Australian Reacts to FRIENDS (1994) | S7 Ep: 9 & 10 | FIRST TIME WATCHING

Added: 2026-05-05

[00:00:01][music] Hello, hello. Welcome to my channel or welcome back to my channel. Today we're going to be reacting to Friends season 7 episodes 9 and 10. So, we just had a couple holiday episodes. So, I'm curious if they're going to keep going with like the holiday theme or if we're going to like skip over it entirely. They've kind of done that before in like previous seasons. Also, if I'm low energy, it is because I'm sick again. I know. I know, guys. I'm trying to be better, okay? I'm trying to like have a strong immune system, but it's not working. So, let's get into it. If you would like early access to my friends episodes, please check out my Patreon. The link is [laughter] >> My dad gave me his old one.

[00:00:43]>> Yeah.

[00:00:44]>> Did the girl ever let you ride it?

[00:00:46]>> I still I want to meet Journal's Dad.

[00:00:48]I'm still waiting.

[00:00:49]>> It had a picture of the bike on the front, though. I would sit on it and my stepdad would drag me around the backyard.

[00:00:54]>> So unfair.

[00:00:56]>> It's so sad, isn't it? She had a bit of a rough childhood. I think that um that first of all, we haven't seen Ben in so long. [laughter] Like Ross's mysterious child that barely ever shows up. You would think he this child would be more like a part of his life, but the writers like really don't let it. I think it's interesting that Chandler is being like more hands-on with Ben, which I think is like maybe it's not their next immediate step in their relationship, but it's definitely like a future step that Monica is excited for. And Chandler, too, I would assume. I would assume Chandler would want to be like a better dad than what his dad is. You know, >> making holiday candy for the neighbors.

[00:01:35]>> I'm sorry. Who?

[00:01:36]>> And then when the neighbors walk by, they can all take a piece.

[00:01:38]>> But we don't know the neighbor.

[00:01:39]>> I was about to say we don't know their neighbors.

[00:01:42]>> Guy with a mustache. Once a lot lady kids I've seen. Head-haired guy who does not like to be called Rusty.

[00:01:49]>> That's like me with my neighbors. I know them by all what they look like, but I don't know any of their names. Actually, I know most of my neighbors buy their dogs. Like, I'll be like, "Oh, that's the neighbor with the border collie.

[00:01:59]That's the neighbor with the the beige and the orange one." You know, [laughter] it's not a big deal. We stayed up all night coming up with a plan so that us dating will not be a problem.

[00:02:08]>> Oh, yeah. I forgot that was the cliffhanger.

[00:02:13]We are not going to let it be a problem.

[00:02:17]>> Oh my god, her I swear her hair is getting shorter.

[00:02:20]>> Come on. You know, I don't sleep with guys on the first date. Matt wire, Mark Lynn, Ben White, >> anymore.

[00:02:26][laughter] >> Oh my god, that's too good. Anymore, >> you see that? That mail guy had no idea there was something going on between us.

[00:02:37]>> I better get back to my desk.

[00:02:39]>> Okay, hard worker.

[00:02:41]>> Oh my god, it's so quick.

[00:02:44]>> And your boss is required to hand in a performance evaluation thing that I have yet to evaluate.

[00:02:50]Oh my god. Oh, >> are you serious?

[00:02:54]>> No, I've just always wanted to do that.

[00:02:57]>> Oh my god.

[00:02:58]>> Can you help me clean this up?

[00:02:59]>> Cringe. Rachel at it again, you guys. I can't with her. She's just She makes me laugh.

[00:03:05]>> My god, the neighbors ate all the candy.

[00:03:07]>> Well, either that or uh >> Yeah, it was definitely Joey.

[00:03:16]>> Did you eat all >> She's [laughter] giving him a bowl cut.

[00:03:19]Time I got to it, there's only a couple pieces left.

[00:03:21]>> Been coming by all day. They love it.

[00:03:23]>> Ross, the neighbors ate all my candy.

[00:03:25]>> Mine stole my newspaper. It It's like a crime wave. [laughter] >> Fees, you uh you got a second?

[00:03:34]>> Sure.

[00:03:35]>> Ever since you uh told me that story about that bike, I stopped thinking about it. I mean, everyone should have a >> Oh, did he get her a bike?

[00:03:43]>> Oh my god.

