The Reel Rejects - FRIENDS 7x1 - 7x6 REVIEW – THEY TOTALLY STOLE MONICA'S THUNDER! – FIRST TIME WATCH

Episode Date: March 16, 2026

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Get ready for the most unhinged friends' reaction of your life. A one, a two, and a half. How do you do? You guys, we have started season seven. We've watched the first six episodes, and I'm feeling ready for a nap myself, to be honest. Oh, my goodness.

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And it will like, it's a little dusty, I guess. I'll watch them after. But yeah, I had a great time watching this batch of episodes. I do distinctly recall. Please, I have canonically here at the Real Rejects broken a TV. It's too heavy for me to actually. I don't think that's a fair. line of reasoning, Aaron, I think you should be careful.

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I believe in us. And I believe that God believes in Claude. I think I remember, yeah, when Greg must have seen that. that one episode because there was a distinct point in our childhoods. There was like a day. It happened more than one day.

But I distinctly remember that being a day as kids when like, I don't remember even what was happening, but Greg started like jokingly accusing me and other people of like,

you're stealing my thunder. And like I'd never heard the phrase stealing my thunder before. And now in hindsight, I'm like, I bet he had probably just seen that episode and just pulled in a friend's thing.

because he would do start like you know did that come from this show I don't know if it came from that like I feel like that must have been a pre-existing turn of phrase but like I don't know it just seems uncanny to me

that childhood Greg should start you know the stealing my thunder bit you know around the time where you know this would have been out and accessible to see yeah this is like 2001 yeah so sometime in our development this would have happened and and that

makes me just filled in a puzzle piece from my for my youth. You've been friends for like quarter of a decade over that. Quarter of a century. Yeah.

It's crazy. I'm sorry, quarter of a century. Quarter of a decade is not that long. It's not that long. Sadly. It's a very small friendship. But yeah.

Quarter of a century. But yeah, this was a fun batch of episodes most certainly. A little, little, uh, uh, no,

I mean, they're still doing the serial thing and there's still, it's interesting. Like, again, I'm still kind of curious that as to what point the Ned Flanderfication really takes. hold, but this is a little lighter in terms of like the, the serialized stuff. But I thought this was

still very fun, breezy, character comedy is still on point. There's more ribbing in general. These were sort of, I guess, a little bit more like bit-centric. But I love that we got mac and cheese back for a hot second. Made me really happy. I'm sad it's gone. I'm sad that we didn't get Joey back on days of our lives either. Makes me, you know, just, I just love seeing Joey succeed. he did because he came back but he wasn't Drake or strike well he was Drake Memorial but he was like no there was the beginning of him bringing it back

he was like oh we found him in a coma and then he's like I'm back baby I guess so I guess he's gonna come out of a coma at some point I couldn't tell if that was Joey just being zealous and the joke is that like they just made him like the dead face

taped up version versus like I don't know to me the joke was like oh we'll bring you back but no one's to know because your face is covered and I don't I didn't take it as like I'm back on the show recurringly but I would be very pleased if you were correct it's a very much a soap opera thing where the person's in a coma for a while and they wake up that is also that's what my mind went I like this side door and I hope that it pays off I will I am choosing to believe what you have just said is going to be the case but I also see your point as well yeah but uh but yeah the

freaking Ross and Rachel kicking things off with the whole bonus night thing. I mean, that's the longest game of all. But yeah, for them to steal Monica's thunder with their trist, their simple but not so simple bonus night was fun. Joey trying to be a 19 year old, very fun.

Phoebe annoying everybody with her. I like that Phoebe's music in this block of episodes got more atonal and more like Avant scream, you know. I like the further away from you know, traditional pop singer-songwriter writing, she goes. Yeah, she's in a different era now. She's a 2000s

girl. Absolutely. Savage that her parents, that Monica's parents, like, just spent all of their wedding money on the cottage. I know. Messed up. And their kitchen. And then, you know, now Chandler's got to spend his entire life savings on their wedding, but then they

don't want the wedding. I thought that was very sweet. They both had good points there. It's about the marriage, not the wedding itself. Yeah, and it's about, you know, once they come together of intent, it's like, minus the part where he keeps calling it like a big party. I'm like, okay, bro, it's a little more important than that. It's not like, hey, we're just having a kickback. But at the same time, like, to just immediately be like, oh, you have enough money.

Good. It's settled. It's also a little bit like, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, like, you know, fair enough. I did, you know, yeah, and the whole conversation about like the future and the house and the kids and the cat dog and all that. Yeah, there has to be some form of compromise. I feel like if I was in Chandler's position, I'd be like, okay, let's take a portion of this, maybe a substantial portion, but not the entirety of it. We have to think about the immediate future, but also the long-term future for, you know, the homes and families and all the things that, you know, encompass that.

