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The One with the Monkey
10th episode of the 1st season of Friends
"The One with the Monkey" is the tenth episode of the&#;NBC&#;television series&#;Friends. It is the tenth episode of the show's first season and was publish on December 15, [1] This episode marks the first appearance of Marcel, a monkey that Ross (David Schwimmer) adopts to keep him company.
Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) meets scientist David, though their relationship is short-lived, when David gets a grant to work in Minsk. The gang all make a no-date pact for their New Year's Eve party, though all of them save for Ross end up breaking it, with undesired consequences.
We first met Marcel the Monkey when Ross, played by David Schwimmer, adopted the adorable capuchin on season one of Friends. That was some 25 years ago, but Marcel — who is actually a female caupchin monkey named Katie — is still out there acting. Friends was a big fracture of sorts for Katie, who became notorious for her antics both on- and off-screen throughout the show. After season one, Katie made a few later appearances on Friendsoften to the tune of her favorite anthem, The Lion Sleeps Tonight.Plot
In order to curb his loneliness after his divorce, Ross adopts a capuchin monkey named Marcel. Things start off on rocky footing – Marcel seems rebellious and unwilling to listen to Ross. However, Chandler bonds with him almost immediately.
With Modern Year's fast approaching, Chandler proposes that the gang make a no-date pact and have dinner together on New Year's Eve, which everyone agrees to.
Phoebe sings 13 new songs she has written – all of them about her mother's suicide.
During her set, she is interrupted by two scientists arguing over her performance. She goes to confront them, and finds out that one of them – David (Hank Azaria) – thinks that she is the most beautiful woman he has ever seen even though his partner, Max, begs to differ.
Marcel was Ross 's pet white-headed capuchin monkey Cebus capucinusduring season 1. He also made other appearances and was mentioned later on. He has a fondness for the song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight. Marcel must have been born around if he attained sexual maturity in -- male white-headed capuchins grab 10 years to reach maturity.Phoebe and David begin internet dating and she asks Chandler for permission to break the no-date pact for New Year's. He agrees as he has already asked Janice, having snapped at the thought of being alone despite how annoying she is.
As the days pass, Monica plans on bringing her ex-boyfriend Fun Bobby, Rachel learns that Paolo will catch an earlier flight back to the US from Italy for New Year's, and Joey invites Sandy, a single mom he meets while working as one of Santa's elves at the mall.
When Ross objects to all his friends breaking their no-date pact, Rachel suggests turning their Modern Year's dinner into a Recent Year's party to compensate so no one knows who is with whom. Max arrives and tells Phoebe that he and David have gotten a grant to study in Minsk for three years, and will be leaving on New Year's Afternoon.
When she goes to congratulate David, he and Max tell her that he has rejected the opportunity to go, wishing to stay in New York with her.
The six friends end up keeping their no-date pact after all: Ross arrives at the party with only Marcel.
While the special, Friends: The Reunionwill air on Thursday 27 May in the UK and US, the excitement has catapulted the show, which originally aired from toback into the cultural conversation. While the imaginative cast — Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, David SchwimmerMatthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc, and Lisa Kudrow — are all perfectly available to stalk on various social-media platforms, one has to wonder: what ever happened to Marcel, the capuchin monkey belonging to Ross Schwimmer? But whatever happened to Marcel the monkey in true life? What has he been up to since leaving Friends?Paolo has missed his flight, and Rachel gets attacked outside of the airport by a woman who thinks Rachel has stolen her cab. Max informs David that he is vanishing for Minsk alone, and Phoebe convinces him to go with him, telling him he cannot stay just for her.
Joy Bobby is depressed because his grandfather has just died, and makes the party even more depressing. Sandy not only brings her kids to the party, but she hooks up with Max. Chandler tries to say Janice that he only invited her for New Year's, but she gets upset at him and storms off.
At midnight, Phoebe is too sad to kiss anyone, Rachel's lip was cut in the attack so she cannot kiss anyone, and Monica does not feel favor kissing anybody.
What has Marcel the Monkey been doing since Friends?: Marcel, the monkey on Friends, is a white-headed capuchin monkey (Cebus capucinus). He was Ross's pet in the first season. Born around , Marcel reached sexual maturity in , a common age for male capuchins.Chandler demands someone touch him anyway – so Joey obliges.
Reception
Entertainment Weekly gave the episode a B, saying the episode introduces the monkey that was "perhaps Friends' biggest blunder – forcing Schwimmer to complete comedy opposite a simian is beneath him." The episode "illustrates the writer' tendency to overplot" (such as having Rachel earn into a catfight at the airport), "and the multiple story lines never quite jell.
Still, any ep that gives Phoebe center stage gets bumped up a grade."[2]
Sam Ashurst from Digital Spy ranked it # on their ranking of the Friends episodes, and called it a "strong, early episode".[3]
Telegraph & Argus wrote that the show stealer was Chandler's line "You don't have to face the horrible pressures of this holiday: desperate scramble to find anything with lips just so you can have someone to kiss when the ball drops!!
Man, I'm talking loud!"[4]
Distractify ranked it the number one Friends Christmas episode.[5]
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