe Ross guess the thing is?
00:10:30
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Where does Ross hide or everyone hide the drink? That's four. So you have three and a half out of four. I've got three a half out of well you and That's right. Well, you've got two two out of three.
00:10:46
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So you okay you could make a comeback. Oh, my God. oh My brain. but It's ok the end of a long day. We got this. Okay. All right.
00:10:59
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All right. So I'm ready. I was told you have a similar question to this, but different. So it was safe to go with. How many doctors in total are in the room looking at Ross's thing when he says he has dinner plans? But you can be one either way.
00:11:19
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Getting the exact numbers too hard. 15. You are getting half a point because 17, so you're only two away. Dang it! Definitely a half point for that.
00:11:31
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Okay, here's my question that's very similar to that. How many of those doctors were female? yeah that We are on the same wavelength. I have no idea.
00:11:43
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i am going to do... There was 17, so I'm going to cut that sort of in half. Eight and a half. I am going to go with seven. Six.
00:11:57
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Oh, almost there. You want a half a point? I'll give you a half a point. I'll half a point. All half a point. Half a point. Alright, and my final question for you is I'm trying to think how to... you don't We're going to keep going with the same theme here.
00:12:16
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We do see what engine house number Vince works at. What's the number? And you can be two either way
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way. 101? It's much lower. Unfortunately... Nine!
00:12:34
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Oh, five. It's nine to five. I'm just guessing. Oh, man, you beat me, Al. You beat me. That has not happened in a while. It's been a minute. I'm very excited. Good job. It has been.
00:12:51
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can see on my piece of paper. Thank you. Thank you. How long it's been, and I'm embarrassed to admit. So I'm glad to be on board. Well, just good job and leave it there. Yes. But I have two more questions if you want to keep playing.
00:13:04
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i do I do not have any more because I had to replace some of mine. I'll ask you two more questions for fun. Okay. For funsies. Do it. yep All right. What are three things that Rachel thinks Monica should have at her wedding?
00:13:19
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Her money themed wedding. So it's a money bouquet, a money salad because I don't know what money salad is. it'll be dry it'll be dry though we know it'll be dry and then can we do like money in the invitations does that count sure sure there's all right if you know it you get a billion trillion extra points i love it a placemat yeah money placemat oh money placemat all right
00:13:54
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What are the three things that Vince does that are sensitive?
00:14:03
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Oh, I just, i know Vince writes in his journal.
00:14:10
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I don't think I caught the other two. ah Nope, I've got no idea. I just remember the journal line. He paints?
00:14:24
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And he does charcoal. Oh, because he has lots of access. That's right. Lots of access to charcoal. Yes.
00:14:35
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I should have got that. and and Anyway. Oh, well. Oh, well. um You still won with a billion points. still I'm still on cloud nine. I'm quite happy. Thank you. Thank you.
00:14:50
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All right, let's get
Ross's Growth: Friendship & Comedy
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stuck in. We are in the boys' apartment and Chandler and Joey are talking about what would happen if the chick and the duck had babies, which is quite funny to to sort of picture that conversation. Yeah.
00:15:06
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Before Ross comes in, I think right when he comes in, there's a a big new-looking mountain bike leaning against the big white dog in the background. And we never see either Joey or Chandler on a bike, I don't think. I think it's just something I noticed in the background.
00:15:23
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um Whose bike would that be? this These are the questions I wonder.
00:15:30
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Let's see. Oh, have you frozen... I'm going to pause. Oh, no, you are back. Are you there?
00:15:42
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Can you hear me, Deanne?
00:15:45
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I'm going to pause, listeners. All right, and we are back. Sorry, yes, I was just mentioning I noticed that mountain bike in the background, and I don't think we ever see Joey or Chandler on a bike.
00:16:06
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I think no so. I'm trying to just kind of go through all the characters. yeah I don't remember ever seeing anyone else. But there's definitely a kind of heavy-duty looking mountain bike leaning against Pat the dog um in the background. But...
00:16:24
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susan Yeah. And this isn't the first time we've seen a bike. This isn't the first time we've seen bike a row. Ross has one? Yeah. Oh, no, it's in Ross's apartment, isn't it? we we We may never know. it just jumped out at me because I don't think we'd seen that before. But speaking of Ross, he comes in and he has a yeah a growth.
00:16:48
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He doesn't really know what it is because he can't see it, but he could feel it in the shower. So he's enlisting Joey and Chandler to help him out here.
00:17:00
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Hmm.
00:17:05
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Indeed. Now, I am going to say that is true friendship right there. The fact that he feels comfortable enough to go to them and say these things.
00:17:19
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I'm just saying. And in my life, I've had... Indeed, she would probably enjoy it immensely, trying to figure whatever the thing might be.