[00:03:45]>> I love it. And I love you. Oh, >> not that way. But the bike got you a lot closer. [laughter] >> Oh, I still kind of reckon they would be a fun relationship if they dated.

[00:03:59]>> Thank you for the best present I've ever gotten.

[00:04:03]>> You're welcome.

[00:04:04]>> That's so sweet.

[00:04:07]>> Am not.

[00:04:08]>> Yeah. I feel like I love their relationship because she's always rage baiting him, but I feel like they do care about each other. Like they just don't show it a lot. And I feel like that shows it.

[00:04:19]>> Can you tell me who is there, please?

[00:04:21]>> Hi. Do you know what time it is?

[00:04:23]>> It's candy time.

[00:04:26]>> What?

[00:04:27]>> They taste like little drops of heaven.

[00:04:29]>> Oh, please. Did you hear that? Little drops of heaven.

[00:04:33]>> How do you homemake candy? Am I the only one that's confused on this? How do you make candy at home?

[00:04:40]>> Well, okay. I'll swing by later. You live in this building. Seems like I would have remembered you, >> Ryan. in front of Chandler >> night gare.

[00:04:51]>> Like I understand making chocolates like you can make like little truffles, right? Like at home, but how do you make like candy like hard candy? It makes I feel like you have to have one of those industrial things.

[00:05:03]>> Marked confidential. I just send it down to human resources.

[00:05:07]>> Okay, please. You're kidding, right? I wrote that one as a joke for you.

[00:05:11]>> A joke they would appreciate.

[00:05:13]>> I'm thinking no. Oh, I knew she would mess it up so quickly.

[00:05:18]>> I thought you were a good kisser and that I liked your teeny tiny tushy.

[00:05:25]Not the tushy.

[00:05:27]>> Yes, he was able to unhook my bra with minimal supervision. There are problems with performance. I wrote, "Dear God, I hope not." Oh, that's so embarrassing.

[00:05:37]Drew a little smiley face and then a small pornographic sketch. [laughter] >> [gasps] >> Oh, she [ __ ] it up so bad and so quickly, too.

[00:05:48]>> I heard the story. I almost cried.

[00:05:51]>> Almost cried, huh? Hear that, Chandler?

[00:05:53]Almost cried. [laughter] >> Cry every time somebody talks about Titanic.

[00:06:00]>> Those two had only each other.

[00:06:03]>> Such a good film. I love Titanic.

[00:06:05]>> Yeah, I saw her walking it down the street the other day.

[00:06:07]>> Yeah, I saw her this morning walking it by the park.

[00:06:09]>> Wait a minute. She was walking the bike >> both times.

[00:06:13]>> She doesn't know how to ride it.

[00:06:16]>> Hey, sir. You enjoying the bike?

[00:06:17]>> Oh. Uh-huh. So much.

[00:06:19]>> You do know how to ride a bike, don't you?

[00:06:22]>> Of course. How'd she know? She never had a bike.

[00:06:27][laughter] >> See?

[00:06:33]>> Yeah. She needs to figure out how to do it. She needs someone to teach her. And there's no such thing as keeping secrets when it comes to having affairs. Did you hear that, Chandler? No such thing.

[00:06:45]>> You know, because tushy can mean both ass and good worker.

[00:06:50]>> Yeah, [laughter] she did a pornographic sketch. Of course, they're going to take it wrongly.

[00:06:57]>> Hi, I'm sorry. I know it's after hours, but I really need candy. I have people coming from out of town today, and I told them all about your c. Oh my god, everyone's like addicted to her.

[00:07:08]>> Absolutely indescribable.

[00:07:10]>> Some people have been saying it's, you know, little drops of heaven, but whatever.

[00:07:17]>> All right, I'll do it just this once.

[00:07:19]But you can't tell anybody.

[00:07:20]>> Unbelievable. I I can't believe that sign didn't work. Also, I'm realizing now that she is making chocolate. She's not making candy. Well, is candy called Wait, is chocolate called candy? Like, is chocolate under the candy umbrella? I thought candy was like lollies, you know, like either like chewy lollies or like hard lollies, crunchy lollies. I didn't realize chocolate is counted as candy cuz in Australia you have like lollies and then you have chocolate.

