TOW the Football (309)

Oh Tennant i saw the episode with the dutch girl marga TOW Football. She has the 'worst' dutch accent i have ever heard. She tries to pronounce the GGG like we do but she cant do it well. Is she American?

Did the 'neverland, netherland' joke translate very well?

Can I just say has anyone noticed in TOW the football, when everyone goes back to monica's to see the Geller cup the dutch girl is with them. Did anyone find this funny? I thought it was hilarious!

Rachel

rachel young wrote:

I noticed that. I also think she says something like:

"Does this mean we eat now?" at some point in the game. I guess that means she's invited to dinner with the rest of the gang.

This episode is one of my two favorites, the other being TOW No One's Ready.

Randy Hinds wrote in message news:[email]...

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Jog my memory, what happens in TOW No One's Ready? TOW the football is also one of my favourites, along with one from the current series, the thanksgiving where Joey eats everyone's beef and trifle desert! Very funny. Rachel

rachel young wrote:

Oh my God. It was one of the Top 10 Friends favorites- It was sooooo funny!

The One Where No One's Ready

Episode 302

Ross has an important night but no one else is ready to go. Joey and Chandler fight about chairs and clothes. Joey spills humus on Phoebe's dress. Monica hears an old message from Richard and thinks that it might be new; she leaves him a message which she then tries to erase, but just makes it worse. Rachel can't decide what to wear; Ross gets angry and Rachel decides not to go... unless he drinks the fat.

The one where they said....

Joey: Alright--they got water, orange juice, and what looks like cider. Chandler: Taste it. Joey: Yep, it's fat! I drank fat! Chandler: Yeah, I know. I did that two minutes ago.

Ross: You guys, you know what? You know what? It doesn't matter, because you both have to go get dressed before the big vain in my head pops.

Ross: Look, I don't care! It starts at eight. We can't be late. Phoebe: We could not, would not want to wait.

Monica: Has somebody been drinking my fat?

Rachel: You guys, does this look like something the girlfriend of a paleontologist would wear? Phoebe: I don't know, you might be the first one.

Chandler: Alright, fine! You know what? We'll both sit in the chair. Joey: Fine with me. Chandler: I'm sooo comfortable. Joey: Me too. In fact, I think I might be a little too comfortable.

Chandler: What are you doing? Joey: Well, you said I had to give you the chair. You didn't say anything about the cushions. Chandler: The cushions are the essence of the chair! Joey: That's right! I'm taking the essence.

Rachel: Ross, that was a Halloween costume--unless you would like me to go to this thing as Little Bo Peep. Ross: Look, I didn't recognize it without that inflatable sheep. Rachel: Yeah, which, by the way, Chandler, I would like back one of these days.

Ross: Okay, now hold on. Joey, why can't you just wear the underwear you're wearing now? Joey: Because, um, I'm not wearing any underwear now. Ross: Okay, then why do you have to wear underwear tonight? Joey: It's a rented tux, Okay. I'm not gonna go commando in another man's fatigues.

Phoebe: Rachel didn't have anything that I liked, but she had this Christmas ribbon, and I thought, alright, fine, I'll be political. Chandler: What are you supporting? Phoebe: Duh! Christmas!

Chandler: Monica? I think you've gone over to the bad place.

Chandler: You know what's weird? Donald Duck never wore pants. But whenever he's getting out of the shower, he always put a towel around his waist. I mean, what is that about?

Joey: Okay, buddy-boy. Here it is: You hide my clothes, I'm wearing everything you own. Chandler: Oh my God! That is so not the opposite of taking somebody's underwear! Joey: Look at me--I'm Chandler! Could I be wearing any more clothes? Maybe if I wasn't going commando!

Ross: Look, what... what can I do to show you how much... how much I want you to be there? Joey: You could drink the fat. Ross: Hi. Welcome to an adult conversation.

Rachel: No, no, no! Okay, okay. Don't! I'll go, I'll go! Ross: You will? Rachel: You were really gonna do that, weren't you? Ross: Well, yeah. Rachel: You were gonna drink the fat. Joey: Let's see what else he'll do!

Monica: Maybe we could call the phone company... or maybe they could change the message. Maybe they can change his number. Phoebe: Yeah, I think after this he'll be doing that himself.

Rachel: Come on. Oh! And, uh, by the way... Ross: What? Rachel: I'm going commando, too.

Fantastic!!

I loved that episode too! I also like the part where Ross is "comforting" Monica after she got Richard's message:

ROSS: Yeah, see Mon, listen, listen. When Carol and I broke up, I went through the same thing. And you know what I did?

MONICA: Huh?

ROSS: I.....got.....dressed. Really, really quickly. Okay, okay. (Rachel starts to follow Monica into her room, but Ross stops her and sends her back to her room.) There we go, there we go.

