The One After the Superbowl, Part One

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Friends season two September 1995 - May 1996 List of Friends episodes

Episodes: The One with Ross's New Girlfriend The One with the Breast Milk The One Where Heckles Dies The One with Phoebe's Husband The One with Five Steaks and an Eggplant The One with the Baby on the Bus The One Where Ross Finds Out The One with the List The One with Phoebe's Dad The One with Russ The One with the Lesbian Wedding The One After the Superbowl, Part One The One After the Superbowl, Part Two The One with the Prom Video The One Where Ross and Rachel...You Know The One Where Joey Moves Out The One Where Eddie Moves In The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies The One Where Eddie Won't Go The One Where Old Yeller Dies The One with the Bullies The One with the Two Parties The One with the Chicken Pox The One with Barry and Mindy's Wedding

"The One After the Superbowl, Part One" is the twelfth episode of season two of the television situation comedy Friends. It was first aired on January 28, 1996, after NBC's telecast of Super Bowl XXX, and was most watched episode of Friends ever to air, drawing 52.9M viewers.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Trivia 3 Quotes 4 Lyrics to Grandma 5 Additional cast

[edit] Plot

Ross sees a beer commercial with a monkey in it, and is reminded of his old pet monkey, Marcel. Wondering how Marcel is doing, he travels to San Diego to visit. When he gets there, however, zoo manager Mr. Lipson tells him Marcel has died. As he's readying to leave, a zookeeper tells him that Marcel was actually stolen from the zoo, forced into show business - and currently filming a movie in New York.

Joey gets his first piece of fan mail - which turns out to be from a stalker, Erika Ford. He goes to confront her, and learns she thinks he is actually his Days of Our Lives character, Dr. Drake Ramoray, and that the soap opera is Joey's real life (to the point that when she sees her beloved 'Drake' making out with a patient, she goes enraged to Joey's apartment to demand an explanation). They wind up dating for a short time, until Joey realises she's too crazy for his liking. So he tells her he's actually Drake's evil twin brother, Hans, which gets her to leave him alone.

Phoebe is hired to sing songs for kids at the local library. She starts dating the man who hired her, Rob Donnen - but he ends up firing her because parents complained her songs are too real. After her firing, the kids venture to Central Perk to hear her sing - they loved her realistic songs.

During the credits, Phoebe teaches Rob how to play Smelly Cat.

[edit] Trivia

• Executives at NBC were very impressed with Brooke Shields' guest turn as Erika in this episode - so impressed, in fact, they created the sitcom Suddenly Susan for her based on her performance.

[edit] Quotes

• (When discussing playing for the kids)
  Phoebe: Maybe if I just picture them all in their underwear.
  Rob: That's not a good idea. That's kind of the reason the last guy got fired.
• Joey: Hey guess what I got!
  Chandler: Rhythm? (I Got Rhythm)
• Kid: Excuse me, is this where the singing lady who tells the truth ?
  Pheobe: Yeah, i guess that's me.
  Kid (calling out): She's here!!
  (a group of kids run into Central Perk).

[edit] Lyrics to Grandma

Now grandma's a person who everyone likes
She brought a train and a bright shiny bike
But lately she hasn't been coming to dinner
And last time you saw her she looked so much thiner.

Now your mom and your dad said she moved to Peru
But the truth is she died
And some day you will too.

[edit] Additional cast

• Mr. Lipson - Fred Willard
  
• Zookeeper - Dan Castellaneta
  
• Erika Ford - Brooke Shields
  
• Rob Donnen - Chris Isaak
  
• Kid - Tahj Mowry

Preceded by "The One With the Lesbian Wedding"

List of Friends episodes

Followed by "The One After the Superbowl, Part Two"