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Season One Recap
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**Sorry for the technical issues during our recording**
Join Alasdair, DeeAnn and three special guests as we dive into the entire first season! Thank you for being along for the ride! Season two episode one comes out this coming Thursday!
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Technical Issues and Season Two Excitement
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Well, hello, Purple Door podcast listeners. Before we get into our season one review, I just wanted to let you know that we recorded this episode yesterday and we had several technical issues from feedback on the microphones and the speakers to a computer crashing to other funny things like groceries getting delivered in the middle of the recording and our dogs barking.
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If it could have gone wrong, it went wrong. And yet we still end up with a ah tremendous episode, lots of fun. But we just ask for your patience and for your forgiveness add due to the audio quality of this recording.
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But I'm sure you will still enjoy it And thank you guys for sticking with us through all of season
Special Live Recap of Friends Season One
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one. We cannot wait to see what season two has in store for us. But for now, enjoy our season one recap.
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Season
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Well, hello and welcome to a very special edition of the Purple Door Podcast, a friend's rewatch pod. This week we are doing our live season one recap.
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We have and myself, we have Deanne, our respective other halves, and a huge thank you to Christina, one of our fans who has joined us this week here on the Purple Door Podcast. How are you, Christina?
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Very good. Thank you for having me. Of course, thank you for being here.
Friends Trivia Game Begins
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This is going to be a bit more unstructured than used at the usual episode, but I do think the best thing to do is to start off with some bamboozled trivia, as is the tradition on the Purple Door podcast.
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Now, I think because we have several people on... I think if you type in them, there's a message box, a chat box down to the side. So if I read out the question and you think you know the answer, rather than typing the answer, just me, don't know, hand up something to signify you think you know the answer.
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And then we'll go with the first person. How does that sound? All right. So I have, I think, about 15 questions. Then we'll chitchat for a while. And then the end, we'll have some questions to finish this episode off.
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All right. My first question for you guys is, can you name, let's go with two of the three baby names that were discussed in the OBGYN's office between Ross, Susan, and Carol.
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Two of the three baby names. I see grimaces all around. You got one. All right. Type something in the chat when you're ready to commit to two of the three.
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Anybody want to team up? Right. All right. Well, Kate, you might get half a point. I don't know. What's the one that you have?
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Jordy. Jordy is disgust. I think actually now I think of it, think there might be four. Jordy is disgust. All right. Anyone else?
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Oh, Dylan. Go ahead. Dylan? I don't, I'm really worried missing one now. I don't have that one. i and getting confused between the hospital and the office. Yes. Yeah, there is. There is that.
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Okay.
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ah Okay, so that one was in the hospital then. Because that wasn't the one of the three I have written down. So that actually does track.
Deep Dive into Friends Trivia
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Did they say something about one of them sounding like an older person?
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Yes. Okay. All
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right. Let's see. Isn't one a Megan Minpong or something? no hope not No, that's, uh, that's what's Agamemnon that's mentioned somewhere else. It is though, right? Yes, it is.
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Not but for some reason I'm thinking Ruth and I keep think having that in my head, but we, we not Ruth, not Ruth.
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Mm-hmm.
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great Yeah, Rachel talks about it. Yes. Because they're going between like older names and... Yeah.
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Yeah. Right, right. Am I having an 80-year-old moment? That's right. It's still much better than Sandrine. One of the other options. Industrial Solvand.
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That's right, the Industrial Solvand. All right, well, give you these three names.
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All right, hoping you can hear me. there's ah There's a loud noise in the background somewhere. i'm not sure what it is. I'm hoping it won't make it onto the thing. I heard it. You heard it's gone now.
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Yeah, it's gone, but I heard it. Okay, well, the three names were Marlon, Minnie. Oh, hold on. Did one of you say, Helen?
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No, it's Marlon, Minnie, and Helen. it was Ruth, somebody said. That's right. It's because I was reading it listening. But Marlon, Minnie, and Helen. All right. I think we're going to get this one, though.
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How much money did Phoebe get from the soda people in The One with the Thumbs?
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Again, there's lots of anguished faces on my screen. I wish listeners could see it. ah Kate knows. Kate, Kate. Okay, so it was $500 that accidentally went into the account, and then she gave that money to the homeless lady, and she opened it.
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I'm between $1,000 and $5,000. Okay.
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All right. Is that... That's your guess? I'm going to say it is not between 1 and 5,000. Wollison has an idea. no Oh, you know. That's right. You know. That's right. right.
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It's higher than 5,000. Less than 10. 10. it's higher than five thousand
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less than ten
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I saw that.
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I think Woolison has given us the answer of mighty $7,000. $7,000 it is.
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seven thousand dollars it is I thought that, but I wasn't looking at you. That's awesome. and All right. but We're kind of all for two minutes. That's okay.
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We got this. phone right There's one. And she got a football phone or something? Yes. She did get a football phone. She did. All right. When Rachel asks her boss for an advance at Central Park, what's the boss's name?
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oh
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I think we only meet him twice. I might be wrong. Yeah.
Guest Stars, Fun Facts, and Poker Game
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yeah
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think his name was not Gunther. Is not Gunther.
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you I don't know. I didn't track Gunther until you brought it to my attention, which I thought was really interesting.