[00:07:46]Like chocolate's like separate from lollies, you know? Same as like like biscuits and cookies are different. You know, if you know, you know.

[00:07:55]>> Well, what if a man comes along and puts a gun to your head and says, "You ride this bike. I'll shoot you. [laughter] >> So grim.

[00:08:06]>> Then I would knock the gun out of his hand with the Chinese throwing star.

[00:08:09]>> Get on the bike. And hey, I'll hold you up.

[00:08:12]>> You won't let go.

[00:08:13]>> I mean, I won't lie. I think learning how to ride a bike as an adult would be pretty terrifying cuz you don't have the benefit of like no self-preservation like when you're a kid, you know? You're >> doing great. Yes. Yes. Yes. Take control. Yes.

[00:08:28]Oh, no. [laughter] four. I I just thought you were doing so well.

[00:08:38][laughter] >> Oh my god, that's too good.

[00:08:42]>> Learning technique.

[00:08:45][music] >> Yeah, look, she's making like little chocolates. Little chocolate bars. Guys, someone remind me to buy the Friends cookbook. I do need to buy it. I just keep forgetting. But can someone tell me if those chocolates are in the cookbook?

[00:08:58]be messing with the system.

[00:08:59]>> A week before your wedding, you may not see a lot of me.

[00:09:04]>> Yeah, bless her. She's going to be a bridezilla probably.

[00:09:08]>> Try it again. Huh? I mean, you were so close.

[00:09:10]>> Well, I would love to, but the bike got stolen and the police have no suspects.

[00:09:16]>> It's literally right there. Yeah.

[00:09:20][laughter] >> Phoebe, >> what? [bell] >> Yeah. Such a bad lie.

[00:09:30]All right. You know what? If you are not going to learn how to ride this bike, >> also, I love that her bike color scheme matches her bedroom. I think that's so cute.

[00:09:38]>> This bike wants to be ridden. If you don't ride it, you're you're killing its spirit.

[00:09:46]>> Oh, he's going to guilt trip her into it.

[00:09:49]>> Is dying.

[00:09:52]>> All right, if you care enough to make up that load of crap. Okay.

[00:09:57]>> [cough] >> Oh, she's too good.

[00:10:01]>> You're making the bike very happy.

[00:10:03]>> Okay, Ross.

[00:10:05]>> Please don't die.

[00:10:07]>> Yeah, she pretended not to believe it, but she believes it. [laughter] She's so cute.

[00:10:12]>> But his assistant, Betty, she comes in early to eat her breakfast at her desk.

[00:10:17]>> That's kind of sad.

[00:10:18]>> Yeah, well, Bettyy's kind of sad.

[00:10:20]>> Jeez, how is that sad? Eating breakfast at your desk. You save time. You sleep in more.

[00:10:25]>> Hello, Rachel. You uh got a minute?

[00:10:27]>> Sure. Mr. Zelner for you? Anything?

[00:10:29]Great.

[00:10:30]>> Abort the plan. Abort the plan.

[00:10:32]>> Yeah, she's getting in trouble.

[00:10:35]>> Anything, Mr. Zelner? Maybe some chocolates.

[00:10:39]>> Um, give these to Betty.

[00:10:40]>> Wasn't he the guy that interviewed her as well?

[00:10:44]>> Or to use his full name, tag Sweet Cheeks Jones.

[00:10:48]>> What happened exactly? [laughter] >> So, not us. forced to file a report. So, I'd have to and your future at the company would be in jeopardy.

[00:10:58]>> Well, >> uh, Mr. Zelner, I'm the one who filled in that evaluation.

[00:11:03]>> That's sweet. Yeah, >> you have a cute tushy. I have a weird sense of humor and I'm kind of strangely proud of my butt.

[00:11:14]>> And what is what is this drawing? I can't figure out what this is.

[00:11:17]>> I'm looking at it upside down. You know what? Doesn't matter.

[00:11:20]>> Yeah. [laughter] Not like I don't have a sense of humor, huh? Hell, I even enjoy a naughty limmerick every now and then.

[00:11:27]>> Oh my god, that's so awkward.

[00:11:30]>> But there's a time and a place, huh?

[00:11:31]Unless you uh have a limmerick right now. [laughter] >> No, you've got my fax number.

[00:11:38]>> Jesus.

[00:11:42]>> Can't believe you did that. That was really sweet.

