Oh, man! I am so excited! I made vomit! and welcome to episode 5. 83 of Friends Watching Friends. I'm Chrissy. I'm Katie. And I'm Megan. And today we are discussing season four. Episode 9, the one where they're going to party. We're so going to party. I'm so excited I may vomit. Yes, we finally got to the intros of our podcast. I was pretty excited to hear those quotes. Yeah. They sounded like weird to me. Don't they like? Yes. They sound weird because like I hear them in a clip all the time.
so like to actually hear them and the show was kind of funny yeah and i also think it's funny that we had all of those clips like the one at the end which we did see already and then these ones and Like, we don't know where they came from. We're just like, yeah, Chris, that sounds good. We trust your judgment. Yeah. I was like, yeah, I like that. All right. Do you know what time it is? It's time for the Friends Fest 15.
Wow. That was beautiful. Thanks. I really enjoyed it. Anytime, anytime. Are you ready? I'm first. Yeah. On your mark. Get set, go. Phoebe and Monica have a catering business and the boys are really excited to go party with Gandalf and Monica takes a chef job because she doesn't like the way this guy makes his sauce. And Rachel gets a raise. I reached, I kept hitting it every time. That was really good. That's kind. I wouldn't have paused. That's a scary thing. All right, you ready? I think. Go.
Blinky boobs. Hey, I know that girl. Definitely know that girl. Joanna dies. Oh my gosh. Did she send you any paperwork, by the way? That was like 10 seconds. I always think it's longer. 15 seconds feels like an eternity when you're under the pressure of it. It's crazy. But then also like no time at all. I balanced my checkbook. I balanced my checkbook. Are you ready, Chrissy? Yep. She's gonna pull out all these things. Oh no, I yawned. Okay.
Ready? Yeah. KG and take a bath, hand mittens that are socks, and vodka, a piece of celery for the tomato juice, and carrying breadsticks in your pants. And... That was 15. I don't know. I was like, guys, we usually kind of like repeat at least one or two things. Just because, you know, we didn't this time, though. We didn't. We didn't. We didn't. feels like i'm sleeping stop all right it's time for a synopsis give it to me Okay, so Phoebe and Monica get a van for their catering business.
And so Monica writes her first review in the newspaper. She got like a side gig as well. So she basically gets to write reviews for like restaurants, like a critic basically. And she writes like a... bad review of this restaurant called Alessandro's and it's basically like... It's so savage. It is savage.
It's like a terrible review of this terrible place. So the owner basically comes to her house, comes to the apartment and was like, hey, I want a retraction. That's not, my restaurant's great. She's like, no, it's not. I'm going to make you a sauce.
and like that's how it should taste blah blah blah so he like she ends up making them his sauce and then he offers her a head chef job at his restaurant now So Monica basically was like, um, I think I need to take a step back from the catering business because
is really what I want to do and what I've been working for my entire career life life career whatever so phoebe gets kind of upset at first and then they kind of talk about it and decide that like that's what monica should be doing and phoebe's gonna keep the van for who knows what So yeah, that's kind of the storyline in a nutshell for those two.
Rachel has some interesting news. I feel like so much happens in this episode. It does. This is a packed episode. Jeez. So Rachel applies for a job as an assistant buyer at Bloomingdale's.
And then she asks her boss if it seems cool. Joanna agrees, but she also is an asshole during the interview process. And I don't know. The whole situation was just like... hard to even watch um so but Joanna just basically wants Rachel to stay with her and doesn't want her to move on because she's a good assistant and a good worker but um so Rachel figures that out and basically says
I quit because that's bullshit. And Joanna's like, no, don't quit. Like, what if I make an assistant buyer position in this office and you can continue here? And she's like, okay, that sounds great. Well, then, the next day, Joanna gets hit by a tack, no, the next night, the same night, whatever, she gets hit by a... It's like that night. That night, yeah. She gets hit by a taxi and dies, which is not funny at all. I don't know why I'm like smiling, but the story is just like...
