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The One Where Eddie Won't Leave
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Sorry for Alasdair's terrible audio in this episode!
Join Alasdair & DeeAnn as they discuss questionable clothing choices, room mates and the brilliance of Matthew Perry
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Introduction and Microphone Issues
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Hello Purple Door Podcast family, it's Alistair here, one of your co-hosts. I just wanted to let you know before you start this episode that I was having some microphone issues and unfortunately that is coming through on the recording.
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So this episode from my side will not sound as good as it usually does. Deanne still sounds fantastic, her recording was great. So stick with us through this episode and we'll be back to the usual level of quality next week.
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Thank you all.
Podcast Introduction & Trivia Night Recap
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well hello and welcome to this week's episode of the purple door podcast a friends rewatch pod i am one of your hosts alistair alongside deanne deanne how are you today i'm doing awesome al it's a great day great day to be alive it is we didn't discuss this beforehand and it just occurred to me this is our first recording since Our amazing, fantastic, wonderful trivia night last week. Oh, my goodness. It was so great, Al. It was so great.
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it filled my soul did that trivia night. Yes, yes. Yeah. It filled my soul. It entertained me. was good people, good fun, and fun.
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Nice themed drinks. It was great. Yeah. Quick shout out. Not quickie. Big drawn out shout out to Miss Angelina in Denton.
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They hosted. They helped get organized. We had, I would say, over 100 people there just for the trivia show. it was we packed the place out it was a lot of fun super successful some old friends made new friends um can't be thankful enough and met the sweetest pup ever as the official pup of the petunia of the purple door podcast That is absolutely true.
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Yes. We have an official dog. Good
Meet Pichu, the Podcast Dog
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old Pichu. So if you've not seen the pictures, you couldn't make it, have a look at our Facebook page or our Instagram page at the Purple Door Podcast.
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You will see some there. We hope to do one in the new year. We've already talked a little bit about that. Just for tremendous fun. So thank you again to Miss Angelines.
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Wilson, have you had a good week?
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I have. it's been It's been a a great, busy week. I love the change in the weather that's happening. It's not 8 billion degrees outside. Right. and You know, October is always so very busy and full of all the things.
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I think next Tuesday, next Wednesday, it's a high of 62. Oh, see, no, that's no bueno. No bueno. Unless the low is 60 58.
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ya As long as we don't go below 58. That's kind of my threshold. We go much lower than that, then I'm not here for it. Well,
Weather Chat and Seasonal Preferences
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I think I got some bad news for you.
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I hate to tell you. No. Yeah. Now you got another week to be in your prime, but then next Thursday the low is 46. forty six Burr.
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That's okay. Sorry. That's dumb. well right Why do we have like exactly eight days in the year?
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and Like of perfect. Yeah. I do quite like it now. It's a little warm during the day for me, but it's fine because the evenings and the mornings are crisp and cool and just lovely.
Friends Episode Introduction
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Yes. Yes. Well, We will get stuck into this week's episode. It is the one where Eddie won't leave. Good old Eddie.
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I'm sad to see the back of Eddie after this one. But before we get into the episode, as always, we have bamboozled.
Friends Trivia: Bamboozled
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I just counted. I think I have 12 questions.
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Okay. And I have 10. So why don't you get us started, Al? All right. I think there's some easy and some tricky. But let's let's go ahead. And it'll be interesting. Kate is sitting over yonder. We'll see if she... Uh-oh!
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ah she gonna judge us there Is she judge us? She might jump in. and We'll see. you how her There is no and no ah replacement for her. and I will make sure she knows. Bamboozled. Yeah, we are doing bamboozled. Kate's been busy this week, but no doubt the star of the show will be back soon.
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My first question for you, what street... was the guy on who sold Joey his hat. Joey said I bought it from a guy on... Fifth Avenue?
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You got hat for fun. Eighth Avenue. Dang it! Yeah, that was awfully close. I knew was six. Right? Okay. All right. Name three things that are on Estelle's desk.
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I love that you've asked this question so much because I cannot get enough of Estelle. I know, she's so great. have any lipstick
Joey's Agent: Estelle's Eccentricity
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on my teeth?
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Everything about that character. But I did no i do a question about Estelle later. b Let's see, what's on her desk?
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I didn't see, but it's her incredible cigarette dispenser. No. No. was not there. And I went back to check and look for it because i I know how much you like that. So I was looking for the straw dispenser that she uses for this.
00:05:55
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And it is not sitting on her. She's got to have a phone. I don't know. I'd just be guessing. You need to tell me what you saw.
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I'm like, i do you know? I'm sure she does because she hangs up the phone. ah But that's then even in my list of all the cra crud stuff on her desk.
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Tell me some this stuff. There is a frog on that desk. There is a coffee cup on that desk. there are keepers everywhere. There's a gigantic Rolodex.
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And then there are pencils and paintbrushes. And then there was one brush I couldn't decide if it was a paintbrush or a makeup brush.
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But I really, in my heart, want it to be a makeup brush. Let's go with the makeup brush. Yeah. But there is all so much stuff. and I do remember the Rolodex.
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Anything with some like like confidence, I'm going to be like, yeah, it was there. Except for the straw dispensing or cigarette dispensing straw holder. The straw thing, which is probably just sitting in some box in the storage facility in California. But I wish I could have that, put straws in it and just...
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would make my day. I am going to skip to my question number four, because I want to ask you on that note, this was tricky, I think. Estelle has a novelty lighter.
00:07:28
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She used it to light a cigarette in the seat. What is it in the shape of? Okay, it's a like a guy with a pumpkin head or something. So it's, that is something, I saw that, but it's not what she likes. No, that's the cigarette.
00:07:42
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Oh, it's big. It's a big old lighter. Yeah, it's huge. It's huge. But I don't know what it is. I can't. It's a big dice.
00:07:54
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It's like a cube. It's got the tips and the numbers on it. So I don't know how she activates the lighter, but it's a big black dice.
00:08:05
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Nice. All right. Excellent. Great question. What you
Joey's Financial Challenges
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got for me? What's the name of the book that the girls are reading? That would be Be Your Own Windkeeper.