00:17:31
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Yes, she would be... a
00:17:39
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i yes and i appreciate that you i don't think i do anything so it's possible you don't yeah even and and it shall a shall don't even remain that way yeah yeah your your yeah wife your wife She's one of my people. guudak She is. what it will, but she is one of people.
00:18:03
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She is She's a pretty solid human being. I'm going to keep her up. She's the best She's pretty, pretty cool. um chandler a Rachel comes in as they're kind of looking at this growth, and i do love Chandler's line of two more weeks of winter.
00:18:20
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um Like a little reference to old Puxatoni Phil.
00:18:29
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Oh, like, they didn't know. Yes. Well, and it made me laugh, like, whenever Ross is trying to enlist their help, and he's, like, describing, and and they're like, ah you know, like, ah where are we going with all of this?
00:18:49
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you know, and and then they're looking at it. and Is it a mole? Yeah, the physical comedy, the way they kind of step back and things like that really is just terrible just fantastic.
00:19:01
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um I'm going to pause for just a second. I think we're having another connection issue. and we're back. Yeah, I was just saying the physical comedy when they're kind of looking at it is very funny, so especially Chandler, I think.
00:19:22
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Yes.
00:19:25
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Oh, yeah. And then the timing of Rachel walks in and then they all freeze like, what? Did you notice? Okay. And in that first scene, whenever they're down there and they're talking, having the conversation about the chicken. So there was, there was like no books and then something in between the books and numerous points. i I've forgotten what it was in between all the books.
00:19:51
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yes You should have. I should have wouldn't have gotten it, but that right away It's the Three Stooges statue that we've referred to a number of different times.
00:20:10
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Yeah, so that's awesome. Yeah. oh Yeah. I really I know who the Three Stooges are as discussed before. I don't really know much about them. But just I do love them in the apartment.
00:20:21
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Who bought them? Who knows? But they're kind of awesome pieces.
00:20:28
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Um, let's see. We're going to nip on over to Central Park. Phoebe enters with Vince. This is one of the two gentlemen that she's yeah been dating. Uh, he's, the he's the firefighter and introduces himself to, uh, let's see. i think Chandler, Monica and Joey are there.
00:20:44
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Um, And this is where he tells them that he's got 98 hot saves. He says it's the highest on the force. And I know I'm being super nitpicky here. I've never thought of firefighters as being on the force. To me, that's a police officer.
00:21:07
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Right. I don't know. I guess. I don't really know. i was thinking about that. The fire people. Department? Yeah. Yeah. it's ah yeah i I heard the word force and thought, yeah, not sure.
00:21:23
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um So let's see. and he Sorry, go ahead.
00:21:34
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And then Vince, it's not a joke, son. Not a joke, son. And then he exits. Yeah, that's right, because I think she says, oh, he's cute or something. Rachel's there, too.
00:21:46
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Isn't she? She's there too. Because she's the one who's saying that he's so cute. And, um, yeah. And then she's, um, yeah. And Rachel's the one who's like, but I thought you were dating a kindergarten teacher.
00:22:06
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That's right. you know She's juggling her oats and things and all of that. day And she's juggling them in. Um, um That's right. Yeah.
00:22:19
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Oh, yeah. That's right. And then is it just after that Ross comes in? no And juggling her two guys. Yeah. Is that right? And then.
00:22:33
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Well, hang on. i thought that the line was so funny. Whenever Joey's like, and so do they know about each other? And she says, does it do move does the lips move whenever he reads? And then I was like, what? and they That's right, because Ross and Chandler are just kind looking at each other. And she goes over to the same. Or Joey and Chandler, right? Yeah, just confusion as to what in the world she's talking about. That's right. And at that point is when.
00:23:03
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Yeah.
00:23:06
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I do love the expression on Ross's face. He comes in kind of high, like everything's fine, and then just go over to the immediately the you know the happiness washes off his face.
00:23:17
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um
00:23:21
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ah And that's when the doctor says it's benign, but he's not going to remove it because he's unsure of what it is. And Joey comes up with a great idea that they should just name it the Ross because that would be cool.
00:23:35
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It's it's such a such a Joey line.
00:23:40
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LAUGHTER That's right. That would be cool. And then you could be like, aw. Monica ends up getting a call from Pete. As determined and bamboozled, he is Atlanta and he says, we need to talk.
00:23:55
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And Monica, she she fears the worst at this point. um Although i think I don't think anyone else thinks that he's breaking up with her. um I think, Yeah.
00:24:12
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Yeah. No, Joey thinks he could have just cheated on you. Nothing good comes from that. Pete, you should know better than to phrase it differently. um ah You know, we have to talk about something really exciting. We have to talk about an opportunity. Yeah.
