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The One With Russ
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Join Alasdair and DeeAnn as they talk Frasier connections, the amount of pages in a newspaper, and Bonanza!
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Introduction and Hosts' Updates
00:00:04
Speaker
Well, hello and welcome to this week's episode of the Purple Door Podcast, a friend's rewatch pod. I'm one of your hosts, Alistair, alongside my good friend, Deanne. Deanne, how are you today?
00:00:16
Speaker
Awesome. It's great. The sun is shining. It's hotter than Hades outside. It is. But it's awesome. Everything's great. Wonderful. Yeah. How are you doing, Al?
00:00:28
Speaker
I'm doing well. I had a cold and I've still got a bit of a cough, but like feeling fine. So i'm going to try and hover above the mute button. So if I need to cough or sneeze or something,
00:00:41
Speaker
It doesn't get caught up in the podcast, but an apology in advance to you and to listeners. If I sneeze, cough, anything else while we're recording this episode.
Alistair's Vacation and Podcast Collaboration
00:00:52
Speaker
But yeah, doing really well. Went on vacation for a few days.
00:00:55
Speaker
Back, ready to go to work tomorrow. It's going to be a good week. Feeling good. too Yes, awesome. Yeah, we started back with kids this last week and ah it was awesome and busy and long days.
00:01:11
Speaker
But yeah. It's good when and goodbye that we we get to do what we love, which is super, super cool. And super cool that we get to do this for fun.
00:01:23
Speaker
Exactly. And that's I will do a little shout out when this episode goes out. Well, I'm talking about Will have been out for a week, but i did an episode of our favorite Frasier podcast, which is the We're Listening podcast.
00:01:37
Speaker
Yes. um And we did talk a little bit about Friends on there. Will, the founder and one of the the regular hosts over there, adores Friends, will be on this podcast at some point. We're trying to work out when's the best episode to bring him on for because he is an uber nerd for Friends.
00:01:55
Speaker
um i love you if you're looking for a fraser podcast if you enjoy that show we're listening a great place they're super supportive of us they share our stuff on social media um but yeah it's a lot of fun to be able to do that yes it's super smart super smart and uh attention to detail and just so much i don't know knowledge and things in the podcast. It's awesome.
00:02:20
Speaker
Yeah, it's tons and tons of
Trivia Segment: 'Bamboozled'
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fun. But I have been looking forward to recording this one with you, Wilson, simply because it is the one with Russ. ah Good old Russ. Good old Russ.
00:02:33
Speaker
So I'm looking forward to it. We know your feelings on Russ. We'll find out your feelings on Russ this week. i'm I'm excited to do this. ah But as always, as we do every single week here, we're going to start off with Bamboozled. And I am excited. It's been about week since we've recorded. So I'm looking forward to getting stuck into this. I have five, six, seven, eight, nine questions for you this week. What about you?
00:02:58
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Me too. I wonder how many we have that are the same. At least one or two, I'm sure. But that's part of the fun. Part of the fun. All right. where i I'll start off this week.
00:03:10
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Why not? yeah Let's see. All right. I'm just going to go in order. that All right. In the opening scene, what newspaper is
Ross's Job Trivia: The Periodontist
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the bad review in? Okay.
00:03:22
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There's two. And I could not, I don't know. Because one of them, it looks like it says student on it. Yep, yeah, that's another one. Okay, that's the second one. Not TV's and not the first one, but that's um ah it's Monica's and it says like student on it.
00:03:41
Speaker
And then the other one, I couldn't tell. I couldn't tell. i had to rewatch it a couple of times just to make sure. It is the New York Post. Dang it. I was going to guess. It was tricky. It was tricky. I should have let you guess. there Well, that's okay because this isn't the first time that the New York Post has been in this series. Right. that We've seen it a couple of times before.
00:04:04
Speaker
should have known. Right. All right. What does Russ do for a living? And that's his question seven on my list. He is he goes a periodontist, which I don't know if this is a good thing or not. I've got to be honest. I've never heard of a periodontist before. That's a good thing for you.
00:04:24
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That's why I go to the dentist. Life is good. who I'm assuming if you need it, then you know about it. And that's Right. It's typically whenever you've got gum disease or receding gums, but issues like that is whenever you get referred to a periodontist.
00:04:43
Speaker
Yeah, had no idea. It's the smallest body part. It's flawed. That's right. And here's your diploma. Here's your diploma. That's it. but It's a brilliant, brilliant line. All right. Let's see my question two for you. How long has Joey been acting?
00:04:59
Speaker
That's my number two question. There you go. Ten Excuse me. Yes, ten years indeed. All right. What is on Phoebe's dress in the opening scene with Fun Bob?
Phoebe's Fashion Choices
00:05:14
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So not like the little review scene, but like the first whole scene. There's something. It's all over Phoebe's dress.
00:05:24
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So I have no idea. In my head, she's wearing a yellow dress, but I don't know why. That could be... It's black and white, but it's got the same picture all over it.
00:05:36
Speaker
Okay, so it's an and ah it's ah let's it's a thing, an object. Her, yes, and her outfits, this whole ah episode, are off the charts.
00:05:48
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Like, they are very... me Or at least they were to me. Very memorable. Right. I'll need to pay attention. i wonder if they're kind of developing a character and coming into our own a bit. and Maybe that's on purpose. I'm going to go with go in Umbrellas.
00:06:06
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That's a good guess. I like it. No, it's Mona Lisa. And it's just pictures all over this dress. ah Just lined up pictures of Mona Lisa.
00:06:19
Speaker
It's very, I don't know, it stood out. It jumped out. so um I find that stuff really interesting. In the book, we've mentioned this once or twice before, this book here, which is ah by Kelsey Millen. I'll be there for you, the one about friends.
00:06:36
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They do talk a little bit about... Like they would basically give, I don't know what they're called, the wardrobe people a budget. And so especially for people like Phoebe,
Fun Bobby's Coffeehouse Antics
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they would literally go to thrift stores, secondhand places in California and wherever and find stuff that you think she would wear. So I always like to think that that was somebody's real dress.
00:06:58
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And then one day they're watching Friends and kind of going, I donated back to the Hollywood thrift store a year ago. And here it is. Here it is on Friends.
00:07:08
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ah so later on in the episode, she was wearing jeans and then this shirt and I, and it's got, and I was trying to decide if it was London and you could see big Ben or what, what exactly like what ah cityscape it was.
00:07:25
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But I remember whenever those shirts shirts were in style, like the city picture or the outlines and all of that.
00:07:36
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And I was like, man, that's, it's a wild, wild shirt as well. And then later on in the episode, it's ah just a sweater and it's got like a moose.
00:07:47
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It's either a moose or a reindeer. I can't remember. But I was just like, ah her outfits were bigger and bolder. And I don't know if I was just into it or what the deal was.
00:08:02
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But I noticed all of her outfits this episode. I love that. I'm going to try and pay a little more attention to that. I think that's a really good thing to kind of track. Phoebe's just, she's a fun character. She's just awesome.