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Not to be confused with Be Your Own Windkeeper, Rachel. That's right. We'd make a great gift for All all right. Let's see. Well, on that note, in Be Your Own Windkeeper, which is why I got the answer to this one, it's my question three,
00:08:35
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What are men referred to as? the lighting bears The lightning The lightning bearers, absolutely. and All right. So in the coffee house, when the girls are talking about the book and everything, Joey sits down and he is like, he you want to, and then he offers them something.
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What does he offer them? That would be my very next question. Nice. love that. He offers them a crueller. That's right. And I looked it up because I thought I knew what it was.
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And it made me think of Wayne's World. And it would be awesome if you were like, yeah, me too. But i I can tell that that's not what happened. Well, but we got halfway there because I knew it was some kind of donut that didn't really know. So I did Google it.
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And I've seen Wayne's World, but I saw it when it came out and not seen it since. Oh, my God. Are you serious? That's like one of those movies that's on, like, re repeat, like, over and over. Like, I could recite it.
00:09:35
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But hey they're Coffee andruelers and at the Donut Place with Phil, the donut guy, who hijacks the camera and starts telling him about his crazy night.
00:09:49
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but who's ed o'neill which is al bundy i feel like i could keep talking and make a circle back over here to friends but i'm not going to i love it kate have you ever watched wings world yeah yeah kate knows windswild of course okay does she remember coffees and cruellers do you remember coffees and cruellers no no she does not apparently we need to re-watch it yeah i don't know that's one of those movies that we made fred watch Because we felt like we were bad parents if we didn't.
00:10:23
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Well, think I think it's awesome. I love it. yeah Let's see. My next question for you. What three-word phrase can Monica not pull off?
00:10:34
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Oh, you go, girl. That's right. I really just wanted to. mean I also cannot. Well, but you, I think you did. i think you did. I snapped and everything. It was great. It's a shame the listeners can't see because you gave a little head wobble and a finger snap. So I think you can.
00:10:51
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Oh, well, thanks. Yes. All right. How many envelopes hold Joey's credit card bill?
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Oh, one of, and he opens one of.
00:11:04
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Three? Two. I was going to go with two and I thought that's not going to be it. That's not it. That's too easy. Too easy. Well, speaking of two and three, can you name two of the three places that are named on Joey's Visa bill?
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Yes, I can. I thought you might. Yes. Yes, I she sure can. We've got the Porcelain Safari. We do. I love Lucite.
00:11:35
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Yep. And isn't it chromantic? Isn't it chromantic? Indeed it is.
Chandler's Roommate Troubles with Eddie
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Yes. All right. Fabulous. um Okay.
00:11:46
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I wrote this one down and then I was like, oh my God, I think Al asked me this last time we recorded, but that was a while ago. So maybe he's forgotten, but what apartment number is Joey in in his new apartment?
00:11:59
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That's so funny because I saw it when the delivery of the guys that were, I guess, repossessing or taking back and stuff. I saw it i thought, we asked that, right? So I didn't write it down.
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Was it 22C?
00:12:16
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Oh. I might be wrong. You know what I have written down? Whenever you ask this before, that is what you said it was. But on my TV, it looks like it says 220.
00:12:29
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So I don't know. Nevermind. going to throw that. it I'm going to say it was right. You get a point. Like great. and We might have to double watch it. Have to have a look at that.
00:12:42
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Yeah. I don't know. all right. Awesome. All right. We, we know in this episode that, uh, Andy starts, uh, dehydrating vegetables. It's so good.
00:12:54
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What one is going in his display?
00:12:59
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Oh, the dehydrated tomato? You are correct. Well done. can see that took a little walk. Well, only because I panicked because we've already talked about dehydrated tomatoes and sun-dried tomatoes.
00:13:14
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We have, yes. Okay. And so that's funny. But, yeah, he's like, do you know what this is? yup but Your old roommate's kidney? Right. Okay.
00:13:26
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What character in Soap was Gunther on?
00:13:33
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Bryce on All My Children. Nice. Good job. Thank you. That stuck with me because I wondered if there really was a Bryce. I know the show is real, but I didn't know if there was ever a Bryce.
00:13:45
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Who the heck knows? But I will tell you that I was like legit sad whenever they were done and they ended All My Children.
00:13:55
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Because my mom was watching All My Children ah like always. So i I knew the characters like, a oh, God. Susan Lucci. She played Erica somebody.
00:14:11
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But all the people that were on that and then became famous, you know, Fergie's husband was on All My Children. and Right. You know, all the things.
00:14:21
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But, oh, and then ah Mateo and Haley, but I can't think of what their real name is. Right. But they have that TV show, that morning show with the husband and the wife.
00:14:34
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Do you know who I'm talking about? Kelly Ripa. Yeah, her and then her husband. And on that show, they were Mateo and Hayley. Mark Consuelo. Mark Consuelo.
00:14:47
Speaker
Yes, yes. They were on All My Children, and they loved each other on All My Children, and then they got married in real life. And then they're still married all these years later. That's a big deal.
00:14:58
Speaker
That's a big deal. It is. Well, let's see. How much is the cabaret in Joey's audition? So dollars. So dollars or 50 bucks. Yes.
00:15:13
Speaker
I like that scene. All right. Who did Rachel steal Monica's kiss and spend the bottle in ninth grade? I don't know, but i love the fact that questions are going like mine's from that scene to my next one.
00:15:33
Speaker
Jimmy, I don't know. Danny. Danny R. Shack. Ninth grade. What about him? no I missed that. But on that note, who did Phoebe let wash their feet in her pool of inner power?
00:15:50
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The puppet guy and his puppet too. And his puppet too. That was the bonus point for the puppet too. Yes. Yes. Yes. but All right.
00:16:01
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Who's loose on the three d thing of, okay, you're laughing. Because that's my question for you. So anyway, Judas is Judas is loose. We know this. Our questions, I feel, are really pat' really close or the same.
