Joey's phone operator role · The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS

S05E04 · SCENE 8/22 · 07:12

The One Where Phoebe Hates PBS · PBS telethon studio

Joey's phone operator role

Joey insists he's the host but is told he'll answer phones.

07:12→07:19

in the episode · 0m 07s · S05E04

What happens

07:12–07:19

Joey is given a phone and told he'll take pledges, not host. He protests but is ignored.

WherePBS telethon studio

DriverJoey

Positionact1 · complication

ThreadRoss and Emily's reconciliation

Key lines

from this scene

07:13 · ★ iconic
It could happen.

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Scene DNA

weights 0–1

absurd0.7

humiliation0.6

misunderstanding0.5

humiliating0.5

argument

Beats

07:35Joey told he's not host

Scene in the episode

07:12–07:19

A · Monica and Chandler's secret

1 6 10 15

B · Joey's PBS telethon

4 9 14 16 17 19

C · Ross and Emily's reconciliation

2 5 7 8 11 12 13 18 20 21 22 23

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