I agree. Yeah, man. I also really enjoyed this block as well. Chandler's a little, someone was a little off at first, but he's starting to feel more like Chandler as the, you know, episodes go on. He's not as zany this season, but he still feels like Chandler. Yeah. Because he's doing a lot more like in the last season. He's not really

done that this season. There is a different flavor and I think it's it is like kind of, I don't know actually what the timeline is on this. I know that Matthew Perry during the time that Friends was on had some pretty serious addiction

stuff going on and I think he said like a lot of a certain chunk of the show he has like no recollection of. Oh, wow. And I don't know, but I would, I could imagine giving the change in his appearance from season six to season seven that maybe he had cleaned up by this time or had gone to rehab because he certainly looks, he's not as like super skinny as he was off the top of the show,

but he does look a lot more like fit and clear-eyed in a way. Yeah. And it's not like he never looked like it's weird. Like in hindsight, he never looked like something was quote wrong, but at the same time, you can notice now a slightly different quality in contrast from what's come before. But yeah, even despite noticing that, still really charming and still really funny.

And also, I think it suits the growth of the character in a nice way, like, especially because we've just come out of the proposal and now we're going into, they are going to be married and they're in a different level of maturity. Whatever the reason, I think it's fortunate that the context supports it, sort of. Yeah, totally. Yeah, but...

I don't hardly agree. But yeah, what else did we get in this block? Freaking Ross with this risky massage game. Yeah, that was against ethics. That was a little suss. I'm like between, you know, dating a college student and, you know, lying about being a masseuse. I've got some, some suss activity lately. Suss Ross.

I did like Joey and Rachel with the smut book, though. I thought that was very, that was very funny. And I'm also very fascinated by like the weird chicken game because they're, There are times when it seems like Joey's like, yeah, Rachel, let's do it. And then when in a situation like that, he's like, oh, God, please. And I get that she's like also doing a thing and, you know, is like putting on a power play as well as a as a flirtation calling of the bluff or whatever. But still amusing. The secret cookie recipe was crazy.

That was insane. Nestle Tull House the entire time. Miss Lair Tull House. Which that the rigmarole to get to the payoff was very funny. and that second Joey walks in and eats the last shred of the cookie is like, ah, it was very funny. And true Joey fashion.

Yeah, plus the sailing bit I thought was very, uh, I, I enjoyed that. I like when they go outside the studio even when it's very obviously like a green screen. Yeah. It's like it's charm.

And in this situation, it's very charming because you know. And like the other sets are, have a lot of personality anyway, but like them both realizing that they're their dads. Speaking of real thing stuff, David Schumer wrote that episode. Oh my God. I didn't catch the credit.

Yeah. Oh, that's funny. That is hilarious. Damn. No, did he directed or? I think he directed it. Oh, yeah, okay. Yeah, yeah. He directed it, though. Oh, we should have caught that. Damn. Shit. Well, I have to add an insert or something. Or maybe we'll just let people comment one way or the other. But yeah, like that. And that was a, I mean, fucking A, I don't know what's going to happen with poor Rachel and tag. because did we

episode six we didn't get any tag we got two tag episodes I don't know if we'll see him again or not I mean he's the assistant I imagine we'll see him again yeah I don't know because because he's occupying now like the other lane

of being potential romantic interest you know his time is ticking and you know pretty soon he will just not appear again yeah he'll do something outlandish to get him written out of the show yeah yeah yeah and then immediately he will be gone

but what else did we get here? Chandler's sitting on Mr. Geller's lap. Not great. Not great. Poor Chandler and then him getting naked at the end. But I liked his steamed-up glasses. I thought that was pretty funny.

Yeah. You stop. We can have that one bit and then the glasses are not mentioned again. I know. It's funny. And he does have a face where it does seem like, it is funny because like sometimes people get glasses and you're like,

whoa, your whole head is different. And Chandler walks in and they picked his. It's something about his face plus the glasses they chose where I'm like, I could see that being just a thing where you're like, you don't have glasses. But yeah. It did suit him well, I'll say. And yeah, I just love Joey and Rachel both sitting there at the end being like, oh, God, we've both become our dads. Very charming. And then, yeah, tag, mac and cheese came back.