00:16:22
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lot. Okay. So, Leslie, how many do you have left? i have two. I've got three, so I'll go with one and we'll see what happens. Where did Eddie actually get the mannequin head from?
00:16:37
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In the alley behind Macy's? Well, that's what he says. Then Monica, think, says there's no alley. So it was um off a mannequin in the junior's department?
00:16:49
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The junior miss department of what's the one? Macy's, yes. Okay. That's it. Nice. Okay, how about this? What did Eddie want to use as a chip bowl at their next dinner party?
Eddie's Bizarre Return
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Well, that would be the mannequin head that he got from the Junior Miss Department at Macy's. There you go. ah Let's we've got two left. I can ask one more. i can ask one more. yeah So you go ahead and then or I'll add one. So I have two more i can ask.
00:17:21
Speaker
All right, but i think you should go first and for these last two. think you should go next. Okay, so what did the boys use as a foosball ball?
00:17:32
Speaker
That was a cantaloupe. Yes. Excellent. Dehydrated cantaloupe. Well, yes, not a full-size cantaloupe. Come on now.
00:17:43
Speaker
Dehydrated cantaloupe. ah what There are three elements to this. What does Eddie say he and Chandler did yesterday? Oh, they went to Vegas.
00:17:54
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Went to Vegas. Yes. Involved in that, what happened in Vegas? He crapped out. Yeah. but But Chandler was Mr. 21 and bought him new shoes.
00:18:06
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Yes. How much money did Chandler win for a bonus point? $2,100? $300 and bought him new shoes. Dang! You got it. You got all the details there.
00:18:18
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Okay. Well, and my question was going to be, what did chant are in Eddie's brain, what game did Chandler play? ah And when? But that would be part of your question. So awesome.
00:18:32
Speaker
Well, I've got one more for you. Oh, good. Okay. This is there just a tiny detail I noticed, but I think it's cool. When Eddie tries to get back into the apartment at the very end, when Chandler pretends like he doesn't know,
00:18:48
Speaker
What kind of, it's a fake animal, but what kind of animal is he holding under his arm?
00:18:55
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It's not big. It's fairly small. He's just got it tucked under his arm. Oh, it is. It's a little stuffed something. It is. Does it have red, like a red mohawk? It has some red red on it, definitely.
00:19:13
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I don't know, but he's, and then he's carrying and it looks like two hubcaps. Yes, I couldn't tell what those were, which is why I defaulted.
Joey's Furniture Repossession
00:19:21
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Yeah, defaulted to the I was too focused on the silver circle things and I had decided that they were hubcaps.
00:19:30
Speaker
I think that's a good question. Is it a horse? It's a parrot. Oh, how weird. Not too dissimilar to the bird that Joey wants to keep.
00:19:43
Speaker
Oh, my. hey Which coincidence? I don't know. But um just noticed he had this stuffed toy parent. um Well, that was good. I love his so many similar questions. I think that's kind of fantastic.
00:20:00
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That's fun. But, yeah, we'll get stuck in. Oh, my gosh. What happened? What did you know? I see all my notes. Eighth Avenue. It's jaunty. say that happens to me all the time dang well i said don't know the answer then it's in my notes somewhere ever yeah uh but before we get to the jaunty hat uh i do know as i do know by the way that uh you've got at least one scene one that's different from mine so i'm excited to see to hear about that if you have
Self-Help Books and Nostalgic Magazine Quizzes
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that um
00:20:35
Speaker
But we saw Chandler's bedroom and Eddie's just sitting watching him, but creeping him out and understandably. What kind of maniac is Eddie other than a dehydrating maniac, as we find out? Chandler gets him to tell him.
00:20:50
Speaker
I do love that. I want to hear it from your lips. Yeah. It's like, where did you hear it from before? Yes. God, Chandler's my favorite. oh Well, spoiler alert.
00:21:04
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Right. i He's so funny in this whole episode. Yes. He plays out so well. Yes. They are hysterical.
00:21:15
Speaker
We do go straight over to Central Park. As you said, Joey wears his jaunty hat. He's in a good mood. Wait. oh yeah oh Did you get the part where um you know they're going back and forth and all of that? And then he's like, fine, I'll be out tomorrow. I'll go live in my brother's a apartment ah basement until he figures out I'm there.
00:21:36
Speaker
And then I'll go find somewhere else to be. No, that's right. knew it was near the beginning. there was I read there was a bit missing. That you we did not have in the ah streaming version. Oh, really?
00:21:47
Speaker
Yeah, he just walks out of the door. oh oh yeah, no. Like, they go back and forth for quite some time. And then Chandler's like, I want you out.
00:21:58
Speaker
Get out. And he's like, you know, and he's like, well, fine. You want me out? And then all that happens. And then he's like, I'll i'll be gone by the time you get home from work tomorrow. I'll go to my brother's basement and stay my brother's basement.
00:22:12
Speaker
He's like, until he realizes I'm there. And then I'll find somewhere else to be. Yeah, weird out so much of that is cut out, isn't there? oh Time saving, I suppose.
00:22:23
Speaker
Wow, but it's so funny. Yeah, because I love the way they play off each other. It it really is brilliant. um yeah I was going to ask you about Joey's jaunty hat.
00:22:35
Speaker
If I ask you what's the worst piece of clothing you've ever bought? does anything jump to mind? Not that his hat is particularly awful by any stretch. you mean It's a choice.
00:22:47
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But does anything jump to your mind if I ask you that?
Eddie's Final Departure
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Speaker
God. Okay, there's... ah the I spent time while I was in college working at Foley's, which was a department store, you know? And it got bought out by Macy's.
00:23:04
Speaker
But I bought so much... crap there. Like just, oh, going out clothes and this and that and the other. But the one piece that I just, oh my God, I loved them so much, but they hurt my feet and they they were terrible. But it was these big, chunky shoes, but they were clear, ah like the straps were clear plastic.
00:23:34
Speaker
And then the bottoms were like, hologram like platform and they hurt my feet so bad but oh man i love to wear them because i thought that they were so cool um we're gonna need you google this and find and find these shoes okay i i i will work on that wearing the worst piece of clothing that you've ever owned yeah i've gone when i when i wrote this down i was thinking I don't know what, the only thing that really springs to mind, and I'm sure I bought things that are terrible, but I don't really have an adventurous taste in clothing, I would say.
