- Chandler and Ross argue over a joke. Meanwhile, Joey reluctantly takes a waiter job at Central Perk, and Monica becomes annoyed when Phoebe says she would choose Rachel over her as a girlfriend.
- Ross has sent a joke to be printed in Playboy magazine, which they did but Chandler claims it was his joke so he starts logging his jokes. While the girls go through the Playboy, Phoebe manages to insult Monica by saying she thinks Rachel the better choice to go out with. Later Rachel also insults Monica by saying she's high-maintenance. When Joey must explain to Gunther he can't pay his bill because he's broke, he gets a job at Central Perk as a waiter. He tries in vain to keep his job a secret from the friends, who end up reassuring him and offering advice. Unable to settle the joke authorship, Chandler and Ross ask Monica to decide, each confident she's in his pocket, only to be told the joke is no credit to anyone. Closing the café after Gunther refused him time off to do an audition, Joey is fired but one word from Rachel has him re-hired.—KGF Vissers
- Ross makes up a joke, sends it to Playboy and they print it. When he tells the friends about it Chandler claims he made up the joke. The girls enjoy their first time reading a Playboy magazine. Ross receives $100 from Hefner for the joke and Chandler and he fight about who the joke belongs to. Chandler decides to keep a joke journal and Joey becomes a waiter at Central Perk because he can't pay his bills anymore. Ross and Chandler want Monica to decide who the joke belongs to but she tells them that the joke sucks and is offensive and they should argue who is to be blamed for the joke so both of them blame the other one.—Anonymous
- Ross has sent a joke to be printed in Playboy magazine, which they did but Chandler claims it was his joke (he says he told it to Dan at work, who thought it was the funniest joke in the world) so he starts logging his jokes. Ross gets a check for $100 from Playboy for the joke. When Ross shows the joke to Gunther, he assumes that Chandler wrote the joke.
While the girls go through the Playboy, Phoebe manages to insult Monica by saying she thinks Rachel the better choice to go out with (Rachel and Monica both said "I Dont know"). When pressed by Monica, Phoebe admits that Monica is high maintenance. Phoebe says Rachel is easy to get along with as she is a pushover and will let people do whatever they want. Monica and Rachel ditch Phoebe for lunch and go out by themselves. They later return and call Phoebe flaky. Phoebe is OK with that, the ladies are not OK being called high maintenance or pushover. Monica asks Chandler to recite in front of Phoebe that she is not high maintenance. But when Phoebe doesn't believe it, Chandler says he also thinks Monica is a little high maintenance. Chandler makes up to her by saying that she is passionate about the little things and that he likes maintaining her. He is off the list.
Joey hasn't paid his cable bill or the phone bill as he is broke. But he doesn't want to say anything to his friends, including Chandler. Chandler offers to loan him money, but Joey refuses. When Joey must explain to Gunther he can't pay his bill because he's broke, he gets a job at Central Perk as a waiter (Gunther explains that he was a regular at a soap opera too and that makes Joey realize that he needs to suck it up. Money is good & the job offers flexible hours). He tries in vain to keep his job a secret from the friends, who end up reassuring him and offering advice. Customer is always right, a smile goes a long way & sneeze muffins if anyone is ever rude to you. When Ross presses Joey for his coffee, he apologizes to Ross and promises to him a free muffin (of the sneeze variety)..
Unable to settle the joke authorship, Chandler and Ross ask Monica to decide, each confident she's in his pocket (Chandler says he is the father is their future kids, while Ross plays the family card with her). Chandler says he thought of the joke while having lunch with his friend Steve, who had to go to the doctor (whose name is Dr Mompey). Chandler said Dr Monkey? and that's how whole Dr Monkey joke came about. Ross says he studies evolution (Monkey to Man), plus he is a doctor and he had a monkey. The joke is based on himself, since he is Dr Monkey. Monica says the joke is no credit to anyone, as it is offensive to women, and doctors and monkeys. She says they should argue over who gets blamed for the joke. The joke sucks Closing the cafe after Gunther refused him time off to do an audition (as GUnther wanted to go to get his hair dyed), Joey is fired but one word from Rachel has him re-hired.
The girls ask the guys whom they would pick for a date. Ross and Joey refuse to answer, but Chandler picks Joey.
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