Love to see that. Joey getting too big for his britches. Bummer. But, you know, at least he got that little appearance in. And then all the secrets. thought that was fun too freaking tacos I'm space mountains

is going to make me think of that now oh yeah poor freaking Ross's pantaloons yeah look at them both of them you know have a little poopie in their pants yeah

freaking skid mark skid mark and in space mountain skid mark and yeah and log flume chan the Chandler's trying to smile for the wedding photo

was it was an odd one I would say in terms of all these different plot lines. I was like, have he not taken a photo in the entire time we've seen this show? I feel like we've seen him in photos. Yeah, right? Didn't they go to, weren't there some photos

when we were in Britain? I have to imagine so. I thought they did that. I'm, yeah, I was a little surprised because, like, Chandler, I don't know, he's such a ham and he's such a performer as a character that I just, yeah, I was surprised by that.

And then, you know, Joey, corrupting tag, all that. And Ross and Phoebe with the couple was really funny. Oh, yeah. They're taking on each of their baggage and arguing about it. I thought that was such a

funny game. Yeah, that, I think yeah, that and then the nap, the nap, dude. My favorite bit to this book. I love, I normalize stretching in public and nap and nap with your friends. Yeah, right? NAP with your friends. Plotonic naps, damn it. Platonic naps are good for

everyone. You get that like, and I mean, you don't have to spoon it like Joey and Ross did, but you probably get some of those additional scientific benefits they always talk about you like hugs are good for you scientifically probably cuddling up for a nappy yeah probably pretty good for you so yeah and then the competition to become the best made the i want to see best man made of honor uh that ended up charming i was waiting for an additional joke but the way they got to that was nice because it wasn't like a machination it's like there was a

genuine resolve with rachel and i thought the way she was giving all of the things she thought of was really sweet. Yeah. I was like, oh, yeah, come on. They've been friends forever and ever,

so she would, it makes sense she'd be the one to ultimately be the maid of honor. Yeah. And you can't be surprised about how extra she is

about it. It's Monica. You've known our half of your life. Yeah, yeah. So you had to, you should have expected this. Yeah. You should have expected

that this would be the most over, like overwhelming situation for many months that you will be a part of ever. Yeah. Literally that. And,

and I hope that things are okay moving forward. generally for Monica and Chandler because I don't know. There's a little bit of doubt cast at the end there with the whole thing from the girl with the past. And then what if I get fat again or have, you know, but I don't know. I think those kids are going to be okay. I think they're going to be just fine. Just swell.

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Hey, let's get it going. Yeah, you want to take that first one? Let's get it. All right. It's time to see the question from our friend, Amal Z. Yo, happy Friends Day. Happy Friends Day, Amal. Six seasons down.

I'm an OMG, y'all getting real close to the end. I've been loving y'all reaction thus far. Thanks, we've been loving them too. So tell me, has anyone ever stole your thunder? Stole your thunder? Oof. Probably. The only thunder I can think of, specifically being stolen, is when I say a joke and I don't say it loud enough, and someone else says my joke, and then they get to laugh.

Oh, yeah. I hate that. High on pot news. Yeah. That's crazy. That's the worst kind of stolen thunder. Exactly. When the laugh is the laugh is the thunder.

I'm like, I'm the funny one. They just repeated my funny. I bet probably in a comedy scenario. I've done enough improv shows to where like, yeah, either you think you're doing something fun and then somebody else, yeah, comes and slays. Right. Sometimes I've felt that way when it's like you're trying to do something that you feel is like complex comedically and it doesn't really land. And then somebody else comes out and does something like silly and off the dome. and slays.

It's that classic thing of like always, not always, often, the things that you like slave away over and really put your pride into. People are like, yeah, that's cool. And then like stuff that you really throw out there kind of willy-nilly, people are like, this is awesome. That applies to so many things. So many creative endeavors.

Yeah. Music, the comedy, all of the things. You're like, that's the thing how many joe love? Or that's the thing you guys love? Okay. Interesting. This is the problem with doing these after because if I had these beforehand I could be like I could search the archives in a way where I'm not also like

but the cameras rolling and the clock is ticking and I got to think but now it's harder to think exactly you're on the spot all of them are watching us I was trying to say thousands of people right now Taekwondo back in the day like I'm sure you know you have to do forms and stuff like that and you have to

demonstrate your you know your knowledge of certain different moves and abilities and all that and uh you know blocks and defenses and strikes and whatever and i'm sure that i've been upstaged in those places um i mean i yeah i'm having trouble thinking of like a really good specific instance because this was pretty memorable but i feel like yeah it's always that it's always like yeah somebody somebody either swipes your joke and gets a better laugh out of it or like

you're really crushing on somebody and then somebody swoops in and just makes that happen and And you're like, well, shit. Oh, I have another example. So when I was a kid, we had this assignment in school where we had to write books. And mine was, I was really big in the DVDZ and like werewolves. Yeah. So I made a werewolf super-sand character. And I thought I was genius because his name was Samsung.