00:08:15
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Just the best. Yeah. Well, let's see. My question three for you, and I feel that this question, this type of question is now coming up every week. In the coffeehouse scene when Monica confronts Fun Bobby about his drinking, what color is Fun Bobby's mug?
00:08:33
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Oh, my gosh. Yep. I know that Phoebe's got a black mug. i know that because I was paying attention. ah I thought you might be, which is why I asked. It's a little, it's it's a very specific question. that Yeah, because he wants to make it Irish.
00:08:52
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Is it red? No, but there was a slight hint in what you just said, which is why I ended up asking the question. it green? It's green.
00:09:03
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Yeah, I can see because in that scene, Monica's got the black mug, the big black mug and so that she took the sip out of, and I paid attention to that one.
00:09:15
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Dang it. Yeah, I didn't think about asking until he said, let's make, you know, should we make it Irish? And I just remember he had the green mug, and i thought, well, that's a bit of a ah coincidence. Let me ask that question. Excellent. That's it.
00:09:28
Speaker
All right. Um... How many different glasses did Bobby drink out of in that same scene? The one with where and where fun Bobby is very first in that apartment at the beginning.
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are Okay.
00:09:50
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I feel like I can only think of two. So I'm going
Joey's Acting Auditions
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to guess three. No, well, two is how many I saw, but I thought that that was funny. Because yeah drinks out of the one, he sets it down on the table, and then he walks to the door and picks up that random glass and takes a drink, and then he leaves.
00:10:09
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And then he leaves. I was guessing I was missing one. Those are the I should have gone with my gut. Should have gone with my gut. So we will talk a little bit about this later, but we see Estelle in this episode.
00:10:23
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Yeah, we do. Estelle... is up there with Janice for me in terms of just bang for your buck. Like how many laughs and funny things you get for the amount of time they're in it.
00:10:36
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Have you ever seen me ecstatic? Well, here it Here it is. She's just amazing. And we will get to this. This is not the question, but one of my favorite props If not my favorite prop. The cigarette holder.
00:10:51
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The cigarette holder comes up. I just, I don't know why I love that so much. But another prop is is the basis of my question for you. Estelle has a gold award on her desk.
00:11:04
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What is it in the shape of?
00:11:08
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It's a big like trophy. Oh. Okay. On her desk, there's, something i was like what on earth is that and why is that there was it a microphone like an old-timey microphone or something that's not the one that could be there too i think this is a play on the grammys because it looks like a grammy but it's another object instead of a gramophone oh okay wait it wouldn't be the daytime
00:11:42
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soap opera won the that award with it i don't think so and like i don't remember what that one looks like exactly but don't think it's that one okay i have no idea it is an old car horn oh i did see that you didn't see that or is it that like where you yeah well that to me is yeah with the rubber oh to me it's like a bigger one that went on like an old like uh was like a model like Oh, wow.
00:12:14
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Yeah, that's what i was thinking of. That's what you said. All right. Yeah, I knew it was something old, and i couldn't remember if it was the microphone, but that's exactly right. Yeah. That's it. There you go. Good. You saw it. Yeah.
00:12:29
Speaker
Okay. All right. You are up with a question from me. All right. So what was the part that Joey gets the audition for on Days of Our Lives?
00:12:41
Speaker
What part did he audition for? The original offer. Audition. Okay, the original is, me think.
00:12:55
Speaker
Oh, it's driving me crazy. I feel like I can see the scene, but I cannot think what he is saying.
00:13:03
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Why is he auditioning for... He's not auditioning to be a taxi driver, right? That's another episode. Is it? Okay, it is the cab driver. That's it. Yeah. Very good.
00:13:15
Speaker
He's sitting kind of bouncing up and down in the seat or something. Yes. All right. All right, Deanne, can you complete this sentence? There are no hardware stores.
00:13:28
Speaker
In the village after open in the village or open after midnight in the village. That's it. Open past midnight in the village. That's it. If you're looking for a hammer at 1 a.m., m i I'm going to think you're up to no good, to be honest. What a terrible story. and Right.
00:13:47
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Right. Poor guy. Poor
Russ's Introduction at Central Perk
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guy. old Russ. Okay. Let's go. It's fun, Bobby. fun bobby yeah Fun, Bobby. Yeah. There's a lot of poor old whoever. Fill in the blank of your choice.
00:14:03
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All right. What was the casting director's name for Days of Our Lives?
00:14:10
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Oh.
00:14:14
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Oh. Does Estelle say it? Uh-huh. Is it Laurie? It is. Yes. Oh, I did deep deep for that one. Nice job. if If Estelle hadn't said it, I don't think I would have got it. like it case that Again, that scene.
00:14:32
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um All right. When Joey is making pasta sauce, wherever it is, Chandler reaches into a cookie jar and is filled with sauce.
00:14:44
Speaker
But what is the jar in the shape of? It's a clown head, isn't it? It's a clown head indeed, yes. Okay, so let me tell you about that scene. sure did start trying to count containers.
00:14:57
Speaker
Yes, I did too. And I got to 15 and then I was like, I'm not watching this scene again. Right, I'm done.
00:15:08
Speaker
If he asks, that's my guess. Right. Yeah, I think I tried to count once and couldn't. So I was like, you know, i'm just going with the clown's head. Yes, that's hilarious.
00:15:20
Speaker
um All right. What was in Monica's hands when the waiter came over to get her and Fun Bobby's drink order? Who's now Dull Bobby. but What was in her hands? Can I get you anything from the bar?
00:15:35
Speaker
That's right. and And she's messing with something in her hands and it was so weird. Yeah. Well, I thought it was the menu, but it's not going to be because that would be
00:15:49
Speaker
ah a breadstick. I don't know. i didn't catch it. Yeah. It was crayons. Crayons. That's a peculiar thing. That's, yeah.
00:15:59
Speaker
She was, she, and then she had like a kid's menu that she had been coloring on. Right. Weird. Doesn't seem like the kind of place they'd be going out for a nice date and a drink.
00:16:12
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, but then she ends up dropping the crayons on the table whenever she orders the scotch. so Interesting. Yeah, I didn't catch. That's a good catch.
00:16:25
Speaker
All right, my second last one for you. And I'll ask this one carefully. What's the name of Joey's ex who caused him to promote his nether regions?
00:16:37
Speaker
Oh, it was DeLuca. ah Hang on. You got the right, excuse me, the right first letter. oh
00:16:51
Speaker
It's alliterative and both start with the de Denise DeMarco. Well done. looked in my notes. I looked in my notes because I'm like, no, I know I i paid attention to that name.
00:17:05
Speaker
Yes. i get cause that just I like the way got it. I had to promote them or whatever it is. It's obvious. yeah Denise DeMarco. All right. um in It might have been one of the last scenes.
00:17:22
Speaker
And my ah Rachel's sitting on the chair and she's wearing like pajama pants and a football t-shirt. And it says girls football. And then there's a number.
