Writer:	Jeff Strauss, Jeff Greenstein
Director:	Alan Myerson
Star:	Jennifer Aniston (Rachel Green),  Courteney Cox (Monica Geller),  Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe Buffay),  Matt LeBlanc (Joey Tribbiani),  Matthew Perry (Chandler Bing),  David Schwimmer (Ross Geller)
Recurring Role:	Dorien Wilson (Mr. Douglas),  Cynthia Mann (Jasmine),  James Michael Tyler (Gunther [uncredited])
Guest Star:	Melora Hardin (Celia),  Fritzi Burr (Mrs. Tedlock)

Courtney Cox-Arquette and Jon Lovitz were both in Mr. Destiny, a 1990 fantasy/comedy film, and 3000 Miles to Graceland, a 2001 thriller film. (edit) Mrs. Tedlock from Chandler's office, the pet shop owner from "The One Where Ross Finds Out", and Mrs Weinberg from "The One with Barry and Mindy's Wedding" are all played by Fritzi Burr. (edit) Music: "Girl, You'll Be a Woman Soon" by Neil Diamond. (edit) Jon Lovitz has been credited with originally convincing Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe) to give up medical research (her original intention) and take up acting. (edit) This episode runs 24:02 on DVD (a typical sitcom runs about 22:00). (edit)

Monica: Is it better than the other salmon mousse?
Joey: It's creamier.
Monica: Yeah, well, is that better?
Joey: I don't know. We're talking about whipped fish, Monica. I'm just happy I'm keeping it down, ya know? (edit) Monica: (About the appetizers) Hey, maybe this'll cheer you up.
Chandler: Oh, you know, um, I had a grape about five hours ago, so I'd better split this with you.
Monica: It's supposed to be that small. It's a pre-appetizer. The French call it an amouz-bouche.
Chandler: Well, it is amouzing... (edit) Chandler: Can you see my nipples through this shirt?
Rachel: No, but don't worry. I'm sure they're still there.
(edit) Chandler: I just don't want to be one of those guys who sits in his office until twelve o'clock at night worrying about the WENUS.
Rachel: The "WENUS"?
Chandler: Weekly estimated net usage system. It's a processing term.
Rachel: Oh, that WENUS.
(edit) Rachel: Oh! I see. And I've sort of been maintaining my amateur status so that I can waitress in the Olympics. (edit)

Goof: In the scene where Phoebe is visiting Chandler at his office, as they are entering, you can hear the sound of someone snoring in the background. (edit) Goof: Ross says that the woman he is dating is the curator of insects at the museum. Wouldn't the curator of insects and the curator of moths and other wing-ed things (which is a different woman that he dates) from "The One with Russ" be the same thing, since moths are insects? (edit) Continuity: In this episode Chandler says that the WENUS stands for Weekly Estimated Net Usage Systems. When the WENUS is referred to later in the series, it stands for Weekly Estimated Net Usage Statistics. (edit) Trivia: Steve from this episode makes another appearance in a later episode of the show. In the season 9 episode, "The One With The Blind Dates", Steve is poor Rachel's blind date. (edit)

Phoebe: In the cab on the way over, Steve blazed up a doobie.
Rachel: What?!
Phoebe: Smoked a joint, ya know, lit a bone, weed, hemp, ganja.
Rachel: Okay, okay, okay, okay, okay. I know. Okay, I'm with you Cheech.

This was a reference to Cheech Marin, an American comedian and actor, who gained recognition in the Cheech and Chong "stoner" movies in the 1980's. (edit) Ross: I was the James Michener of dirty talk.

James Michener was a bestselling American author who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His novel Tales of the South Pacific was the inspiration for the Broadway musical and 1958 film South Pacific. (edit) Chandler: You have goals. You have dreams. I don't have a dream!
Ross: Ah, the lesser known, "I Don't Have a Dream" speech.

This is a reference to Martin Luther King, an African American civil rights activist who is perhaps most famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech, given in front of the Lincoln Memorial during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. (edit) Monica: He showed me where the restaurant's going to be. It's this cute little place on 10th Street. Not too big, not too small. Just right.
Chandler: Was it formerly owned by a blonde woman and some bears?

This is a reference to the classic children's story, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. (edit)