Ridiculous. I'm like, yep, she's dead. It's like, what? Right. So like, you're not the only one that smiles. Yeah, Sophie gets pretty happy about it. But like, she treated her like shit. Let's can't be disappointed. Literally. Wow. So Rachel is like, did any paperwork come your way to like the other, I don't even know what she is, I don't know.
worker or boss or whatever and she's like yeah no there's no other no no paperwork and she's like damn so that we kind of figure out what happens there Rachel just kind of like I don't know. At this point, I just left in limbo about it. Now with Chandler and Joey and Ross. Chandler and Ross basically go to a go to college with this guy I think but They have a friend.
who they call Gandalf who like is a party wizard and they he's coming to town and they like are getting so excited to go like quote quote party with this guy and Last time they went to Nova Scotia and they did this and hung out with total strangers and like, woo, they had such a great time. And he's coming back into town. They call off work. They're like, yeah, Joey, you're going to love this guy. It's going to be great. Well, it turns out Gandalf gets stuck in Chicago, can't make it out.
So the guys are, like, bumming about it. And Joey's like, let's go party ourselves. We'll have a great time. We'll, like, go to a couple bars and, like, try to, like, hang out and whatever. And, like, come back to the coffee house. And they're like... Yeah, dude, this, this, I'm freaking tired, and like, I just want to go to bed. And why is it so loud in these places? And man, that scene is like... My favorite. It just is perfect.
All I did was cook dinner tonight, and it's 8.15, and, like, I'm ready for bed. Yeah, I just want to watch TV and go to bed at a reasonable hour. That's exactly what I want to do. Yep. like going to a comfortable chair and it's like i just want to go to a quiet place where i can talk to my friends yeah totally like you know like i don't have to scream and like
drain my voice talking to people because it's too damn loud in the damn club. It's like, dude, I, yes. Can I get some hot water and a lemon? I think it's strange in my voice. I don't want to stay up too late. Can I have a decaf? Fun fact. Did you know? I know that actually you know this, but... Decaf does not mean no caffeine. It means less caffeine.
yeah and it's unfortunate but yeah and drinking like a herbal tea also all decaf is is like extremely roasted coffee which is usually why decaf kind of tastes different. because it's roasted for longer. Because the longer you roast a coffee bean, the more caffeine that leaves it. So this is a fun fact that people don't know all the time. Tell me, barista buddy. Is when you order... A dark roast. Dark roast has less caffeine in it but more flavor. Blonde roast has more caffeine and less flavor.
Everybody always, when I worked at Starbucks, all of the manly men walk in and they're like, I want a dark roast, I need the caffeine. That's less caffeine y'all. I'm not going to tell you that, though. Less caffeine y'all. Because of how you're acting towards me. But, yeah. Blonde roast. That's as dark as my soul. More caffeine. No wonder my mom gets blonde. The taste is less, but higher caffeine. Yeah. I like the Blondros at Starby's. Starby's. It's yummy. It's got a good flavor.
Love that. Alright. Yeah, that's pretty much the episode, though, by the way. So, all done. characters. Who should we start with? Start with the boys. Relatable. Totally. So freaking relatable. They're the ones that give us our quotes, which was pretty fun. Thank you. Kind sir. Ross is so fucking whiny. Ross is really whiny. He's like extra whiny in this episode. I just want to be like
Get your shit together. Dude, I just find him to be a whiny character. Like, in general, he just is. I know. I think I said that in the beginning once, and then people were like, I don't think he's whiny, man. And I'm like, okay, listen, like, I understand that we all have opinions, but like.
He's a whiny character. He just, that's just him. Yeah. And it's like, that's fine because everyone can't be perfect. So like it's personalities and personalities, but I think he's just, yes, I totally agree. He's a whiny character. He's extra in this episode. But Chandler, hilarious. And Joey, like, while Joey did kind of have the backseat role a little bit in this episode, His lines were so funny.
like when he did have a line so because like at the end at the coffee shop he was the one that was like i'll take decaf i don't want to stay up too late yes we talk about like he's gotta win him and phoebe are kind of tied in this episode for like best friend award. Like he was ready to go like all out to make his buddies feel better when he was.
fucking exhausted just like them and after they were like nah he's like oh thank god we'll go down to the docks and see about that boat thing i feel like him and phoebe are always the ones that are like the best friends i agree i agree i think like when we get to season 10 or whatever like i think they're gonna come out on top yeah as like the ones that yeah best friend or The ones that are the best friend. There's a prediction for you. Yeah. It's, I don't know, like.
i see what they were trying to do and like why they were bummed like yeah okay And also, can we talk about how we said it during the episode, we're like, Man, before cell phones. Because he's like, where are you guys going to be around noon? And they're like, oh, I don't know. But it's like, oh, man. I would literally just call you guys and be like, all right, where are you guys at? I'll come meet you. But yeah, they didn't have cell phones. They did at the time, but they were like...
