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The One After the Super Bowl (1)

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AIRED: 1/28/96

Ross goes to visit Marcel while on a trip to California, and finds that the monkey is working in commercials. Joey gets his first fan letter and ends up dating the woman, who turns out to be a stalker who thinks that the happenings on Days of Our Lives are real. Phoebe is asked to sing for the children at the library, but their parents are horrified by her lyrics.moreless

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9.0

By efc91, Aug 10, 2009

Ross goes to visit Marcel while on a trip to California, and finds that the monkey is working in commercials. Joey gets his first fan letter and ends up dating the woman, who turns out to be a stalker who thinks that the happenings on Days of Our Lives are real. Phoebe is asked to sing for the children at the library, but their parents are horrified by her lyrics. Homer Simpson on Friends wow! and what a funny scene he appeared in one of my favourites in season 2. The sings at the end was really funny. and the water part lolmoreless
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Brooke Shields guest stars.

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By Canogaparkcindy, May 25, 2009

Brooke Shields guest stars as a stalker in this riveting episode! Brooke played a great part. I love when she finds out the "truth" about Joey. He was Hans, Drake's evil twin. She was crazy. I also like how everyone threw the water in Joey's face. That was hysterical! This was one of my favorite plots of Friends. Meanwhile Ross goes to look for Marcel, an okay plot. Phoebe's plot was great! Her songs were great too! She plays adult songs for kids! I love everyone's reaction to it as well. Too bad she gets fired. Anyways an amazing episode, and I can't wait till part two.moreless
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That's what I call a stalker!

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By ArielManto, May 24, 2009

Friends was always good with guest stars, but Brooke Shields really is one of my favorite! She plays Joey's very first stalker Erica and thinks that he is actually Dr Drake Ramory, which is hilarious. When she laughs you think she is going to kill someone soon. It sounds really crazy. And, at the end of the episode, when she is really mad at "Drake" for making out with someone else Ross comes up with the best explanation ever: Joey is not Drake, but his evil twin Hans Ramory. I had to laugh so hard, my stomach hurt.

But that's not the only hilarious thing about this episode. Phoebe's songs are great, too. And when she laughs about Chris Isaak's singing, I think that's one of the best moments ever. He really sounds strange when he sings with that high-pitched voice.

And those were only the guest stars. Ross's search for Marcel in the San Diego Zoo is great too, especially the Zoo employee, who wants bribe money after he gave away the information. Simply just great. And that was only the first part. Don't get me started on the Julia Roberts story in the second part of this episode!moreless
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I loved Ross in the ZOO and Phoebie's songs were great!!

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By Emina_I, Jun 02, 2008

Dialog between Ross and the Zoo administrator was so funny, not to mention the conversation between him and the Zoo cleaner: "... The Zoo! Do you believe everything the Zoo tels you? Ross: That's the only thing the Zoo has ever told me..." Phoebie's songs about grandmother and the farm animals were holarius."...Then the farmer hits him on the head and grinds him up, and that's how we get hamburgers. Now, chickens!". The part with the Joey's fan was also great: " ... I'm not even a doctor, I'm an actor, I just pretend to be a doctor Erica: Ohh my God do the people in the hospital know about this?" Well I don't have to say more...Excellent episode!moreless
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"Oh Drake, you are so talented, let me see those hands. Oh these hands, these beautiful hands, oh I could just eat them. . . but I won't."

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By Monica-Geller, May 08, 2007

Phoebe gets a job at the library singing to kids but their parents aren't so happy with her lyrics to the songs.

Grandma

Now, Grandma's a person who everyone likes,

She bought you a train and a bright, shiny bike.

But lately she hasn't been coming to dinner,

And last time you saw her she looked so much thinner.

Now, your mom and your dad said she moved to Peru,

But the truth is she died and some day you will too.

Lalala LAlalala LAlalala LAlalala La La La La

Lalala LAlalala LAlalala LAlalala La La La La Ross finds marcel fliming a movie in New York and Joey dates a stalker.

Brook shildes is too funny in this episode because she thinks that what she sees on the tv of DOOL is real.moreless
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Jennifer Aniston	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	Ross Geller

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Dan Castellaneta	The Zookeeper	Guest Star
Fred Willard	Mr. Lipson	Guest Star
Sean Masterson	"Monkeyshine" Guy	Guest Star

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TRIVIA (4)
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- Phoebe's Songs: "Grandma"
  Now, Grandma's a person who everyone likes,
  She bought you a train and a bright, shiny bike.
  But lately she hasn't been coming to dinner,
  And last time you saw her she looked so much thinner.
  Now, your mom and your dad said she moved to Peru,
  But the truth is she died and some day you will too.
  Lalala LAlalala LAlalala LAlalala La La La La
  Lalala LAlalala LAlalala LAlalala La La La La
  
  "Another Thing You Don't Wanna Do"
  There'll be times when you get older
  When you'll want to sleep with people
  Just to make them like you
  But don't.
  'Cause that's another thing
  That you don't wanna do
  Everybody!
  That's another thing
  That you don't wanna do.
  
