The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS (18 Oct. 1998)

Almost caught once again, Chandler arrives with champagne for Monica, but instead finds the whole gang in her apartment so he says he is celebrating that his office just got wrinkle free ... See full summary »

Director:

Shelley Jensen

Writers:

David Crane (creator), Marta Kauffman (creator),

Stars:

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani (as Matt Le Blanc)
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Helen Baxendale	...	Emily Waltham
Gary Collins	...	Himself
Sandra Thigpen	...	The Stage Manager
John R. McLaughlin	...	The PBS Volunteer

Storyline

Almost caught once again, Chandler arrives with champagne for Monica, but instead finds the whole gang in her apartment so he says he is celebrating that his office just got wrinkle free fax paper. Joey thinks he has been hired as host for a PBS telethon, but is actually just one of many phone operators on screen. Phoebe says she hates PBS because it reminds her of the miserable days when her mother watched Sesame Street on it before committing suicide and even bitches Joeys telethon is selfishness masquerading as a good deed. When he retorts there is no such thing as a truly selfless good deed, she promises to prove him wrong. Ross tries to make up with Emily by phone and when she asks him to move to London he says no as he would be away from Ben. Emily agrees to move to New York but on the condition he won't see Rachel any more. The others consider her request to be unreasonable and after struggling to decide Ross becomes desperate enough to leave the decision to a Magic 8 ball ...

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Plot Keywords:

good deed | telethon | donation | magic eight ball | mix up | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 October 1998 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions, Warner Bros. Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

22 min 22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Phoebe: [on phone] I have found a selfless good deed. I went to the park and let a bee sting me.
Joey Tribbiani: How is that a selfless good deed?
Phoebe: It makes the bee look tough in front of his bee friends. The bee's happy and I am definitely not.
Joey Tribbiani: Uh, Pheebs, you know the bee probably died after it stung you?
Phoebe: [stares blankly] ...Dammit.
[hangs up]

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Connections

References Days of Our Lives (1965)

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Soundtracks

"Pizzicati"
(uncredited)
(from the ballet "Sylvia")
Written by Léo Delibes

User Reviews

The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS

Monica is annoying in this episode once again. So Chandler finds out that he was the best sex she ever had and is very happy about it. but Monica of course can't handle the fact that someone is happy about a compliment. She can only stop being such a nasty person when he tells her that she is the one who makes him so good, because of course everything is her accomplishment. I wish he never did it

This is also the episode which made everyone hate Emily, because she doesn't want Ross to see Rachel anymore. While it was not the right solution it is very understandable why she would want it. Absolutely nothing wrong with Emily It is very sad though to see how the magic ball tells Ross to stop seeing Rachel and she is all happy because she thinks it is just about her choosing a movie. Or when Ross tells Emily that he will not see Rachel anymore, and Rachel is all happy for him because she doesn't know what it is all about

And there is some fun stuff happening as well as Phoebe tries to find a selfless good deed but it never works out. Her face when Joey tells her that Santa Clause doesn't exist is priceless