Not everybody had them, yeah. And they were, like, huge. They were bigger than your friggin' landline. That gives me so much anxiety. I know! If I were to be like, Meg, okay, like...
If you were to be like, okay, I like... I don't know like one we'll meet at blah blah blah even if you gave me like a time and a place I would still be like so anxious like how long what if I get there too early or too late and like she left or hadn't gotten there yet and then I have to stand there and like look dumb because I don't I don't know Did you make it okay? Like, are you on your way yet or not really? Yeah! Totally, I get it. I know.
i was clearly born in the right time between none of this shit and all of the shit it's yeah it's weird because we did have a period of time growing up where It wasn't a thing. My parents didn't have cell phones. My parents had beepers for a long time. My parents didn't have that. It was like, I'll pick you up after school, or I'll pick you up after practice, or whatever. And it was like, okay.
i'll see you there and it's like they usually were always there and if not like you would figure it out later like ma'am mom like mom where were you oh i'm sorry i ran late doing this yeah picking you up and you're like okay like i figured it out right after the fact and not I know. It's wild. We did not care then. It was not a big deal. Also, we were kids, but still. It's crazy. Man, beepers. Yeah.
I was re-watching Gilmore Girls or whatever, and even Rory had a beeper in the episode. I really want to watch Gilmore Girls. You should. I know. How about Rachel? Um, I'm proud of Rachel, man. Me too. Like, that takes guts to go back over to your boss to be like, um, can we talk about that ridiculous interview that just happened? I would have cried too. But they most definitely would have been angry tears.
What just happened? I don't even know what to say. Although I think Joanna sounded like an idiot. Those other two people that were interviewing her were also like, okay, be quiet, Joanna. Can we allow Rachel to talk? We're interviewing her. So in the reality, like, I don't know if that really did not help her case, but because she was just being really obnoxious.
she was yeah i yeah i'm really proud of her for going into that office after and standing up for herself but what timing right oh my gosh like too bad she didn't at least put the paperwork through I mean like obviously I feel bad for what happened to her but like feel bad for Rachel she finally like got what she wanted like moving on up and now I mean maybe she's still well I guess that's not really bit it's not really completely resolved yet so maybe she'll still get a promotion i don't know
Do you think, and I have this weird, I don't know, I can't have seen it. Does she like have to step in for Joanna and then ends up getting her job? Oh, I like that. Because she was her assistant, so she was like the closest to her. So it's kind of going to be like an interim, but I think she's going to do a good job because she knows what she's doing. I like it. Chrissy's not giving anything away. Usually I don't have shit for predictions rolling today. Good work. Thanks. I like that.
I agree. Now what will Sophie... She'll be her assistant. She'll be Rachel's assistant. Oh, you must not have heard the news. Oh, I did. I mean, like, she was mean, though. She was so mean. Like, you just crossed the line to be completely useless. Get out. It's like, fuck. That's so degrading. I'd have laughed a long time ago. And, like, in the other episodes, she would, like, try to, like, be nice to her, and then she'd be like, Sophie, climb out of my butt. I was like, oh, my God. Jeez.
She's just terrible. She treated her so mean. Oh my god. Weesh. No. Yeah, so we'll see what happens with that. Are we going to talk about Phoebe and Monica? Yeah. That van reminds me of Guinevere. From Onward. Yes. Guinevere. That's like another one. I need to. It's in like our top.
I actually can't believe you right now. Movies. You can't believe what? I can't believe you right now. I'm sorry. I know. I have a toddler, too. Damn. She likes it. She's seen it. She's seen more fucking Disney movies than I have at this point, for sure. for sure oh boy she watches it with aunt meg and aunt kate well the second you watch it you're gonna be like oh that'll probably would have reminded you of this because you saw this first you know what i mean that makes sense it's like it's very
First of all, I love the van. Bitchin' van. It's so funny. And I love how, what did Ross say about it? It was a Chandler. No, it was Ross. Like, what do you want to show us? Because all I can see is this bitch in vain. That really made me laugh.