  "The Cow in the Meadow"
  Oh, the cow in the meadow goes moo,
  Oh, the cow in the meadow goes moo.
  Then the farmer hits him on the head and grinds him up,
  And that's how we get hamburgers.
  Now, chickens!
  
  "Sometimes"
  Sometimes men love women
  Sometimes men love men,
  And then there are bisexuals
  Though some just say they're kidding themselves.
  La lalala lalalalala la
  La la lalala lala la la
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- Trivia: The jacket Joey wears to his date with the stalker is the same one he wore to Carol and Susan's wedding.
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- Goof: When Joey is trying to explain to Erika that he's on a television show and the other friends are around, you can see Rachel stifle her laugh just before she turns on Joey's TV.
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- Goof: When Joey is out to dinner with his stalker, her hair keeps changing. In the first two camera angles you see her with 2 bangs hanging down, then in the third shot she only has 1 bang, and then there are 2 again.
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QUOTES (19)
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- Dr. Horton: How do you feel?
  Phoebe: A little nervous. Maybe it'll help if I picture the audience in their underwear.
  Dr. Horton: No, don't do that. That's kind of why the last guy got fired.
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- Erika: Oh, Drake, isn't it amazing?
  Joey: Yeah it is... what?
  Erika: Well, here we sit, devil may care, just a little while ago you were reattaching someone's spinal cord.
  Joey: Yeah, that was a tricky one. In reality, that operation takes like, over 10 hours, but they only showed it for two minutes.
  Erika: Who's they?
  Joey: No one.
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- Joey: You deserve much better than me, Erika. You deserve to be with the real Drake. He's the one you fell in love with. Go to Salem, find him. He's the guy for you.
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- Joey: (To Erika) I'm not Drake.
  Ross: That's right, he's not Drake. He's Hans Ramoray, Drake's evil twin.
  Erika: Is this true?
  Rachel: Yes, yes it is true. And I know this because, because he pretended to be Drake to, to sleep with me.
  (Throws water in Joey's face)
  Monica: And then he told me he would run away with me, and he didn't.
  (Throws water in Joey's face)
  Chandler: And you left the toilet seat up, you bastard!
  (Throws water in Joey's face)
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- (Watching Days of Our Lives on TV)
  Dr. Horton: (On TV) You're the only one who can save her Drake.
  Dr. Ramoray: (On TV) Dammit, I'm a doctor. I'm not God.
  Ross: Well, there goes my whole belief system.
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- Monica: (About Phoebe's inappropriate song) Excellent!
  Chandler: Very informative!
  Rachel: Not at all inappropriate!
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- Joey: Hey, what do you want to do for dinner?
  Chandler: Well we could just stay in and cook for ourselves. (Both laugh hysterically)
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- Ross: (About Marcel) Remember when sometimes he'd borrow your hat, and, and when you got it back there'd be little monkey raisins in it.
  Chandler: Yeah, well sure, when he did it, it was funny. When I did it to my boss's hat... all of the sudden I have this big attitude problem.
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- Joey: I'm an actor. I just pretend to be a doctor.
  Erika: Oh, my God. Do the people at the hospital know about this?
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- Zookeeper: Meet me in the nocturnal house in fifteen minutes.
  Ross: Hey, look. I don't really enjoy being with other men that way.
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- Joey: We'll just leave and when we pass her on the stairs she won't know it's me because we never met.
  Chandler: That's how radio stars escape stalkers.
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- Joey: (Excited) Oh, my God. I got my very own stalker.
  Chandler: You are so lucky. I have to share mine with a bunch of guys down at work.
  Rachel: Joey remember when we talked about good thing/bad thing? This is a bad thing.
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- Joey: Oh my God, quick turn off the TV.
  Rachel: No, no, no, wait, I want to see what happens.
  Joey: Uh, I get Leslie out of the coma and then we make out.
  Rachel: Well how can that be? You were just kissing Sabrina.
  Monica: Rachel, it's a world where Joey is a neurosurgeon.
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- Chandler: (Joey grabs a frying pan) Yes. Hitting her with a frying pan is a good idea. We might wanna have a backup plan though, just in case she isn't a cartoon.
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- Joey: This is amazing.
  Ross: I know.
  Joey: I finally get a part on TV and the monkey's making movies.
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- Ross: This is so exciting. I haven't seen my monkey in almost a year.
  Chandler: What? You never look down in the shower?
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- Mr. Lipson: Hi, Dean Lipson, zoo administrator. I was told you had a question.
  Ross: Well, I, uh, I can't seem to find the monkey I donated last year. He's a capuchin, answers to the name Marcel.
  Mr. Lipson: Ah, I'm afraid I have some bad news. Marcel has passed on.
  Ross: Oh my God, what happened?
  Mr. Lipson: Well he got sick, and then he got sicker, and then he got a little better, but then he died.
  Ross: I can't believe this.
  Mr. Lipson: I'm sorry, Mr. Geller. But you know, there's an old saying: sometimes monkeys die. It's not a great saying, but it certainly is fitting today.
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- Ross: I'm gonna go visit Marcel at the zoo and surprise him.
  Chandler: You know what? I think he will be surprised until he realizes he's a monkey and, you know, not capable of that emotion.
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- Ross: The zoo told me that my monkey was dead.
  Zookeeper: The zoo. You believe everything the zoo tells you?
  Ross: That's the only thing the zoo's ever told me.
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- International Episode Title:
  Czech Republic: Joeyho ctitelka (Joey's Admirer)
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- This is one of the few two-part episodes. These episodes were originally aired in their entirety, but written to be aired separately in syndication. These episodes are:
  "The One with Two Parts (1)"
  "The One with Two Parts (2)"
  "The One After the Super Bowl (1)"
  "The One After the Super Bowl (2)"
  "The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break (1)"
  "The One with the Morning After (2)"
  "The One with Ross's Wedding (1)"
  "The One with Ross's Wedding (2)"
  "The One In Vegas (1)"
  "The One In Vegas (2)"
  "The One with Rachel's Sister (1)"
  "The One Where Chandler Can't Cry (2)"
  "The One That Could Have Been (1)"
  "The One That Could Have Been (2)"
  "The One with the Proposal (1)"
  "The One with the Proposal (2)"
  "The One with Chandler and Monica's Wedding (1)"
  "The One with Chandler and Monica's Wedding (2)"
  "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby (1)"
  "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby (2)"
  "The One in Barbados (1)"
  "The One in Barbados (2)"
  "The Last One (1)"
  "The Last One (2)"
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- This episode is one of the few titles that doesn't begin with "The One Where..." or "The One With..." These episodes are:
  "The One After the Super Bowl (1)"
  "The One After the Super Bowl (2)"
  "The One At the Beach"
  "The One Hundredth"
  "The One in Vegas (1)"
  "The One in Vegas (2)"
  "The One After Vegas"
  "The One On the Last Night"
  "The One That Could Have Been (1)"
  "The One That Could Have Been (2)"
  "The One After "I Do""
  "The One in Barbados (1)"
  "The One in Barbados (2)"
  "The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss"
  "The Last One (1)"
  "The Last One (2)"
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- There is a new opening sequence during the theme song. Clips are added in from season two.
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- When this episode was rerun by itself on NBC, there was a new end credits sequence featuring Phoebe playing "Smelly Cat" with Chris Isaak. He used a high voice, she giggled, and told him to try it in a "more masculine" tone. This scene appears on the DVD.
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- This episode runs 24:00 on DVD (a typical sitcom runs about 22:00).
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- This episode won an Emmy award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Comedy Series (Michael Lembeck).
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- Brooke Shields won the lead in the sitcom Suddenly Susan based on her performance in this episode.
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ALLUSIONS (6)
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- Phoebe: What do you want me to be? Like some stupid, big, like, purple dinosaur?
  Rob: I'm not saying you have to be Barney.
  Phoebe: Who's Barney?
  
