# Favorite episode of Friends? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2002, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-episode-of-friends/145309 "2002-12-28T05:02:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2002, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-episode-of-friends/145309/21 "2002-12-30T23:33:37Z")
The one where Monica, then Phoebe, then Rachel end up in wedding dresses for the whole episode. The endless game of catch & Rachel’s cat episode. It isn’t the whole episode - but when Joey needs to put “Little Women” in the freezer… I love that. Also, what every happened to the chick and the duck? ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-episode-of-friends/145309/22 "2002-12-31T04:30:38Z")
My favorite’s the one where somebody chimes in with a sarcastic response to show how they hate the show because they’re way too cool to watch something so popular. My _real_ favorite is the one where the monkey gets away, from way back in the first season. It helps that Rachael wears a not-quite-Catholic-schoolgirl-uniform for most of the episode. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-episode-of-friends/145309/23 "2002-12-31T06:40:33Z")
Yeah, the Jon Lovitz episode is my favorite! OOH! Macaroni and cheese! We gotta make this! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-episode-of-friends/145309/24 "2002-12-31T07:23:51Z")
My favorite would be the trivia contest. Brilliant way to let people get to know your characters. Extremely fast paced and very funny. And the hilarious end bit, the pictionary with Rachel’s bean. I’ll also say that I also really enjoyed the way they revealed the events that occured at the beach. ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-episode-of-friends/145309/25 "2002-12-31T13:56:39Z")
> [@](#): > > I agree the trivia contest episode it one of the best. (Just say “transponster” and I’ll crack up.) That’s not even a **word!** And, actually, the Pictionary tag is from _The One With All The Poker_ , which is one of my faves. Rachel draws a bean, taps it insistently, and Joey (!) correctly guesses “The INcredible Lightness of Being.” Monica: "THAT you get? " gesturing with the wineglass and everybody ducks! Also, some of Chandler’s best sarcastic comebacks in this ep: Rachel: Guess what? Chandler: Uh, the fifth dentist caved, now they _all_ recommend Trident? Rachel: So, that’s how you get your ya-ya’s – taking money from your friends? Chandler: Actually, I get my ya-ya’s from Ikea. I have to put them together myself, but they cost a little less! 😃 And to think, I used to avoid watching this show for years, because I thought I was too cool to watch something so popular… ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-episode-of-friends/145309/26 "2002-12-31T14:08:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Honey \* > \*\*I love the one where Phoebe decides to carry a baby for her brother (Giovann Ribisi) and his wife. > > When she tells her brother the good news, he screams “Yeeaaaa! my sister’s gonna have my baaaby!” Cracks me up. \*\* The wife was played by Debra Jo Rupp, after she played Seinfeld’s agent and before “That 70’s Show.” I don’t like the show, but I did like the scene when they figured out who the father of Rachel’s baby was. And the one where Joey (?) got locked in the box and all their stuff was stolen. ---
**Author:** ![PolishSausage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@PolishSausage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PolishSausage)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-episode-of-friends/145309/27 "2002-12-31T15:18:36Z")
I would kill to see this ep again. When Ross goes to buy a couch and wont pay for shipping. Chandler and Rachel (I think?) try to help him carry it up a turning flight of stairs. When they get to a turn in the stairs, Ross starts with a slow uttering of ‘pivot’ and repeats and repeats it til his voice sounds like he’s yelling ‘PIVOT!’ through his nose. Also when Ross is trying to get his leather pants on. He calls for help on his cell phone and gets Joey. Joey suggests first trying baby powder then, then that doesn’t work, he suggests hand lotion… Ross: It’s making a paste, man. Joey: What color is it? Ross: Why? Joey: 'Cause if it’s the same color as the pants, you can make a pair a of paste pants. ~t ---
**Author:** ![TheTailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@TheTailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheTailor)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-episode-of-friends/145309/28 "2002-12-31T17:45:41Z")
The one Where No One’s Ready… Going “commando” and sounding “breezy” became part of my vocabulary after that ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-episode-of-friends/145309/29 "2003-01-01T01:32:40Z")
I’v watched Friends from episode one. I don’t have a favorite episode, although I have favorite subplots. Let’s see if I can remember some. The one where the girls lose there apartment in “Who knows who best” game show. Joey figures out that Monica and Chandler are a couple. Flashback episode: Chandler to Monica “How many cameras were [i[on\* you?” Smelly cat. Julia Roberts getting Chandler naked in the men’s room. So many more. [kinda highjack]Subplots I absolutely hated: Anything to do with that damned monkey, Marcel. [/highjack] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-episode-of-friends/145309.md?page=1)