00:17:35
Speaker
What's the number? Goodness. And I remember seeing that because you you went to TW for your master's. Is that right? Yes, I did. Whoop, whoop, so pioneer. That's right.
00:17:48
Speaker
were both Texas Women's University alumni and all of that. Alumni. um But they are quite, one of the the jokes around campus is they have T-shirts that say Texas Women's University football still undefeated because they don't have a team.
00:18:04
Speaker
Right. So I just kind of noticed the girls' football thing, but didn't catch the number. I'm going between two numbers in my head for no reason. 81. 81.
00:18:15
Speaker
eighty one Oh, good guess. 15. 15. the other guess was going to be 99, so way off. All right, 15. Well, I have one last question for you.
00:18:27
Speaker
And I have one last for you. Beautiful. In the credits at the end. Oh, God. Who is credited with playing Russ?
00:18:41
Speaker
I just saw this and had to do a little little shallow dive into this. I have no clue. Yeah. The person, we think, who's credited is one word, Snaro.
00:18:54
Speaker
S-N-A-R-O. So we look this up, and it seems to me this may have been a childhood friend of David Schwimmer's.
Russ and Bob Saget Resemblance
00:19:03
Speaker
Somebody's nickname was Snaro.
00:19:06
Speaker
Weird. Sorry, I don't know that's just a fan theory or if there's something to back that up. But yeah, he the the actor, and there is no such person, right or no such person, is Snarrow.
00:19:19
Speaker
That's who got the credit for Russ. Wow. Okay. So I'm guessing that was not your last question you have for me. No. Who did Phoebe say Russ reminds Rachel of?
00:19:35
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ah Ah.
00:19:39
Speaker
You know, because it's somebody whose name I know, but i didn't think I could picture them. Oh, really? Yeah, like I wasn't sure. I'm going to need you to to look him up because it makes sense and it's hilarious.
00:19:53
Speaker
All right. No, I don't even have a guess. Who was it? Bob Saget. Bob Saget. Yeah, that's one of those names I know. Okay,
00:20:05
Speaker
so you you don't know who that is, though? Do you know the dad on Full House? Nope. Like I've never watch i've never seen Full House. Yeah. Okay.
00:20:16
Speaker
And then America's Funniest Home Videos. Yeah, I think. But he's tall, has dark hair, and it' kind of goofy like David Schwimmer.
00:20:28
Speaker
Okay. Yeah, I've looked him up looks him up just now. And yeah. It's weird. Yeah, he passed away few years ago. TGIF, Friday nights growing up on ABC. It was Family Matters. It was Full House.
00:20:44
Speaker
But it was all these, like, family comedy shows. Right. And it was that was something that you did. Like, if you weren't at football game or whatever, Friday nights, they called it TGIF. It was the TGIF lineup.
00:21:01
Speaker
Interesting. Uh-huh. Yeah. that's And Bob Saget was like America's dad. But he ended up being a real interesting guy. Yeah. I know his face and I know the name. I wouldn't have known where from. Again, that was before my time here. So not familiar. But I didn't realize he passed away three three years ago. Yeah. It just yeah was sad.
00:21:23
Speaker
like Yeah. and But then, yeah, there's a lot of ugly stuff that came out. I think that's kind of what I remember. There just being some, like, yeah maybe it was as wholesome as it he appeared. I don't remember. Right, exactly, exactly.
00:21:40
Speaker
Which is too bad, you know, that because and growing up as like Bill Cosby, you know, like that. Right, that the fall from grace.
00:21:51
Speaker
Right, exactly. Or Tim Allen or any of those sitcom dads. Yeah, but heard that came out, it was bad. it's it's It was huge in the UK, and this it's pretty dark, but there's ah a documentary that's even on Netflix over here about guy called Jimmy Savile, who was, i mean, he was like, everybody loved He had own TV show, raised money for charity through his TV shows for decades.
00:22:19
Speaker
And then he passed away and he got ignited by the queen, all this stuff. Passed away and then they found out basically he had been an abuser the entire time of the kids in his care.
00:22:31
Speaker
There'd been cover-ups. and it's So it's kind of, you know, not easy watching but fascinating documentary on Netflix about it and you know who maybe knew what and how he was doing all this work and kind of takes the image of all that, you know, rightly takes the image of all that all that he had done.
00:22:49
Speaker
it sounds not like that, but sometimes as similar things, I fall from grace, you know, simple, yeah. yeah I'll need to do a little reading into that.
00:23:01
Speaker
um But on a much lighter, happier note. Yes, please. Yes, we are walking outside. We're walking on the streets of the village. It's late at night. They've seen Joey's play. And Joey's not walking.
00:23:14
Speaker
That is like yeah a jog. that's excited He's excited. With some authority and urgency. With urgency. Yeah. Yes. um Yeah, they grabbed the paper.
00:23:27
Speaker
And I mean, I'm sure this is realistic, but it amazes me that there could be a review that quickly. I mean, the play finished two hours ago. And now I don't know.
00:23:39
Speaker
And there's already a review in the paper. But I suppose that probably did happen because people want to read about it the next day. Right. You know, but i just wonder. Yeah, because they would have had like a, yeah, I don't know. It's wild.
00:23:54
Speaker
Again, without the technology we have now, you know, so the reporter was there, went back to wherever, got them printed, got them delivered. I don't know.
00:24:04
Speaker
But I have an issue with this newspaper. I'm curious if you caught what I caught that just seemed, well, is completely unrealistic about the newspaper that Monica is reading.
00:24:18
Speaker
That Monica is reading? Yes. Yes.
00:24:25
Speaker
Just one of these little things I caught that bugs me for no reason. It shouldn't at all. She starts reading. Is it like a book? was there is it and Was it something about the way that the pages were turning or something? you are You are on the money, yes. So she starts reading the review and then it continues on page 153 and then she's barely in the middle of the newspaper.
00:24:52
Speaker
What newspaper A has 153 pages and B would have 300 or more because she just flicks it, opens it to the middle. Right. Why wouldn't it be page eight, page 10?
00:25:03
Speaker
You know, why, why page 153 of the newspaper? Yeah. I don't know. it Yeah. Seemed ridiculous. It is. And I'm being petty and ridiculous and who cares.
00:25:15
Speaker
But it's just one of things that kind of goes. No, I'm not saying your statement is ridiculous. I'm saying like, why was that the line? Yeah. Who said let's make it 153?
00:25:28
Speaker
Right. Just cure, you know, always wonder what goes through the writer's head. um Yeah. Brilliant new levels of. Sucking. Sucking. That's it.
00:25:41
Speaker
Sucking. Sucking. Now, tell me this. you You're of a a similar vintage to Kate and I, but you grew up here, of course. Saying the word sucks or sucking, she said like in the 80s, that was like a bad word.
00:25:56
Speaker
Cross the line. You still can't say that word around my mom. Okay. and And Kate, like the kids aren't allowed to say it. Yeah. No. that now Yeah. like Yeah, it just, a yeah, you, you don't say that.
