# I think it's time to come out of the closet - I love "Friends" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 14, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370 "2006-03-14T22:09:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/61 "2006-03-16T17:37:58Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > The best was Joey (from memory so no nitpicking!): What’s wrong with the trifle-- whip cream? Good! Banana? Good! Beef? Good! Can’t help myself - he said, “Jam” and not 'bananas." Joey likes jam. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/62 "2006-03-16T17:57:57Z")
Ross: It’s card SHARK not card SHARP Russ: You could not be more wrong. You could try, but you would not be successful Rachel: (from behind them, unseen) 😕 ew! ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/63 "2006-03-16T18:54:57Z")
I’m not very good at remembering quotes, but one I do recall, from the trivia game for the apartment: Q: “What is the name on Chandler’s TV Guide subscription?” A: Mrs Chanandalar Bong. Otherwise, some of my favorite bits include: – Jon Lovitz, playing Monica’s prospective boss, gets high before dinner and eats everything in the apartment – Phoebe teaching Chrissie Hynde (of the Pretenders) how to play “Smelly Cat” – Ross’s attempt to challenge Phoebe on her claimed disbelief in evolution, where she completely destroys his arguments, then basically says she was just messing with him – Chandler convincing Joey he should change his stage name to “Joe Stalin”. ---
**Author:** ![MrsMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@MrsMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsMonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/64 "2006-03-16T18:56:09Z")
Another favorite Ross moment (and he wasn’t my favorite character but somehow was involved in my favorite moments - go figure!): Rachel & Chandler are helping Ross carry his new couch up the stairwell into his apartment: “Pivot! Pivot! Pivot! PIVOT!!!” ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/65 "2006-03-16T19:22:55Z")
> [@MrsMonkey](#): > > Another favorite Ross moment (and he wasn’t my favorite character but somehow was involved in my favorite moments - go figure!): > > Rachel & Chandler are helping Ross carry his new couch up the stairwell into his apartment: > “Pivot! Pivot! Pivot! PIVOT!!!” Exactly! I love that scene. And I agree, though Ross wasn’t my favorite character, but sometimes he could really deliver a line. As cited earlier " …yes, yes it is IN PRISON" in response to Chandler and the “cuppage” at the tailor’s. In response to Rachel telling him he’s crazy for being jealous…"AM I? Am I LOOOOOsing my senses? ---
**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:** [March 16, 2006, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/66 "2006-03-16T19:23:44Z")
O.K., that’s it. I’m starting a Friends’ Quote Trivia thread when I get home tonight. That way I’ll have my daughter’s input. She is a Friends quote machine. I’d do it now but I’m already not supposed to be here and thinking up questions takes a whole lotta time. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/67 "2006-03-16T19:29:38Z")
Ross: What are you doing? Chandler: Making chocolate milk. You want some? Ross: No thanks, I’m 29. Rachel: Guess what, GUESS WHAT? Chandler: The fifth dentist finally caved and now they ALL recommend Trident? (during the bad-boyfriend karma ritual) Phoebe: All right, now we need the semen of a righteous man. Rachel: OK, Pheebs, you know what? If we had that, we wouldn’t be doing the ritual in the first place. - as Joey walks into Central Perk: Joey: Hey Gunther, have you seen Chandler? Gunther: I thought you were Chandler. (motions) Um, one of you is over there… And of course: “How _you_ doin’?” ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/68 "2006-03-16T20:00:35Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > “Rachels claims this is her favorite movie…” > “Dangerous Liasons” > “Her actual favorite movie is…” > “Weekend At Bernies!” How could a person not laugh at that? Like me, Ross and Rachel are half-Jewish. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![MrsMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@MrsMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsMonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/69 "2006-03-16T20:13:06Z")
From the already mentioned Trivia episode: Ross: What is Chandler’s job? Monica & Rachel: umm… um… I know this… something with numbers… Rachel: I know, he’s a trans… transponster!!! Monica: That’s not even a **word!**!!! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/70 "2006-03-16T20:46:10Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > How could a person not laugh at that? > > Like me, Ross and Rachel are half-Jewish. > > –Cliffy when was that established? ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/71 "2006-03-16T21:31:07Z")
On-topic: I was (ans still am) a complete film and tv snob. I knew I would hate Friends, so I obviously wouldn’t stoop to watch it…until my SO forced me to watch it. Damn, this show is sooooo good. I can always, ALWAYS, watch it if it comes on and be perfectly entertained. To my wife: I was wrong. You were right. 🙂 To the hijack: As funny as the show is, it’s also capable of pulling off some genuinely tender moments where you really believe these people are best friends. Not the romantic stuff; that’s easy. Genuine friendship is harder. Take Chandler, after breaking up with Janis, sitting alone in his chair listening (and singing along) to Lionel Richie. Phoebe walks in, and instantly gets what’s going on. She cuddles in to him on the arm of the chair, and gently sings along with him. No actual conversation, but it’s incredible touching. I love that bit. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/72 "2006-03-16T21:35:02Z")