00:24:31
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Yeah. Yeah, so we'll we'll sort of get into what it is he wants to talk about um shortly. But we end up going back out to the street and Jason, the kindergarten teacher, who we've not met till this point, and Phoebe are walking around they kind talking about teaching and spontaneously this this old car just bursts into flames just out nowhere. mean, doesn't that happen all the time?
00:25:04
Speaker
That's probably it. It overheated. It's probably on coolant. And that's it. Just needed a bit of the green stuff in there and it would have been fine.
00:25:14
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Yeah. But, ah yeah, Phoebe doesn't want to call the fire department. So go ahead. Yeah.
00:25:24
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Do you know what?
00:25:29
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No. Okay. So I've got um <unk> I've got a transcript. All right. And I found something that's on mine. that's Oh, she said that. thought you were just being witty. That coolant joke.
00:25:45
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that Phoebe said that. Phoebe said that.
00:25:53
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Oh, I wish. I could never be that witty like that. But no, she's like, you know, um we don't need the fire department. We need a good mechanic. And then she says, and he's like, what are you talking about?
00:26:08
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And she goes, probably just ran low on cool. Yeah, that line is cut out. And then all of a sudden the sirens start. You could have been a writer. So,
00:26:19
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day I mean, I'm witty. I'm witty. my joke. That's what I'm thinking. My joke. Dang it. Yeah, right. Well, we end up in the doctor's office for the first time.
Medical Mystery: Ross's Growth
00:26:31
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We're over there a couple of times. um All the time. The doctor doesn't think it's a third nipple because it's on his ass. I think is how he phrases it.
00:26:39
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um
00:26:42
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I was going to ask you, who that who does the doctor call in? and He calls in two people. That's exactly what he says. And says both their names. Yeah.
00:26:57
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Is it Dr. Johnson? There you go. You would have gotten it. Yes. And then he's like, yeah. That's right. you Bring him. He likes working on weird things. Yeah, I would have gotten Hamilton. I don't know that have gotten Johnson. they're going to come and have a look. Yeah, because he looks he likes weird things or rare things.
00:27:22
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oh my gosh. Okay, but the – But it says rear. I thought he said weird in my nose. He calls him Hamilton because he's good with a weird things.
00:27:35
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Weird. Yeah, he's good with weird things. Oh, I definitely actually yeah heard weird. Yeah, I heard weird. Yeah, that's interesting. Might have to check that one out. wonder what is right.
00:27:48
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Yeah.
00:27:51
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Yeah. They're going to come in. We go back over to Central Park. Yeah, that's funny. Monica says she has to go to Pete's to water his plants. I was curious how many plants you have in your house.
00:28:06
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Any clue? None? None inside. Yeah, I was thinking inside. Yeah? None inside. I have none inside.
00:28:20
Speaker
Yeah, I have none right now. um i I killed two in the last year. used to have two. But then killed a lot. you've got lot going on outside, if recall.
00:28:32
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um Yeah, well, Pete's got plenty. he's got at least We know he's got a ficus. I did write down that in Central Park, Monica has a blue mug, Joey has a green mug, and Chandler has Yoo-Hoo.
00:28:44
Speaker
So we know what's going on in Central Park. um phoebe is she's discovering the dating two guys at once nice not all it's cracked up to be yeah that's that' this is stress stressful situation yeah nothing about that sounds good appealing at all that just seems like it would be difficult and not enjoyable at all and she's over pretty quickly
00:29:15
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ah Let's see. Yeah, keep jumping in. I feel like I'm going through the list um because we're going to back over at the doctor's office with the 17 doctors. Yeah.
00:29:28
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Yeah. Yes, which I've now learned. um I don't think we learned the main doctor's name, but he's been practicing medicine for 23 years and he's never seen anything like it.
00:29:44
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Which...
00:29:48
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Yeah.
00:29:51
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Yes, which is so funny to me. Yeah. um Skin things are so weird. And, okay, I have a question for you.
00:30:03
Speaker
Have you ever been to a dermatologist? Certainly not regularly. Like, is that something that you regularly do, like you're supposed to? feel like I have, but I can't remember why. I've certainly never had any kind of growth...
00:30:18
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removed or skin abnormality that I can think of. um So no, I mean, I don't think I have.
00:30:30
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and All right.
00:30:36
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Yeah. Well, Al, you're supposed to. You're supposed to. So you got to go and get checked. Um, I had never been, and I'm a pretty moley human.
00:30:48
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got a lot of moles and apparently that's not good or maybe it is. I don't know, but whatever. So I went to a dermatologist for the first time. My brother, who is also very moley, moley, moley, um, went, he's been going to the dermatologist since he was like a teenager.