[00:11:44]>> I don't.

[00:11:45]>> Also, not her like almost getting in trouble, but she's literally wearing a crop top to work.

[00:11:50]>> I feel great. In fact, >> I it just it took me so long to get that desk organized.

[00:11:57]>> Yeah, >> there it is.

[00:12:04]>> I mean, that's nice of him to like cover for her cuz that was pretty bad.

[00:12:11]>> Oh my god.

[00:12:11]>> What is going on? We're waiting for the candy. Bring out the candy.

[00:12:16]>> YEAH, LADY. GIVE US CANDY.

[00:12:20]WHAT'S UP, BUDDY? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

[00:12:24]>> CANDY. [laughter] >> And you cannot smoke in here.

[00:12:31]>> Merry Christmas.

[00:12:33]>> No. T-law >> is coming. I just need another 15 minutes for the chocolate to cool.

[00:12:38]>> ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. JUST BE QUIET. BE QUIET. BE QUIET. PIPE PIPE. PIPE PIPE.

[00:12:41]NOW, [laughter] >> this woman was trying to do a nice thing for you. Get to know all of you. And I'll bet that not one of you can tell me her name.

[00:12:51]>> Candy lady.

[00:12:53]>> Oh, I love Taylor sticking out for her.

[00:12:56]>> Forget it. All of you. FORGET IT. YOU'VE RUINED IT. GO HOME. You ruined it. You ruined it.

[00:13:00]>> YOU RUINED IT.

[00:13:03]>> Thank you.

[00:13:04]>> You're welcome.

[00:13:08]>> Did you smoke?

[00:13:10]>> No. Smokes a lot, lady. Blew smoke directly into my mouth.

[00:13:14][laughter and clears throat] >> Really scary there for a while. Slipped a threatening note under the door.

[00:13:20]>> Oh, yeah. Sorry about that. Rob mentality or whatever.

[00:13:23]>> Uh, this is a >> I never thought I'd be able to do that.

[00:13:29]Thank you, Ross.

[00:13:30]>> Fears and ultimately overcame them.

[00:13:32]>> You're so corny, Ross. It's not an after school special.

[00:13:36][laughter] >> She's too good sometimes. Oh yeah, she thinks there you guys. It's like Vivian Ross is like the forbidden ship. I feel like I know a couple of you guys in the comments do sort of feel the vibes like I do. Like it would be it would be an interesting relationship and it would be a very messy one, right? but like in a good way. Like how we kind of saw just then of like Phoebe being vulnerable, touching his heart and him doing something nice for her and then he also takes the effort to like teach her how to ride a bike and then she's, you know, reluctant at first, but then she's very thankful. Do you know what I mean?

[00:14:18]Like that's romantic.

[00:14:21]I mean to be honest I am reading into it like as like the friend perspective like he's just being a really good friend you know like he's doing something nice for his bestie but like I just feel like they have really good chemistry so to me it feels romantic [laughter] and like they already have really good chemistry already because they butttheads a lot. Phoe's always rage baiting him and he's always falling for it. Like it's that perfect sort of like antagonistic friendship chemistry, you know? Like it's not coming from nowhere.

[00:14:50]I just can't help but like be like a like whenever they whenever they have a moment together. But it's so funny. I feel like Phoebe just like knows how to get under his skin and it's hilarious.

[00:15:03]But like it is nice that when Ross like isn't angry at her or frustrated with her. He does have like a soft spot for her which is so cute because if you think about it, Monica is his sister, Rachel is his ex, but they also like do have a good friendship sometimes. what is his dynamic with Phoebe? Because the sort of soft taking care of my friends, he does use most of that for Monica and Rachel. So, it is nice to see him sort of use that for Phoebe, too, because we don't get to see it that often. But, yeah, I'm I'm holding out hope, you guys. I know it's so unrealistic and like it might be a little bit too out there, but I am like holding out hope that maybe, just maybe, they might get together for like a short period of time or something.

[00:15:49]or maybe she'll have a crush on him.

[00:15:50]He'll have a crush on her at some point.

[00:15:53]So, don't spoil it for me. I'm I'm waiting for it. Also, Rachel and Tag, I was like I was like, "Oh, maybe it's actually going to like end here." It didn't. I think I was too hopeful with that relationship ending in one episode, but it was nice of him to cover for her because as bad as it sounds, like I mean, she [ __ ] up doing that though.