00:24:13
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But I was at a concert last year And, you know, I had ah bit like Joey with his impulse by the register, bought a concert t-shirt.
00:24:24
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But even when it was hanging up, I was like, it looks really cheaply made. The transfer looks like it will get all cracked and after one wash. And it doesn't look like it would really fit me. But I still spent too much money for a t-shirt on the t-shirt because I was caught up and I loved the band.
00:24:40
Speaker
And... you know I've tried it on, it doesn't fit, and it's literally just hung in my closet ever since. I think I spent $40 on it, and it's just it will never leave the closet until one day I decide to ah donate it.
00:24:57
Speaker
yeah That was the thing that sprung to mind. dang Okay, I'm going to send you a picture of the shoes. if You have to imagine that the straps are clear.
00:25:11
Speaker
Okay. and Maybe I'll post this on our Instagram later. I'm just saying because these are great and they hurt my feet so bad. But the straps were clear.
00:25:23
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they But they were so beautiful to me. It's Monica's shoes and then Chandler has to carry them in the later season. yes the price you pay but i would wear those out and then i would end up barefoot and carrying them and it was like that was i don't know but i probably wore them six or seven times like and every time every time they got kicked they did not magically become comfortable who would have thought who would have thought
00:25:55
Speaker
Yes, it's amazing. um Joey, on the other hand, he loves his hat and he's in a good mood. A new job is going to come around. He's a jaunty hat. i I don't necessarily love the hat, but i love what it does for Joey.
00:26:11
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yes He feels good, so good for him. um We do find out Chandler gave him word of the day toilet paper, which I guess was maybe a housewarming gift or something.
00:26:24
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Which, I just, it seems like such a great gift for Joey. It just, it's not jumping the shark whatever the phrase is by any stretch, but makes me think of, spoiler alert, the wedding vows that Joey writes in a later season. Not the wedding vows, is it?
00:26:41
Speaker
uh yes is the wedding vows where he loves them with his entire aortic pump oh yes yes he got a thesaurus that's right it it reminds me of that which i just love but uh phoebe enters with this book the this this book that becomes central to this episode um they talk about be your own wind keeper um Nellis Everett, be your wind keeper and empower women.
00:27:11
Speaker
I'm not sure if that's just the subtitle, but obviously that's what it's really about. It's about women being self-empowered, not taking any more nonsense, not letting men boss them around and and sending all good, all good stuff.
Friendship Reconciliation & Celebrating Joey's Return
00:27:28
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Yeah. But I've got to just go straight forward because we're about to go into Estelle's office. I love every square inch of the walls, the desk, Estelle, all of it.
00:27:40
Speaker
um Joey's been fired and Estelle tries to get him this audition as the cab driver on Another World. Is that right? Another World? Yes.
00:27:51
Speaker
I was going to ask you what piece of advice did Estelle have for Joey? Who did she give a piece of advice to and what was the advice? ah take any job and don't make on the floor.
00:28:04
Speaker
That's it. Do you remember who she gave that advice to? Al Menzer, the Pyramid of the Dogs. and That's right. And his pyramid dogs. I wish I could do that like New York accent where she sort of says dogs.
00:28:18
Speaker
She's so strong. like I just love it, the exaggerated character that she is. Yes. Joey's like, he's not willing to take such a big fall from Grace, is he? he's's He was Dr. Drake. He's above it.
00:28:32
Speaker
He's above it. Yeah. you know he's know Oh, He's to learn a tough lesson here, isn't he? Let's see. We go back to Central Punk. Rachel's amazed by this book.
00:28:48
Speaker
And then Ross comes in and and gets an earful. Okay. I got to ask, have you ever read, like, have you ever read a self-help book and been like, oh my God, yes.
00:29:02
Speaker
That's a good question. I've read some sorts of self-help books. Um...
00:29:11
Speaker
I don't think so And I don't mean that as a slight to any of the books I've read because I'm sure they're all wonderful. But I think what i find is like sometimes I felt a bit down, a bit low.
00:29:24
Speaker
So I've started reading one of these books and then, you know, give it a day or two, I feel better. And that's probably not because of the book. It's just because of some time has passed. So they're often the kind of book that I wouldn't finish.
00:29:38
Speaker
Oh, wow. Yeah. but the more different editor what but you Oh, yeah. oh I go through and i haven't been through Well, because most recently read, oh, she's a comedian. I can't think of what her name is right now.
00:29:59
Speaker
I want to say Robin something, but I don't know if that's right or not. But the girl wash your face lady. Have you heard about that one? Rings of Vague now, but no, i don't know who that is.
00:30:12
Speaker
It's so good. It's like wash your face and like move on Like it's going to be all right. But like I remember in my early twenty s I read He's Just Not That Into You.
00:30:24
Speaker
hmm. And then they made like a movie and it was like a fiction movie and it was weird. And so I didn't finish the movie, but the self-help book that was, he's just not that into you was so good.
00:30:38
Speaker
And I was like, yeah, yeah. And then, um,
00:30:44
Speaker
I don't know there I'm sure that there's been others too, but those are the two that really stand out because, you know, they're fun. i like them. Yeah, that's fantastic. I'm trying to think.
00:30:56
Speaker
The only one that jumps out at me, and this is not a self-help book by definition, I suppose, is a book. It was made into quite a popular movie. It's called Wild by Cheryl Strayed.
00:31:08
Speaker
It's kind of a biography. Reese Witherspoon plays that the movie. there a monkey? Is there what? Are there monkeys? There are not. No. I wonder what I'm thinking about.
00:31:20
Speaker
Continue. I apologize. it Quite all right. And it kind of talks through her childhood, which was pretty traumatic and going to adulthood, which was equally traumatic and how she finds healing. and I won't ruin it, but what she does.
