"Friends" The One with the Baby Shower (2002)

User Rating:

8.1/10   

Director:

Kevin Bright

Writers:

David Crane (creator) &
Marta Kauffman (creator) ...

TV Series:

"Friends" (1994)

Original Air Date:

25 April 2002 (Season 8, Episode 20)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Monica gives a baby shower for Rachel, where the future mother will find out that she doesn't know to much about babies.

Plot Keywords:

Baby Shower | Fictional Game Show | Child Care | Audition | Rehearsal

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 25

5:30 PM

CW

The One With the Baby Shower

#8.20

Cast

Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller-Bing (as Courteney Cox Arquette)
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
Marlo Thomas	...	Sandra Green
Jonathan Nichols	...	Ray
Adria Tennor	...	Katherine
Lisa Calderon	...	Erin

Runtime:

USA:22 min | 22 min (approx.) | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Netherlands:AL | Mexico:B | USA:TV-PG | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Joey asks Chandler what film would you hear the line "Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!" with Chandler "correctly" answering The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. However, this line is actually from the film Blazing Saddles, the line from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is "Badges? We ain't got no badges. We don't need no badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges!".

Movie Connections:

References The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Rachel's mom wants to live with her!

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Monica and Phoebe are organizing a baby shower to Rachel. He sisters are not coming, but they both forget to invite Rachel's mother. Monica stays in charge to call Rachel's mom, and when she calls her, Ms Green angrily says how she was surprised with their lack of consideration. Monica stays the entire episode trying to please Rachel's mom, but she doesn't have much success with it.

Joey tells Ross and Chandler that he has an audition to be the host of a game show called Bamboozled. Chandler and Joey pretend to be guests to help Joey in his audition. The game is very hard to understand in the beginning, but as long as the time passes, they know how to play it better and even like it!

Rachel's mom gives the idea of staying in Rachel's house for a month to help her with the baby. Ross says that he knows how to take care of a baby and that they don't need her help. Rachel is also not excited to have her mother for such a long time near her.