  Barney is a purple Tyrannosaurus Rex who stars on Barney and Friends, a popular children's television show produced in the United States, mainly aimed at preschoolers.
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- Ross: You're never gonna believe this.
  Chandler: Let me guess.
  Ross: What? What? Some Weebles actually do fall down? Huh? A stitch in time now only saves seven? What do you got?
  Chandler: Well...never mind.
  
  Weebles are a line of children's toys from Playskool. Shaped like eggs with a weight at the bottom, they wobble when pushed, but never fall completely over, hence the name.
  
  "The switch in time that saved nine" was the name given by the press to the apparent sudden shift by Justice Owen J. Roberts from the conservative wing of the Supreme Court to the liberal wing in the case West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish. It is a common phrase used today meaning if you do something small today, it will stop the problem from getting bigger and causing you more work later.
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- Chandler: He thinks he can. He thinks he can. Oh, what the hell. He can.
  
  Chandler was reading The Little Engine That Could.
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- Ross: Sometimes I wonder if I did the right thing. You know, giving him away.
  Rachel: Oh, Ross, you had to. I mean he was humping everything in sight. I mean I have a Malibu Barbie that will no longer be wearing white to her wedding.
  
  Barbie is a best-selling doll produced by Mattel.
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- Joey: Hey, hey, check it out! Guess what I got!
  Chandler: Rhythm?
  
  This is a reference to the song "I've Got Rhythm." The song was also one of Gene Kelly's musical numbers in 1951 movie An American In Paris.
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- Chandler: You know Kathy Bates in Misery? Well, she looks the exact opposite of that.
  
  Misery, starring the American actress Kathy Bates, was originally a novel written by Stephen King, and later adapted into a film, directed by Rob Reiner.
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