[00:16:14]Like, she's stupid. I like it's just like I knew it was going to be like them [ __ ] around and it it being found out or something, you know, but I didn't think it would happen that quickly. So, she really she's so stupid for that.

[00:16:28]But, it was nice of him to cover for her. Like, I want her career to like be good, you know? I want her to like keep working up the totem pole in her job.

[00:16:37]So, the fact that she's like just willingly sabotaging it is crazy. But anyways, um also Chandler and Monica, I really want to try those chocolates.

[00:16:45]They look so good. I love that he stuck up for her because she is like a people pleaser and we have seen that before.

[00:16:52]This is just definitely like one of those times where people are taking advantage of her so badly and he was like, you know what, no, no more. You know, like that's exactly what she needs. She needs someone to like stand up for her like when she can't. And he did it so well. I freaking love it so much. So cute. But yeah, let's watch the NEXT EPISODE.

[00:17:09]>> OH MY GOD, >> it's not my mom. It belonged to my mom.

[00:17:15][laughter] >> Used to put it out every Christmas. And you can put candy in it.

[00:17:22]>> Oh my god. Ew. It touched the skull.

[00:17:26]>> Licorice.

[00:17:28]>> Sure.

[00:17:30]>> Hey, I just found out I get >> See, him and Phoebe are more similar than they think.

[00:17:35]>> I think I want to take this year to teach him all about Hanukkah.

[00:17:37]>> And maybe I could teach Ben about the Christmas skull and how people die.

[00:17:43]this year to teach bed about Phoebe.

[00:17:48]Hey, >> did he use that toilet?

[00:17:53]>> Did you know I was in there?

[00:17:54]>> No.

[00:17:56]>> How long have we been home?

[00:17:57]>> About a half an hour.

[00:17:58]>> Lovely.

[00:18:00]>> Oh, [laughter] why would he not use his own toilet? Jesus Christ. He's way too familiar with his friends. Also, I keep forgetting that um him and Rachel are housemates and Phoebe's living with Monica. I feel like they kind of like gloss over it a lot and then it'll be like like last episode where we just see Phoe's bedroom in their house. Like, are they ever going to get their own apartment? I feel like they're not going to. I think they're just going to milk them living with them for as long as possible.

[00:18:28]>> When we get married, are you going to uh change your last name to Bing?

[00:18:32]>> Nope.

[00:18:33]>> Why not?

[00:18:34]>> Bing's weird. Yeah. [laughter] Well, do we think this is going to be a conflict? Surely not. Right.

[00:18:40]>> My landlord just called and my apartment's going to be ready soon, so I guess I'll be moving out. Oh, literally right as I said it, too.

[00:18:47]>> Well, I got to go tell Rachel the good news.

[00:18:49]>> She's just having so much fun with Joey.

[00:18:51]I just assume she'd still be living with him.

[00:18:52]>> I think she's having so much fun living with Joey.

[00:18:54]>> Except she told me.

[00:18:57]>> Yeah, actually. Yeah, cuz I think she is enjoying living with Joey.

[00:19:02]>> I think you should talk to Monica now.

[00:19:05]>> She probably does. Oh, probably. Yeah, I don't like that word.

[00:19:11]>> We really mean. Yeah. Oh, your mom probably won't kill herself.

[00:19:15]>> Oh, Jesus.

[00:19:18]>> You know, you got to take care of yourself in this world. You know, history teaches us nothing.

[00:19:22]>> Bing doesn't seem so weird now, does it?

[00:19:25][laughter] >> Wait, you're home. Guess what Phoebe got me for Christmas. [music] >> I like to try to get Rachel to move out.

[00:19:34]Hey, can we get two burritos to go, please? [laughter] >> So awkward.

[00:19:43]>> Christmas is a very busy time, sir. Is this because of the burrito thing?

[00:19:48][clears throat] >> You need to give him money.

[00:19:51]>> Give him money. It was a joke.

[00:19:54]>> Got to be smooth about it.

[00:19:56]>> Hey, I can be smooth.

[00:19:58]>> Oh my god. He cannot be smooth.

[00:20:01][laughter] Also, Monica's heartbeat is everything.

[00:20:06]The monochrome red.