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All right. Well, the boss's name is Terry. Maybe these questions have been too hard. Terry. Terry. Terry. This next question, though, get ready, because I know you guys know this one.
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do You do know this one. What type of cookie does Phoebe bake that she says is the best in the world?
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An Eslewit house. Ah, but what flavor is it? What like what kind of cookie? Oatmeal chocolate. Oh, sorry, Christina, go. you You raised your hand. I just blurted.
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Oh, now I'm doubting myself, but I thought oatmeal something. but maybe If you combine your answers, you both win. I thought it was oatmeal. Oatmeal raisin it is.
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Which is the best cookie? is
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Indeed. no not what it yeah
Guessing Game: Friends Premiere Year
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I am. Everyone. um No, I'm with Wilson. don't want raisins in my cooking but i cookie. Raisins in my salad, raisins in my oatmeal. Yes.
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Yes. Yep.
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yeah yep
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Raise some brand, otherwise it's just brand. Yeah, that's all we need. No. All right, this
Favorite Characters from Season One
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one might be a bit tricky again, but we'll try.
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may not be.
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All right, what do the candy hearts that Janice has made for Chandler say on them?
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gaory Kate Grease. Kate knows. Is it Chan and Jan? Chen and Jen forever. You get it, you get it. Chen and Jen forever.
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All right. And the next question is, what glaring error does Rachel make on her CV slash resume?
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Yes, Christina. That she has excellent computer skills. Excellent computer skills. It is... Well done. Does she think it's on all of them?
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who picked up but she
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All right. Joey accidentally modeled as a guy with an STD. What was his name on the posters? Christina's got it again. Mario.
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It is Mario indeed. Well done. a I love it. All right. Let's see. Thank you, Wilson. She's keeping score here.
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um How many copies of her erotic novels has Chandler's mom sold?
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I think I know. Is
Phoebe and Joey's Unique Roles
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it over 7 million? Well, it is over 7 million. does get she does say, I've sold x amount. Okay, and I thought she said, I've sold over 7 million. oh This one, again, might be a little tricky.
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Any guesses for over 7 million? If not, I'm the closest. Woo-hoo! This is true. 7 million in one. That was it. That was what I was going to say. really a ballicle. is 100 million. She says something like, do you know why I've sold 100 million?
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It's not because of the polo on the cover or something. and She tells Ross. um All right. This will be interesting to see. The next two.
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In what year did the first episode debut? When did Friends come out? Kate Green. 91? Not 91. I was going to 93. It's not 93. Christina, for 92.
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I thought 92. Wait, is it later? Is it 95? I'm blanking out there. is not ninety three christina go for ninety two wings late five i'm blankking yeah What are we going to go with? 92.
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I already guessed. You already guessed.
Sidekick Characters and Memorable Scenes
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All right. Well, the correct answer is 1994. 94. I think k Christina was going to go there.
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Yeah. 1994. I couldn't remember exactly how old my brother was. I knew it was between 94 and 95. I love it. i love it Well, speaking of the first episode, who says the very first line in the very first episode?
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yeah You got like a, you know, this is a hint, a one in six shot. yeah
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It's Chandler, isn't galer That's what I was going to say. but Doesn't he say they're shutting down the bar to be a coffee house? That's that's in the one of the flashback things where the. Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Isn't it? But isn't it, is it Chandler saying, and there I am? Like, and the phone rings and it's my mom. It is that conversation. Okay, but obviously it's not Chandler. It doesn't matter how many times I say it, it's still not him. Can I guess another person?
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Please. Is it Ross? It's not Ross. I think Ross walks in later, doesn't he? Oh, yeah. You're right. That'd be Joey. Yeah, that's what was... Well, you guessed the three guys.
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Hi. we're all wrong. Hi. Wilson loves that. She loves that hi. know the correct answer is Monica. She's talking about the dates and she's been like, it is Monica.
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But it was that conversation. Huh. Yes.
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In the very last episode? In that episode?
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Now know this one. Oh, that's Chandler. Yeah. It is Chandler.
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I love it. That was, um, an improv by, by Matthew Perry.
Reviewing Favorite Episodes
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I love it. I've got a feeling you know this one. love ah What is the name of Monica and Ross's dog that was sent to live on a farm?
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It's on the tip of your tongues. Christina's got it. Is it Chi Chi? It is Chi Chi. hey Yes, well done. And let's see. Sorry, my screen just went the wrong direction.
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right, I've got, I think, like four left or something. In The One With The Butt, what is the play called that Joey stars in?
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Is that the Freud one? It is Freud. we've watched but We saw a bit of that last night. I was like, you better get that one. yeah Freud, yes. Freud it is.
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All right. All right, you're all gonna get this one, I'm convinced. Yeah, what word did the stoned guy say over and over again till it lost all meaning? Tartlets.
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Tartlets it is, tartlets. market Tartlets. That's not a fair one. I say that all the time. All the time. All the time. right, this one again, it feels hard, but we'll just take a guess.
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What is the name of Monica's aunt that teaches them how to play poker, that should say?
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Nope. Nope. Yeah, this one, I think, seemed like a good idea at the time. We'll just scratch this question. That is Aunt Iris. All right. And my final question for this round of Bamboozled is, what is the name of Monica, Ross, and Rachel's high school?