00:31:34
Speaker
So it's not really self-help. Like I said, more of an autobiography, but It's been three or four years. couldn't, that was the last time that I'd been at work going, I cannot wait to get home and get to this book.
00:31:48
Speaker
Like it's it was gripping. The movie was pretty good, ah you know, for an adaptation. Not bad. right You know, the book was absolutely phenomenal. Looking at how she got through all of this.
00:32:01
Speaker
Okay. So I would highly recommend Wild by Cheryl Strayed. um But I did not react like Rachel reacts. Ross comes in and she's she's ready to fight. she oh yeah, she is.
00:32:14
Speaker
Yeah, she is. How dare you? I'm not on your timetable. then poor stupid Ross. It's the theater. yeah Even in this situation, Ross isn't getting a break.
00:32:27
Speaker
No. oh No. oh Even though it's theater's timetable. Yeah, no he's not. And then he's so confused and doesn't ask questions and just assumes he knows what the heck is happening. and Yeah, it's a good point. He doesn't really ask what's going on here, even though Rachel's act acting in a very odd way.
00:32:51
Speaker
Right. But as Ross goes from there, evidently doesn't go straight to the movies. He goes over to Joey's apartment um to apologize for not being more supportive.
00:33:06
Speaker
he he goes over there sort say, you know, good for you for for not going for that audition. that Is that at this point? um so no No, that's later on, right?
00:33:18
Speaker
Yeah, no, he first, he shows over there and he's talking about the book and he's like, and Joey doesn't date girls who read because of this exact situation. Right, you want to avoid these problems.
00:33:33
Speaker
Yeah, literate girlfriends are not something that Joey is any interested in. But this infamous visa bill comes in. Do you remember how much he spent on anything?
00:33:44
Speaker
i screw Do I remember? No, but do I have it in my notes because I was ready for those questions? Yes. $3,500. $1,100. finally, isn't it chromatic? $2,300. Indeed. I was you would write those down too and ask them. For a grand total i love website ah eleven hundred dollars and finally isn't it crement and twenty three hundred dollars indeed indeed i was sure you would write those down too so and asked them so for a grand total of $6,900. There you go. That's a lot of money on his visa.
00:34:19
Speaker
but That wasn't even... but he was just picking out things. That's right. Because there's a whole other envelope to go. That's right. One of two. And then then he thinks the balance is actually the minimum payment is the actual balance.
00:34:37
Speaker
Yeah, it's bad news for Joey.
00:34:40
Speaker
Bad, bad news. Um... So let's see, we're back at, I can only refer to it as Chandler's apartment. It's not Chandler and Eddie. Oh, there a cut scene right between. Okay, what happens?
00:34:56
Speaker
um It's Chandler sneaking up to the apartment because you can tell he's looking for Eddie to be waiting for him. now So he's like sneaking around and it's got like, I'm sure it's some famous piece of music, but it sounds like a spy to me.
00:35:17
Speaker
don't know that that really helped, but anyway, and he's just kind of like, he's sneaking up the stairs and then he runs from like one side to the other and then from one side and then to the door.
00:35:29
Speaker
and then he comes in And then there's Eddie dehydrating. Interesting. Yeah. it just, mine just starts the channel walking into the apartment and Eddie's dehydrating, dehydrating fruits and vegetables. He's very excited about this.
00:35:45
Speaker
And he's got a new goldfish. So don't worry. That's a lot more lively. it Buddy? Is that what, you did he call it Buddy? Is that right? No, he didn't call him anything.
00:35:58
Speaker
He just says I got into goldfish and he's like, well, he and he's a lot more lively than the last one. He's like, that's because it was made by Pepper Charm. That's right. Because that was out one buthi was the initial goldfish.
00:36:11
Speaker
And then Sandler was the crackler. yeah That there's no way that that would have actually been... You've been amongst that like myth busters.
00:36:24
Speaker
Yes, true. It's true. It's not happening. And he's very excited about the fruits, about the vegetables. He's dehydrating maniac. I don't think it's something I've ever actually done. you ever done that, dehydrating fruits or vegetables?
00:36:39
Speaker
I have not. I have not. Yeah, no not quite sure why you would do that. don't know, it's just to make them. something like a snack i don't know or yeah maybe like a snack or a uh i don't know i don't know what you would do that or like and i don't know yeah then in the next scene we we go back to central park you you gave me two of the three things i've written down gunther ends up talking to joey about it or joey talks to gunther about his career woes
00:37:14
Speaker
You mentioned, or you asked me, you know who Gunther was and what show. He was Bryce and All My Children. But how did he die? do you remember? In an avalanche. In an avalanche. That's a pretty nasty way to go. Okay.
00:37:25
Speaker
So here's my thing that I wrote down that I didn't ask you. yeah What was the drink that Joey ordered to go?
00:37:36
Speaker
it was something that made Gunther go, are you all right, man? What's wrong? Yeah. Was it orange juice? Lemonade. Lemonade. Yeah.
00:37:46
Speaker
Yeah, and it made Gunther very concerned for his well-being. didn't Good old Gunther. Let's see. We're over at the girl's apartment. Chandler's just, I love that Chandler's sleeping on the couch.
00:37:59
Speaker
Like he's too scared to be in his own apartment. for probably Probably for good reasons. Well, yeah. And then he wakes up and poor Monica's standing there staring at him.
00:38:10
Speaker
Why must everyone watch me sleep? Right. He just can't get a good night's rest anywhere at this point. um But Chandler doesn't last too long. and my My next scene, he's already going back over. And what is Eddie dehydrating that's unusual?
00:38:30
Speaker
I was going to ask you about this. The water balloons? The water balloons. How stupid is that? Right. You just have a regular balloon.
00:38:42
Speaker
right that one Yeah. I was going to ask you about the colors of the balloons, but i thought that's getting a little too... Wow. I'm glad you didn't. glad you didn't.
00:38:54
Speaker
Yeah. I decided decided against it. But Chandler's had it. Chandler gives it his all and Andy storms out. But then he comes back in to grab the fish.
00:39:08
Speaker
Yes. But Chandler's whole freak out attack made me laugh where he's like, get out, get out, get out. And then take your stupid small fruit and get out. It's such a good line.