00:31:11
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And, um, I went and it was probably terrifying. Nah, just don't worry about that. And so I never went back.
00:31:23
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yeah That's terrible.
00:31:29
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Yeah. Yeah. Well, she went, she lo but she took a mole off my back. It didn't tell me what was happening. And I, you know, i mean, you can't see what's happening back there.
00:31:43
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And we lopped it off. And then they called me a week later and said all was good. And I said, cool, I'm not going back to the dermatologist ever. and What do I can't believe I just like put that out there like that. But, um,
00:31:59
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Yeah, I keep putting it off and putting it Yeah, I suppose I should. Going back like I'm supposed to. Might as well. I should go. Yeah, yeah, I should go. should go.
00:32:12
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It's like the dentist. Now I have started going again regularly, but I didn't go for about five years because I kept just putting off and putting it off. And I went and everything was fine, but I shouldn't do that again.
00:32:25
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um need to Need to keep keep it up. do yeah Keep going regularly.
00:32:33
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Okay. Same. Same, Al. is Whenever I was in my that just wasn't a thing. I would think about it once every couple of years and be like, should probably do that. You have to set an example. Then after I had kids, I started going back again regularly.
00:32:55
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but Joseph goes all the time because right, right. and It does. It does. Teeth and eyes and skin. We go over to Pete's house and one of my favorite lines that I use all the time, either out loud or in my head, is in this scene.
Chandler's IKEA Couch Joke
00:33:14
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and it's when Chandler flops down on the couch um and just, just, Ikea, this is comfortable. That goes through my head. Every time I flop on the couch at the end of a long day in my head, like like I said, it's Ikea, this is comfortable.
00:33:34
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ah More times than I care to admit. ah Yeah.
00:33:42
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That's hilarious. yep yeah that line of all the lines that stick in there? No. Now, fire safety, that's not a joke, son.
00:33:56
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That's That's not a joke, son. I'll say that all the time. Especially because that couch is probably the opposite. ikea You know, I'm not against Ikea. I went for the first time in years about two months ago, three months ago. Really just Macy needed a few things, my daughter. So we went and kind of had to walk around. and I mean, like said, I'm not against it. And they've got cool little gadgets.
00:34:25
Speaker
um And I think if you're starting out, it's a cool place to get lots of stuff for not very much. um But yeah, the this I didn't buy anything. I liked all the little gadgets.
00:34:36
Speaker
That was, a if I'm going to go, that's what I'm looking at. Little like kitchen utensils and stuff.
00:34:44
Speaker
ah you Are you an Ikea person?
00:34:51
Speaker
Hmm. Okay. No, I hate that place. It's too big. And it used to be that like, once you started, you couldn't leave until you got to the end and like a haunted house. That's terrible. No, Ikea for the Willis. I not like Ikea. I do not like it.
00:35:11
Speaker
no No, no, no. Well, I'm pretty sure that Pete doesn't have any Ikea in his house. I think he can flash the cash a little more than that. ah
00:35:24
Speaker
Yeah, he has this video phone. The video phone, I think, is very odd because it's not going to be a flat screen, I wouldn't think, given that it's the mid-90s. So is the back of this TV monitor built into the wall somehow? I don't know.
00:35:40
Speaker
Or maybe it is a flat screen, but it kind of looks... Yeah.
00:35:49
Speaker
That's what I figured. That's what I thought. It doesn't look like a flat screen. like It looks like a tube TV to me. Yeah. Like a small tube TV. Yeah, it looked like it was somehow built into the wall when it was a tube TV. So I don't know. don't know how that would work.
00:36:06
Speaker
um But let's see. Pete had called. Or Pete does call. That's right. He video calls. That's what everyone tries to hide. And reassures Monica it is good news. He has good news.
00:36:19
Speaker
um And then Joey. Poor old Joey. yeah
00:36:27
Speaker
that's right because she accidentally answers it answers it with her voice like uh it made me think about ah yeah yeah whenever they were doing the light and then the video phone and all that you know it made me think of alexa And, you know, Alexa or Siri. Yeah, it really did. Call whoever. You know, yeah of their time. And now we have all of that stuff just at our fingertips. We don't.
00:36:58
Speaker
I mean, I know I could go and get them. We don't have bulbs. Yeah. I don't know what it would cost to get voice activated light bulbs and such. It's probably not much is what i'm thinking.
00:37:11
Speaker
Yeah.
00:37:16
Speaker
Nothing.
00:37:19
Speaker
No, no, because it's not. that We've got at our house some Joseph, I don't even know what he bought, but it's in the, it's our lights and our living room and the thing.
00:37:33
Speaker
And he can change it with his phone, like the light colors. Yeah, so we've got that and one light bulb that does that, but I've never used it. I think we got it accidentally. We got one. We didn't realize it had an app for the light bulb.