[00:20:08]>> Sir, okay. Had the money in the wrong hand.

[00:20:12]>> You know what holiday is coming up, don't you?

[00:20:14]>> Christmas.

[00:20:15]>> Other holiday is coming up.

[00:20:16]>> Christmas Eve.

[00:20:20]>> But also Hanukkah.

[00:20:24]>> Is that family Jewish?

[00:20:26]>> And and Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday.

[00:20:28]>> Santa has reindeers that can fly. I like is this like the I feel like this is the first time they've said that their family is Jewish cuz Monica's never said anything.

[00:20:38]>> Jingle bells, jingle bells.

[00:20:40]>> Okay. Yes, that's right. Yes, but on Hanukkah.

[00:20:42]>> Also, this is random. But is that kid um one of the Sprouse kids? They kind of He kind of looks like it. No, I don't know if the timeline like lines up though.

[00:20:52]>> Instead of Santa, we have fun celebrating Hanukkah.

[00:20:56]>> No, Santa.

[00:20:58]Was I bad? Oh, >> Santa is not mad at you.

[00:21:03]>> So, Santa's coming.

[00:21:06]>> Yes, >> Santa's coming.

[00:21:09]>> He manipulated him.

[00:21:12]>> Give him a kind word, shake his hand, and get him the money.

[00:21:15]>> How do you know so much about this?

[00:21:16]Richard used to do it, didn't he?

[00:21:18]>> Maybe eating our soup right now.

[00:21:20]>> Oh, Richard again. Those people just left.

[00:21:24]Come on, quick. Give them the money. Get their table.

[00:21:26]>> Excuse me.

[00:21:30]Oh no.

[00:21:34]No.

[00:21:38]A bless him. Monica should just do it.

[00:21:42]Honestly, why can't Monica do it? She obviously knows how to do it.

[00:21:46][music] [laughter] >> The drums.

[00:21:55]>> That's That's great. She's like, "Fuck, my plan didn't work."

[00:21:59]>> Create maybe an unbearable living situation, >> right?

[00:22:03]>> Okay. Well, apparently not.

[00:22:05]>> Check it out. We already learned a song.

[00:22:06]Ready?

[00:22:08]>> Tequila.

[00:22:10][laughter] >> They're so much similar than they think.

[00:22:14]Hey. Oh, I know Phoebe wants to live with her, though. They were fun when they were living together. But as bad as it is, if Rachel likes living with Joey, she should just stay living with Joey.

[00:22:24]If you want to get Joey a Christmas present that disrupts the entire building, why not get him something a little bit more subtle of smallox to release in the hall? Jesus.

[00:22:35]>> Every five minutes, Joey throws his sticks in the air and I have to hear, "Oh my eye. Oh god, my eye."

[00:22:44]>> You You see, this is how normal people are supposed to react to drum.

[00:22:47]>> You got Joey drums to annoy Rachel so she wouldn't want to live there anymore.

[00:22:51]>> Maybe on some level.

[00:22:55]Oh god.

[00:22:57]>> Joy, you know that you could just not throw the sticks up in the air.

[00:23:01]>> What is rock and roll about that?

[00:23:05]>> So rock and roll with these glasses.

[00:23:08]>> Oh, wait. Before you tell me what it is.

[00:23:12]>> Okay. What is it?

[00:23:14]>> This is so good. RANCHULA.

[00:23:19][laughter] RACHEL, WHAT? I'm sorry. What was I thinking giving Joey this Gary spider in such a poorly constructed cage?

[00:23:31]>> What are you talking about? I love them.

[00:23:34]>> A tarantula when I was a kid, but it it died because my cat ate it and then and then my cat died.

[00:23:43][laughter] >> [ __ ] me.

[00:23:45]>> Is it on me? I I feel like it's on me. I got my >> Joey is afraid of the tarantula. Oh, Joey's the best. I'm glad you're having so much fun.

[00:23:54]>> A poor poor baby.

[00:23:57]>> Cuz you would rather live here with Joey. And apparently no amount of drums or tarantulas is going to change that.

[00:24:03][laughter] >> Did you get all this stuff for Joey to try and drive me out of the apartment?

[00:24:09]Might as well just gotten him a fish.

[00:24:10]You know how fish freak me out. Fish.

[00:24:14]>> Yeah. She's like a fish.