.......And I LOVE this part:

PHOEBE: Monica, Monica, you know what gets out hummus.

MONICA: If it is a new message, what is he calling to say?

PHOEBE: Okay, thanks. Yeah, I'll try that.

In article , Randy Hinds wrote:

<Half the episode snipped> :)

It was also the episode that was done 'live' - like a stage play all in one take on one set, (apart from the tag). If you look very carefully, you can see where Lisa Kudrow smears Phoebe's dress with fake hummus.

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote:

Ooooh. Didn't know that. I'll have to watch it again, with this in mind.

I wonder if that's why the acting has a spontaneous-like quality about it. The actors are definitely a little freer with their initial interpretiations of the characters in this episode, like they didn't have the time or the desire to go back and go over a scene over and over and over to the point where they get sick of it.

Interesting. . .

In article , Randy Hinds wrote:

Well yes, I've always felt this too, but they must have done a great deal of rehearsal. How amazing might it have been if it had been broadcast live...

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Did you see the live ER? It's just not worth it.... not with a show that has a live studio audience, anyhow! It would have had to be a closed set and Friends loses something without the laughter (honestly).

It's no more amazing than a stage play, anyhow; clever but no biggie.

Jac

In article , "Jacqui" wrote:

Don't see ER at all.

Why on Earth can't they have a live audience for a live show ????

What's wrong with a stage play? The adrenalin rush you get just before going on is amazing, and definitely affects your performance.

Tennant

Tennant Stuart wrote in message news:[email]...

Because, with a taped show, you have the ability to fiddle with the audience track. Imagine the embarassment of the network if people were being obnoxious in the audience. You can't really edit stuff out then. On the other hand, if you just dropped them out completely, it defeats the purpose.

Just an idea. There are probably many better reasons.

Vishal

That's all true. And I've noticed that during filmings, in a lot of the first takes, a cast member will say a joke, and the audience will laugh, and the laughter will be longer than the cast was expecting, so they'll continue on with their lines, and the laughter will cover their next line up. If they did a live show with an audience, not only would their lines be covered up, but there's no way they could tell how long the show would take with all the laughter. The writers aren't able to tell precisely how long laughter for a certain joke will take.

Larissa

Why not hang a sign "No laughing for more than 10 seconds !!!" Now, that would be interesting =)

Adeline.

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Isn't it a shame that television has to be run like a railway timetable? Everything running in rigid predefined slots, unable to carry on longer when a show is going well, unwilling stop early when it's not.

To a certain extent this happens in Britain, especially on non-commercial channels with sporting & cultural events, and now we have new technology to reset our VCRs for us to record programmes when they air at the wrong times.

Tennant

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Yes but that's what I mean - it happens thousands of times a night in theatres all over the world. Why should it be "amazing" if a TV show does it? One act plays are SOOOO common... so it's "no biggie" that a bunch of well-trained actors can do it.

Jac

Well, in comparing theatres to TV, I have thought of something. Compare this to seeing a live concert and listening to a CD. With the CD, the singers/band have the opportunity to get the song just right before releasing it, sometimes even returning to the studio to fix a small portion (with today's multi-track recording capabilities). But, at a live show, you can't go and fix a mistake. Sure, if you do a series of concerts, you'll have practiced for the tour extensively, just as if you put on a musical or a play. There are ample rehearsals. But for a sitcom, they probably only get the lines a few days before the shoot. And sure, for a live telecast, they can do all of the rehearsals, I just don't think it would be worth it. IT would definitely be cool, but not worth it...

Vishal

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Randy Hinds wrote:

Now that I viewed this episode from my tapes again last night, I must say that it *could* be Lisa K. putting fake hummus on her dress (and since it was a one-act show, it must have happened sometime during the filming), but she does a really good job at looking like she's putting something on her lips (i.e. Carmex or the like).

In article , Randy Hinds wrote:

That's right Randy, it's very neatly done isn't it?

Tennant

I love that episode!!! One of my top favs! TOW No One's Ready. Great quotes. ~Act

Randy Hinds wrote:

and so, in the words of A. A. Milne, "get out of my chair, dillhole!"

In article , Randy Hinds wrote:

It's when Joey & Rachel swap teams - Margha comes over & says "The game is over, we eat now?" If she *is* ever invited, it's in the few minutes that are cut out of every episode.

And both of them are among my 76 favourites!

Tennant

In article , "Hank74" wrote:

No idea, I'm afraid. She was played by Suzanna Voltaire, but all I know is that she was in the movies Mixed Blessings (1998) and Cattle Call (1999).

Her accent sounded Dutch to me, but then I'm British. Could the producers have made a Dutch actress exaggerate her accent to sound more 'realistic', as may have been the case with Helen Baxendale, but not Elle Macpherson?

Tennant