And his superhero name, which I thought I was a genius. Because I was like, this is pure gold. No one's ever going to take this for me. Ever. His name was Nightwing. Oh, no! But you arrived at it independently. Independently.

Yeah. So, D.C. running my money. Yeah. Because I had no idea at the time. But running my money, I thought of it first by myself. He's a werewolf with Super C.N.3 banana hair, damn it. I finally figured it out.

Okay. This is dorky as hell. But in school as kids, I was really into Harry Potter I was more of like oh let's do like imagination stuff for RD things or weird little sports we make up at recess slash lunch rather than like

let's be on the sports court so at one point I created a bridge and some friends and I it was like unincorporated out on the blacktop time and we'd gotten the coach had brought the big K

of all the different sports balls out. And so I, Harry Potter fan that I was, devised away, I was like, okay, we can take this basketball, we can make it the quaffle, we can take a couple of these footballs or maybe volleyballs. I think volleyballs would probably have been a better idea. I don't know if he had any on hand. We would make those the bludgers

and then, you know, we'll get fucking a tennis ball or whatever, make that the snitch. And I started devising a way to play quidditch on feet. And it kind of worked a little bit, sort of. And then pretty soon, all the sports sports kids, you know, who were actually good at that stuff and would be playing football or basketball or whatever, every lunch took notice. And it was that classic thing where they're like, oh, could we try it?

We want to play. And then pretty soon, they were all friggin took it over. And then I was just, I don't know, then it wasn't fun anymore. And then I was like, well, shit, you guys can have it. Damn it. Kids at John's school run him his thunder. Yeah, man. He needs it back.

Yeah. Stolen from his grass. school yard quidditch he did and then they freaking took it from me and then they played it and then i was yeah if you're out there went and did my own thing school kids you school john's version of quidditch no this is coming after you this was like this was like maybe junior high junior high kids we're coming after you we're going to form our own team that's better and we're going to get the right back to this version of quiddage yeah because john started it first yeah we're going to hit you right in the face with a bludger.

Spread the word. We're coming for you. We're coming. Three o'clock at the school bell. Meet us. Be there. Bring your lunch money if you didn't spend it already. That's right.

Yeah. Be square. You don't have the choice. Yeah. All right. It took minutes for me. Took it! All right.

Your turn, baby. Nikki San Risa. Hey, Jaron. Hey, you. Happy Friends Day. What it is. The one with the nap partner has one of my favorite Ross and Joey friends. moments

friend moments what's the best nap you've ever had and do you think it would have been better with a friend ooh I bet the best naps

rap and roll a decks I have a hard time taking naps to be honest because it's hard to fall asleep and then there's the element of like

A I'm paranoid that I'm going to sleep way too long even if I take precautions that's pretty real and B I'm like usually what happens

is the amount of time I've set for the nap is about as long it takes me to maybe approach the ability to sleep and then the whole point is moot. So nap is hard. I feel like a lot of the good naps I've probably had are, I have been with like a significant other or something like that. I've probably had a cuddle like a platonic cuddle nap in the past.

But God, and I can remember the worst nap I ever took. Really? Yeah. What's your worst nap? I didn't intend to take it, but I was like feeling a little woozy. This was at the old. Sherman Oaks apartment. I was feeling a woozy and I had to play a gig

later that night so I sat down on the couch for a little bit and I fell asleep and I didn't intend to so I yeah I fell asleep without any precautions and then I woke up a few hours later and it was dark outside and it was like the time of year where you know that could happen and a reasonable like it was

before we sprang forward I think so I woke up and it was dark out and I was like holy shit I have missed this live musical performance that I am a quarter of and and and yeah my whole body was in panic looked at my watch luckily I had like just enough time to get there a little bit before the show made it there played the show but I was like horrified I had that moment where I was like holy fuck I missed it I totally screwed them this is I yeah it was my brain was melting and then we I made it but it was yeah it was a scary now so it was a traumatic nap so the nap itself wasn't

bad. It was just the post nap. The pre-imposed-na, yeah. The nap probably helped me play the show. Because I wasn't feeling sick as much after the nap. Yeah. But before the nap, yeah, it wasn't good. Okay. So probably the best nap ever had

is like, probably probably with my lady. And because it's the it's the type of nap where your your bodies kind of fit together like Lego pieces. and then just like the way that like the arm is and just it just a one but you know what's my favorite

place to take a nap that's not with my lady is probably my car um i love me a car nap because i because i am ready i am prepared to nap at any in all situations or to have a napinger in my seat next to me because i keep two blankets and two pillows in my car at all time just in case i got to take a nap Hell yeah. So I've napped back there. Oh, I've seen him. I've seen him nap in both studios. It's great.

