The One with the Monkey

Season 1, Episode 10, Aired
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The gang makes and breaks a pact to celebrate New Year's Eve without dates. Ross compensates for his loneliness by getting a roommate - a monkey named Marcel whom everyone adores. (Well, everyone except Monica, who can't get past the feces-throwing thing.) Phoebe faces a difficult decision when she meets a shy physicist who's thinking about giving up a fellowship in Minsk to stay with her.moreless
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  • Great

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    By efc91, Jul 31, 2009 Report Abuse
    The gang makes and breaks a pact to celebrate New Year's Eve without dates. Ross compensates for his loneliness by getting a roommate - a monkey named Marcel whom everyone adores. (Well, everyone except Monica, who can't get past the feces-throwing thing.) Phoebe faces a difficult decision when she meets a shy physicist who's thinking about giving up a fellowship in Minsk to stay with her. I liked this one people didnt like the monkey but I thought Marcel made up for some good little storylines and jokes in season 1. It was also good to see Janice back in this episode little did we know at the time that she would appear in evry season of Friends.moreless

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  • New Years.

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    By Canogaparkcindy, May 16, 2009 Report Abuse
    The first New Year episode of Friends. I feel like this show needed a Christmas episode to go along with it but whatever. It was still a funny episode how they incorporated the monkey in to the episode. And Janice returns. She is my favorite recurring character. Kind of messed up how Chandler broke up with her ion the end. I like how the monkey was like Ross' girlfriend, or roommate. Another thing that I liked about this episode is that everyone ended up dateless like planned in the beginning. It was pretty much fate. The gay kiss at the end, was hilarious!moreless

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    By Sarah_LOST, Feb 12, 2009 Report Abuse
    Ross arrives at the New Year's Eve party with his new companion, a monkey named Marcel, who seems to take no interest in Ross at all. The gang makes and breaks a pact to celebrate New Year's Eve without dates. Ross compensates for his loneliness by getting a roommate - a monkey named Marcel whom everyone adores. (Well, everyone except Monica, who can't get past the feces-throwing thing.) Phoebe faces a difficult decision when she meets a shy physicist who's thinking about giving up a fellowship in Minsk to stay with her. IWhat can I say about this episode? I love it so much, everything about it is so funny and just awesome. One of the best episode in season one. I could watch this episode over and over again.moreless

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  • Chandler: Hey, that monkey's got a Ross on its ass!

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    By Sarah_Is_Lost, Aug 16, 2008 Report Abuse
    Ross arrives at the New Year's Eve party with his new companion, a monkey named Marcel, who seems to take no interest in Ross at all. The gang makes and breaks a pact to celebrate New Year's Eve without dates. Ross compensates for his loneliness by getting a roommate - a monkey named Marcel whom everyone adores. (Well, everyone except Monica, who can't get past the feces-throwing thing.) Phoebe faces a difficult decision when she meets a shy physicist who's thinking about giving up a fellowship in Minsk to stay with her. IWhat can I say about this episode? I love it so much, everything about it is so funny and just awesome. One of the best episode in season one. I could watch this episode over and over again.moreless

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    By chocoholic411, Oct 21, 2007 Report Abuse
    Okay. This was a really important episode for Phoebe and for Ross. There are 3 storylines in this episode, they are; Phoebe meets a shy physicist named David, and falls totally in love with him, and him with her. His colleague, Max gets himself and David a fellowship in Minsk, and David has to face a difficult decision whether or not to take it and leave Phoebe behind in New York. Ross is feeling lonely, living by himself for the first time in his life, he decides it isn't cool to get a room-mate, so instead gets a monkey. Everyone except Monica loves him. Meanwhile, its New Years Eve and they all make a no-date pact which everyone except Ross breaks, but none of them turn out. Chandler with Janice, they break up. Monica with Fun Bobby, who turns out to be not so fun. Joey with Sandy, who makes out with someone else. Rachel with Paolo, who abandons her. Phoebe with David, the love of her life.moreless

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    • Phoebe's Songs: "Snowman" I made a man with eyes of coal and a smile so bewitchin'. How was I supposed to know that my mom was dead in the kitchen? La lalala laaa la lala La lalala la la... "Mother's Ashes" My mother's ashes, even her eyelashes, are resting in a little yellow jar. And sometimes, when it's breezy, I feel a little sneezy, and now I... Edit
    • Trivia: Chandler tells one of the party goers that he was bitten by a peacock. In a previous episode "The One with the Blackout", Phoebe mentions this incident saying she was the last to know when Chandler got bitten by the peacock. Edit
    • Factual Error: Minsk is not, nor has it ever been, in Russia. Until 1991, it was in the USSR and presently, it's the capital of Belarus. Edit

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    • Chandler: (About Monica's date) Fun Bobby? Your ex-boyfriend Fun Bobby? Monica: Yeah. Joey: You know more than one Fun Bobby? Chandler: I happen to know a Fun Bob. Edit
    • Monica: (About a disheveled Rachel) Oh my gosh! Rachel, honey... Are you okay? Where Paolo? Rachel: Rome. Jerk missed his flight. Phoebe: And then... your face bloated? Edit
    • Joey: Hi. Hi, sorry I'm late. (He removes the coat to reveal an elf costume) Chandler: Too many jokes... must mock Joey! Joey: Nice shoes, huh? (He wiggles his foot and the bells tinkle) Chandler: Ahh, you're killing me! Edit

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    • Phoebe: Me too! Oh! Did you ever see An Officer and a Gentleman? Rachel: Yeah. Phoebe: Well, he's kinda like the guy I went to see that with. An Officer and a Gentleman is a 1982 film which tells the story of a US Navy Officer Candidate who comes into conflict with the Marine Corps Sergeant who trains him. Edit
    • Janice: Smile, you're on Janice Camera!
      This is a reference to the PAX show Candid Camera, hosted by Peter Funt, where the standard phrase is "Smile, you're on Candid Camera". Edit
    • Chandler: It's just that I'm sick of being a victim of this Dick Clark holiday. Chandler is referring to Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve which broadcasts the countdown to the new year each New Year's Eve. Edit

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