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in When she's introducing Rachel to people, she says, another something survivor.
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Yes, Marla Hooch.
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They talk about that, that they're all in the same high school.
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any it's ah It's a pretty generic, common American high school. Nope. Jefferson. Oh, but you're on the right path. Lincoln.
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Lincoln. Hi, Christina. Christina gets the point because she raised her hand. No, I was going to be wrong. I was going to be wrong.
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I'm just here. I'm here for moral support. You're doing great. yeah Well, that that ends this round of Bamboozled. I'm going to start this recap with some good news.
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Wilson, we have a small celebration I haven't told you about. because well Only because it happened well happened yesterday, but I found out this afternoon.
Celebrating Milestones and Fan Engagement
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Yesterday, which was the 13th of June, was our single biggest day in terms of Spotify downloads we've ever had.
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ah Yeah. No idea why. no idea why. And I haven't checked Apple or anything else.
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Might be, might be. we It's spiked up. I haven't looked Apple or the other places where the podcast goes, but just happened to put up Spotify and there was a huge spike to our highest ever one-day downloads.
00:18:08
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So that's kind of exciting. Well, thank you. ae Yeah. And I would also be remiss, I just need to quickly say an apology from the Bowlings, who have become firm friends of the podcast, who could not make it on today.
00:18:24
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And then also Laura Hossman, who was our super fan. um she i don't think She is currently on the other side of the world on vacation. So it's kind of the middle middle of the night where she is.
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She wishes she could be on, but it was just couldn't do it because of the time difference. but is assures us she will be back for our season one, or sorry, season two recap, if not before.
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So
Impact of Friends on Hosts' Lives
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we had a couple of nice apologies. I hope so too. All right, Wilson, well, I know you and I came up with a few categories and we would love everyone else's opinion on these things, but I thought what better place, Wilson, to start off with than who is your favorite character of season one?
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who
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Wow, no. Listeners, Wilson lost her lost her notebook like a week ago or something, but we're goingnna fight it's going to be found.
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a
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Right.
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Interesting. Yeah, I was also Chandler by one. i was surprised though, my second place ended up being Ross. Yeah, which if you'd asked me, I wouldn't have. Yeah, I know.
00:20:30
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yeah I'm not quite sure how. I need to go by and look at the episodes. But yes, six for Chandler and five for Ross. And surprisingly, my least favourite apparently was Rachel with one. The only the only episode she was my favourite was the very first one, The Pilot.
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and That's right. that funny? Now we'll throw this over to Kate, to Joseph, to Christina. Season one, do you have any characters that stand out to you guys?
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so I think Rachel had the most growth. Right. um But over, I mean, i I just think Phoebe is the funniest.
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um I just, yeah, I adore her. So, but my problem is, you know, we're just talking about season one and Al, you and I watch it every night. so Right.
00:21:34
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trying to balance between season one and whatever season we're on right now, like right what what did Phoebe do season one? It's hard for me to like drop it.
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She did. She did. She did. And the hummus, right? She had the hummus on her dress because Ross was treating, you know, like that's the one that Ross was treating Rachel so badly when they were going to the awards
Character Development and Personal Connections
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ceremony. Season three, two or three.
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That's why I'm, I'm. Yeah. Yep. That's the one where nobody's ready, which I say this every time, but Steve has put our friendship on the line and said he has to be back. He has to be on that episode because it's his favorite of all the whole series.
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I will give an honorable mention to Jack, Monica, and Ross's dad because he was my favorite for one because I just love i love Jack. I think he's a wholesome, great dad. so which up Which episode did you give him that one for? It was as the one with the sonogram at the end.
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it's The scene I kind of love is he and Monica are almost sitting in the huge window, which the furniture changes a lot. And he's like, I want to get buried buried at sea. you know And she doesn't understand why. He's like, I guess people would think that, you know, Jack, he's an interesting guy.
00:22:56
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You know, he's an interesting thing to do. so Yeah, I really liked him in the the one with the funeral the funeral where the grandmother dies. Yes, yeah. his His reaction was good.
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Yeah, he, I kind of wish, I mean, we see him a decent amount, but wish we saw more of him. Like later on when she breaks up with Richard and he comes into the city to see her and stuff.
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I just think he's a good dad. um All right, the the sort of, the the big, oh, go ahead, Wilson.
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Yes, I have that too, yes. Oh, wait. Oh.
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No.
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Yes.
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Interesting. Yeah, so I've got... Yeah, I do have favorite second, but Kate, what were you going to say? Well, I was going to say we jumped aside before Christina had a chance to say who her friend was. Ah.
00:24:18
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it's okay. I was, I was okay with you skipping because i can't choose. And I really listening to your podcast has been, you know, before we started recording, I was saying, that's been the thing that's been reminding me of friends lately, because I don't have a way to watch it right now, even though I used to watch it a lot.
00:24:36
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And it really highlighted Phoebe and Joey for me, but through your conversations and remembering through the plot of each episode in season one. So Just, yeah, Phoebe with the heart and the comedy and Joey, of course, so funny, but also, I mean, I come from an Italian American family and I kind of relate to him there and he is a good friend. So I would have to pick two people if that's okay.
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I think two people is a light. love it.