I think it's super cute like they want to do this catering business and then I think it's really awesome of Phoebe to like recognize like obviously Monica wants this job and that's what would make her happy and like I don't want to stand in the way of her being Happy. That's a good friend. Yeah, totally. I mean, I know that they made those plans because like, there's just like the way life was working out. And they both needed a job, so it just made sense for them to go into business.
reality is, like, as viewers, we're watching all these characters unfold, and we're watching them from the beginning of, like, their story, quote, quote, like, their story. So, Monica's been trying to be, get a head chef job since we've known, like, Monica as a character so like Yeah, kind of not great timing. Yeah, of course. And I can understand Phoebe for being like,
damn it, like, we invested some of this money, we had plans, like, eh. But then, like, also, I would kind of be upset if Monica didn't take that job. I know, right? I think Phoebe just needed to come to terms with it. She just, like, she just like needed a moment to reset because like isn't she the one who invested most I don't really know how that ended up working. She definitely, like, pulled all the legwork with it. Right. So, like.
And she was excited about it. Especially because she just booked something. I totally understand. And honestly, I think that Monica... i guess monica should have taken the job but monica also should have taken the job and said i have like i have to make sure that i don't have any commitments with this thing that i am doing And I can start after.
that so that like maybe they could have at least done one catering job to like recoup some money yeah that would have been nice and then she could have gone on to her head chef job i was a little peeved at at how kind of like Monica didn't really seem to care about the fact that like Phoebe lost all this money that she invested. even though like I know that that is Monica's dream job and like I'm not saying she shouldn't have taken it but she should have just like thought a little bit more about
Yeah, it did not seem to be a, oh no, what do I do? It was more of like, this is what I'm doing. Yeah, and I was like, there is like a happy medium there that you could have done. to been like you know what i i have this commitment i can't start this position until this day like that's a common thing
With jobs. If dude's delivering your breadsticks in his pants and you guys are still open, I think you'll be open for a little while longer. That's true. But also now, at the end of the scene, she's like oh no because like they had to fire the head chef which was an actual family to some of these people and you're like oh boy oh boy like I know, I wonder how that's gonna work. I wonder what is gonna happen there. Is she gonna keep it? I just want to say it so bad.
Maybe she's going to walk away from it. have to do with catering anyway they will do catering for a bit i feel i feel so bad because like that just seems to be like the cycle for monica like she like gets it and then loses it yeah yeah Can we talk about how she just like had a massive bowl of tomatoes on her table though? Like I thought it was apples.
I love that so much, though. It's very fitting. She always has some sort of fruit or something on her. If you pay attention to Monica's apartment enough, that's like... They're always something, like apples, oranges. tomatoes whatever i want to make tomato sauce this summer from my garden i always wanted to and then i never did we should like let's do it this summer into that i'm always nervous about like canning or jarring I know. Because I know it's a big thing.
But, like, my friend Eric does it all the time, and he's, like, it's not a big deal. And I'm, like, I know, but, like, it freaks me out. I don't know why. Because if you do it wrong, you do it wrong. Yeah, right. There's no, like, well, I could have done better. No. That's going to be our summer project. I think we should do it.
I know many people that do that. They can it for a year and they have tomato sauce. Tiffany's sister does it. Tiffany said that her sister would show us how to can. Cool. I'm like, yeah, that would be great. You know how much freaking tomato sauce that I buy or whatever in a year? Right. A lot.
yeah and we my dad could not eat all the tomatoes that we grew I feel like tomatoes go crazy like I don't know if it's like it was hard last summer but the weather last summer was not conducive to tomatoes the summer before was insane yeah my dad had so many tomatoes two summers ago so i it's so weird that it's just like it just depends on how the summer goes but We'll see. Hopefully this summer will be a good tomato season. Last year was weird for a lot of crop.
yeah yeah we like we got a ton of tomatoes but like they weren't turning red it wasn't hot enough and then like we were gonna go strawberry picking that one time and They didn't have enough harvest. Do you remember that? Yeah, they like... They just didn't have enough. Like, they canceled it for the rest of the season. Yeah, yeah, that's right. That was crazy. I do want to do that this year, though. Yeah, that would be fun. I would like to. If we can make it happen. Yeah, we'll try.
