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I like "How YOU doin'?" simply because that's how he always said it.

And I'll admit...the only reason I watch Joey's new show is out of loyalty to Friends. *sigh*

I know, but they already use the exact phrase for the "Joey" thread in the general Sitcoms forum, so I thought I'd be a little cute with it.

Is there another "Joey-ism" that we can use then?

Tribbiani's never share food!!!!

It's a moo point?

Any other suggestions?

"A hero ain't nothing but a sandwich"?

No?

Oooh, it should be...

Joey Tribbiani: It's a moo point.

It's like a cow's opinion; it doesn't matter. It's moo! (Hee.)

Yes, Rain, I do like that one best.

"It doesn't matter. It's moo."

Yes yes to the moo point. One of my all-time favorite Joey-isms.

I actually say "moo" now instead of "moot" because I love that part so much. So, when I am with people who are not familar with the Friends-ism, I have to explain it so I don't sound like an idiot.

I think it makes more sense Joey's way. Or maybe I just watch Friends way too much, if that's even possible.

What about -- Joey:It's on Tuesday...the SECOND day.

anyone anyone?

Ok I like moo better too.

I heard "Don't Stand So Close to Me" on the radio just now. And I immiedately flashed to the ep where Joey has VD.

I always wanted to see more of the stupid games that we always heard about Chandler and Joey playing but never got to see. Like the game Joey invented when he was trying to write a screenplay (Fireball?), or when they used all of Rachel and Monica’s tape making scary faces.

Joey wasn’t the greatest character and Matt Leblanc wasn’t the greatest actor, but I love some of the more bizarre acting jobs that Joey would get. The musical about Sigmund Freud stands out for me. My absolutely favorite Joey work moment is when he’s trying out for the Musical Tale of Two Cities and he’s supposed to teach all the other actors the dance routine. The end product makes me laugh just thinking about it.

The worst work related thing was when Monica made him the prosthetic foreskin. Ew, ew, ew, ew, why?

Oh I think the last couple of years Joey is what made the show. Even though he is your typical "guy", Matt LeBlanc played him to "perfection".

Lines like, "This hurts my Joey's Apple" and "Put your hands together" worked so well because of the character's charm

Monday one day, Tuesday two day, Wednesday...huh? what day? Thursday...the third day.

I love that saying so much as it's so illogical that it works for Joey. Joey was obnoxious when he got too stupid (speaking French, anyone?), but when he was just a little slow, he was terrific. His slow responses were always the best. When he finds out about Monica and Chandler, and you slowly realize his brain cells are working together, it's a monumental moment for him.

Even though I just said I hated too dumb Joey, in the ninth season, when he's filling out Ross's medical paperwork, he kills me. "Occupation: Dinosaurs." "I thought maybe it was short for something...like Rossell or Rosstopher." And the air quotes thing is funny, even if he'd already used them correctly at some point in the series.

There were definitely times when the crossed the line of what was too stupid for Joey. The speaking French thing was horrid. I did, however, love his stuff in Bermuda dealing with a completely different group of people. The woman who didn't have a TV, everyone being so impressed with Ross... good stuff.

Also, the bit with the medical paperwork was awesome. "Occupation: Dinosaurs." "Actually it's... dinosaurs is fine. -- The picture is not."

Joey was not one of my favorites in the early seasons but as time went on I just loved watching him. LeBlanc's expressions were what really did it, I think. When he figured out the truth about Monica and Chandler, his consternation when he let slip about Hugsy, his bedtime penguin pal, and his frustration with Rachel as the extreme soap fan.

All of that was great stuff. And anything that had him and Chandler together was always worth watching.

As dumb as Joey was, there were times where he was actually sensible. Like when Ross and Chandler were bummed that their old college buddy:"Gandalf, the Party Wizard" wasn't able to visit.

I think it's pretty natural to like Joey as the years went on simply because he was always so light hearted. His stories, with the exception of the Rachel one (which, in season eight, was very sweet and innocent...the rehash of it later was a pathetic attempt from the writers despite what the trio says on the commentaries), were always somewhat fun and airy. He didn't get trapped in the melodrama world. As the show become more soapy in later years, he was just Joey.

My favorite Joey episode ever is where he teaches a class on Soap Acting at the Learning Annex. The "I have a fish-hook in my eye and I like it" technique to acting devious had me rolling!

I love "Smell the fart" acting--I've actually used this in some comedic theater I've done myself and it works!

This episode has one of my favorite exchanges:

Ross: Joey, you are gonna love this guy. Gandolf is like the party wizard!
Joey: Well, why do you call him Gandolf?
Ross: Gandolf the wizard. (Joey is still confused) Hello! Didn’t you read Lord of the Rings in high school?
Joey: No, I had sex in high school.

One of the rare instances where Joey gets a joke that's about snark and not about him being generally clueless. There were fewer and fewer of these moments as the seasons progressed. Of all the ways Joey changed over the years, one of the things I came to miss most was his habit of cooking to relieve stress. We see it first in TOW The Boobies, then again in TOW Russ (which is my favorite of the two examples, what with Chandler sticking his hand in the cookie jar full of marinara sauce), and I always thought was such a fun little layer to his character. Joey grew up in a large family, so it makes perfect sense that he'd have picked up some basic cooking and cleaning skills. And to see him use a task like that as an outlet, sort of channelling his confusion and frustration into something productive, added a sense of realism to his character. I would have liked to have seen this trait re-surface later on when he was stressing over things like his feelings for Rachel or Mondler moving.

