Joey

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.

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.

Howard says that Days of Our Lives hasn't been the same since Joey left. Days of Our Lives is one of the longest running and most successful soap operas on television. It has been on nearly every day since 1965 and there has been over 11,000 episodes.

Howard talks to Joey about a scene that Joey did as Dr. Drake Ramoray. Dr. Drake Ramoray is the character that Joey played on Days of Our Lives throughout various seasons of Friends. Between the end of Friends and the start of Joey, Dr. Ramoray's character was killed off again and Joey decided to make the move to Hollywood to seriously work on his career. His character is mentioned off and on throughout Joey.

Michael asks Molly which one is better, Jedi or Empire. He is referring to The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, the 2nd and 3rd movies (5th and 6th chronologically) in the Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas. Which movie is better has long been a topic of argument between fans.

Seth said that he was late because he was on the phone with Stephen Hawking. Stephen Hawking is one of the most brilliant scientists alive and his career has spanned four decades. In addition to his ground breaking advances in theoretical physics, he is disabled and known for his voice modulator which helps him to speak. He has made great discoveries in the fields of cosmology, quantum gravity, temporal mechanics and general relativity. His book, A Brief History of Time, was on the best seller list for a record breaking 237 weeks. It is unlikely that he would call Seth. While his modulator helps him to speak, all of his speeches must be pre-written because of the length of time it takes to form words. In previous interviews that were unscripted, it has taken up to 7 minutes for him to answer a single question.