I feel like Avery's just gonna, like, eat them and- pick them. Like, stop eating them. She's a strawberry head, man. She is. She had strawberries for lunch today. That and, like, with pepperoni when she makes pizza. She's like, I ate some pepperoni? And I'm like... That was so funny when we made strombolis. All she wanted to do was eat the pepperoni. Don't blame her. That's why you cook, so you can eat the stuff as you go. But she kept looking at me like,
Are you going to yell at me? Can I eat this? Go ahead. It's already halfway in your mouth. Eat it. How about just one more? We have to put pepperoni on the pizza. Yeah, she was over putting stuff on the pizza at that point. She just wanted to eat it. Don't blame her. She was hungry. But anyway. Um, I guess that's everybody. That's everybody already, yeah. Damn. Shout out one more time to the boys and how really...
That was one of my favorite scenes in the series. It's not my favorite scene, but like... It's definitely up there in like top five. Like it's one of my favorite scenes. It's just so true. Yeah. I love it. Like I think we've had a conversation. I mean we have had that conversation. but there was like a time specifically where we were like Yeah, we don't like that shit anymore. And I was never even saying that much. But definitely as I've gotten older, I was even more of like...
Yeah, I don't care. I could tolerate it more before. I want to put my little YouTube ambiance videos on and chillax. That's what we do. By the time you get home from work. Or whatever. By the time you get home, at the end of the day, you're cleaning your house, you're cooking, you're whatever, spending time with your animals, your kids, your whatever. Like, the last thing I want to do is getting ready to go out at 10.
What? No way. Even on the weekends, though. I know. By the time you go do weekend things, errands, and whatever you're doing. Dude, 10 o'clock is my... We're just chilling. Dude, I'm in bed at 10 o'clock some of the time, you know? Or at least getting ready for bed.
Going out? I'm sorry, what time did you say? Go out at 9, 10 o'clock? Oh my god. I think that I would not agree to go out past, like, 7 30 but like what else am I gonna do like if I'm gonna go out for like a weekend like go out like what are the plans that you do when you go out Get dinner maybe? Go bowling? What else? Go see a movie. Go see a movie. Go to the shopping. Stuff like that. And like movies.
Sometimes even movies, I'm like, it's not going to be over until like 10.30, 11. That's way too late. And I'm like, then I got to drive home. I know. And then I have to start getting ready for bed. I don't really like to do movies past 8 o'clock. It's like. the movie start like yeah I'm like a hundred
I know. Now I kind of want to go see a movie, though. I mean, not right now, because it's 8.30. But like, you know, like a matinee. But like... sometime soon and also the whole like i'm glad i brought those extra socks i use them as mittens i don't touch a thing in that last place i'm like dude same oh my god ever since covid especially i don't want to touch anything anywhere welcome to my entire life everyone just got on board like some of those bars fuck like
Gross. I walk in and my shoes are like stick off the floor. Yeah, stick into the damn floor. Shit. Cool. Or like the bathrooms in those bars have like graffiti all over the place and it's like. Which is like, okay, whatever. But like, then it's just like goop on the toilet and you're just like, okay, I need to leave. Like, I need to get out of here. Yep. No thanks. Goop. Yeah, the bar itself is like sticky. You're like, all right, well, give me my glove. Socks. My socks.
I just love those three. It's just so fucking funny. and i'll say it i was telling these guys i was like i'll say it i like put on kenny g when i was like working and like has to have i want something like not blasting but like also i want background noise so i'll put on i was like you know what i liked like kenny g during christmas time
It was like, I don't know, it was like a very, because he has like a Christmas album, okay, you know? And it was like around Christmas time, and I'm like, I don't want something blaring, I just want something like... And I'm like, you know what? Yeah, Kenny G's got that fucking Christmas album, I think. Let's go find it. And I put on Kenny G when I was working, and it was great. And I'm like, I should. put him on more often when I'm working.
just like mellow vibes mellow vibe uh but yeah like yeah all right i get you get you ross get take a bath with some kenny g i would never do that but i mean well i've always said that in the other two we're like no i love taking baths Dude, I don't remember the last time I took a bath now, honestly. I'm not the biggest fan ever. I don't think about it, and if I do, I don't know. Gotta get some Epsom salt.
You gotta ask Matt to run you a bath. Because drawing your own bath is not the same. Someone else does it for you and then you're like... I can't cook the baby now, so no baths for me. No baths for me. No baths for me. No baby cooking. Yeah, you're just regular cooking it. Yeah. Alright, thoughts and rankings? Can we just say this really fast because I thought it was hilarious? Were you guys there? Thank you.