00:25:04
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And thank you for asking. women
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Yes.
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Not in terms of like how he has so many sisters, like not in terms of the immediate family, but know when his dad is there and he's like making the sauce and just that reminded me of that and just all the, i don't know, Sunday dinner type thing. There's some things later in the series um that he talks about with his family that I can kind of relate to. We all would get together on Sunday. My grandma made the sauce all the time. Usually from tomatoes in their backyard, my grandparents' backyard. So,
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So Kate is from New Jersey and her stepmom is, I mean, almost, ah I adore her, almost stereotypical Italian-American. And I had to learn pretty quickly what in the world Sunday sauce is. Exactly. Because I had no idea. And that I was given given a stare when I said, what in the world is Sunday sauce?
00:26:11
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Our gravy. gravy. Our gravy. Yeah. Mm-hmm. yeahp And i grew up on Long Island. So my grandparents were very near Queens, New York.
Reflecting on Season One Themes and Moments
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And, know, watching friends is just kind of like things that they reference, especially the things where things are on Long Island, those episodes where they talk about towns on Long Island.
00:26:31
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I really enjoy that. I love that. That's so awesome to have that connection.
00:26:38
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Yeah.
00:26:41
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Well, I think my favorite throughout the whole series is Chandler. So it doesn't really, i don't think it changes much in the first season. um think he always gets, he always gets the best one-liners.
00:26:55
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um He always, he's always got the witty remarks. um ah He's, he's, he's what makes the show funny to me. So I love that.
00:27:06
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That's perfect.
00:27:13
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ah Yeah. Well, and and and then my second pick would have been Joey. I'm not going to lie. So.
00:27:20
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Yeah. I maintain that Joey is the best friend of all of them. We've discussed that a few times. Yeah. I think he's phenomenal. All right. Deanne, you brought up like favorite sidekick, which is somebody who's not one of the main six, but think could be anybody else who may have featured in season one.
00:27:41
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So who do who do you have down for that? ah Oh.
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That.
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Mm-hmm.
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Mm-hmm.
00:28:15
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Yeah.
00:28:26
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I think she's slinking the dogs out. Yeah, there you go. Well, you mentioned my favorite sidekick. I can't look past Janice. I just, yeah she's just enough. We are the, you know, the actress Maggie Wheeler exaggerates things just enough to where they're still believable and the accent and the voice and the laugh, it's believable, but it's it just, ah every episode she's in, end up smiling.
00:28:55
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um Just a hilarious character. But David, David's a great shout because yeah, he's played so, so well.
00:29:28
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yeah
00:29:42
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Monica, I think. Yeah.
00:29:48
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Yes.
00:29:51
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That was it. Yeah, she found him so funny that she had to have a reaction that she could control. So she developed that laugh herself as what a book I finished recently up there. Yeah.
00:30:06
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Yeah. Yeah, she's just fantastic. Well, let's think we have favourite. So, most unhinged. I think in see in season one, for me, there's only one option. But who do you think?
00:30:23
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Has to be Chandler. he has He has so much trauma built up and hasn't dealt with it. And yeah.
00:30:41
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Without a doubt.
00:30:57
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Mm-hmm.
00:31:02
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Yes. Yeah, no, absolutely. With um yet Jill Gurger and all of that stuff down there. just Just the best.
00:31:14
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i think I think something just happened to her feed. Yeah, she's frozen in a very shocked way. yeah Yeah. Hopefully, Wilson will be right back. We'll keep going, but hopefully she'll be back any moment.
00:31:27
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Now, Christina, does anything jump out at you from season one? You know, favorite moments or characters we haven't talked about? Well, so you were just talking about most unhinged? Yes. It could be anything that stands out. Um... Ah.
00:31:45
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I feel like you guys did a good job covering it. All right. that Just fine. I like Janice. And what I like is that she comes up in every season. So going back to rewatch someone is nice to see her, are beginnings. Yeah.
00:31:58
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Yeah. And so many times it's yeah out of nowhere. Like you don't expect him. Here she is. you' just Just the best. Well, of course, i you know a lot of the questions that I had, Deanne and I were going to bounce ideas off of each other, but we might as well move over to favorite episode.
00:32:17
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And I did, oh, you know what meant to do? I'm going to do this right now. I'm going to put a list of season one episodes right here in the chat box, because I get it. When you're not actively watching it, it's easy to forget which is season one, which is season two. Yeah.
00:32:34
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Thank you. Love Deanne got kicked off, I think she's just about back. There she is coming, hopefully. ah But we're looking at favorite episodes from season one, and I posted a link in the chat for all the episodes.
00:32:50
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um But mine, unsurprisingly, if you listen to the podcast, is the one with the bath.
Final Reflections on Friends Season One
00:32:57
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um The one that was originally meant to be um the season finale, as we discussed on the podcast.
00:33:04
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I just love the way that it it's all filmed in the hospital. Yeah, I feel it's very done in a very clever way. Everyone's moving around. There's different scenes in the hospital.
00:33:15
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There's Joey with Leah Remini's character, who I forgot the character's name now. um yeah Just all these different stories going on in one location. I just feel so it's so clever um and so heartwarming at the end.