00:26:14
Speaker
Right. It's a, it's a bad word. I mean, and I say that like, but it took a lot of, um, time teaching middle school for me to kind of get over it.
00:26:25
Speaker
Right. And, um, ah but yeah, like you still can't say that. Like if somebody says something sucks or something, you see my mom's eyes. Right.
00:26:36
Speaker
And it's like, huh don't say that around Grammy. like Right. though No. No, no, no, no, no. No, no. Grammy doesn't need to hear that. Yeah, he just stood out as I wanted to ask you about that. Because that ah there's a comedian called Nate Bargetsy.
00:26:51
Speaker
don't know if you've ever heard of him. Really funny stand-up comedian. He's on Netflix and all over the place. His big thing is he's he's very clean.
Discussion on Comedians and Culture
00:26:59
Speaker
It's family-friendly comedy. Yeah.
00:27:02
Speaker
I like that. but it's It's so, and it's all very... like simple, like kids would find it funny, but adults do too. Like he he's, he's really good.
00:27:13
Speaker
And he does a little bit about that, about him being a child of the eighties. And basically you could go and get a face tattoo and your mother would prefer that than saying something sucks. Like you don't do that.
00:27:25
Speaker
And that's how Kate and had this conversation. Yeah. Nick Bargatze, very funny, family friendly. All the kids could watch it. Um, I, will have to look him up.
00:27:36
Speaker
I, uh, Yeah, it's funny because we had a conversation this morning about a ah stand-up comedian that got canceled and I don't know, and then he did some makeup commercial or something and now that whole makeup company is having problems because say of that.
00:27:57
Speaker
And I was like, you know, that's the thing about like stand-up comedians is so many of them are like just rude or crude or And you don't ever really know. so I will remember this name, Nate. Yeah, Nate Bargetsy.
00:28:12
Speaker
If you spread like Nate into Netflix, he'll come up. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. its Yeah. So that word stood out to me. But Joey, yeah, he wants to quit. He's been at this for 10 years and he's, is he just paying his dues? Got nowhere. Got nowhere.
00:28:29
Speaker
Yeah. Of course. wants to go back to his or maybe might have to go back to his dad's pipe fitting business I think that's what his dad does something in plumbing yeah it's with pipes you're exactly right I assume a pipe fitter is maybe somebody who they're not plumber I'm assuming but putting pipes in the street yeah I don't really know what a pipe fitter is I don't know yeah might have to look that one up too but yeah the gang are kind of
00:29:01
Speaker
rallying him around him you're paying your jews you're going to have your big break it's coming they're being they're being supportive ah yeah good old joey yeah it's good um but we go we go to the girl's apartment joey's still sad says he wanted to be a vet i think is that right yes but then he found out you have to put your hands in a cow that's right he's like no you don't just get to pet dogs all day No. no Yeah. And then yes hi I've literally written Ross comes in with an infamous hi. Yeah. guy
00:29:40
Speaker
o And then the stegosaurus fell over and a kid got trapped. he said He's had a rough day. Rough day of what? But then he sees that jacket.
00:29:53
Speaker
That's right. His day's about to turn around because somebody is there. Yeah. Yeah. Fun, Bobby. Fun, Bobby comes in and as I think he asked Joey, doesn't if he needs to be picked up.
00:30:05
Speaker
Yeah, he does. And I was, it got me thinking other than like, you know, kids, like your own kids, nieces, nephews. Don't know when I've last picked somebody up.
00:30:16
Speaker
Like somebody who isn't a child. Yeah. yeah It's not really something that I do. no No. yeah Yeah, it's not. But then how it's been, it reminded me of a thing. i thought I don't know if it was like a viral thing. if which I just saw it on Instagram.
00:30:33
Speaker
But it was like, how many of your close friends have you actually seen run? And the answer for most people is none. You know, so it was like these groups of friends who have known each other for 10, 15, 20 years, all just running like 10 yards, just so they could actually see what their friends look like running.
00:30:50
Speaker
Yeah. know It was a brilliant idea.
00:30:56
Speaker
It's a great idea. They're laughing. I didn't think it looked like that. I know Kate has seen you run. We've discussed this. Yes, she has. That's hilarious. Yeah, I'll see if I can find it. It was really, really funny.
00:31:13
Speaker
Yeah. Because it got me thinking, yeah, I've known some people for 20 years. I've never seen them run. Why would I? um Yeah, couldn't tell you the last time I picked up a grown person.
00:31:23
Speaker
Why would I? Right. Maybe we should start picking up people, like, to elevate their mood, because that made Joey feel better.
00:31:34
Speaker
Yeah, he declined it at fast, but then he got picked up and but he was he was on board quickly. And then everybody wanted him to do it. Right. Everybody raised their hand. So I'm like, you're weirdos. Yeah. Yeah, you guys are drinking the fun Bobby Kool-Aid, as they say, like, too much.
00:31:50
Speaker
I will tell Fred tries to like, he'll pick me up, but just being smart. And it's right. And I feel like my brother does that to people too.
00:32:06
Speaker
wonder what that says because like, ha weird, but it doesn't, I don't think it's funny. It makes me mad. Yeah. I think if I just went and did that, yeah, I could see that.
00:32:17
Speaker
Yeah. Like don't pick me up. That's rude. Yeah, there's no need. Yeah. Yeah. Huh. Weird. Okay. But yeah, they don't find it weird. They are on board with Bobby not only picking them up, but kind of bouncing them on his hip or something almost.
00:32:35
Speaker
Yeah. Like Joey's kind of bouncing up and down. It's it's weird. It's weird. it It is, but it definitely elevates his mood. Yeah. Now, I was going to ask you in trivia, how much do they think Fun Bobby drank?
00:32:49
Speaker
oh what's good that i was gonna ask you that too yeah they drank they were figuring out how many glasses everybody had and they were like okay so that's like two bottles but somehow we went through five yeah there and they were thinking bobby drank three bottles of wine bottles that is a heavy heavy night Yeah. But not for fun, Bobby.
00:33:12
Speaker
Not for fun, Bobby. This is Tuesday, I guess. I can't even imagine three boxes. Or Flag Day. Or Flag Day. Hey, hey, it's Flag Day.
00:33:23
Speaker
That's right. Or we're going to the zoo. Like, all of that made me laugh a lot. Yeah. I don't know why, but it sure did. He is a funny character. Like, he brings something good to this episode. I do like him, old fun, Bobby.
00:33:40
Speaker
um Yeah, but speaking of him drinking, we go over to Central Park and this is where he wants to make his um make his coffee Irish. And Monica kind of calls him out and, you it's a sweet moment, you know. Okay, but wait. But he's like, well, I wouldn't make them Belgium, but I can't put the waffles in the flask.
00:34:01
Speaker
That's a good line. It's a good line. Yes. God, I forgot. I'm glad you brought that one up and forgot about that one. Yeah, because that one funny. And then I was like trying to think, okay, so we got Belgium waffles. We got Irish coffee.
00:34:17
Speaker
Like, what else do we have? I don't even know. I don't even know. I'll do want French fries. Oh, French fries. Yeah. Which are actually Belgian, I think.
