# It's not "Jessies girl"..its not "My Best Friends Girlfriend"...what is it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 16, 2009, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563 "2009-01-16T05:24:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/41 "2013-08-25T10:36:43Z")
Or [this one](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jcwsfns7KPQ). 😃 Actually, OP [answered it](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10721574&postcount=32). Edit- I thought it was ‘Somebody’s Baby’ though. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/42 "2013-08-25T12:20:26Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > [Chris Farley] “It’s by that guy, right, with the guitar? Goes like this? Da- **daaaaaang/screecch**?”[/Chris Farley] > > Sorry, but the question made me think of that…🙂 > > Q That was awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/43 "2013-08-25T12:37:34Z")
> [@ready29003](#): > > Jessies girl > [@ready29003](#): > > My Best Friends Girlfriend > [@ready29003](#): > > 80’s or 90’s The Apostrophe Gods weep ☹ ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/44 "2013-08-25T13:53:51Z")
It’s **Jessie’s Zombie Girl** ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/45 "2013-08-25T20:44:05Z")
No no no, it’s 867-530BRAINSSSSSSSS Anyway, speaking of Somebody’s Baby and Fast Times, as someone was once upon a time, I can’t help but associate that song with Jennifer Jason Leigh’s boobs. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/46 "2013-08-25T21:18:00Z")
> [@Bozuit](#): > > The Apostrophe Gods weep ☹ They do a lot of that. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/47 "2013-08-26T12:56:29Z")
> [@Bozuit](#): > > The Apostrophe Gods weep ☹ And they wear makeup. That’s where all the extras come from. ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/48 "2013-08-26T20:03:17Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > Anyway, speaking of Somebody’s Baby and Fast Times, as someone was once upon a time, I can’t help but associate that song with Jennifer Jason Leigh’s boobs. Same movie, different song: For me, I can’t hear The Cars’ “Moving In Stereo” without thinking of Phoebe Cate’s boobs. And to appease the gods, I put both apostrophes in the right place ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/49 "2013-08-27T04:30:53Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Same movie, different song: For me, I can’t hear The Cars’ “Moving In Stereo” without thinking of Phoebe Cate’s boobs. > And to appease the gods, I put both apostrophes in the right place Absolutely. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/50 "2013-08-27T06:56:16Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > And they wear makeup. That’s where all the extras come from. _golf clap_ ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/51 "2013-08-27T13:56:54Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Same movie, different song: For me, I can’t hear The Cars’ “Moving In Stereo” without thinking of Phoebe Cate’s boobs. > And to appease the gods, I put both apostrophes in the right place Close. Phoebe Cates’ name ends with an ess. Some style guides suggest adding another apostrophe ess to the end of words that end with ess, but I go old school and just move that sucker to the end. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/52 "2013-08-27T14:27:27Z")
I’m such a guy. The absolute very first thing I did with my first DVD player was freeze-frame That Scene. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/53 "2013-08-27T14:35:38Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > I’m such a guy. The absolute very first thing I did with my first DVD player was freeze-frame That Scene. I’m such a chick. I’m still trying to get my hands on that red bikini. So flattering… ---
**Author:** ![Erdosain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/erdosain/32/7284_2.png) [@Erdosain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Erdosain)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/54 "2013-08-27T17:43:40Z")
The correct answer is not, but should be “I’m Straight” by the Modern Lovers. That fucking Hippy Johnny… ---
**Author:** ![want2befree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3e96dc/32.png) [@want2befree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/want2befree)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2013, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563/55 "2013-08-27T18:07:06Z")
Speaking of freeze framing, I froze the scene in American Reunion where he’s naked in the kitchen and tries to cover himself with a see through frying pan lid, trying to figure out if it was real or not. Was it? Or was it like that scene in There’s Something About Mary? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-not-jessies-girl-its-not-my-best-friends-girlfriend-what-is-it/481563.md?page=2)