00:33:31
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But I'd love to hear what you guys, I'm not sure, we'll DM if you can hear us. Yeah, I don't think so. But anyone else jumping in with their favorite episode from season one?
00:33:45
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I'm looking at the list right now. And even though I've been here as you've done all of the podcasts and stuff, it boggles my mind that there are this many in the first season.
00:33:55
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Right. Yeah. Yeah. And... Yeah, and so many of them are good. um It's hard to pick out. I really like when Nana dies. It's just that scene when she comes back to life gets in every time.
00:34:14
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so you know, just that scene is kind of fantastic. dick I don't know if it's my favorite episode. Right. Yeah, we don't see too much Ross, I'm trying to think, like physical comedy.
00:34:29
Speaker
But like that, and then the two other things that jump out at me are when we just watched this last night when Joey's fridge is broken and he like shoves Ross into it. And then also the the high-pitched squealing when he you might get his new apartment.
00:34:44
Speaker
Like his physical comedy, we don't see much, but it's brilliant when we do. Yeah. Christina, do you have one that jumps out at you from that list? For all of season one there's moments where all over the season that are either heartwarming or funny.
00:35:02
Speaker
um Looking at the list just now, i was thinking about the one with oh, I think I was going to say the one with all the poker. There's just some great moments there and the little, like the girls learning poker and kind of the guys weren't expecting it and just funny moments. And i don't know when Rachel wins and Ross kind of seems like,
00:35:25
Speaker
it's supposed to be that you feel like he does something for her kind of lets her maybe or just is kind of being kind it it had a lot of nice ups and downs and comedy moments for me it did it's it's a little like a yeah a little fraction of their love story you see for as much as we dislike ross at times he does some very kind and sweet things um i love the way rachel when they're sitting ross's apartment does the shuffle you know like and and ah is it joey's eyebrows just go up just that that's physical comedy again that little things and another very little thing uh the snacks how monica is making like the cruditรฉs and the very fancy things and joey says it has to have one syllable but then gets stuck like chips yeah
00:36:12
Speaker
but joseph did any need anything jump out at you Like as a as a favorite episode? Yeah. ah Well, I mean, go with the obvious one where Rachel finds out if you're looking at that as the Rachel, mo Rachel Ross story.
00:36:28
Speaker
But honestly, i think I like the one where the monkey gets away because kind of like mr heckles and we don't see enough of him yes and uh i think that's kind of where you really get to see just how i don't know if you want to call him mean or or sarcastic or what but there's something about the way he um he gives them such a hard time every time that they meet so I think and if Deanne comes back on, I think she brought this up.
00:37:01
Speaker
Yeah, he's not cast as Mr. Heckles yet. He's just the mean guy. Right. I think right in the credits, I think it's mean guy. she's I know I got it wrong before and she corrected me on it. But love that doesn't have a name.
00:37:14
Speaker
And he was he did so well, we brought him back and gave him a bit of ah a personality and a character and a name. Yeah. That was the first time we see him, I think, right? I think so.
00:37:26
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I think so. um Now this might, again, this next question might be a bit sort of too specific, but do you have a favorite moment you can think of from any of those episodes?
00:37:39
Speaker
ah Christina, you you know you kind of brought up like the poker, and but not necessarily the whole episode, but just one moment. Yeah.
00:37:50
Speaker
So I'll start off while you guys are just thinking. I can see lots of eyes looking up and people thinking. um But for me, it was definitely, again, ties into the favorite episode. Phoebe, Susan, and Ross when they're trapped in the closet.
00:38:01
Speaker
And Phoebe kind of... course corrects the you know almost ben's entire life i feel because they put an end to that arguing and stuff and they kind of come together for ben's sake and give him the name and if that moment hadn't happened i just wonder if ross and suy ross and um susan it would have been an ongoing feud what ben's name would have be ah to me it was just a pivotal little moment and and all brought about because of phoebe That was mine too.
00:38:33
Speaker
I was, i was yours too I love that. My missing something. Is it just because I happened to like that one and you recently talked about it, but it really is a pivotal moment. You're right. And that's, you know, when Phoebe puts on that suit and it says Ben and that's how they come up with his name. And yeah it really is meaningful. I just like, you get a little bit of insight into Phoebe's past there, but also her personality, which she never speaks about her past in a way that she's,
00:38:59
Speaker
devastated. She's always kind of rising above it and um paying it forward for any kindness and and goodness that she's had since then. Absolutely. Joseph, does anything jump out to you?
00:39:13
Speaker
Um, yeah, yeah. I think the, the one with the blackout, uh, where I think the pivotal scene or or the part that like really sticks with me is the part, uh, where Chandler is trying to mumble the words over the phone and tell it, say, you know, telling people that he's in the vestibule and like, nobody's understanding. it And then Joey gets on the phone and he's like, totally gets it.
00:39:37
Speaker
and yeah It starts mumbling back. And like, they're like having a conversation together where like, No one else understands what they're saying, but they totally get each other. I think that's that's pretty cool.
00:39:49
Speaker
Yeah, no absolutely. It's so funny and so well done. um It was interesting. One episode we haven't talked about. I was just looking at the IMDb ratings to see if any of our favorites would match up with theirs or our least favorites might match up.
00:40:06
Speaker
And the one with the blackout is the highest ranked episode from season one on IMDb, which is definitely in my top three, I would say. I mean, it's such a ah good episode.