[00:24:17]way. Phoebe, you and I are are going to live together. We're roommates. That's the deal. So much fun over here. Oh, it's so much more fun with you. We did have fun, didn't we?

[00:24:25]>> Yeah, they had so much fun.

[00:24:28]>> They say if we want, we could see it tonight.

[00:24:30]>> I would love to. And Monica asked me to make the drumming stop.

[00:24:34]>> Um, done. [clears throat] >> Cuz he won't go in there and get them.

[00:24:39][laughter] >> Sorry. Evil.

[00:24:42]>> Do you have a Santa outfit left 2 days before Christmas? Sorry, man.

[00:24:47]>> Okay, look. Dude, I promised my son and I I really don't want to disappoint him.

[00:24:50]>> Wait, what? He's going to dress up.

[00:24:54]>> I'm the holiday armadillo.

[00:24:57]>> Oh my god.

[00:24:59]>> I'm a friend of Santa's and he sent me here to wish you a merry >> such a good quality costume, too.

[00:25:08]>> What happened to Santa? Holiday armadillo.

[00:25:11]>> Santa was unavailable. So close to Christmas [laughter] >> for all the southern states, Mexico.

[00:25:25]>> I mean, a little kid would believe that.

[00:25:28]>> And happy Hanukkah.

[00:25:30]>> You for Hanukkah, too? Because I'm part Jewish.

[00:25:34]>> A Isn't that cute?

[00:25:38]>> Told you all about the festival of life.

[00:25:41]>> Cool.

[00:25:42]>> Come on, Ben. No, him using this as an excuse to get him to learn.

[00:25:46]>> Oh, merry Christmas.

[00:25:50]>> Santa.

[00:25:52]>> Oh, no.

[00:25:55]>> Here, Santa. Well, I'm here to see my old buddy Ben. What are you doing here?

[00:26:00]Weird turtle man.

[00:26:02]>> Is that J? Yeah.

[00:26:04]>> Part Jewish friend.

[00:26:07]Remember what?

[00:26:11]Uh, come on. Just play along, >> Santa.

[00:26:15]>> You bet I did, Ben. Put her there.

[00:26:20][laughter] >> Oh, that's so bad.

[00:26:24]>> You called everyone and said you were having trouble finding a Santa costume, so I borrowed one from a guy at work.

[00:26:32]>> That's so nice. Actually excited about Hanukkah. I mean, you're you're wrecking it. I get to shake my belly like a bowl full of jelly.

[00:26:40]>> [laughter] >> Fine, I'll I'll give the suit back.

[00:26:45]>> Hey, you think you can keep it another night?

[00:26:52]>> Did your dad ever dress up like Santa?

[00:26:56]>> No.

[00:26:57]>> It's okay.

[00:26:59]>> Oh my god. Yeah. My god, [laughter] that's crazy.

[00:27:04]>> Merry Christmas.

[00:27:06]>> No. Why can't the armadillo leave? Oh, that's so sad.

[00:27:11]>> Will you sit here with Santa and learn about Hanukkah?

[00:27:15]>> It's time for the story of Hanukkah.

[00:27:19]Merry Christmas.

[00:27:20]>> Oh my god, what? They're just like turning Christmas into a fairy tale.

[00:27:27]>> Would find out and then >> Oh, it's only one bedroom now.

[00:27:32]>> It's one huge room.

[00:27:33]>> Oh, no.

[00:27:35]WOW.

[00:27:37]>> YEAH. So Phoebe is just going to have to live there by herself.

[00:27:40]>> We'll just have to put the wall back up.

[00:27:42]You can't because of the new skyline.

[00:27:46]>> Wow.

[00:27:47]>> So fancy.

[00:27:49]>> You know, I'm I'm sensing that um grandmother would not be comfortable with that. Starting to feel her again there. Are we?

[00:27:56]>> Yeah.

[00:27:58]She's like, "Actually, I want to live on my own."

[00:28:01]>> Is your grandmother maybe saying that you should live here alone? You heard it, too. You have the gift. I like living with Joey. Hate packing. It's closer to work. And we do have fun. I'm really going to miss living with you.

[00:28:14]>> Me, too. I know.

[00:28:16]>> They had so much fun living together.

[00:28:19]>> Hear that? Hear that? Listen. Huh? I'm getting something from your grandmother.

