The One with Chandler's Dad (10 May 2001)

Finding out she's the only one of the friends who never got to drive Monica's Posche, Rachel steals the car keys from Ross, who feels responsible so he jumps in before learning Rachel's ... See full summary »

Directors:

Kevin Bright, Gary Halvorson

Writers:

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

Stars:

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller (as Courteney Cox Arquette)
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani (as Matt Le Blanc)
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Kathleen Turner	...	Charles Bing / Helena Handbasket
Mark Consuelos	...	Policeman #1
Troy Norton	...	Jake
Chuck Martinez	...	Policeman #2
Alexis Arquette	...	the Waiter in Drag
Joe Everett Michaels	...	Bakersfield Guy
Stephanie Dicker	...	the Woman
Michelle Haury	...	the Waitress

Storyline

Finding out she's the only one of the friends who never got to drive Monica's Posche, Rachel steals the car keys from Ross, who feels responsible so he jumps in before learning Rachel's license expired. They get stopped, twice, but flirting doesn't work with both officers. When Phoebe's studly boyfriend Jake bends over, Joey sees he wears lingerie. Phoebe tells Joey that they exchanged underwear and it takes a really confident man to dare doing so. Joey can't resist trying it himself. Chandler refuses to send a wedding invitation to his father, who made his entire youth hell by being such a shameless drag-queen, but Monica is determined to put family first and drags her groom to Las Vegas, where Chandler's dad has a drag show. When they are finally face to face, Chandler makes a decision.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 May 2001 (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:

30 min 22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The snippy waiter at the drag show is played by Courteny Cox's brother-in-law, Alexis Arquette.

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Goofs

The shadow of the boom mic and its operator falls across the hood of the Porsche as Ross tries to stop Rachel driving it.

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Quotes

Charles Bing: So, you're bald.

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Connections

References Days of Our Lives (1965)

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Soundtracks

"Believe"
(uncredited)
Written by Brian Higgins, Stuart McLennon, Paul Barry, Steve Torch,
Matthew Gray and Timothy Powell
Performed by Kathleen Turner

User Reviews

The One with Chandler's Dad

One of the very good episodes I really like the story of Rachel and Ross on the porche. It was already pretty funny how she got behind the wheel but it gets even better when she gets stopped but gets out of ticket by flirting with the officer. And it gets even better when Ross is stopped for being too slow and tries to get out of his ticket using Rachel's method. Absolutely hilarious! It was also great how Monica convinced Chandler to go see his cross dressing father. Chandler was really irritating me in this episode. Was sad to see him being so close minded. Monicawas the better one in this episode thats for sure. But the moment where he invited his father to come to the wedding was very moving. I am very impressed with the show for promoting the open mindness and tolerance!