> [@MrsMonkey](#): > > \Rachel & Chandler are helping Ross carry his new couch up the stairwell into his apartment: > “Pivot! Pivot! Pivot! PIVOT!!!” My husband and I say that all the time. We’re lame. Actually, Jim was telling me that the architect for one of his projects designed stairs that are too big to get through the building to the installation area, and I suggested to him that he tell the guys to “PIVAAAAHT!” when they’re trying to get them in. That oughta do it. 😃 Now we’re doing favourite lines, and I can’t think of any. How embarrassing. Oh, oh, I’ve thought of one - Chandler comes in and Monica is in the bedroom, and he says something like, “I’m home, so your boyfriend has to leave now.” and Monica responds with, “We only fool around at _his_ place.”, and Chandler comes back with, “I know I started it, but it’s scaring me now, so please come out.” And of course, Phoebe’s, “I’m very bendy.” ---
**Author:** ![MrsMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@MrsMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrsMonkey)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/73 "2006-03-16T21:45:11Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > As funny as the show is, it’s also capable of pulling off some genuinely tender moments where you really believe these people are best friends. Not the romantic stuff; that’s easy. Genuine friendship is harder. I agree — and it somehow seems like they’re my own friends in a weird way… And it’s amazing how often I’m in a situation or hear someone talking about a situation where I can come up with a Friends anecdote related to it! I’ve tried to curb doing that though - hate to drive my IRL friends crazy! 🙂 I so miss it now that it’s gone - thank goodness for reruns and DVD’s!! One thing though - I really don’t get why people think it got so bad the last few seasons… The only thing I can really think of that bothered me was the Rachel / Joey hookup - they just seemed to have more of a sibling relationship at that point to me. But maybe I just watch through rose colored glasses. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/74 "2006-03-16T21:54:32Z")
> [@anyrose](#): > > when was that established? When their father was Eliot Gould and their mother was Christina Pickles. I don’t know of any line which discussed it definitively, but it’s the only theory that fits the facts. Not only the fact that Monica celebrates Christmas, but also that Ross refers to Ben in the Hanukah Armadillo episode as “part” Jewish not half-Jewish. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/75 "2006-03-16T22:09:20Z")
> [@Cliffy](#): > > When their father was Eliot Gould and their mother was Christina Pickles. > > I don’t know of any line which discussed it definitively, but it’s the only theory that fits the facts. Not only the fact that Monica celebrates Christmas, but also that Ross refers to Ben in the Hanukah Armadillo episode as “part” Jewish not half-Jewish. > > –Cliffy what - you don’t think Christina Pickles portrayed a typical (not stereotypical) Long Island Jewish housewife? Trust me. She did. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/76 "2006-03-16T22:47:02Z")
_Phoebe_ – Yo, dude. Eleven o’clock…totally hot babe checkin’ you out. Ooo…I think I’m ready for my penis now! ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/77 "2006-03-17T00:15:46Z")
‘Hey, pal, put the mouse back in the house. This is a family place.’ _Snerk._ ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/78 "2006-03-17T01:49:44Z")
> [@featherlou](#): > > My favourite moment for Joey is when he discovers Rachel and Chandler eating off the hall floor, looks at them for a moment, then takes his fork out of his jacket pocket and says, “What are we having?” For Joey, it’s when he figures out about Monica and Chandler… it was perfectly done. For Monica “Married a lesbian; Left a man at the altar; Fell in love with a gay ice dancer; Threw a girl’s wooden leg in the fire; Livin’ in a box!” or possibly New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/79 "2006-03-17T12:27:45Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > For Joey, it’s when he figures out about Monica and Chandler… it was perfectly done. Yes, that was great. Dumb old Joey makes the connection. 😃 And he had the exact same reaction when they realized Ross was the father of Rachel’s baby. Ross picks up the sweater they thought was Tag’s (“Hey, here’s my sweater! I thought I lost this about six weeks ago!”), Monica and Phoebe react immediately, and Joey takes a few minutes. “Oh, oh, oh!” > [@](#): > > For Monica “Married a lesbian; Left a man at the altar; Fell in love with a gay ice dancer; Threw a girl’s wooden leg in the fire; Livin’ in a box!” Another good one. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2006, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370/80 "2006-03-17T17:09:13Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > For Monica “Married a lesbian; Left a man at the altar; Fell in love with a gay ice dancer; Threw a girl’s wooden leg in the fire; Livin’ in a box!” or possibly New Year’s Rockin’ Eve. And, similarly, when Chandler deflects their criticism of his smoking by pointing out everyone else’s annoying habits, then sits back in bliss as they all disintegrate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-its-time-to-come-out-of-the-closet-i-love-friends/348370.md?page=3)