00:34:28
Speaker
Oh, that's where they originated in Belgium. Right. Right. Okay. french french The word French is actually used. You've got such a nerd about stupid stuff. love this. French is the style that you cut them rather than the nationality.
00:34:42
Speaker
You're cutting them. Really? Yeah. Oh, like French cut green beans. Yeah. Yes. Yes. Like thinly sliced. Yes. That's what the French fries. And then we have Italian dressing and French dressing.
00:34:56
Speaker
Yes, we do. Yep. ah English mustard. English muffins. English muffins. There you go. I'm kind of bouncing around now all the different European countries.
00:35:09
Speaker
um um Yeah, there's a Greek salad. adult Yeah, all this stuff. Oh, yeah, Greek salad. Those are so good. Russian dressing, right? ah yeah russian I don't know.
00:35:21
Speaker
but I've heard of that, but I can't say I've ever had it. Right. All right. Well, there you go. I do like the bell. joke I'm glad you brought that up because I would have forgotten that. That's a great like.
00:35:33
Speaker
Speaking of things I've forgotten, ah cannot i've wrote this down, but i can't remember the situation. Rachel gives is it gives Monica a coffee, but it has the wrong milk in it.
00:35:46
Speaker
yeah she Yeah. Does that sound familiar? Yeah. Right. Now, I've got question for you. She's like, well, just try it. And then she's like, yeah, this wrong. That's right. And then she's like, too bad you drank it.
00:35:58
Speaker
Yeah, you've already started now. yeah That's right, because she wanted no fat milk. and i've got beyonce I don't think I've ever had no fat milk. I don't really have milk in my coffee. so i can you taste Can you taste the difference?
00:36:12
Speaker
yeah Yeah. Okay. i yeah yeah because okay so think about Have you ever had skim milk? Yes. Okay. Skim milk and 2% and then you have whole milk and you have half percent.
00:36:26
Speaker
You've got all of those. But like for me, there's a definite difference between like think about skim milk and a whole milk. Okay. There's a thickness and ah like a, I don't know.
00:36:40
Speaker
I want to say a milk taste, but I don't know how to describe that, but it's, it's thicker and heavier and it tastes better, but it's,
00:36:52
Speaker
you have to like drinking thicker. all Right. Okay. Yeah. i can't guess the must, you must be able to taste the difference, but you know, like some stuff it's, if it's, I don't know, fat free, maybe you can't actually taste the difference. i wasn't sure.
00:37:07
Speaker
Um, about that. Yeah. Good to know. But Joey and Chandler come Joey has the big news. Uh huh. Yeah. Okay. Go for it. Go for it. Do you know who Lauren Green is?
00:37:23
Speaker
Lauren Green. Lauren Green. Lauren Green. Because they walk they walk in and Chandler's like, guess who's back in show business? And Phoebe goes, Lauren Green.
00:37:33
Speaker
I remember the scene. and No, I don't. i Because I remember thinking, all I can think is Lauren Graham who's in Gilmore Girls. okay don't know who Lauren Green is. Okay, well, it's Lauren. It's a male. Oh, okay. ok And so he died 1987.
00:37:49
Speaker
and nineteen eighty seven He's at best known for Bonanza. Did you ever watch, have you ever seen Bonanza? It was, it came on Sunday afternoons whenever I was a kid and it was a Western and it was just a Western TV show and it was black and white. Okay.
00:38:12
Speaker
And then he was on Battlestar Galactica. Which again I've never seen, but I know from The Office. You know, there's so many references in that. Yeah, Bears beats Battlestar Galactica. Yeah, one of the most iconic scenes in the office.
00:38:28
Speaker
yeah ah George has a Croc's charm that says Bears beats Battlestar Galactica. Oh, quick side note. I think it starts in a few weeks.
00:38:41
Speaker
Do you have any feelings about this? it's It's like it's not a reboot or a spin-off, but the the new off is called The Paper? yeah Yes, yes, yes. I have been telling Joseph we have to watch it.
00:38:52
Speaker
Yeah, we're definitely going to give it a shot. Yeah. Yes, but I'm very nervous because I don't know. Yeah, I think it's different enough. The previews look hilarious. They do. They look funny.
00:39:03
Speaker
And I kind of love Oscar.
00:39:07
Speaker
Yes. Yes. was so excited that Oscar was on there. Yeah. Yeah. As long as they don't try to duplicate The Office, which I hope they won't, then make it its own thing. it's a Some of this, the writers obviously did The Office.
00:39:23
Speaker
Then some of them went over to Parks and Rec, which I love. I love Parks and Rec as well. I have to just watch it. i just have to watch it. I have never watched it. My brother and you both like it and have been like, no, you need to watch it.
00:39:40
Speaker
And then I live with Joseph and Joseph's like, I can't believe you've never watched it And it's like every other sit sitcom, the first season, two seasons.
00:39:51
Speaker
It's fine. I think they're not very good in hindsight because I've seen the rest, which are amazing. But actually, they're fine. It's just because it gets so much better, like like every yeah good sitcom.
00:40:02
Speaker
So, yeah. Yeah, that needs to be done. Yes. Well, I am excited about that one. And, um oh, shoot. ah It'll come back in my brain.
00:40:14
Speaker
All right. If I'm yakking, interrupt me with it. Yeah. Okay. All right. It'd be tough for Lauren Green to come back, I guess, if he's been dead five or six years at this point.
00:40:27
Speaker
Yes. Well, Chandler's like, well, I guess this really kind of like it changes the in mood of the room. That's right. Yeah. Yeah, they all want to do something that night though, right? i can't remember quite how that conversation goes down. But they want to do something, but then Rachel announces she has a date.
00:40:48
Speaker
and that Oh, yeah, they were going to have a soap opera theme party. That's right. but it Celebrate for Joey getting this audition is a as a taxi driver.
00:40:59
Speaker
Yes. Yes. but yeah But she's going on a date with a crouton. That's right.
00:41:08
Speaker
it's This episode, of like it's not one of my favorites. like over but It's got some lines. It's got some lines. And we've lost Rulison for a minute.
00:41:20
Speaker
She's broken. she's she's She'll be back. but She's about to start crying, perhaps choking. I don't know. i was snorting. It was bad. I stopped laughing because that that was so quick and funny to me. and Talking about that, trying to sound serious just wasn't happening right there. Right.
00:41:45
Speaker
Well, we've made it to what? Season two, episode 10, I think, where we've had to pause for a minute. Nine. Nine. That's right. I love it. I love it. There are good lines. There's good lines in this one.
00:42:00
Speaker
Let's see. Yeah. And I wish I could remember quite what happens when Russ enters. Because I think, yeah, that's when he comes in and Chandler thinks it's Ross. Is that right? Yeah.
00:42:11
Speaker
Well, she had just made this statement, you know, I'm sorry, guys, but I will not be dating Ross. And then Russ walks in is like.
