Joey and the Party

Season 1, Episode 3, Aired
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Having trouble meeting people in L.A., Joey throws a party to get to know some of his neighbors. The one he'd like to get to know, Jake, is more interested in Gina. Alex pretends to be Michael's girlfriend so that he can one-up his friend.
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  • funny, a great episode

    10
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    By Nick9781, Apr 14, 2007 Report Abuse
    Having trouble meeting people in L.A., Joey throws a party to get to know some of his neighbors, and also to see about playing some basketball with Jake and his friends. The one he'd like to get to know, Jake, is more interested in Gina. Alex pretends to be Michael's girlfriend so that he can one-up his friend.

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  • This episode continues to develop the characters. Joey wants new friends, Michael shows just how much desperate he is when Alex plays his girl in order to beat Michael's geeky-friend Seth, and the character of Howard isintroduced. A good installment.moreless

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    By dmarex, Dec 11, 2005 Report Abuse
    After two great introduction episodes, this episode continues the work.

    We get to see Joey try to make friends with Jake, his neighbour, and he even throws a party for him in order to meet him better. Then later, when Gina gets with Jake, they beat over who's going to impress him.

    Michael wants to impress his friend Seth by asking Alex to be his girlfriend-for-the-night, and ends up even more geekier than I thought he would be.

    We're introduced to a recurring character Howard, Joey's boring neighbour.

    It ends up being a really good episode.

    The only bad thing about this episode is the absence of Bobbie, although she does not fill in any storyline. She's just really funny and it would be great having her over in all episodes.moreless

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  • Parties, new friends, and character developments!

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    By dohfull, Aug 28, 2005 Report Abuse
    This episode introduces Howard, a recurring character who provides laughter through his worship of Joey or disgusting behaviors. He obviously has no meaning other than to be an extra character to make situations hilarious by his stupid antics and simply provide us with a cheap laugh. Though repetitive, it works on me.

    As for Micheal, his competing against Seth, in a way, developes his character by showing him as someone who can be sneaky.

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    • Joey says that because of Gina dating his friends he ended up having to do theater. However, it was revealed through various episodes of Friends that Joey always wanted to be an actor. This is stated again in the season 2 episode of Joey, Joey and the Dad, when Joey's father is upset that Joey didn't become a plumber like him. Edit
    • It is revealed that Alex is 28 years old. Edit
    • Simon Helberg (Seth) will later go on to star in The Big Bang Theory as another science nerd. Edit

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    • This is the first appearance of Simon Helberg as Seth. He was in 4 episodes of Joey. Edit
    • This is the first appearance of Ben Falcone as Howard. Edit
    • Jennifer Coolidge (Joey's agent) does not appear in this episode. Edit

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    • Joeyism: (Anytime Joey misunderstands a word, phrase, event etc...) Joey: Uh, so, what do you do for a living Jake? Jake: I'm a market maker in the energy sector, mostly do arbitrage. Joey: Ah! Hey, my uncle's a garbage man, yeah. Edit
    • Joeyism: (Anytime Joey misunderstands the meaning of a word, phrase, event etc...) (Joey wants to look up Jake Morgan's phone number, knowing that he lives in the same apartment complex.) Joey: Shoot, there's like 10 J. Morgans... If only I knew his address... (Gina rolls her eyes and shakes her head.) Ha! Here's a guy with the same address as me... (Gina smiles and nods at Joey.) Right! Got it, I'm on it. Edit
    • Joey (about Jake): I don't want you talking to him! I told you how hard it is for me to meet people. Gina: It's not easy for me either. Why can't we share him? Joey: Because that never works. Every time you get involved with one of my friends, you ruin it. Either you break up with him and he doesn't wanna be with me anymore, or he breaks up with you and you scare him away. That's why I had to quit the football team, the baseball team... I ended up having to do theater! (realizing) Oh, so thanks. Edit

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    • Alex mentions reading an article in Cosmo. Cosmopolitan magazine (also known as Cosmo) is the best selling magazine for young women in the world. It was founded in 1886 and is published around the world. It features articles on relationships and sex, fashion, celebrities, careers etc... Edit
    • Joey lures Gina away from Jake by telling her that Armand Assante is there. Armand Assante is a prolific actor who has been in many hit movies and several high profile television shows. Among his best known roles are Striptease, Judge Dredd, and the TV epic Odyssey. Edit
    • When Joey is talking to Jake during the minute Gina gives him, he mentions that he likes Die Hard and saw Mr. T in a restaurant. Die Hard has been stated as Joey's favorite movie in many episodes of Friends. Die Hard is a hit series of action movies starring Bruce Willis as John McClane. They are about a normal cop and the various large scale problems he finds himself in the middle of. Mr. T is a famous actor best known for his role on the 80's action show The A-Team. He is also well known for his catch phrase 'I pity the fool who messes with me!' and for wearing lots of jewelry. Edit

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