I wanted to throw things at the T.V. That was stupid beyond belief -- developmentally delayed territory.
Notwithstanding that, and a few other moments like it, Joey was indeed some much needed comic relief in the soapiness.

I think the thing I loved most about the Joey character was his genuin love and respect for Phoebe, Monica, and Rachel.

But speaking of the hilariously wonderful stupidity... 3 words:

Baby Kangaroo Tribbiani.

For years I didn't get that one, cause I'm not a native English speaker. When a friend of mine finally clued me in, I just started laughing and couldn't stop for at least 10 minutes. I know they dumbed down Joey too much, but I still thought this was hilarious!

When did that happen?

In the one where he wrote a letter to the adoption agency praising M&C's parenting abilities -- he used the thesaurus function on every word, thus, Baby Kangaroo Joey. I loved that. And it worked, too! "She guessed eight, nine, based on the drawings."

I remember that now, thanks. I really need to get the DVDs for the last couple seasons.

My favorite Joey quote has always been "let me tell you a little something about how the human body works." Cracks me up every time I hear it! He did love his food.



Me, too. There was always the kidding around (general and sexual), but I always felt he had a tender spot for the girls and was protective of them, especially when Phoebe and Rachel were pregnant. Oh and something that makes me laugh is that when they thought Phoebe was a porn star, Joey was the only one of the other 5 who wasn't going to watch the tape. Only when they figured it out that it was Ursula, did he become interested! Sweet.

"You sick bastards!"

On the other hand he had no qualms watching the alleged Monica / Richard sextape...

When'd that happen?

Ah, good point. I had forgotten about that. I think Chandler had to kind of talk him into it a little, though, didn't he?



Season 9 or 10? Joey and Chandler went to Richard's apartment to check it out (Richard was selling it) and they found a tape with "Monica" on it.....although Richard had taped over it when having sex with another woman.

Stupid later seasons. Maybe it's just Phoebe that he was problems watching having sex. Maybe it's because he's so close to Phoebe that she's like a sister while the other two are respected but he can still enjoy their hotness.


I just remembered he wanted to watch the Ross/Rachel tape too.

Dang, that's right, he did want to watch the R/R tape! So what was it about Phoebe that didn't bring out his perverted nature?!

I think it's just that he's closest to Phoebe, they even admitted to having dinner once a week, just the two of them. She was also just crazy enough to not make him feel stupid, like "Phoebe, I found my identical hand-twin!" Phoeboe: "You're so lucky!", things like that, I suppose.

The Ross and Rachel tape may not count though, since everyone wanted to watch it. It might be that R/R is so embraced by the group that it's now treated as Phoebe says "It'll be just like watching the Discovery Channel, except we'll know the monkies!"

Maybe it was the idea of Phoebe in the fantastical setting of porn that bugged, more than the sex per se? I dunno.

Maybe it was because he knows what women in porn are like, objectified and often treated as objects, and didn't want to see Phoebe like that.

True. And I think they had the most sexual experiences (especially kinky/out of the norm). Those points are why I often thought at about seasons 5 and 6, that in the end, Phoebe and Joey would end up together. They really GOT each other's quirkiness. But then I figured, Chandler and Monica are together, I knew Rachel and Ross would end up together, so it would be unlikely that the writers would wrap it up with Joey and Phoebe together. I could have bought that, though.

It's so anoying since in that one episode Pheobe told Joey how everyone was going to hook up and how it would all work out. And things started going that way too (Monica and Chandler were married and were succesfull, Rachel and Ross had a child).

I always really liked it whenever Joey was allowed to have a brain. Whenever he'd roll HIS eyes at someone elses stupidity or even make a somewhat intellegent observation. The one that comes to mind I just saw on my DVD of Season 6. It's TOW Ross's Teeth. They are all sitting at the coffee house complaining about how all their bosses hate them and Joey says "Hey. Maybe it's because you are all sitting here at 11:30 on a Wednesday."

I also remember one where Ross is laughing about calling Chandler "Sir Limps-a-Lot" and Joey says matter of factly "You're a dork."

There weren't enough of those.

May I add one of my favorites. When Chandler let slip to Rachel that Ross is in love with her and it's no surprise he would spend a lot of money on her birthday gift. When Chandler tries to take it back, Joey goes: "Just keep rubbing your head. That'll turn back time."

I agree. Not enough of those.

The best, absolute best moment of Brainiac Joey was the fact that HE was the one who figured about Chandler & Monica and Atlantic City. His shocked look when he put two and two together just slayed me.

The sweet Joey was even better than brainy Joey. I loved the way he was all choked up after Kathy's breakup speech to Chandler in a box and exclaimed, "Open the box! He can still catch her." Or proposing to Phoebe when he thought she was pregnant and giving Phoebe her favorite kiss. Even when he offered to provide stud services to Chandler and Monica when they couldn't conceive. I know it was meant to be a joke about Joey thinking that a sperm donor had to have sex with the woman but you know that he'd do it just so they could have the baby they both wanted so much.

Joey is just adorable and sweet most of the time.

I hate the story but I love when Joey tells rachel he's in love with her and she doesn't return his feelings and she starts crying and says that she doesn't want to lose him and he hugs her and says she never will.