00:42:23
Speaker
How did they meet? do Did we find out? i don't remember. No idea. No clue how they met or anything else. But, gosh. I love the end of this episode so much.
00:42:36
Speaker
Yes. I'm looking forward to to getting there. My eyes are... It's allergies, I tell you. Allergies. That's it.
00:42:48
Speaker
Allergies. We go over to Estelle's office. I think it's if you're streaming, this is the first time we see Estelle, but in the... in The DVD, she's in a previous episode, the one with the butt double. She's said that one.
00:43:06
Speaker
That one's not in the stream. That's right. Yeah. But we've seen her office before because we've talked about the cigarette holder.
00:43:18
Speaker
have See, it I was trying to put this together in my head. like I felt like we had. Yes. But she was in in that one. I think she was in two different scenes. And one of the scenes wasn't there. Like, you don't have one of those scenes.
00:43:34
Speaker
But this one, it's the first time that we've seen the outside of that window because we, like, pan in and we see Estelle Leonard talent agency. That's right. see um and And that's the first time that we've seen that. But we've seen her doohickey cigarette holder. Yeah.
00:43:56
Speaker
I just... There's something about that dispenser because the amount of work I would imagine if you open a pack of cigarettes and then had to put one at a time in this dispenser thing, it's going to take minutes. you know It's going to take some time.
00:44:13
Speaker
So I like to think that this dispenser was given to her by the late, some talent she represented. Perhaps for green. Perhaps, perhaps indeed.
00:44:26
Speaker
and And somehow, i just it's just such a ridiculous prop, but it's not played off to be ridiculous. It's like it's a normal thing. Yeah.
00:44:37
Speaker
Pops the top of it, they fan out like that. um yes i don't know why it tickles me so but it does i would like that prop and and you have it in my kitchen and put some healthy alternative in it just so i can pop it up and get little baby carrots or something exactly it would make me smile every time every time i used But Joey is a joey's a little worried that he's going to have to sleep with the casting director to get the part.
00:45:09
Speaker
Yeah. And Estelle initially is not going to tolerate that kind of nonsense. But very quickly, yeah, going to to sleep with her. That's it. Yeah. Yeah. There you go. Joey has a tough decision to make.
00:45:23
Speaker
um We go back over to Central Park. Yeah. Monica reveals that Fun Bobby was fun for a reason. yeah um yeah it was just his and then it was just his personality it was it was yeah he's done by the wine yeah fueled by that the irish coffees and the wine and um yeah this is where he comes in he's like i needed to buy a hammer and uh Yeah, i mean, such a Ross line, but even like Ross to the extreme of being dull and sad. Yeah.
00:45:59
Speaker
you know Ridiculously dull, Bobby. That's right. It's a great thing. But this, let's see, yeah, Ross enters and we he talk and...
00:46:11
Speaker
but Let's see. Yeah. Sometimes it get Bobby and Russ confused. um Yeah. Bobby is, yeah. He's just a sad sack at this point, a different kinds of sad sack, but he's dull.
00:46:22
Speaker
But Ross comes in and kind of wants to chat with the gang, you know, as Rachel's finishing her shift. Right. Yeah. Yeah. With the real long pauses, your friend, that's right. i People.
00:46:37
Speaker
like that's yeah I give you the true Ross vibes, which is the point. Right. Everything he says. gosh.
00:46:48
Speaker
See, it's such an odd guy. Ross then enters. No, Phoebe tries to call out Phoebe. you Call it Rachel, right? Okay. That's what I was going to ask. I've got the note. And then they she brings up Bob Saget. And I was trying to remember who it was.
00:47:04
Speaker
That was over there being like, don't you see but what you're doing here? and and then Rachel says, ah Bob Saget, is that, you know, that's who he reminds her of.
00:47:17
Speaker
That's right. Yeah, kind of coming back to me. because Yeah, Rachel just, for whatever reason, doesn't see it doesn't see it at all. Well, his hair's longer.
00:47:28
Speaker
And you've got a more square face, right? Yeah, they've done something to, obviously, and so I wonder what they do to do that. Yeah, well, I figured it was like, um ah you know, prosthetic on his chin and his nose.
00:47:44
Speaker
Yeah, I spent a lot of time, like, trying to figure out exactly what features they enhanced in order to make him look the same but different. And so he's got on a wig.
00:47:56
Speaker
And then they added prosthetics on his chin to make his chin not pointy, to make it square chin. And then his nose is a little bit bigger. And that did it.
00:48:08
Speaker
who Yes. Yeah. Because they do a great job. He's different enough, but the same enough. Like it's, it's, it's really well done. I think this is where Ross and Russ meet each other for the same time or meet each other for the first time. Excuse me.
00:48:24
Speaker
Um, Yeah, because Ross walks in, Phoebe looks shocked, and then Monica says, and Ross is like, what's wrong?
Ross Meets Russ
00:48:34
Speaker
And then Monica kind of interjects and says the line about Phoebe buttering a spider into her toes. She's fine.
00:48:41
Speaker
Yes. And then Chandler's like, it's fine. And then he's like, Ross, Ross, Ross, Ross. That's right. And then she just stands back to see what happens. Right. And, yeah. Yeah.
00:48:53
Speaker
It's so silly. And then they, you know, have their little exchange about their jobs and what kind of doctor they are and all that. right. And this is Ross, like, not hit him, but with the newspaper, like, in the chest of the arm or something. Yeah, he does. Exactly. Uh-huh.
00:49:09
Speaker
And then Ross walks over to Rachel. And he's, so I met Ross. And I didn't know he was dating other people. And then he starts talking about the...
00:49:21
Speaker
curator of the moth and other winged things that's into him that's right and she's just like okay yeah and that's just ross recognize that russ looks just like him or is it just no no i don't think so right no because i don't know what she sees in that goober and then he's like it takes two weeks for him to to say what what a sentence yes yes yes and so no he doesn't see it at all but everybody else does
00:49:56
Speaker
Yes. Yeah, I think after Ross says that line, doesn't Chandler kind go, yeah, it's annoying, isn't it? Or something. Uh-huh. Exactly. egg Exactly.
00:50:08
Speaker
This is where we we do go up to Joey and Chandler's. I do just love this scene with Joey making these vats of sauce. what What's he going to do with them?
00:50:20
Speaker
He's just stressed. He's stressed cooking. Don't judge. Don't judge poor Joey. No judging. Poor Joey. Italy might be hungry. That's right.
00:50:32
Speaker
and Maybe he's going to take all to his mom and dad. Who knows? Yeah. Aw. Yeah, but he's clearly almost like comfort food. Yes. It makes something that maybe reminds him of home.
00:50:45
Speaker
I just love how there's just these jars and things everywhere and then that that cookie jar which we talk about in Bamboozled. um They discuss this dilemma and I think this is where he's, again, it's just such a throwaway line but after Denise DeMarco had to promote him or whatever it is he says, you know, just like it's the most obvious thing in the world.