00:37:50
Speaker
I've just plugged it in and never messed around with it. You know, I don't need to do that. That's a... Yeah. um Well, Pete has written a check. This is going to be sort of the the right the story about the good news here.
00:38:09
Speaker
He's written check for $50,000 to Hugo Lindgren, who is a ring designer. um Joey doesn't quite connect the dots with what the good news might be.
00:38:20
Speaker
Everyone else assumes this is a ring for Monica. He's planning on proposing. Ross, why in the world would you immediately go, call mom, call mom? It's not like he's proposed.
00:38:31
Speaker
um So in my mind, Ross is out line there.
00:38:43
Speaker
then he knows...
00:38:45
Speaker
Oh, yeah, but he's a mama's boy, and he knows that it would make his mom this very happy. So call mom and tell her, because that's fine. But that's all impulsive and ridiculous. but Yeah.
00:39:04
Speaker
Well, and I'm thankful she didn't.
00:39:08
Speaker
I wonder if she did, though. Because at the end of the episode and she's like, oh, my family will be so happy. Because, you know, we find out at the end of this episode that's that's not his plan.
00:39:20
Speaker
um But yeah, I wonder if she did. I wonder, yeah, his mind is elsewhere. I wonder if they did did call. Who knows she did call? um But Rachel's getting very excited. We go over to the girl's apartment. and This is where they're talking about the money-themed wedding um that you brought up. this yeah Do you know what a money salad is? I've got no idea.
00:39:46
Speaker
No, I don't even know.
00:39:49
Speaker
Yeah, oh, you know Yeah, maybe she is. no i I guess it's dry because it's paper. I guess that's it. I assume now that I'm saying it out loud. Yeah, when she said it, I was guessing it was a real thing. um Yeah, that makes a lot more sense. But Chandler, as you said, still has his Yoohoo. And I'm just curious if it was a paid promotion or not because it obviously is um that brand of drink.
00:40:18
Speaker
ah And is this where Phoebe comes in and she's initially says she's going to break up with Vince?
00:40:28
Speaker
Yes. Yep. Sensitive is better. Yeah. Uh-huh.
00:40:39
Speaker
Yeah, because
00:40:43
Speaker
they were having the fight, Monica and Ross, where... um rot or Rachel's, you know, all excited and Ross is saying, no she needs to think about it and she can't rush into it and all that. That's right. You married a lesbian. What do you know?
00:41:03
Speaker
you Yeah, that was in that in that scene. um Yeah, she's decided sensitive is better, though Phoebe has. She's break up with Jason, but she's still not sure.
00:41:14
Speaker
um You can tell this is a she's She's not 100% sure about this decision. uh rachel then imagine she's just out of nowhere kind of shouts because she's imagining carry a catching excuse me the money bouquet um which is very very rachel this is where we go to fire station number five we see the number five on the outside um Because Phoebe's going to break up with Vince.
00:41:43
Speaker
um I like the way he drops in on the fireman's pole. I think that's kind of a nice touch. um But I think yeah he starts to cry. he's Because he thought ah he thought they had something special. Mm-hmm.
00:41:56
Speaker
But then he has to leave. He's going to go write in his journal. He felt she was somebody he could ah he could really open up to. And I think Phoebe is less thinking maybe she's made a huge mistake.
00:42:09
Speaker
Because suddenly Burnley Vince is a super sensitive guy. He might just be the the total package for Phoebe. um Let's see. Again, jump in, but I know we go over to Central Park. um and phoebe This is where Phoebe recommends Ross to go to her par guru, Guru Saj.
00:42:34
Speaker
Yes.
00:42:37
Speaker
Herbal... her herbal guy her herbal guy where he's such a peculiar guy like i guess he is but he plays the role really well um this guru saj like i i don't know i'm all for a bit of a let's let's look at the eastern medicine as well and see what's going on but he's a he's a peculiar chap um Before we get into that, Rachel comes in with bridal magazines. I believe we were going to ask who made press the dress that Monica would look really good in
00:43:13
Speaker
Yes. just
00:43:18
Speaker
Yeah, I know nothing about, I the name, I know she's designer. Yeah, you want to know a little bit about Donna Karan? I know nothing else about her.
00:43:32
Speaker
Okay, well, I spent some time on her website perusing. So she also um ah made DKNY.
00:43:42
Speaker
You know that that brand? It's like more youth-based, like it's for younger people. Okay, but her lines are it's like fancy. They're beautiful, beautiful dresses.
00:43:58
Speaker
She does not have a wedding line. which is what I thought was interesting. There's um like formal and fat black tie and evening gown.