[00:28:22]You should give Rachel the purple chair.

[00:28:28][laughter] >> So good. My favorite part was when Superman flew all the Jews out of Egypt.

[00:28:37][laughter] >> Jesus.

[00:28:41]>> Hey. Oh wow. Looks like the Easter Bunny's funeral in here. [laughter] >> Oh my god. The Easter Bunny's funeral.

[00:28:52]>> I understand why Superman is here, but why is there a porcupine at the Easter Bunny's funeral?

[00:28:58]>> A porcupine.

[00:29:00]>> I got it. Is it back in the cage?

[00:29:03]>> It's back in the cage.

[00:29:05]>> The cage closed.

[00:29:07]>> A He's so scared.

[00:29:09]>> Just come out here and stop being such a baby.

[00:29:17]That's cute. I feel like that was definitely one of the more boring Christmas episodes. No offense to anyone that's Jewish. I feel like they never mentioned um Ross and Monica were part Jewish at all. Maybe they have and I've just forgotten. Maybe they mentioned it in passing. It's just cuz like every year they do Christianity Christmas so well they don't even do anything religious.

[00:29:44]Let's be real. All they do is just have a Christmas tree. So I'm kind of like it came out of nowhere for me. But I understand like Ross obviously it was a part of his childhood I'm guessing and that's why he wants to teach it to Ben.

[00:29:56]But obviously with his mom's well now that thinking about it I feel like Ross never has Ben on Christmas. I feel like okay this is like this is my issue with the writers I think is like why give Ross a kid if the kid is like never going to be a part of his life. You know what I mean? We see I swear we see Ben like once per season and it's maybe for like one or two episodes. And it's like realistically if someone in your friend group had a kid, it would be like more involved in the friend group, right?

[00:30:28]Because like you can't just exclude the kid from your life, you know? So that's why I'm kind of like they just brought Ben back to teach him Hanukkah and that's it, you know? So it's kind of like he's never with Ben on any of the holidays. So it's like why? not even Thanksgiving, you know? So, I'm like I'm kind of over Ben.

[00:30:47][laughter and clears throat] Like, no offense to the kid or anything, but I just feel like it's such an unnecessary plotline for Ross, but they have to continue it because he got locked in with that plot line from season 1, you know? So, it it just feels so lazy to me. Like, if they had just included the kid right from the start, like all the time, then it would have been like a better plot line. But, it's just like the kid is just so irrelevant. And obviously I understand they have to like hire a child actor which costs money and time and whatever. But yeah, they just shouldn't have locked him in with the kid story line. I think that early on like it would make sense maybe they did it halfway through the series, but I don't know. It's just a little bit like annoying to me. I think it's honestly it's just because I forget that he has a kid until the kid comes back. I just wish they either fully committed or they just threw it away completely, you know?

[00:31:39]I think that's my issue. But they're kind of in that middle ground where it's like, eh, you know, I can't be the only one that feels that. Surely someone else feels that. I feel like um also, is it one of the Sprouse kids? I'm completely forgetting the names of the Sprouse twins, by the way.

[00:31:55]Like completely blanked, but I but it looks like one of them, but I don't know if the timeline lines up cuz this season is the year 2000, right? So, I don't know. I feel like the Sprouse twins got popular like in the 2000s, so it kind of lines up with like this is when they were really young before they like got older. I don't know, like they look similar, but yeah, someone tell me if I'm wrong, but apart from like my critiques, this was like two really good episodes. I think I liked the chocolate episode better in terms of like Christmas vibes. This one, honestly, it was a little bit boring. I hate to be that person, but it was a little bit boring. I mean, I like the Phoebe getting upset that Rachel wants to stay with Joey. Like, I thought that was really cute because it shows how much she loves and appreciates Rachel. And now, obviously, we know Phoebe's moving out, but Rachel sang with Joey. So, we have like a concrete decision. I just feel like in terms of like in terms of like comedy and just general storyline, this one was like a little bit boring.

[00:32:56]But, yeah, I think I like the chocolate the Christmas chocolates episode a bit better. Although chain lai in a Santa suit is pretty funny. But yes, please comment below your thoughts on this one.

[00:33:04]I would love to see what you guys think.

[00:33:06]Thank you so much for watching. I hope to see you again soon. Bye. [music]