When Evie was like, I want to open it to my belly. Yeah, I was there. I was like, oh yeah, mommy's got the baby and belly. She's like, yeah, belly. She's like, I want to. open it and i was like uh can we open it and i was like no not yet baby's gotta cook a little more baby's gotta grow and she's like oh i don't want to open it she was like no i want it now Well, it's a few more months. I also want to be like, but are you sure that you want it now? Yeah, like enjoy the time by yourself.
Oh, Lord. Because your world's about to get rocked, kiddo. Yeah, it is. She's going to be like, what? going on not sure I like this guys poor thing I know I kind of feel bad I'm trying not to think too much into it because that just makes me feel sad if I think too much about it it'll be it'll be good She could fall in love with the whole thing. You don't know. That's true. We'll see. Could be a little bit of both. Yep. Who's ranking first? I'll go. Okay. I'll never go. Okay.
I loved this episode. Made me laugh. i know we watched it twice right yeah because we watched it and then got too tired to record so see we've had to watch again fucking relatable yeah um But anyway, like, I always forget stuff almost instantaneously. So, like, I did forget some stuff until, like, it happened. And I was like, oh, yeah. I remember, like, Joanna dying. I totally forgot about that. Yeah. But, like.
It was a classic Friends episode. Like, jam-packed with shit, but didn't feel rushed. Didn't feel, like, awkward at any point. I feel like all the jokes were really good. All the storylines were really good. None of it was, like, meh to me. I really enjoyed it. Uh, shit. I'll give it a... 8.999 Okay.
Oh, okay. I like this episode. It's funny. It makes me laugh multiple times. There's some character... progression kind of in this episode yeah totally where it's like oh i wonder what's going to happen with monica's career rachel's career like Phoebe and the business like it's like it brings the story along which like sometimes we don't get that with friends we just get like random episodes which is like fine it's a sitcom so like
But I like how we're carrying the story along here. The boys are hilarious, which is great because they're such good actors and they're funny and it makes you laugh. a sitcom way that you forget about your life for a minute and I feel like that's what a lot of people turn to friends for is just like I didn't turn off my mind let's throw on some
Stupid TV. Which I feel like now I put on garbage TV, I call it, of, like, reality TV, of, like, Below Deck or, like, Bachelorette. Sometimes I want to watch The Bachelorette. Yeah, yeah, where I'm like, this is trash. But don't care. But anyway. So, yeah, I like this episode. It's funny. I think... Man, this is tough. Rating them all is... I think I'm going to go with 8.55. I don't know. I love how seriously we take it. I know.
We think of every decimal and they put it in the proper place. You're welcome dear. We sure do. Yeah, I think I like these kind of episodes where, I mean, not to say that filler episodes aren't good still, but it's nice to see the progression of the story and, like, especially because like we know that there's so many episodes that like you want to know where it's going so every time you see like forward movement in the storyline
I like that episode. Like, almost always. You know? Plus, like, watching these characters grow is just, like, really cool. Yeah. Yeah. Like, they're all 20-some-year-olds that are trying to get their life together.
relatable a lot of the times yeah kind of the point of friends right like just that's what the plot is essentially yeah but we're actually like slowly seeing that which is cool I also was pleasantly surprised by this episode because i feel like usually there's at least one storyline that like i don't care about yeah and i liked all of them in this episode agreed um So I feel like it warrants a relatively high score.
I think I'm going to go... 9.087. I almost put it in the 9. job i like it solid episode solid episode like almost a 9.1 but not like good so let's see It still does not make my top 10. É... does make Chrissy's. Wait, does it? no just missed it yeah just missed it I wonder though if it'll make an overall no But it's still a solid episode. It is, 100%. Super solid episode. I mean, out of the don't even know how many episodes there are over ten seasons. Right.
The top 10 is going to be like the top 10. Yeah. Alright, do you have any facts? I might. Bitch, I might. I might, I might. Okay, so this is the... The ninth episode of the fourth season of Friends aired on December 11th, 1997. Nice. It was written by Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen. It was directed by Peter Boners. Boners? The same guy. B-O-N-E-R-Z. I think that's boners. Right? Like.
It is, though. I don't want to be a jerk, but like B-O-N-E-R-Z. Boners. I'm mature. I have to feel like I have to say it every time, because it's like, maybe it's boners. Are you trying to be funny? No, I'm just trying to, like, whatever. Okay, anyways. Bonaire's. Bonaire's? Bonaire? I don't know, whatever. Let's see. Like some of these I can't use because they have like Spoilers. Spoilers in it or whatever. I appreciate your... So I'm trying to like... I appreciate your screening. Yeah.