I have a picture of him napping. I've napped all over this building. Oh, yeah. I've yet to nap. I have a hard time napping on the floor. But if I recline my seat back in my chair, pillow up, put a blanket over me, out like a light.

See, that's a strategy for me, because the thing is I face the obstructions to napping regardless of comfort. So in a way, there are times where I can get a nap in, the theory is it's uncomfortable is it's uncomfortable is it's not as uncomfortable as you would think i can be comfortable i took a nap on the when i missed my flight back from gregg and olivia's wedding i took a nap on the airport floor you know just for a few hours that night uh you know which was a cool piece of life experience i was like cool i'm just alone in the world naping at the big old transit station that's a

lot of trust that is a lot of trouble well you know i just made my suitcase my pillow and okay yeah there you go I didn't have like a million things, so it was pretty easy to just be like, I'm going to use this as a pillow. I'm just going to lay on the floor. And if anybody needs me to move, they can tell me. But yeah, yeah, I just like, there was a little plug. I could plug up, you know, I kind of made a little cocoon in the airport. And it was like, it was kind of a nice little piece of life experience.

But it would have been better with a friend most certainly because it was, I mean, you know, it's, again, it builds character because you're just alone on the airport floor. But anyway, regardless, like, part of the thing is, like, sometimes the discomfort factor or a marginal factor. of discomfort actually helps because then I'm less concerned that I'm going to sleep too deeply and sleep too long because I'm already less comfortable. So I think that frees the mental part of me to then stop worrying in a way that keeps me awake and then allows me to kind of, yeah, go down for a little bit. Right. Because you can nap without falling too, too deep. So that's the hard part. Yeah, you can come back at any point. Okay. All right. I like that. I see, I see the logic there. Yeah. So when people are like,

you don't have to sleep on the floor. I'm like, sometimes it's a strategy I am taking. Sometimes this is a calculated kind of discomfort. Yeah. I've slept in the same bed as a friend before, but never like we cuddled and napped. I think that's that's territory. I have yet to cross with a friend. And you know what? Kudos

to Ross and to Joey. Because it looked like they were very comfortable. It's right on the line. It's like, because the first time you could tell that they just fell even one kind of, you know, smooshed over onto the other. So like in that way, I was like, even that. You don't have to even be full on, like, let me embrace you. Just kind of like being

napped up, propped up on each other. Yeah. It's like kind of a, yeah, a nice thing. I've had so many haunted house backstages I've done that where you're just sitting next to somebody and you're just kind of both like, you know, get us, get us five minutes of fuel before we go back out and run around and scream and wave props. Yeah.

You know? I love that. Yeah. Well, let us know if you've nap with a friend, Nikki. Happy Friends Day. Awesome Joe movie reviews. Happy Mother freaking Friends Day. Happy awesome Friends Day, as you put in all caps here.

Phoebe's family heirloom cookie was so funny when finding out where it originated from. Yeah. Does any of your family have a special heirloom that has passed on to you to give to your children or grandkids one day? I mean, I guess so. yeah, I mean, we have a lot of recipes that my grandma and, you know, her mom before her passed down and whatnot from, you know, our family over time. My mom, I don't, I don't even know what I'm supposed to refer to this kind of soup my mom makes as other than grandma's soup, which is delicious, by the way. I'm not even quite sure how to describe it, but, uh, but yeah,

a lot of, uh, classic Italian cookie confections and things like that, especially around Christmas, a lot of my, my grandma's old cookie recipes and stuff get busted out. A couple pie recipes and things like that. I'm trying to think of what other heirlooms there would be. But those are certainly, yeah, those kinds of living, it's not like a chotchke. It's like a living thing. Like a recipe to me. It's kind of like a living thing.

Yeah, no, I got one, or at least a couple in mine. My grandma, who was from New Orleans, RIP-Loma, she, She used to make gumbo when I was a kid. Let's go. She made it on the holidays, specifically, I think Thanksgiving and Christmas. And she passed in 2008. Actually, on her birthday. She passed on her birthday.

Full circle. Yeah, full circle. And my dad was the one who picked up the tradition of making gumbo in our family. So it's one of those things that I have access to, but I would still like to learn. I still need to learn. So I can pass it down to my kids and their kids and so on and so on. Get the gumbo recipe. Make us a giant pot of gumbo for our next function.