00:51:08
Speaker
Right. Doesn't like everyone know I had to promote it? Yeah. So, so funny. So well done. um
00:51:16
Speaker
I wonder if I've read that. So I've scribbled down my notes. I wrote down it Montez Restaurant. I guess that might have been the name of it. Unless I've made some glorious typo in my notes. but I have no idea.
00:51:29
Speaker
Maybe I saw that. And at this point, you would think I would notice. Names of restaurants and things because these are things you always ask. Yes, because I do enjoy those. <unk> yeah i'd like to I like to hope that they're a little nod to somebody, you know maybe somebody on the crew, but ah who knows.
00:51:50
Speaker
But she wants to drink. Monica does. Was it Scotch on the Rocks with a Twist? Yeah, but it starts off where they're sitting there and she's got the crayons in her hands.
00:52:04
Speaker
Of course, yeah, which I didn't catch. Yeah, yeah and she's doing and they're talking and then she's about to order something and then she remembers and she's like, no, no, never mind, I'll just take water.
00:52:18
Speaker
And then as the waiter's walking off, Bobby starts talking about the light in his refrigerator going That's right. And so she's like, yeah, I need a gottch with a tw a scotch on the rocks with a twist.
00:52:31
Speaker
That's right. She's not going to make it through a refrigerator conversation, you know, discussing the pros and cons of different light bulbs without a stiff drink. so yeah And that's a stiff one, a scotch on the rocks with a twist.
00:52:46
Speaker
Yeah. Not my drink of choice at all. That's no that's how it is. I think we, I know we see this at least until, uh, right about spoiler a lot to everyone's seen the whole show, but when she and Chandler before they propose.
00:53:01
Speaker
Yeah. I know because it's in Richard's apartment. Uh, yeah. I don't get special at least a couple of times. Um, be interested to see how many times that does.
00:53:14
Speaker
Um,
00:53:16
Speaker
But yeah, I think that scene ends with Monica grabbing the waiter almost and and needs that drink. um But Chandler's doing a crossroads at Central Park, and this is where Robson runs. Man, they start getting into it. And I couldn't bring myself to look up.
00:53:34
Speaker
Was it the table, the elements, all of that stuff? Yeah. Yep. Yeah. It's such a. Mendeleysium and yeah. Disposium maybe? I don't even know if they're real. um I wrote down disposium, but I know that that's wrong. and cool Yeah, pretty close.
00:53:54
Speaker
Yeah, and then Weenie number two gets it, unless Nice and White Satin was sang by the Doody Blues. That's right. Instead of that.
00:54:05
Speaker
yeah Yeah. Yeah, Russ has made himself pretty comfortable pretty quickly with this group, like, and I don't know. Well, of course, he's he fits in very easily with that group. I suppose he is like an extra Ross.
00:54:19
Speaker
i was going to say he's already there. that Somebody said made the comment about how if we ever lose Ross, we have a spare. Yes. Yes. Yeah, that's just so, so similar.
00:54:35
Speaker
Yeah. But this is where Phoebe confronts or or speaks to Rachel about the fact that Russ and rocks are the same. And she's just, she kind of look at them and like, i just don't see it.
00:54:46
Speaker
Trying to remember quite how that conversation goes down, but she's, Rachel's not seeing it at all. Is she? No, no, not yet. Not yet. Yeah. It needs to, it's coming though. It's coming soon.
00:55:00
Speaker
Oh, wait, because isn't that she does end up in this scene. It's whenever she does see it. it okay? They're back and forth and, you know, because Chandler had gotten up and left.
00:55:14
Speaker
And so then they're both sitting there on the couch and they had got been going back and forth and back and forth and back and forth. And then she says something and they both turn around and they're like, hi. That's right. She goes, yeah.
00:55:27
Speaker
And she goes, gross. And then she walks off. That's right. Like she's just done. Yeah, that scene or that clip right there made Joseph laugh out loud.
00:55:41
Speaker
Nice. she's like Because I can't remember she said gross or ew or what, but she saw it and it was right then, you know? Right. Because Phoebe had just had that conversation and she's just like, I don't know what you're talking about.
00:55:55
Speaker
And then that happened and she's like, I'm gross. It just clicks for her. And left. Mm-hmm.
00:56:02
Speaker
Yeah, I guess sometimes yeah you don't see it till you see it and then that's all you can see. It's that glass breaking thing. Yes. And then it's all over.
00:56:13
Speaker
I yeah kind of like the beginning of this next scene. We're up in Monica and Rachel's. Oh, this is where Rachel's wearing the girl's football shirt. Right, which I didn't see the number. but I like the fact that they're kind of talking about Joey's situation where they would sleep for somebody sleep with somebody for a job.
00:56:31
Speaker
I like that they're such good friends. that Chandler can kind of go, me, it's my game. have to leave me to get the job. And it's just funny because they're just such good friends. There's no tension. There's no awkwardness.
00:56:45
Speaker
It's almost like, you know, i don't know. I just i like that. I like it when we see little clips of certain dynamics between certain friends and seeing that between Chandler and Rachel. I quite like that.
00:56:58
Speaker
They can play around with each other like that. But Monica is packing up all the little bottles that she can find. She has a lot of those mini little bottles. Right. Yeah. that Which is weird.
00:57:10
Speaker
Because I think we have like three. And they were Chris's present. And they are just sitting in our refrigerator. Yeah. But like. How do you end up with that many little baby bottles of alcohol?
00:57:24
Speaker
I don't know. Yeah. it's ah It's a lot. And then keeping them in a plastic bag. I think have one or two. But I bought those deliberately. out Sometimes but before I roast coffee, soak them in just a little bit of whiskey.
00:57:37
Speaker
And it gives them good taste. you know But that's it. like yeah Yeah. Yeah. I don't say anything. and And you can't get rid of it because sometimes you like to pretend like you're a giant.
00:57:49
Speaker
Don't we all? you have to have like one or Right. Yes. Absolutely. Yeah. I was doing it his spare time, I suppose. ah guess it's a nice, it's not the same setup, again, going back to Fraser, actually, there's a very popular episode called High Holidays.
00:58:09
Speaker
where Martin talks about letting everybody be, could be a giant for a day, could get stoned accidentally. And how much easier life would be if we could just go over buildings rather than around them. So I guess it's a fun little thing about both pretending to be giants, which I so but like when the shows connect like that.
00:58:28
Speaker
um But Monica is not going to go on this weekend away. Excuse me. Yeah, it's not going to happen. Bobby has other ideas. Yeah, and that's okay.
00:58:42
Speaker
It's for the best. Can't call him fun Bobby anymore, really. He's not fun. No, and now Monica is has and developed a drinking around Bobby issue.
00:58:56
Speaker
That's right. Yeah, she she might be the one who has a drinking problem. And think she, if I remember rightly, she kind of leans into it. Because that's a good way yeah being able to break up with him seamlessly.
00:59:10
Speaker
Yeah. Yep. That's exactly right. She goes in and money starts exchanging hands pretty quickly. Yes. Yes. It sure did.
