Joey is shocked to discover that the photos he posed for are being used for a VD awareness poster. I find it difficult to believe that models being used for such a campaign would not be appraised of what they’re modeling for.
Why, when Monica and Rachel realize that they’re locked out, do they stand there outside arguing about while the turkey is burning and Rachel’s plane is soon to leave? And since when do you get your across the hall neighbor to use a gigantic chain of keys to get into your apartment? In such a situation, don’t you instead go to the building superintendent, who can use his key to get you in there immediately?
Luigi Novi: Joey is shocked to discover that the photos he posed for are being used for a VD awareness poster. I find it difficult to believe that models being used for such a campaign would not be appraised of what they’re modeling for.
Dan Gunther: Yeah, but it's still Joey. Since when is he going to pay close attention to what is told to him? He's always been portrayed as "not the brightest Crayola in the box." Of course, I mean this as no slight to him. I love him as a character!
The end skit, with Joey tearing away the section of the poster that says "VD" only to reveal others beneath such as "Haemorrhoids", etc., is hilarious!
I thought that there was a hint of irony in the following dialogue:
Joey: Set another place for Thanksgiving. My entire family thinks I have VD.
Chandler: Tonight, on a very special "Blossom"...
Now, once again, the show's writers are mocking other sitcoms (the same way they did with all the "misunderstandings" on shows like Three's Company) but *this* time, the show that they make fun of is on the same network as them, and is also on at the same time as when Friends first debuted. That I find quite interesting.
However, earlier in his career, Matthew Perry played a boyfriend of Mallory's on "Family Ties" who was an alcoholic and ended up getting killed while driving drunk. And I'd say they handled that turn of events in the style of the "very special episode" that was all the rage throughout the 70s, 80s, and 90s. I said not too long ago that if I ever were to create a TV show, it would never have any of those, as I put it, they were outdated relics and should be banned outright.
I just thought it was fairly weird to hear a character on a 90s NBC sitcom mock another show on the same network that was also on at the same time it was, and that the actor who delivered the line that made of it was himself in a "VSE" earlier in his career.
I had actually meant to put this here sooner but I was not sure how to express it, until now. And it seems that no sitcom can ever possibly escape the cliches that are prevalent in television, whether they be plots with misunderstandings, original flashback episodes, are the utilization of either the Fonzie, Cousin Oliver, or Chuck Cunningham syndromes!
Shame, isn't it?
However, earlier in his career, Matthew Perry played a boyfriend of Mallory's on "Family Ties" who was an alcoholic and ended up getting killed while driving drunk
Acutally, that happened on Growing Pains, not Family Ties. The character Matthhew Perry played was the boyfriend of the daugther, Carol (Tracey Gold).
Whoops, my bad. I was sure it was Family Ties. Both shows were pretty much the same anyway.
I still feel the same way about "very special episodes", though. No matter what network or decade the show was from, they were all pretty much unneccesary!