I would love to. Holy shit. I know it's a whole process. It's a long process, but I would love to make me some gumbo. And then I also saw a recipe, I guess technically a recipe, but someone made gumbo pizza, which was fascinating. Okay. I'll send it to you. I was like, huh, this doesn't look like it would work, but it actually, it doesn't, in concept, doesn't seem like it would work.

But in execution, it actually looked like it was maybe pretty good. I kind of want to try it. Yeah, definitely. But yeah, I would say that is the one that comes to mind as far as recipes go. I don't have any physical heirlooms, at least, that come to the top of mind. I'm also very delirious running on three hours of sleep. But at the top of my mind, fresh energy and still activated by caffeine, gumbo is the thing that I would pass down. Like, we do have heirlooms, but not.

No one's ever come to me like, this is the special. Like, you know, like, this is your grandmother's signet ring or your... This is the lamb. The genie, the family genie. Yeah, this is your grandfather's magic lamp. We have a lot of things, you know, from them, you know, but yeah, the recipes, I feel like, are the most living. Exactly. Yeah, that's the labor of love that gets passed out.

And my family, my grandpa did take the time to compile, like, a whole family genealogy, you know, just kind of going back as far as he could. So I would say that's also an heirloom that, like, me know, I know my mom and I bet her brothers and whatever else have, like, a copy of so that we can expound upon. it into the future so there's that too that's an heirloom sorts that's pretty heirloomy yeah thanks awesome awesome joe awesome joe all right flev dorin thank you for chiming in my friend thank you my friend and miss the psych days have you been sternly thought uh have you been sternly thought a skill taught sorry a skill by your parents when you were young if so did you enjoy it or end up enjoying it later in life. I was referring to the boating thing.

Not that I can think of in particular. No. No, I don't think my folks were ever that way when it came to like learning a craft or a or a skill or a hobby. I mean like, you know, I know there would be an effort to, you know, like teach it to you with some level of structure, but no one was

ever like, wah, you have to free and I do remember like as a kid nobody forced me to so it wasn't like ugly or anything but I do remember as a kid like being put into piano lessons and did not really appreciating that

or engaging with it heavily kind of falling off and then later on life being like shit I wish I took those piano lessons because piano is sick and I wish I could play it better so you know there's that

and I do enjoy piano now me hell yeah Yeah, nothing as far as skills go, but, you know, I mentioned the gumbo thing earlier. That's the thing that I would like to learn, a skill that I would like to learn so I can pass down. But as far as, like, lessons per se, for like, you know, the best transference of something that's relevant. My dad, he, for most of my life, starts my mom's car for her before she goes to work. It kind of warms it up so she's ready for her. And I felt like learning something like that, just like little acts of service to make, you know, your partner's life a little easier or something I picked up from my dad.

Sure. Yeah, you know, just a little acts of service to make someone's life a little easier. That one less thing to stress about. I was taught sternly how not to burn myself on a running toaster or on the stove. That's good. And I still enjoy not burning myself on the toaster or the stove. I hope so. So, yeah.

So there's that. Good on you, John. I'm happy you don't burn yourself. I was probably just most sternly taught how to keep and manage time, which I do not do well now and do not enjoy doing but need to do. And thus I struggle every day to make sure that I attempt to do it. I am also bad about managing time. So, you know, great. Great pair of pods.

The ADHD brain is not great. It's not great, but we vibe. We ball. We're good. Uh, yeah. Thank you, Flev. Thank you, Flev. What did you guys get taught sternly?

Who got, who spanked you to make sure you learned how to sail? Let us know. Let us know. That was me spanking my hand. That was a spanky. That was a little spank-lank-lank. Jay Rustin. Question.

I got an answer for you. What are your favorite cookies there? Oh, man. That's a, that's a tough. I have a few coming in mind. List them cooks. You come to mine. First off, classic, okay?

Got the freaking chocolate chip. I mean, can't go wrong with a chocolate chip, actually. Homemade chocolate chips or, you know, Nestle House, you know, the pre-wrapped or the bin. You got to make the cookie dough. I love me some Oreos. Ooh, they don't call them Samoas anymore.

They call them something else. The girls got cookies. Oh, yeah. What are Samoa's called now? They're called Carmel Delights. There you go. I do love a caramel delight. Very much so.

I love a caramel delight. They are very good. So yeah, caramel delights, Oreos, and chocolate chip. Cookies and a brownie cookie. I'm a sucker for a brownie. I like a brookie. I would say those are my four favorite cookies. I'm a chocolate, man.