This is kind of interesting. This is the first episode that was aired after the Thanksgiving one, but it's not set during the Christmas holidays, which we'll be seeing in the next episode, but whatever. That's not really a giveaway.
But, like, someone's going to yell at you. Yeah, I know. Someone's going to yell at me about it. But, yeah, because normally it was, like, a Thanksgiving episode, and the next one would be a Christmas one. This is, like, the first one that they did in between me here.
Matthew Perry is indeed Canadian, so when he says stupid useless Canadian money, he's Canadian, whoever he was, because he's passed. So sad. It still just doesn't feel real. It doesn't feel real, no. And at the Oscars, they put like... and stuff too, and I was like, aw. Teddy's very upset. I understand Teddy. um this episode was used for as g is for gandalf for the nick at night's a through z event i forget about that those facts every time and like when you say it it just makes
It was great. Every single time. It was so great. So... This is kind of like some of these are goofs, but this one I find it interesting. Um, Ross's year of birth is inconsistent throughout the entire series. Oh, Jesus. So, in the pilot... That's, like, an intentional running joke. It must be, because, like, I've noticed it. throughout the like those seasons and stuff but basically in the pilot he says that he's 26 implying that he was born in 1967.
And also, in the one where Monica and Richard are just friends, he says he's 29. However, in this episode, Ross says he is 29, implying that he was born in 1968.
So, um, then, like, later on, he, like, says that he's, before he's 30, blah, blah, blah, blah, and it, like, doesn't, I'm not gonna give anything away, but basically, long story short, it does not add up properly that what his... age is is not consistent with the year of his birth and like his month of birth changes throughout the series too like one day it'll be like December and then the other one will be May and it's like or whatever
That's so weird. October. There's one that says October and one that says December. And it's like, wait, what? So, like, that has to be intentional as, like, a joke now. But if you look up, like, Ross Geller on, like, Wiki or something, like, his birthday is, like... well it says that his birthday is in this this date on this episode but like later it says he says it's on this date and it's like not a consistent thing but all the other friends have like
So that's like the ultimate friends trivia question. Yeah, how old is fucking Ross? Name all his birthdays. Great one. But, like, in this episode, does he actually say he is 29? Because I think Chandler says, like, I'm 29 years old, dammit, and I want to do this, this, this. And they all agree. So, like. He doesn't technically say he is 29, but, like, they're all around the same age. Right. So I don't know if we can, like, necessarily say that, though. Because if, you know, I don't know.
But in the pilot, he says he's 26. We are in season four. So he shouldn't be 30. So he should be 30. according to that but like depends on when his birthday is though i mean you're not wrong when is it katie i don't know I am not a friends expert. Because, like, one episode, he, like, doesn't say the date. He just says, oh, mine is December, and he, like, stops. But in, like, a later on episode, he says October 18th. So, like.
That is a date. So I, in my head, I'm like, okay, there's a date there, so I'm just going to assume his birthday is October 18th. Because he, like, spells it out, and he, like, says it out loud. That's so weird. so like i'm like okay well that one has more information on it so i'm gonna go but it doesn't really matter because it's a fictional character so who cares but that is an interesting one here for sure um
I did notice this today, and I thought it was funny. When Phoebe is looking at the Chelsea reporter, Monica says her review is on the back page, and when Phoebe goes to read the review, she simply turns the page over and reads the bottom of the front page. And I noticed that. Yeah. She's like, oh, it's on the back page. And she's like, oh. And then, like, flips it. And, like, flips it again. No, I stole the front page.
And then she doesn't read it. She's like, okay, I have to go. I have to meet this guy for things. So I noticed her flipping the wrong way and also not even reading it. Much. And also her talking about how those papers used to keep her so warm. Yeah. Oh, my God. Phoebe. Phoebe. Oh, my God. So sad. The casual way in which she talks about her past is phenomenal because that's some traumatic shit. Right?
And even when she's, that one episode where she's like, I'm trying to write kind of like a sad song to go with my voice, but nothing sad has really happened to me. And they're like, how about you being homeless? How about your mom killing herself? How about, and she's like. Yeah, I guess. Jesus, those are like insanely dramatically sad things. Like if that's not sad, what would be sad for her? Right. Like what's sad? And you only get bits and pieces of her story.