00:44:11
Speaker
And then there's also these like beautiful jumpsuits and and in dresses for work, and but no wedding dress. And I was like, that's very kind of interesting to me. But everything is between $200 and $500.
00:44:31
Speaker
You know, it's its um more than I would have as expendable income to write buy of dress that I'm going to once every few months, you know. Right.
00:44:47
Speaker
but But they're very, very beautiful clothing. Yeah. I mean, she's obviously doing something right because... That's one would want. She's a very successful lady by all accounts.
00:45:00
Speaker
But... Yeah. Yeah.
00:45:08
Speaker
Yeah. um And they've they've got casual, more... casual but more and more
00:45:18
Speaker
i I don't know, like, I guess, but still work clothes, you know, like nice and I don't know. I'm like, man, right it I could be fancy like that.
00:45:34
Speaker
I could. couldn't afford it, but I could be fancy. Yes, yes, the apartment pants. Do you remember whenever Rachel has apartment pants?
00:45:44
Speaker
Yes. Okay. Interesting. Okay. So she has weekend pants. Yeah. Yeah. So I don't you know. No, I've never spent three figures on piece of clothing, I don't think. Weekend pants.
00:46:03
Speaker
Huh. Yeah. Right.
00:46:09
Speaker
right Yeah, I want to. If I was a millionaire. It's not in my wheelhouse. If I had married a millionaire. Donna Karen.
00:46:20
Speaker
ah Okay, so anyway, Donna Karen. Monica does mona kar very fancyant is um imagining what it would be like to say yes. And it is making her happy. So she's kind of changing her tune a bit from thinking it's too quick because they'd only been going out for a few weeks at this point.
00:46:39
Speaker
um if if she's going to get married phoebe asks if she can bring two people and that's her way of telling them she couldn't break up with vince so she's still dating the teacher and the firefighter at this point um However, she does go over to Jason, the teacher's apartment next. And first of all, his door, it looks like concrete blocks.
00:47:04
Speaker
I didn't quite understand what his door was all about. Because obviously it's not because Phoebe just opens it. But it's almost like it's painted like concrete blocks. I don't know. It's a ah weird, weird choice to me. Right. Yeah.
00:47:19
Speaker
Yeah.
00:47:22
Speaker
Yeah, it was right odd. i just I couldn't figure out if it was just painted to look like that or not. But she's pleasantly surprised. She goes in and Jason is hanging some shelves or something with his shirt off and she is very happy with what she sees and suddenly he's not just Mr. Sensitive.
00:47:43
Speaker
So she continues to have a real pickle on her hands. I have been waiting to ask you this question. since I watched this episode, butve because I've never known the answer.
00:47:56
Speaker
We go into Guru Saj's office, his his practice, whatever it is. We meet Guru Saj, and he tells this joke about a Kundis.
00:48:08
Speaker
Is it just something made up, or is it like actually a Kundis? You know, he goes, what's a Kundis with you? And kind of laughs.
00:48:18
Speaker
And I even put...
00:48:21
Speaker
He might well be. might well be. um Yeah, I thought he was just being weirdo. I was hearing K-U-N-D-I-S. I was like, is he just making stuff up? and that Yeah, okay.
00:48:34
Speaker
I was hoping that was the case. Uh-huh.
00:48:43
Speaker
Yeah. how How about this? Cundus is most famously a made-up word from a friend scene where a character jokes, what's a cundus with you?
00:48:55
Speaker
A play on what's up or new with you. ah But it also, oh other meanings include a Tamil term for buttocks or skidmark.
00:49:09
Speaker
Who knew? Covered underground tank for harvesting. Just just a random word. Yeah, he's... Yeah. so I just i thought I was missing something.
00:49:21
Speaker
Yeah, he's a peculiar one.
00:49:25
Speaker
That's stupid. What a weird guy. yeah no, I didn't get it. Okay, like but did you notice where he kept all of his herbs?
00:49:38
Speaker
Is it an apothecary? Is it something to do with that? he opens it No, I don't know.
00:49:49
Speaker
No. um You cut out. So what is it? It's ah it's a card catalog. Okay. It's the thing that used to be in oh, a card catalog.
00:50:03
Speaker
And whenever libraries back before the internet and you had all of the little drawers and you'd pull it out and it had all the cards of all the books.
00:50:19
Speaker
Okay, yeah, that's what that is. That's what that is. Now, was it supposed to be something else? I have no idea. But I know for a fact that that that's that's card catalog.
00:50:33
Speaker
That's card catalog, like the big card catalog. But he's taken out all of furniture i really like it the the cards in with. yeah That's random.
00:50:45
Speaker
But yeah.
00:50:49
Speaker
It is. Okay. Fun fact, Al. I don't know if you know this about me or not, but I really, really, really love libraries.