00:40:17
Speaker
But was kind of surprised the least favorite one on IMDb is the one with Fake Monica. I love that one. Yeah, me too. Yeah, like Big Monica. Yeah, there was a couple close to it, but I was surprised.
00:40:32
Speaker
um Yeah, genuinely surprised that that one was the lowest ranked episode on IMDb. I would not have guessed that.
00:40:46
Speaker
Yeah. Huh. Yeah, I like that one. Yeah, I like it too. And we the actress, of course, her name is suddenly popped down my head. We've sent some messages back and forth um through Instagram. She's been super receptive. She's super nice to us.
00:41:04
Speaker
I think Tian might be. She's experiencing connections issues but is attempting to get back on. So that's good. um Kate, did you have any that jumped out as a favorite moment?
00:41:17
Speaker
A favorite moment. I like when Chandler's in the vestibule. Right. Perfection.
00:41:29
Speaker
Yeah, gum would be perfection. um i like when the stone guy is there at the house. i but Like the tartlets. We quote it all the time.
00:41:41
Speaker
i Can I come and join you? Yes. There we go. I'm trying to think another, like, no, I can't see my quest. Oh yeah, I can. I'll pull them up on my phone, but you can't try to. Hold on. Hold on. you for
00:42:00
Speaker
There we go. Thank you. We're all there. I'm trying to think. Yeah. It's a shame we didn't get to hear some of Deanne's and I think we're off slightly. Um, but yeah, I'm glad she's back to be able to do the trivia. Cause I think she's come up with some questions.
00:42:14
Speaker
Um, Now, let's see, I did do the most improved character. I was trying to think of those anyone that started off somewhere, and I certainly chose Rachel for that, um even though she was only my favorite in one episode.
00:42:27
Speaker
And think somebody mentioned this earlier. There's so much growth in the character of Rachel. So for me, she's definitely the most improved. I don't know anyone has thoughts or differing opinions on that, but to me, that was a that was an easier choice for me.
00:42:44
Speaker
Yeah, she definitely grew. Yeah. And I kind of feel that that's why they had the one with the orthodontist. Well, is that what it was called? but The evil orthodontist where Barry kind of comes back and he is, you know, he's got Mindy, he's juggling Rachel and all of that. and that kind of And I feel that that's why that episode exists was kind of.
00:43:05
Speaker
you know, she's tempted to go back to her old life, but she she stays resolute and strong and decides that her new life is what she really wants, which is a really fantastic thing.
00:43:17
Speaker
um Let's see, Joseph, can you hear us?
00:43:23
Speaker
Or has he got us muted? I'm not quite sure. I going to see if they are around four um with the questions. Let's see. Can you hear us, Joseph?
00:43:37
Speaker
Nope, I don't think so. I'm trying to see if I have any other categories written down of things to talk about. Well, why don't you tell us, Christina, when we've had our super fans on before, what does Friends mean to you? When did you start watching it? Like, has it been something pivotal in your life or just something you enjoy? um Yeah, like I said, unfortunately, not anymore. It's not something that I put on every day, but at many points in my life, it was. So It went from being the thing where I would i was a child and it was playing on TV, like regular TV in the 90s. And I would catch the episodes. And as many years went by, ended up seeing them all at some point. And then later on streaming, watched it all the way through. i can't count how many times.
00:44:20
Speaker
um And I have, I'm the oldest of just the two siblings total, me and my younger brother. And he really likes the show too. And that's why referenced his birth year before I was thinking, oh, he was born before. That's when it started.
00:44:34
Speaker
So same for him. I mean, he was watching mostly reruns and it just huge part of our lives. Like, so we would quote it, we could like do scenes together. My brother and I did that with a lot of shows and movies where we'll just like,
00:44:45
Speaker
recite the scenes and it's a bonding thing for us and the funny thing for the rest of our family. And we definitely do that with friends a lot or like something will just come up and I'll just like say something that finishes a line in friends and he knows what I mean. So yeah. And I think during those years, like that time that was like the pandemic and everything, it was definitely something for comfort to watch. And like you mentioned, you could just have it on and may not be looking at it, but know what's going on in the scenes from knowing it so well.
00:45:12
Speaker
So very comforting. yeah Yeah, I think we're all in a very similar boat. So Deanne, can you hear us now? I can. I took over and I think now I'm Joseph and Joseph is going to go try to be Deanne, but I don't know why Fred's computer just randomly shut off. And then that, I don't know. I'm, I'm just a technical, ah dumpster fire waiting to happen at all times. Well, you are back in perfect time to ask some questions.
00:45:44
Speaker
Oh, good. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. um so in the one with the thumb, they all realize each other's annoying habits.
00:45:58
Speaker
What is Joey's annoying habit?
00:46:06
Speaker
Now, again, I know the answer to this, so I'm not going to say anything
00:46:14
Speaker
Oh, a puppy is sad. Yes. Maybe he knows the answer. think he wants in the office. I will let him in the office while you guys are thinking this through. Okay.
00:46:25
Speaker
All right. Oh, is it popping his knuckles? ah It It sure is. All right.
00:46:34
Speaker
Okay. All right. So then there is the next one. oh What was Ross's pager number?
00:46:47
Speaker
Something, something, something Jimbo.
00:46:53
Speaker
Yes. i have Jimbo. Wait, say it again. Five, five, five, Jimbo.
00:47:01
Speaker
Jimbo. Yeah, because there's Jimbo or Jumbo, but he's. Yes, but it's not five, by five, five. ah Because the J is a five.
00:47:13
Speaker
So it's five, five. my Five, five. 55 Jimbo. Yes, because that J is the 555 that they always talk about. oh But, you know, I mean, I'm just saying that. Details, details.
00:47:33
Speaker
That makes sense. All right.
00:47:38
Speaker
Sorry. All right. In the one with the stoned guy... What does Chandler's weenus refer to?
00:47:54
Speaker
Weekly estimated net usage.
00:48:02
Speaker
One more word That's the word that's the hardest statistic. Oh, good guess. systems wrong apparently ah systems there you go yes yes excellent job so that was like a a team effort i think yeah more guys
00:48:28
Speaker
all right so in the one with the stone guy who played the stone guy who was the stoned guy
00:48:37
Speaker
I can see him in my head. It's not Jimmy DeVito. It's John Levitz. It is. It is. Well done. But we have to take a pause just real quick because I need to know, have you seen a league of their own yet?
00:48:56
Speaker
Kate already knows. I have not. i saw that a lady died who inspired the the movie. Yes. I haven't watched Blood Diamond again since the last time you recorded it. no I'm just asking. looked up a League of Their Own and it's not on any of our streaming services. No, that's true.
00:49:16
Speaker
You did. so Yeah. and which where I even went old school looked for it in the library on DVDs. Oh, good. Yeah, but no.
00:49:27
Speaker
yeah You can verify. i did, but it wasn't there. and I will get a hold of it. We can't get it on Amazon Prime? For like $7. Yeah,
00:49:38
Speaker
yeah. My cheekness comes through. Hey, i was going to say, it's not important enough, apparently. Christina, have you seen A League of Their Own? Let's discuss this. It was long ago. It was a really long time ago. So, yes, and...
00:49:51
Speaker
I don't know if I could tell you much about it, unfortunately. Man, I don't know why. Amazon Prime. um Sometimes if you order things and you don't need them that quickly, you can do like a later delivery date or and get digital rewards.
00:50:06
Speaker
um I purchased Wicked by doing that. I got a big discount on it by getting things delivered like later rather than in two days and you get digital rewards. So that's a tip. I did not know that. All right. Nice. Nice.
00:50:20
Speaker
Nice. I like it. All right. All right, guys. So what was the name of the very first episode, the pilot?
00:50:34
Speaker
You think we should know this. I think Christina. Is it the one where Monica gets in? Yes, that's exactly.
00:50:45
Speaker
Nice. Nice. All right. And then last... Where does Rachel end up losing her engagement rate?
00:50:58
Speaker
Oh, is it in a lasagna? It is. Well, episode 12. The one with the dozen lasagnas. Another 12.
00:51:10
Speaker
Yep. That correct. Very nice job. are like Are we okay? Is my mic working? It is. It is. We can hear you. Okay. So then I have a pop quiz for you, sir.
00:51:27
Speaker
oh Welcome up quiz. Where did Rachel lose her engagement ring?
00:51:38
Speaker
Was it in the orthodontist office? Oh, No, no. It was in the lasagna. Oh, okay. okay Okay. but Joseph, here is another question. Have you ever seen? Oh, and nevermind.
00:51:59
Speaker
I'm not asking you this question because I don't like my follow-up answer. So nevermind. Oh, okay. Or I can just say, have you seen a league of their own and add no personal opinions?
00:52:13
Speaker
Yes or no. Have I ever seen a league of their own and then never had a personal opinion? No. I said, do not tell your personal opinions. Just a yes or no question.
00:52:25
Speaker
Yes. Okay. Thank you. And then that's the end of the conversation. I hope I got a hundred. ah and Maybe. Maybe, maybe.
00:52:37
Speaker
Okay. All right. So I'm, I'm adding up, um, hang on. Okay. The Lincoln high one. So did anybody like get that one? Did that one count for anybody?
00:52:53
Speaker
After like seven guesses. know. So does that count? I don't think so. i Well, I mean, okay. So like if you want full point for the first writing or you know, like it probably counts for like an eighth of point.
00:53:07
Speaker
Are you guys about to tell us scores here? Are you about to tally all our scores and tell us how badly I did? Sir. Yeah. Yes. Okay. Well, I can already tell you.
00:53:19
Speaker
go ahead. Go ahead. No, I can tell you my score. Probably in the negatives. In the negatives. No, we didn't do negative points, so you're right. Oh, okay. Well, Deanne, let us know when you're done tallying it up. I was just looking through season two, and there's a couple am super excited about.
00:53:39
Speaker
um The one where Eddie moves in. Yes! Yes! Yeah. im I'm just already going to let... i When it comes down to favorite sidekick, I think season two, unless something there's something I've forgotten about, Eddie's going to be a very, very strong contender.
00:53:57
Speaker
Again, just wacky enough to be... you He's kind of crazy, but kind of believable, but then not when it comes to the... the The fish. We call it all the time. See you later, pals.
00:54:12
Speaker
Every day. Every day. There's no getting away from see you, pals. See ya. There's some good ones. There's some good ones. We have, ah let's see.
00:54:25
Speaker
There's a couple of weddings in this season. um yes Yes. yeah Halfway through and then at the end um the baby on the bus is a funny one yeah it is the one with russ there's all sorts of good stuff coming up in season two which we will drop the first episode of season two uh a couple of days after this goes out this will go out uh today saturday or tomorrow sunday and season two for us kicks off on thursday but dn do you have an updated score
00:55:00
Speaker
I do May I get a drum roll, please? Oh, oh, oh. Yeah, yeah. All right. It's a tie. ah yes Seven seven.
00:55:15
Speaker
and um And there you go. It's a tie. How funny and perfect is that? Way to go, Kate and Christina. but Joseph. We don't need to say it.
00:55:25
Speaker
We know. yeah You did great. You did did great. Thank you. Participation trophy. Did we talk about our least favorite episodes of the season? Is what happened whenever I fell off the roll? Yeah, talked about a few things, but obviously we'd like to hear yours.
00:55:42
Speaker
Okay, so my least favorite and my lowest cups of coffee um was actually a tie. And it was between the one with the boobies and the one with the evil orthodontist.
00:55:56
Speaker
And that tracks. I 100%. Yeah. Yeah. ah hu yeah But then did I, I didn't even get to share my favorite, did I? I don't think so. I can't remember exactly.
00:56:10
Speaker
Well, this is when the yeah the the computer mounted Yeah, I had the, yeah. Yeah, what was your favorite? It was also a tie. i I gave nines to the one with all the poker and the one with the birth.
00:56:25
Speaker
All right, so the one with the birth was my standalone. That one was number one for me. but yeah, the one with the polka, very, very good indeed. But I didn't say my least favorite because I thought Joseph might get mad at me here.
00:56:39
Speaker
I just went straight back to the scores. I didn't think about it. And going by the scores, the one where the monkey gets away is my lowest, which kind of surprised me.
00:56:50
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, like you were real mad at Ross. for that i want that's that's what it was so the way he treated rachel was out of order and that tarnished things but i am with joseph i do love a bit mr heckles so ah that that was definitely a highlight of that episode oh and season two heckles yeah he's not gonna he's not lasting much longer mr heckles yeah so ah So Joseph shared his love for Mr. Heckles, huh?
00:57:21
Speaker
Indeed. Now, what what was he scripted as? It's not Angry Man. you' you've We've discussed this. um Oh, yeah.
00:57:31
Speaker
I don't remember. Yeah. Frankie Naber, something like that. but i do love I love that he gets a name, you know, and is yeah treated accordingly because he was so good. But, yeah, think that's just about it, kind of wrapping up. You know, we've been on almost an hour, which is phenomenal.
00:57:52
Speaker
Woolison, is there anything I've forgotten? um I don't think so. But again, all my really good notes are in my missing notebook. but We will find this this missing notebook. It's going to be found.
00:58:07
Speaker
Yeah, and then I started a new one. So there you go. that's But no season one was great. I think yeah ah that like overall, and we talked about this a lot as we were going through this season, is that A lot of the episodes, it was hard ah pick out like a standalone person who just was above and beyond the others.
00:58:34
Speaker
And, um you know, I really feel like that was intentional during season one. was just to make sure that each one of them are getting fully developed. We're learning a lot about each one of them throughout the whole first season.
00:58:48
Speaker
And yeah, I don't know. It's a great season. Kind of sad that it's gone. But one fun fact that I noticed whenever I was listening is the first episode you did with Steve and like we kind of the first like four episodes were recorded out of order.
00:59:08
Speaker
Yes. But see, the episode two that you and I, ah that was the first one that we did together. That was on a snow day in January.
00:59:20
Speaker
And then this is our very last one. And it's 95 degrees in the summer. Man, that's like six months later. How crazy is that? That's kind of awesome.
00:59:32
Speaker
I love that. Yeah, that's neat. Be interesting to see as we go through the seasons how our life changes. That'll be it. Yeah. I love it. You check in in the beginning and ask how it's going. And you're talking about the school year from all the way from snow days to the countdown to the end of the year.
00:59:51
Speaker
That's right. And now here we are at at summer vacation. And that's so cool. Congratulations. Thank you. Are you on summer break yet?
01:00:03
Speaker
I don't have one. And even when I was in the classroom for early childhood, I kind of did more year round stuff. I work in early intervention. And I'm sure summer changes things a bit. Families go away and daycares have some time away, but I still will see kids over the summer.
01:00:23
Speaker
awesome Well, thank you guys so much for doing this. This has been tremendous. of Kate and Joseph, spousal obligation complete. And you guys have been awesome. And Christina, you're a wonderful. Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much. You are the MVP, ma'am.
01:00:40
Speaker
Thank you guys for doing this podcast all together. so Thanks for having me today. I enjoyed it. Of course. Well, like I said, this episode will go out today, Saturday, or maybe tomorrow, Sunday, and then season two, episode one.
01:00:53
Speaker
The one with Ross's new girlfriend will be out on Thursday morning, 7 a.m. Central Time. But thank you guys always, as always, for listening to the Purple Door podcast.