00:39:22
Speaker
Yes. yeah And then that poor goldfish. yeah Yeah. In those tight jeans in the pocket, it goes. Yeah. It's going to go wherever Buddy went, I suppose.
00:39:35
Speaker
Yeah. Down the toilet. Down the toilet. Off to the farm. um Joey decides to eat a little humble pie. He goes to the the a audition.
00:39:47
Speaker
But he messes up a couple of the lines because the it was faxed over. So it's so bucks. And what was the other one? Something about a bridge? i wish...
00:40:00
Speaker
great I wish hadn't asked because I knew until that happened. But, yeah, something about the bridge. ah Yeah, it changes. I think he thinks it's something else. But he's got his jaunty hat on, his his good luck hat.
00:40:18
Speaker
um It doesn't seem to quite pan out for him.
00:40:24
Speaker
But, I don't know, maybe maybe things will turn around for Joey soon. even though he didn't didn't get this part. of I do quite like this next scene. We're back over in the Garland's apartment, and they're doing a quiz related to the book, the Windkeeper's book, and everything starts to become a bit unraveled.
00:40:46
Speaker
Okay. and Now, hang on, Al. Did you... ah so back a few years ago... Mm-hmm. um they got it was really big to do like all the quizzes online and they reminded me of like the teenage magazines whenever i was growing up and you would take the quizzes and then you'd add up all your a's and your b's and your c's and all that right did y'all did y'all do that or was that just if it rings a big bell
00:41:17
Speaker
Yeah. OK, well, Willow had me at her birthday party take a cheese quiz to find out which Disney princess I am. Right. um And that was fun. But it made me think of that, too.
00:41:30
Speaker
But like Seventeen magazine, like there was always a quiz in there to find out like what kind of friend you are. Or what kind of boy you like or, you know, what what you know what does your movie taste say about your whatever, you know, your makeup style or whatever.
00:41:51
Speaker
And so whenever they're going through those, cause like that's what I was thinking about. And then about how that kind of made a resurgence back a few years ago, because everybody in this house knew what kind of dog they were, knew what, what kind of, you know, ah what their dream house was based on Yeah.
00:42:12
Speaker
I remember that. I feel like that was back maybe when Facebook really took off. There was all these quizzes and things. And that's right. i've forgotten about that. But you can't keep us hanging.
00:42:23
Speaker
What did our Willow determine was your Disney princess? Oh, my Disney princess was Jasmine, which is inaccurate. I was wearing Belle dress at the time. So, duh.
00:42:38
Speaker
And so she she told me I could take it again and try again. Well, good luck. Good luck. yeah I'm sure it will go well. You'll get the right princess this time.
00:42:49
Speaker
She said it didn't matter. I was Belle no matter what. I couldn't agree more. Couldn't agree more. Well, I'm glad that you guys didn't descend into arguing like Monica and Rachel and Phoebe do because all their secrets come out.
00:43:04
Speaker
Yes, it's not going well. Everyone's kind of hurting each other for these feelings. I really do. All we have done really crappy things to each other.
00:43:15
Speaker
Right. They're all the guilty of doing some some bad stuff. They were. And I was like, you know, the ah Phoebe and then Monica's boyfriend that she broke up with that ah Phoebe was with an hour later and then playing spin the bottle and Rachel stole Monica's kiss from the guy and I that whatever guys yeah it's not good it's not not good sometimes don't ask questions i do love all the um all the euphemisms that are thrown out like just the kind of borderline ridiculous you know like bathing your feet in the other one's pool of water all that stuff yes the um most righteous truth yes
00:44:04
Speaker
Very, very, well I love all those. But I do love the way this this scene ends with Rachel Monica storming off to the room and then Phoebe, wherever that little chest or box is, just sort of slams the lid down on the table.
00:44:19
Speaker
Yes. She makes her point, which I love. Yes. The names that they're calling each other, the leaf blower and all that, and then they end up ending on monkey butt.
00:44:34
Speaker
that like how did How did we get there? Because they had descended into complete and utter ridiculousness. That's right. It was. The whole thing was just just falling apart.
00:44:49
Speaker
The exact opposite impact that this book is meant to have.
00:44:55
Speaker
The next scene, a little sad. All the, I don't know, repossession guys, movers, delivery, wherever they are, they're picking up all of Joey's furniture, his animals that he had collected, the zoo motif that he was going for. There's no more.
00:45:12
Speaker
But this was the scene that I referred to earlier, the Outer Place. Ross comes over and apologizes, tells him how proud he is.
00:45:21
Speaker
you know, for not going for that audition, but then quickly backtracked when Joey tells him that he did. um Well, okay. So let's, let's but talk about that.
00:45:31
Speaker
Just a minute, because we've had a conversation about this before, and I don't know if it was while we were recording or not while we were recording. But whenever um whenever Ross is talking to Joey about how how brave he is for what he chooses to do for work, he's like, you know, me, I need to know where my next paycheck is coming from.
00:45:56
Speaker
yeah I need that stability and I need, and I could never be like you where did. You know, and then they end up and and good for you for not going on that audition. It's like I went on the audition. All right.
00:46:09
Speaker
Good for you. Way to go. And then it's all awkward. But the thing is I was thinking ah about that. Like it really does say something about something because I'm that way.
00:46:27
Speaker
Like that was one of the reasons like teaching was it you know there's the whole idea about making a difference making the world a better place and everything else but then there's also the stability of 100 yep no and um i don't know i was thinking about that because that's am i a ross And that's a disturbing thought.
00:46:56
Speaker
That's going to shake you to your very core. i am shook. yeah I am shook.
00:47:06
Speaker
I've had friends who work on 100% commission and things, and I couldn't do it. like that would yeahs You've got to have nerves of steel and be wired a certain way to be successful at that. And I don't think that's for me.
00:47:20
Speaker
No, and yeah I like to know my salary and what my income is going to be month to month. Thank you very much. I need that. so So I also share that Ross tendency alongside you.