00:51:00
Speaker
And I really, really, really. Okay. So I spent, whenever I was in middle school, I was a library aid a ah The library aid liked me so much. I mean, the librarian liked me and how organized it was and the way that I organized all the stuff.
00:51:22
Speaker
And i would also do all of the stuff for the video announcements that she made up where I didn't have to take. You were very happy. And I could be a library aid for two periods.
00:51:34
Speaker
So fancy. Dewey Decimal System rocks my socks. Yeah, Dewey Decimal System, it is awesome. Yeah, and it drives me crazy because I spent so much time organizing and like always fronting the books and making sure that they were all organized correctly that it drives me crazy however millions of years later, whenever the books aren't in the right place.
00:52:10
Speaker
Isn't that crazy? but Just in the library. But not at my house. Everywhere else. That's fair enough. I think that's okay. not in my house. Not in my office. Just everywhere else. I could see you if you either hit the lottery, all of that, buying a bookshop somewhere and just having a great time. Yeah.
00:52:31
Speaker
yeah
00:52:37
Speaker
Oh, my god And just yeah organizing everything by authors then by the titles by the authors. Yes. you'd be And I could just do that all the time and read the book.
00:52:50
Speaker
I think so. and We're going to make it happen. Oh, my God. ah i think I found a new dream now.
00:52:59
Speaker
What about the sea turtles? We'll have lots of books about them. What about the sea turtles? What about the turtles? Well, let's see. Guru Saj, he angers it with his salve or his bomb, whatever is he puts on there. Guru Saj. He's going have to use a more powerful tool, love, and...
00:53:22
Speaker
But ends up not being love that saves the day. It's his watch because he catches whatever this growth is with his watch. And in one fell swoop, he's removed it.
00:53:38
Speaker
And let's see. so i There you go. um We go back over to Pete's house here.
Courtney Cox's Framed Headshot
00:53:45
Speaker
yeah on one of Pete's tables, I couldn't help but notice, he has one of Courtney Cox's headshots in a frame.
00:53:53
Speaker
Like just, if you Google Courtney Cox in the 90s, it's one of her like staple headshots is framed. which I think is kind of felt like it just stood out to me. was like, I've seen that picture before. And one of our main friend's headshots, which it gets kind of bold if they've only been dating a few weeks.
00:54:15
Speaker
He's already got a framed picture up. um But this is Pete. He's an unusual guy, as Chandler says, and does things a bit differently. um They've obviously gone out for a lovely dinner. they I'm assuming a nice evening out. And this is where Pete breaks the news to Monica about his plans for his immediate future.
00:54:35
Speaker
um He's conquered the academic world, this which is what? Sorry, go ahead.
00:54:45
Speaker
Which is what? I'm concerned. Okay. Whenever he gives this little speech,
00:54:57
Speaker
about, you know, I've conquered the business world. I've conquered the intellectual world. Now I have the most beautiful woman in the world. Now I've got to do the physical world.
00:55:09
Speaker
Is he a psychopath? Because you know that there are people who are like legit psychopaths.
00:55:21
Speaker
Like they don't have necessarily... you know, whatever, but you're whatever, but they are right often, if they are not criminals doing very bad things, they are extremely successful business people.
00:55:45
Speaker
And so, that's i did kind of wonder that. Does he really love Monica? Or is just conquest? it's more of just being able to tick the box.
00:55:56
Speaker
All right, conquered this, conquered that. Beautiful girl. And yeah, it's not really about Monica as much as just a completionist sort of task.
00:56:08
Speaker
So yeah, I'm kind of with you.
00:56:13
Speaker
We do like Pete. We do. Yeah. And maybe I'm just being mean because I really like Pete. I really, really like Pete. And I love their little relationship and all of this.
00:56:25
Speaker
But oh there's something about that that my jaded old lady Climbing into the ring. He's not like an athlete. And this is something that takes a psychopath years of preparation. Yeah.
00:56:42
Speaker
ah Yeah, it's an interesting one. And again, you could... Nuh-uh. I'm sorry, I just fast-forwarded
00:56:51
Speaker
a to...
00:56:55
Speaker
i i'm
00:56:58
Speaker
bi What is it? Like one or two episodes from now. And it's like, yeah, what are you doing? Yeah, I'm looking forward meeting his trainer. Yeah, my trainer, Chi. You could conquer the physical world by, you know, run a marathon.
00:57:15
Speaker
You know, that's pretty impressive. ah You know, there's... Right, right. There's lots of other things that aren't going to get your face smashed in. Right. Do strong man competition. But I guess he's just got to go right for the top like he does everything else.
00:57:31
Speaker
um but So he breaks the news to her that that's it.