00:59:21
Speaker
We broke up and then the boys give the girls money. Yep. I kind of wish because it we go on in a second and more money starts changing hands. Yes.
00:59:34
Speaker
I think it would have been really great to have seen the setup to this, like more of an argument about what you know who's betting against who, why they think they're going to break up, why do they don't.
00:59:47
Speaker
I think that yeah could have been a really funny sub-clot. Yes, yes. But I think it's pretty easy to imagine it. Right. you know like I feel like we know the characters well enough to...
01:00:03
Speaker
to, i don't know, imagine probably rightfully exactly what the exchange was and then them sitting and waiting to see what's going to happen next.
01:00:15
Speaker
Absolutely. I do love it. But Joey enters, he had to sleep with this woman, but he is now Dr. Drink Ramore. Yes. And ah I love that.
01:00:29
Speaker
He tells the story and you're thinking like, oh, he was so, you know, he did the right thing. He was righteous and all these great things. yeah And then at the very end, he says, i got to go take a shower. And then the money exchanges hands.
01:00:44
Speaker
It's like, oh, so close. He almost made He almost made it. He couldn't help himself. Right. Well, I don't know. Yeah. Poor guy.
01:00:55
Speaker
on that Enter Dr. Drake Ramore. That's awesome. Recurring in I can't remember how many episodes. Bienza's at four. Bienza's been on there long time. least At least four episodes. At least Yes.
01:01:10
Speaker
Yeah, and this role will change his life in a lot of ways. It sure will. And it, yeah, as in Susan Sarandon and all kinds of things. That's right. Brooke Shields.
01:01:22
Speaker
Yeah, yes. God, that was good. That's a good one when we to that. And then there's a guy because whenever Rachel goes to set, I can't remember who it is.
01:01:37
Speaker
i know I remember her going to set a couple of times. I'm trying to remember who she interacts with. Yes. ah But anyway, whatever. it opens up It's great. It's great until the unfortunate elevator scene.
01:01:54
Speaker
um Yep. And then you have the last scene, right? The last scene. And i got to I got to give credit to the writers because I think this this episode up could have kind of fizzled out and it'd be fine.
01:02:08
Speaker
Russ could come in or you wouldn't even need to come in. the The gang could be sitting there just talking about the fact that Rachel and Russ have broken up. They could have been a funny joke and it could have just ended the episode. We'd been fine like would have been fine. We wouldn't have felt let down.
01:02:26
Speaker
But man alive, that they could do a good job. Whoever had this brainwave of an idea of, hey, do you think she'd come back in to film three seconds of a scene?
Surprise Appearance by Julie
01:02:36
Speaker
Yes.
01:02:37
Speaker
you know it That just ties up all the loose ends. And the thing is, is that Julie was such a likable character. She did nothing wrong. nothing wrong. nothing wrong except date Ross.
01:02:50
Speaker
Right. Which you'll jump a little bit for and that's fine. as right Right. But like that's all she did that was wrong. Yeah. and And as it it gave her a happy ending.
01:03:03
Speaker
It did. I love that yeah that thought that they called her to come back and look, can you just walk into Central Park and lock eyes with this guy? And like, cause it'd be funny. And it was just but a perfect way to end this episode, I think.
01:03:18
Speaker
Yes. Yeah. it was so And they left to go get juice. That's right. Happy. Off into the sunset, go get your juice. So maybe yeah Julie gets the happy ending she deserves. Cause she does. She deserves a happy ending. A lovely person.
01:03:35
Speaker
Yes. Yes. so good for Julie. Good ending. Good ending. i like Yes, good ending. Now, let's think. It's, where are we? Gunther Central Park.
01:03:47
Speaker
who's Who stands out for you this week? Okay. It's going to be the actor, David Schwimmer. Right. I can't stand Ross. I can't stand Russ. They all suck and they're terrible.
01:04:03
Speaker
But elicits such strong feelings from me. But then I also think about how difficult, like Patty Duke, like um the the lady, oh God, why can't I think of her name with the, Hayley Mills, you know, the acting with yourself.
01:04:25
Speaker
Right. Lindsay Lohan, like the acting with yourself. And he does it so well. And I still get so mad and irritated.
01:04:36
Speaker
So I will not give it to Ross, and I will not give it to Russ, but I will give it to David Schwimmer. That seems highly appropriate, and I could not agree more.
01:04:49
Speaker
it's it's It's the acting craft, but then just... The way he, well, suppose this is the same thing. The way he manages, he's not playing Russ.
01:04:59
Speaker
It's like he's playing Russ playing Ross. And everything is so similar, but just a tiny bit different. Yes. You know, it's like it sounds like it wouldn't be too difficult, maybe, but it would be. It'd be incredibly difficult.
01:05:15
Speaker
And he does a great job. He does. And you have to think about the part where he's acting it out. But he can't be in two places at once.
01:05:25
Speaker
So he is having a conversation with nobody. Right. Nobody that's responding back. I mean, that's it's awesome. Yep, that is a true skill set. So i'm kind of glad we both went for David Schwimmer in this one.
01:05:43
Speaker
Now, we're not trying to jam waffles into a f flask for our cups of coffee this week, nor are we making them Irish. It's far too early as we're recording this. But if you were going to sit down and have some cups of coffee, how many would it be this week for this episode?
01:06:00
Speaker
ah Seven mugs and an espresso. I like it. I like it. Yeah, I've got to say, I'm actually going to go eight for this. Okay.
01:06:11
Speaker
I was going back and forth. Yeah. If you'd asked me before this one, I knew about Russ, of course. It's quite an iconic episode. do you You know, that the title gives it away.
01:06:25
Speaker
I don't didn't think I would have gone this high because I'd forgotten some of the subplots and the other stories in this. But, you know, Joey getting this job. Fun Barbie is a good, like like, I think there's a lot in this episode, which help yeah helps elevate it up to an eight for me.
01:06:45
Speaker
Again, well acted. It's funny. ah David Schwimmer does an incredible job. I like that it this is where Joey goes from wanting to quit in the beginning to turning his whole life around at the end. Yeah. I like all this stuff. I like it. So, yeah, strong, strong one for me coming in.
01:07:05
Speaker
at an eight this week. Well, any final thoughts on this episode before we wrap it up? This is a good one. I liked it. oh it' It's just a good one.
01:07:18
Speaker
Yeah. I agree. And yeah, as I said, it's not one that I remember being great, but was pleasantly surprised on of this rewatch. But next week, and speaking of iconic episodes, we have the one with ah the lesbian wedding, which is iconic for numerous reasons. We may...
01:07:39
Speaker
We tease it. We may have a surprise. I'll leave it at that for next week's episode where we record. We may not, but we are working on something. So it'll be a surprise either way if there's something or if there's nothing. Exactly.
01:07:53
Speaker
That's right. There may or may not be a surprise and the surprise will be if there is one or not. That's what this led up being. But yeah, as with so next week, yep, the one with the lesbian wedding.
01:08:05
Speaker
But as always, to all of you listening out there, thank you so much for tuning in to the Purple Door podcast.