There is actually a fan theory about Phoebe, and I don't know if it's appropriate to say right now, but I think it's a fucking amazing theory. Is it spoilery? I guess maybe we should wait. I mean... No, because it's totally a theory and none of it is real. When things happen. No I don't think it's weather at all. I'm going to say it. Don't care I'm doing it. Close your ears if you don't want to hear it. I'm doing it. But one person was like.
There was like a theory that Phoebe... is still living on the street and she sees these people go in and out of the coffee house. and she like imagines being their friend.
and that's the basis of the show is that like she imagines them being like super close with her and like having all these things happen to them and like her being a part of the that's interesting yes like so like it's not spoilery that's like harry the theory of harry oh my god i fucking hate that theory that harry like dreamt it all yeah and he wakes up in his cupboard
no no happy ending please right right and that's like man that's depressing because like she's just a homeless person right trying to like you know whatever but i'm like that's very interesting Wow. That's very interesting. Yeah. People are very creative. But I'm like, I mean, I don't say, I'm not saying I like it, but like. It's really interesting. It's very interesting to me. It's like, huh. Yeah. Like, okay, I see where, I see it. Like, I could, it makes me really sad, but like, yeah.
Yeah. Okay, you can unplug your ears now. Don't get mad at me. I didn't spoil anything. No, you didn't. It's just a small little theory that some, whatever. Anyways, so that's that. Um, this is dumb. I'm not even gonna say it. That's stupid. It's like, well, Ross puts two beers on the counter and then puts them down again. It's like, who cares? That's pretty much it. That's the ones I can actually say without spoiling anything for each other.
Any additional hypotheses? Well, I think that we're going to get some sort of conclusion to like Rachel and Monica's work situation. Phoebe's gotta come up with some fun way to use that van or she's gonna sell it. I'm not sure. One of those two. Do you think... She already got rid of the waterbed, or will she be able to... Could she have, like, a traveling massage business? Ooh. Waterbed would be great for that. What? Can I not start...
It could just be like a service provider. Yeah, like you can chill in this waterbed. Yeah, maybe that's her waiting room. Come in my van and hang out. That is such a baby thing because she'd be so innocent about it. People are fucking creepy as shit. There's a lady on the side of your van and her boobs light up. Yeah that was just there.
Just, you know. Although, like, that van is pretty fucking hilarious. I know. You've got to watch Onward. Yeah. Now it's official. Guinevere. Uh, who's Guinevere? I like how they all like don't really they all like know it's weird but they don't say it's weird yeah yeah it's automatically like
Accept it, and they're like, cool. And they're like, of course this is Phoebe's van. Yeah, like, we're gonna replace that plane over the sword with a baguette. Awesome. Even better. That's amazing. Fuck yeah. And, like, even Monica. Like, I'm surprised Monica would be, like, that's weird enough, but, like, that wouldn't be. Yeah, she'd, like, go out with the flow with that for sure. It's hilarious. Oh, yeah. Wow.
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Yeah, should we get some coffee? Yeah, but decaf, because I'll stay up till it. Definitely some hot water with a little lemon. Or maybe, yeah, just some hot water. Yeah. With a little lemon. With the way he, like... I strain my voice as I have to be so... I understand. But like, kind of.
Okay, one last thing about that. If I'm in a loud place like that, I'm not going to talk. I know, it's just taxing. I hate that. It's like exhausting to talk. What did you say? And you're like... that drink looks good and you're like right saying just something silly and it's like ends up being a 20-minute conversation that they can't hear it's like you know what i'm just not gonna talk i'm just gonna sit here
vibed for a minute we're both looking at each other like this is dumb let's go back to my place to like hang or go back to it. quiet spot also when you're out you can't be in your pajamas so and pajamas are so comfy that's why they're pajamas that's why people sleep in them i can't wait to go I'm pretty sure I sell my work. I'm kind of just wearing very... I mean, I'm comfy, but... It's not the same. There's something about changing in the pajamas. Yeah. Evie knows.
Yeah, she loves her jammies. Who doesn't? I mean, like, I'm in scrubs, which is essentially, like, pajamas. But you wore them all day, and you're ready to get rid of them. I'm ready to get rid of them, absolutely. Yeah, I understand. Okay, now for real, let's go get some daycare.