00:57:39
Speaker
Mm-hmm. And know what a line. i want you... Yeah. I want you close enough to smell my blood. It is an unhinged edge of Pete that, yeah, we we don't need any of this. It's disturbing. um We end up back in Central Park.
00:58:00
Speaker
ah Phoebe's playing a guitar. And unfortunately for her, both Vince and Jason are there. um She kind of panics. She just stops her so stop playing mid-song and then says, right, nobody come and talk to me like usual.
00:58:15
Speaker
um jason gives her a kiss and then vince kind of steps can i go what is happening here um and they really end up both breaking up with her um but again vince the firefighter his reasoning is kind of fantastic um you can't believe he ever dated somebody who had to open flame in the woods um Like, just... Like, he he seems disgusted with Phoebe at that notion. um And immediately breaks things off.
00:58:49
Speaker
Um... And yeah, I think we then end with Guru Saj again. Back in his office, Chandler Joey decided to bring the duck because the duck has a cough and the the vet, I guess guess, couldn't do anything with it or couldn't really help.
00:59:08
Speaker
um Guru Saj suggests that they try or asks, I think think he asks, will the duck eat a bat? And yeah, no. yeah no
00:59:25
Speaker
what did it What did that make you think of, Al? What did it make you think of, Al? What did it make you think of? Ozzy Osbourne.
00:59:37
Speaker
Yeah. yeah where did Where did your mind go?
00:59:42
Speaker
Oh. Yeah, that's true. Yeah, of course. It made me think of COVID-19. COVID. We're far enough away from that that you look back and go, gosh, did we really have to do all that stuff? Or did we do all these things? and It's just kind of nuts.
01:00:02
Speaker
um Yeah. No, Ozzy Osbourne popped into my head when we're talking about consuming a bat back in his his wild days. he was He was something else.
01:00:14
Speaker
um But I think that was it. i think that's this episode kind of um yeah that's a conclusion. Let's see. Who would be your Gunther Central Park this week?
01:00:37
Speaker
Mine is... Okay, so
01:00:45
Speaker
do i I want to pick Vince. You certainly could have Vince, I think. I think it's perfectly within whatever rules we've made up. um You know. the
01:01:01
Speaker
Just cause. Yeah, okay. I want to go with Vince. Just cause. And because fire safety is not joke. Well, you know, I think in that spirit, I really don't have a Gunther Central Park this week. like Nobody jumps out at me, to be honest. So in the spirit of Vince and his fantastic one line, one of his lines, but that was the best line, I'm just going to go with Chandler for IKEA This Is Comfortable, just to keep the theme going. of You know, I think this week, this week, that's how we're going to do it.
01:01:38
Speaker
Yes. There you go. The best one line. Let's think. Okay. Awesome. I like it. Flames. Okay. Burning cars. I think that is on theme. How many burning cars are we going with car this week?
01:02:02
Speaker
That is exactly what I have. that's So tell me what. I'm going with six and a half.
01:02:11
Speaker
Yep.
01:02:16
Speaker
Because it was fine. i'm I'm right there with you. It was fine. I think for me, Vince's line, you know, the fire safety, not a joke, son. i like Chandler's joke. Guru Sajj gave me a giggle.
01:02:27
Speaker
But other than that, for me, not much really in this episode. um So, yeah, kind of six and a half also. Yeah. Next week, we are going to review the one with yeah the Ultimate Fighting Champion.
01:02:44
Speaker
And I'm kind of looking forward to digging into this. Yep. um Just because I'm assuming that this product placement and things, because it features um yeah John, mc I think it's John McCarthy. No, it's a Bruce Buffer. who was the real UFC announcer for years and years and years.
01:03:05
Speaker
Tank Abbott, who's in the ring with Pete, is ah was a real UFC fighter. So I'm just curious. to I've never researched him. I'd like to dig into how much and why there was so much product placement in this. I think it'd be interesting to find out.
01:03:25
Speaker
Yeah, it must be. So this was yeah a great way to never get it on the on the big stage, onto prime time. you know um But yeah, as we wrap up this episode, Wilson, do you have any advice for young people who may be thinking about playing with matches?
01:03:41
Speaker
Crazy.
01:03:46
Speaker
Thank you. Thank you. Fire TV is not a joke, Al. What perfect way to... Yes. Not a joke.
01:04:00
Speaker
Man. and
01:04:03
Speaker
Yes. It's got the same energy. Oh, identity theft is not a joke, Jim. There. Okay. Dwight, today fire is going to save lives. I think that's when when Dwight's... Yeah.
01:04:22
Speaker
Yeah, so we've got a few on the go. A few different... That's awesome. Yes. Well, fantastic. Well, yeah, next week, the one with the ultimate fighting champion. But as always, everybody, thank you so much for listening to the Purple Door Podcast.