00:47:34
Speaker
Yeah. Well, and then I think about like my best friend, her husband, they, he owns his own company. And for a long time, she didn't go into teaching until, you know, after her kids had gotten a little bit older and everything else.
00:47:52
Speaker
And um ah just that bravery and risk taking and all the things it's like, man, that's awesome. yeah then for i mean yeah and Yeah. And then my part-time job right now, there are people that that's what they do for their full-time job.
00:48:12
Speaker
And you don't know from, you know, season to season if you're going to be there or not. And that's wild to think about too.
00:48:24
Speaker
Because, um you know, if I'm not there, you know, I'll be fine. Like, that's okay. Right. But I don't know. that yeah i i I want to be like that.
00:48:39
Speaker
It would be nice, but I'm just not wired that way. No. And I don't see it changing, to be honest. No. Yeah, um' fine so but I'm But I'm really shook and a little motivated at this point now that I've drawn that parallel.
00:48:56
Speaker
Right. Or i' not really parallel, but the the similarity between me and Ross in that respect that ah that i' i I'm shook.
00:49:07
Speaker
I'm shooketh. You are shooketh indeed. With a C-H. Yeah, I mean, that's serious business now. But I guess because juy or because Ross, excuse me, has a stable income, he's able to buy a little gift for Joey.
00:49:23
Speaker
Not the $1,200 plastic barn. That's crap. Impulse buy, by the way. Terrible friend. Terrible friend. Terrible. $200 that he buys the dog. Now, I'm 99% sure of this. Do you know the story behind the dog?
00:49:40
Speaker
No, I feel like maybe somewhere in the depths of my memory, but share. Yeah, I should have Googled this. I am certain that that is Jennifer Aniston's, came from her, that is her dog.
00:49:55
Speaker
Really? Yeah, like she either took it from the set or she had it brought in because they were doing this scene about these you know kind of ceramic animals and things, but that is Pat the Dog.
00:50:07
Speaker
and it either is or was her personal possession um that ceramic dog i'm like 99 sure of that i'll have to have to look it up afterwards there's something about the way ross slaps the slap the dog with the checkbook that i just like ah you're right yeah it is it is and it was a good luck gift that she received whenever she very first started acting i love it yeah knew there was some connection there His name is Pat the Dog. Pat the Dog.
00:50:39
Speaker
um And Pat the Dog will get a good giggle in the final the final end credits sort of scene coming up in just a minute. But yeah, Ross buys it for him. I think Joey's a bit of a jerk for going, but I really like that parrot, though.
00:50:53
Speaker
Like, away from bus. I was like, eh, Ross, we're paying him some compliments this episode, has done something nice for you. I think you just need to let it be, Joey.
00:51:05
Speaker
um this next scene i adore because it has the single line in it that is quoted more in my household from friends than any other line in the entire series I don't know if you'll know what it is but it's in this scene
00:51:27
Speaker
I don't i is it it was an impulse buy no oh sorry it's the next scene back in Central Park Where we have Eddie and Chandler. With the what?
00:51:39
Speaker
Wait, in Central Perk? Yep, that's the next scene I've got where, you know. Where the where Rachel gives the cakes to the girls. Yes, yep, all of that. And then it moves on a little bit.
00:51:53
Speaker
Eddie shows up.
00:51:56
Speaker
Okay, no, remind me. I don't know. I'll tell you in just a second. um So the girls are unhappy with each other. You're right, Rachel brings them cake as a peace offering. um I'm glad that they make up without any more drama or heart feelings or whatever want to call it.
00:52:12
Speaker
And I quite like the way Rachel takes them back so she doesn't have to pay for them. yeah The cakes have done their job. Yeah. I love Chandler coming in with Ding Dong. The cycle's gone. Again, his delivery.
00:52:28
Speaker
But he's not gone. Because Andy is standing outside with a human head. Yes. He comes on in with this mannequin's head. He's very excited. It's going to hold chips at their next party.
00:52:42
Speaker
And this is the line. he kind of They talk about Vegas and all of that. And then he says he's going to go upstairs. He looks at the the girls, I think, sitting on the couch. He just goes, see you, pals.
00:52:54
Speaker
And that is more in this household. yeah See you, pals. Whenever anybody leaves, goes anywhere, see you, pals. Gets thrown out in honor of Eddie.
00:53:05
Speaker
um Again, such a silly throwaway line, but just the way it's delivered. It's just got that little edge of crazy of sea of pals, which I just love.
00:53:18
Speaker
But Chandler's going to foil his nemesis in what's the last scene, second last scene for me. And he tries to get back in. Now, I right saying that Chandler must have changed the locks?
00:53:32
Speaker
Yeah. Like super quick at some point. He's going to have to, yeah. Cause Andy tries with the key. What can't get in? And Chandler then opens the door and pretends not to know who he is at all.
00:53:45
Speaker
Um, they've already taken all of his stuff downstairs. Um, and then Joey is, uh, I do like the way Joey sort spins around on the seat. Yeah. Uh, well waving, um,
00:54:00
Speaker
It's a touching moment. I like it. It's kind of wholesome, the way they hug each other with kind of boyish excitement. And just welcome home. Yeah, welcome home. That gets me a little bit. Welcome home. And then they kind of jump up and down holding each other.
00:54:13
Speaker
Yes. Like, you know, a true brotherly relationship. That's the way it should be. The way it should be. The way it should be. Yeah. But evidently, Joey.
00:54:25
Speaker
Oh, yeah. Go ahead. Go ahead. Have we talked about roommates before? I think we have because you told me about yours. Yes. And then you talked talked about your sisters.
00:54:37
Speaker
Okay. Yes, because i I've actually never had a roommate, Parsi. Yes. yeah Okay. Okay. All right. Yes. Yes. um That's right. That's right. We did we talked about them.
00:54:49
Speaker
um But every time Ross comes over, they have to bring out the dog. Chandler's carrying the statue in what could be interpreted in ah an interesting manner.