If you haven't gathered. Really? You like eating chocolate? I'd love chocolate. Chocolate's pretty good. Yeah, man. I've never met anybody who also likes chocolate. I've met people who hate chocolate.

I have to. Actually, yeah, it's weird. Liking chocolate is like a default setting, except until you've discovered that some people hate it and think it tastes like dirt. And then you're like, ooh, snapparino. It makes me sad, but on the other hand, I'm like, you know what, more for me.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, that's true. That's a good way to look at that. I mean, it's hard to ever beat like a whoopie pie just sounds funny. You know what I don't get. What? You passed, because we're looking at the list of cookies right now. On specifically peanut butter cookies, why they always, for the most part, have like the cross on them?

The fork thing? The fork thing. What is that? Does that enhance the flavor? When is the society that we decide that peanut butter cookies need to have the fork divide thing? What's up with that? Yeah. I, I, I'm, it's branding, you know, I guess it is.

It must be branding. It's just like, whoever invented this recipe was so kind of locked in that they were like, you know what, this is it. And people are going to know it's peanut butter by this hash sign that we've baked into this. The hashtag on our cookies. Yeah, I mean, like, it's a basic answer, but I cannot disagree with you. Like, some of the most decadent cookies on earth are like a, a chewy, soft, chocolate chip cookie but it still has like if you give me like a good chocolate chunk in there give me

a little bar the little tiny little yeah it's not like i like a chip shaped chip shaped chip but like the little block shaped ones the chunks like so you get a little bit of the crunch but you have also like all that gooey sweetness uh yeah like that's that's really hard to beat i love a caramel delight samoa once upon time i also love like a lemon cookie give me something like that's uh yeah that's a little bit sweet but also citrus and I'm your I'm your girl My sister recently made a delicious batch

Of these oatmeal cookies But that she put like a dollop of this It was like apple preserve Or like apple jam And it made for this really great like fall cookie That yeah had like just a little bit of that Jaminess but also all the you know joys of a You know soft oatmeal kind of cookie

Okay I like that It's no, it's weird. I feel like for me that chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin, I feel like oatmeal raisin are to chocolate chip cookies are to what skittles are to M&Ms. Kind of. Yeah. Because you would never want to think you're grabbing one and get the other.

Exactly. But there are strong supporters of either. I'm not a huge, I'm not a huge oakill raisin fan. But that said, I am a fan of oatmeal cookies. Like, I recently discovered the jubes. joys of Trader Joe's oatmeal chocolate chip cookies. Yeah. They're very, very good.

Yeah. It's, I wish I liked a raisin. Yeah, right? I wish I liked a raisin. Also, I will say, oh, a white chocolate macadamia cookie is really good. That's cool. I will say, um, a, go with me here. Sandwich cookies are great.

I think a stale sandwich cookie is actually better. That's, that's one of my subway takes. Okay. Is that all sandwich cookies are better stale. because they get softer. Huh. So, you know, like, you know when you go to, like, the yogurt shop and you're, they got the Oreos and they're, like, kind of chewy now because they're, like, stale and soft.

Yeah. It's kind of great, actually. Like, don't deny, the crunch is nice. I like to crunch sometimes. But other times, it's the one food where you can open it up and be like, no one sealed this, and they're still good. I've never had a soft Oreo before. Like, like, it just by itself.

Like, it gets soft when it's an ice cream, but, like, it means some other components who make it soft. Like, a stale cheese. chip kind of sucks, right? Yeah. But a stale sandwich cookie actually has a second life because it just takes on a new texture that does not undermine the joys of the, like a chip always has to snap. You know what I've seen that apply to weirdly, maybe that's like a whatever product they're putting in Oreos. I've seen it applied to like off-brand Oreos where that happens, but I don't think I've seen it

happen to Orioles itself. Maybe that's just my own experience. Dude, those Oreos that are filled with crushed up Oreos in the cream? That's a thing? That's a thing. What? Oreo filled Oreos. Yo.

That's a, yeah, the Oreo loaded. Yeah. That's, if you're an Oreo guy, you just changing my world. Get out there, man. That's the freaking business right there. Hell yeah. Look at how much Oreo power you can get out of that. Oops, all Oreo.

