"Friends"
The One with the Chicken Pox (1996)

Director:

Michael Lembeck

Writers:

David Crane (creator) and
Marta Kauffman (creator) ...
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TV Series:

"Friends" (1994)

Original Air Date:

9 May 1996 (Season 2, Episode 23)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Ryan, a guy in the navy who Phoebe used to go out with is coming to the city for 2 whole weeks. Ben...

Plot Keywords:

Neurosis | Scratching | Infectious Disease | Office Politics | Lick

Cast

Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mary-Pat Green	...	Jeannie
Steve Park	...	Scott Alexander
Tom Selleck	...	Dr. Richard Burke
Charlie Sheen	...	Ryan
Dorien Wilson	...	Mr. Kogen

Directed by
Michael Lembeck

Writing credits
David Crane		(creator) and
Marta Kauffman		(creator)
Brown Mandell		(writer)

Produced by
Michael Borkow	....	supervising producer
Betsy Borns	....	producer
Kevin Bright	....	executive producer (as Kevin S. Bright)
Adam Chase	....	co-producer
David Crane	....	executive producer
Alexa Junge	....	co-producer
Marta Kauffman	....	executive producer
Wendy Knoller	....	associate producer
Mary Rodriquez	....	associate producer (as Mary McLoughlin Rodriquez)
Todd Stevens	....	producer
Ira Ungerleider	....	co-producer

Cinematography by
Mikel Neiers

Film Editing by
David Helfand

Casting by
Leslie Litt

Art Direction by
John Shaffner

Set Decoration by
Greg J. Grande		(as Greg Grande)

Costume Design by
Debra McGuire

Makeup Department
John Barrett	....	hair stylist
Robin Siegel	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Richard Allen	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Hallinan	....	second assistant director (as Dave Hallinan)
Ben Weiss	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Marjorie Coster	....	property master

Sound Department
Walter Baker	....	sound mixer
John Bickelhaupt	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charlie McDaniel	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Charlie McDaniel III)

Camera and Electrical Department
Vernon Kifer	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Kevin McGill	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)

Casting Department
Barbara Miller	....	executive in charge of casting

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Diane Crooke	....	costume supervisor
Maria Grieco	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Rick Dalby	....	final colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Ian Christian Nickus	....	composer: additional music
Gregory Sill	....	music supervisor
Michael Skloff	....	composer: additional music
Michael Skloff	....	composer: title theme

Other crew
Jeff Astrof	....	executive story editor
Ran Barker	....	administrator
Michael Curtis	....	executive story editor
Dana De Vally Piazza	....	technical coordinator (as Dana deVally)
Sheila Lauder	....	script supervisor
Michael Lewis	....	production accountant
Greg Malins	....	executive story editor (as Gregory S. Malins)
Richard Rosenstock	....	creative consultant
Mike Sikowitz	....	executive story editor
Josh Zaretsky	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Crane		creator
Marta Kauffman		creator

Casting by
Mary V. Buck

Makeup Department
Karen Blynder	....	makeup artist
Nanci Cascio	....	additional hair stylist
Mary Kim	....	makeup effects production supervisor: Captive Audience Productions Inc.
Katharine Kremp	....	assistant hair department head
Michael Peterson	....	lab makeup effects: Captive Audience Productions
Keith VanderLaan	....	makeup effects producer: Captive Audience Productions
Michelle Vittone	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Oseransky	....	second second assistant director
Steven Pomeroy	....	second assistant director (pilot episode)
Thaddeus Roenitz	....	second second assistant director
Sheila Stewart	....	second assistant director

Art Department
P. Scott Bailey	....	set dresser
Mike Brooks	....	propmaker
J.C. Brown	....	concept art
T.J. Girard	....	art department production assistant
Bryan Rogers	....	props

Sound Department
Mark Aragon	....	sound recordist
Dan Berlin	....	sound recordist
Marty Church	....	adr mixer
Danny Cruz	....	boom operator
Chuck Fitzpatrick	....	sound mixer
Ken Kobett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg Orrante	....	sound recordist
Fred Tator	....	sound re-recording mixer (pilot episode)
Otis Van Osten	....	sound editor
James D. Young	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Ken Wills	....	special effects crew

Visual Effects by
Matthew Alexander	....	computer and video technician (London episodes) (as Matthew Kok)
David Carriker	....	visual effects supervisor: various episodes
Rick Cortes	....	digital artist
Rick Cortes	....	digital compositor
Marlan Harris	....	digital artist
Scott Milne	....	visual effects supervisor
Trent Shumway	....	digital compositor
Jeff West	....	visual effects
Bryan Whitaker	....	computer animator
Bryan Whitaker	....	digital artist

Stunts
Todd Bryant	....	stunt coordinator
Al Goto	....	stunt coordinator
Cort Hessler	....	stunts
Clint Lilley	....	stunt coordinator
Carl Milinac	....	stunt rigger
Stephanie Stokes	....	stunt double: Lisa Kudrow

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Carmine	....	director of photography: second unit
Jeff Diaz	....	rigging grip
Bruce Dickson	....	cinematographer: show opening
Thomas H. Frederick	....	film loader
John Graham	....	first assistant camera
John Lazear	....	assistant camera
Justin M. Lubin	....	still photographer
Matthew Santo	....	assistant camera: New York
Bruce Swift	....	key grip (pilot episode)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Victoria Skinner	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Chris Caron	....	post-production coordinator
James L. Thompson III	....	post-production coordinator
Alex Trocker	....	on-line editor
Todd Ulman	....	post-production assistant
Cheryl A. Walker	....	post-production coordinator

Other crew
Emma Baksi	....	production assistant
Bonnie Belknap	....	food stylist
Ken Blankstein	....	production assistant
Michael Bornhorst	....	production assistant
Jeffrey Bowland	....	stage coordinator
Seth Cohen	....	production assistant
Nicholas Darrow	....	production assistant
Jake Farrow	....	assistant to writer
Joe Ferroni	....	production assistant
Mark A. Freid	....	production assistant (pilot episode)
Phil Gonzales	....	publicist
Randall I. Harris	....	set coordinator
Earnest J. Howard	....	production assistant
Jeff Lovely	....	location coordinator
Hobart Lundt	....	coordinator
David Lussier	....	assistant to producers
Amaani Lyle	....	assistant to writer
Kevin J. Malloy	....	assistant production coordinator
Alex Newman	....	cast coordinator
Tadao Tomomatsu	....	production assistant
Todd Ulman	....	production assistant
Cheryl A. Walker	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1996) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Bros. Television (1994-2004) (USA) (all media)

Other Companies

• FotoKem Laboratory  color by (as Foto-Kem Laboratory)
• Merelyn Davis Music  music editorial
• Modern VideoFilm  editorial services by
• Panavision  cameras by
• Warner Bros. Studio Facilities  post production sound services by (as Warner Bros. Studios Facilities)

Runtime:

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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

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

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Soundtrack:

Up Where We Belong

The One with the Chicken Pox

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Phoebe wants to go out with Ryan (Charlie Sheen), a guy in the navy that she used to go out and that will be in New York to stay many days. To make things complicated for Phoebe, Ben, Ross' kid, has chicken pox, and everybody except Phoebe already had it. Ryan also didn't have chicken pox, so he catches from Phoebe and they both stay sick for the whole time that Ryan stays in the city.

Joey gets a new job with Chandler as a processor. He uses his skills as an actor to pretend to be a processor, but he goes a little too far with his imagination.

Richard and Monica talk about Monica's strange habits in doing things, and she stays a little sad that Richard doesn't share the same obsessive habits that she usually does.