00:55:01
Speaker
I cannot wish that that was, don't know if it scripted or not, but something tells me that could have been ad-libbed. um just the way he the way he says it um he had to bring the dog out but the dog and the dog lasts a very long time i'm not sure if it goes all the way to the end but we see it um you know throughout this the entire series old pat the dog
00:55:27
Speaker
um so it's yes certainly not the only time i know he goes over when they end up moving apartments and things um I do have one interesting piece of trivia for you that I found out.
00:55:41
Speaker
Okay. um I googled the book because I was like, is this a real book? you know I assume not. It's not a real book. Right. But did you see the author of this fake book? No, I did not. Nope. The author is Jennifer Millmore, who is the wife of the writer of this episode.
00:55:59
Speaker
Well, there you Isn't that a lovely touch? That's sweet. so sweet. And Jennifer Millmore actually appears in Friends. She comes along and makes two small appearances. She is Lauren, who is Kate's understudy, who Joey dates when he's doing that. Oh, the blonde.
00:56:20
Speaker
Yeah, the young blonde with the short blonde hair. but Yeah, so then whenever the thing comes down and then he walks out and he's like, but where... Yes, all of that. Yes, her spaceship in the living room thing. Yes.
00:56:34
Speaker
um So that's her. And she is the husband of the writer and is credited as the author of the book, which nice which I quite like. It's had nice touch. I'd like to think if I was a writer, I'd have to slip Kate's name onto something. Yeah, you would. don't know what it would be or how it would be done, but it'd be cool. I'd make that good one.
00:56:54
Speaker
Absolutely. Yeah. Yeah.
00:56:58
Speaker
She would probably be a game show host on the TV. That would be it. That would be it. she'd be i would be it I like it. If Joey was auditioning for Bamboozled, Kate would have to be one of the people helping you know yeah you know choosing ah so something like that. You're right. It would have to be game show related.
00:57:18
Speaker
Oh my God. Or, okay. The funny, and I still laugh, like a good hearty, like laugh whenever he's on the thousand or however, $10,000 pyramid. Yes. You know that he's like, ghost. Yeah.
00:57:37
Speaker
I don't, have you ever seen, like, have you ever look at, I'm on a couple of friends' Facebook pages, and every once in a while, some people say, let me see, like, your friends' tattoos.
00:57:48
Speaker
And so many people have the, what is it, what did you say, the plane, the the the paper, the ghost. They just have those people just really small somewhere as their friends' tribute tattoo. And I love that idea so much. That's hysterical, but that, I mean, like, even just thinking about the be so it's so good that i know i can't remember what episode that's in so i'm going to look forward to that one i'll be so excited whenever we get to that one and then i'll laugh for 10 minutes straight and you'll have to cut it out right we'll that will cut we'll cut you know what i think we're just gonna roll with it we're just gonna let it go
00:58:36
Speaker
Because every time you think you've composed yourself, you're going to let it go again, i think. Now, I thought in honor of Eddie this week, instead of asking you how many cups of coffee, I'm going to ask you how many dehydrated bananas are you going to give this episode?
00:58:53
Speaker
I don't really know what I mean by that, but how many? It's seven. A solid seven. Seven. solid seven solid seven dehydrated that's what we're going with dehydrated kidneys that' what she should have been dehydrated roommates kidneys maybe instead of cups of coffee we need to change up every week with something thematic or maybe they're dehydrated cups of coffee so it's just such a bunch of coffee grounds that's right
00:59:28
Speaker
They're just cups of grounds, no water to be had. but And I think you've given this away, but who is your Gunther Central Park? Great. How many did you get? That's right. um I didn't say.
00:59:40
Speaker
I also gave seven. Okay. Because, you know, it's a good episode. and Yes. For me, a touch step down from the Dr. Drake Ramori or Dr. Ramori dies, but it's still good.
00:59:51
Speaker
It's still a good episode. Yes. Nothing wrong with a good seven. Yes. Okay. And so, of course, I know that this is a shock. I didn't tell you in the first 10 minutes of us talking.
01:00:04
Speaker
But Chandler, his physical comedy and his unhinged and just the delivery of all of his freak out lines is hysterical.
01:00:14
Speaker
He's so funny. So funny. So good. I love the fact that so many of our questions were so similar. I've also given it seven and and also gone for Chandler. He's unmatched. Of course.
01:00:28
Speaker
The way he reacts to Eddie. Eddie's really funny. And then I gave it to Eddie last week. the way Chamble responds to Eddie is as good if not better.
01:00:40
Speaker
It's so good. Yeah. It is so good. And it, oh God, it's just so funny. Yeah. And it's the thing that carries this episode. Yeah. Because. yes Yeah.
01:00:53
Speaker
that's that's what carries this whole episode. You know? it's It's so good. Well, let's see. Next week, we have got one, two, three, four, five before the end of the season.
01:01:04
Speaker
Wow. We're almost there. We will do an end of season review episode. We will have... That'll take for Thanksgiving, Al. Oh, That's right, it's around the corner.
01:01:17
Speaker
And we've got some, maybe got some plans coming around for Thanksgiving and stuff. walking on some working on some special treats for our listeners, you know, as we enter the holiday season.
01:01:29
Speaker
But I like this. The next one is the one where old yellow dies. I don't like that, but I don't, and I remember that story, but I don't remember the rest of the episode, what else happens.
01:01:41
Speaker
So I'm quite looking forward to finding out because I've forgotten. um I always like it when that happens when one an episode's coming up that I don't quite remember. yeah um Any final thoughts on this episode?
01:01:55
Speaker
ah No. Chandler carried this episode. Self-help books are good. i think I want to read one right now. i don't know what I want to read. but And Judas is loose.
01:02:13
Speaker
That's right. Judas. Cool, Judas. I think that's it's a really good summary. um Judas is loose. I'm not going to read a self-help book just now. i'm reading a book about Parks and Rec written by ah jim or Jim O'Hara.
01:02:31
Speaker
The guy who plays Jerry in Parks and Rec about his time on the show. Oh. So I might go read a little bit of that. I don't know. Well, there you go. Yeah, but next week, the one where old yellow dies. And on that note, thank you guys all for listening to this week's edition of the Purple Door Podcast.