This is the dab of Oreos. It's like I got a little sliver of the moon in my Oreo. Yeah. Absolutely. did. Get that moon rock crunch. I will definitely get that moon rock crunch. My mom also makes my grandma's recipe for these sugar

twist cookies. You make them, you get this big sheet of dough and then you cut it into these long strips and then you take a few of them and you like twist them together and they make these fascinating like they look like almost like a little bow tie or something once you bake them. But they're very, you know, they're light, they're

tasty. They'll crust it with a little you know, confectionery sugar on top. Super delightful little Italian, I think, snackarino. Okay, snackarino, I see you. So, yeah, yeah, they look kind of like this. All right, okay. They're freaking delicious.

Also, I mean, it's not a cookie, but give me some bacclovae any day. Oh, love me some baklava. Yeah. Yes, sir. So leave all your favorite cookies. Please. Yeah, freak yeah.

Freaking. Do Milanos count as cookies? Milanos? Yeah. Sure. Okay. Why not? Why not?

All right. Thanks, Jay. All right. I read the last one, right? Or was that you? I think you might have read that. Brandy Davis. Hey.

Hey, Brandy. Thanks for chiming in. Happy Friends Day, guys. Happy Friends Day to you. Which reject do you think? Yes, would be the perfect nap partner. I have dibs on John. Absolutely.

First nap. You got dibs. We'll do it. We'll make it happen. Come visit the studio and we can nap right here during a friend episode. What do you got? Let's see.

Who make a good enough? I mean, I feel like it's you. I feel like a lot of people choose you. You have a warm, welcoming energy, and like every time I've gotten a hug for me, you're already the kind of person who's like inclined toward like familial friendly touch in a good way, not in a creepy way, in a way that I'm always like,

you know, people don't do that the way we used to. And I think it's like a nice component of communication. And also, yeah, like, you know, you've clearly got the means to create a nap in a moment's notice. I do. So I feel like you would be a good nap partner. Because I was going to the rolandette.

We are the nap boys. We are the nap boys. It might be the nap boys. Yeah, because I'm like, not that I wouldn't nap with anybody else on the squad, but. No, don't get me wrong.

I love everybody else here. I want to nap with everyone, but John Maturin might be a good nap partner. It could be, yeah. You would get a little spoon. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

I mean, I feel like, Tara would probably wind up in a lot of different configurations. Because the thing is with the nap partner. I don't know what Tara would be like during a nap. I feel like Roxy would have a lot of specifications for the nap to be understood and to begin. I agree. And I might get psyched out by that. Yeah, I would say the same.

I think Andrew would be a rock of a napper. Yes. And the only thing is I would be afraid that if we change positions in the right way, I could get crushed. Yeah. I get that, you know, because he's just like a pile of boulders of muscle boulders. Yeah. But, you know, I mean, the thing is, I feel like Coy might be a bit of a violent sleeper. I get that too.

I could see him throw in an elbow mid-dream just for the fun of it. I mean, Andrew would probably be like a very affable kind of, like, welcoming nap partner. I'll give you a polite nap. A polite, yeah, I put, yeah, yeah. A respectful napper. Greg, I don't know if he would want to nap with the rest of us after seeing us all the time. Greg is a loving guy, but I feel like he's got enough naps to give at home to his wife and cats. So, you know, we're going to give him a rest.

I feel like, I feel like Greg would have have nap sweats. He might. Yeah, like night sweats and naps. Yeah. But, yeah, really, you know, I feel like we've kind of gotten down. Would Michael Tessler be a good nap guy? Oh, Michael Tess would be a great nap guy. Okay.

Yeah, Michael Tess would be a great nap partner. So, all right. So the best nappers of the rejects here. me, you, and Michael Tesla. I'll take it. And I'll give it to Liljohn as well. I feel like, okay, my only thing with Little John is that like, I like, how do I say this? Oh, careful.

Careful now. What are you going to say about little John? You know what? What are you going to say about little John? Nothing. He's about to talk some shit right now? No. He's not going to start breakdancing in his sleep.

He's a limber fellow. Maybe he will. Maybe he will. He could break. Break dance. You could have like kick me in the stomach. Just like getting the hit in a move in the dream. I don't want that.

That's fair. That's the only, you know. Stop doing windmills, John. Stop doing windmills and you're not the only break dance move. Come on. There are other moves. You can't head spin on my pillow. Can't.

I'm sleeping here. Not the purpose of the pillow. So, okay. Our top. Our top napper is me, you, Tesla. Yeah. And, you know, John is in fourth place. I still love you.

But still love you. We're the three. But we're the big three. So come now. And if you could get a, nap. The thing is, if you can get a nap with each of us, then you get a nap with three of us. And then you're just rolled up in napitude. There's one big bed to the three of us.

Yeah, yeah. Enter your sweepstakes now. Love it. Leave us your thoughts on who's the best to nap with here at the Real Reject Studios. Please. