# What movie or sitcom used this joke? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 16, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770 "2005-07-16T04:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770/1 "2005-07-16T04:57:12Z")
I saw this joke/scene used in a sitcom or movie. Any ideas where? A man and woman are in a relationship and the man asks the woman how many men she’s been with. She has been around so she doesn’t want to tell him an exact number. So he says, “C’mon. Ballpark” (indicating she could approximate). And she says, “Definitely less than a ballpark!” Where was that? Any ideas? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770/2 "2005-07-16T05:08:20Z")
Pretty sure that was _Friends_. The guy (Ross?) admits to some very low number, like 2. Then the girl (Rachel?) becomes very reluctant to share her number. Even if it wasn’t Ross & Rachel, (Monica & Chandler? Phoebe & someone?), or _Friends_ at all, I’m fairly sure the guy only having been with 2 was the setup. Actually, I think it was Monica and Tom Selleck. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770/3 "2005-07-16T05:10:46Z")
Yeah, it was Monica and Tom Selleck. One of the funnier aspects to it was that Monica was actually his second. What was his character’s name? ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@Miss\_Purl\_McKnittington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Purl_McKnittington)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770/4 "2005-07-16T05:20:52Z")
I think they used it on Roseanne, too. Jackie and whoever her baby-daddy was, after they married or were close to getting married. ---
**Author:** ![Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Dark\_Side\_of\_the\_Floyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dark_Side_of_the_Floyd)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770/5 "2005-07-16T09:00:16Z")
> [@Ellis Dee](#): > > Yeah, it was Monica and Tom Selleck. One of the funnier aspects to it was that Monica was actually his second. > > What was his character’s name? Richard. Don’t ask how I know this. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770/6 "2005-07-16T12:14:23Z")
This may not be a direct use of that gag, but there was an episode of _The Sopranos_ where Christopher and Adriana were exchanging info on their previous partners that didn’t end on as funny a note as the OP. In fact, I think it led to a fight or at least Adriana getting slapped around. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770/7 "2005-07-16T13:36:01Z")
It was DEFINITELY Monica and Richard. Thanks. I hate it when something like that gets in my head! ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770/8 "2005-07-16T13:56:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Even if it wasn’t Ross & Rachel, (Monica & Chandler? Phoebe & someone?), or Friends at all, I’m fairly sure the guy only having been with 2 was the setup. If I recall correctly, it was originally Ross and Rachel. But then Monica makes a casual mention to Richard about the argument R&R are having which prompts Richard to ask her how many previous lovers she’s had. It ends with Monica asking, “Am I an oat?” Ummm…at least that’s what I heard…I never watched the show myself…I’m way too cool… ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770/9 "2005-07-16T13:59:54Z")
> [@watsonwil](#): > > It was DEFINITELY Monica and Richard. Thanks. I hate it when something like that gets in my head! Hey **Wil** , e-mail me, would you? I tried sending you a message but it bounced back as undeliverable. Sorry to intrude on the thread! ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770/10 "2005-07-17T03:43:54Z")
> [@Miss Purl McKnittington](#): > > I think they used it on Roseanne, too. Jackie and whoever her baby-daddy was, after they married or were close to getting married. I remember the scene. She does the math in her head and discovers she’s slept with some obscene amount of men. (Like “Well, let’s say 1 a month for, well fifteen years that comes out to… Oh my god.”) He admits to I think 4 or 5. I always loved the JAckie storylines so that scene just stuck with me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5ac83/32.png) [@The\_Mad\_Hermit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mad_Hermit)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770/11 "2005-07-17T05:27:36Z")
Just wanted to chime in: Jackie’s “baby daddy” is Noonan from _Caddyshack._ ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-or-sitcom-used-this-joke/312770/12 "2005-07-17T06:07:20Z")
The Jackie/Fred scene is hysterical. She admits to being with sixty men. Fred: I don’t even know sixty people. Jackie: Well, I didn’t _know_ all of them.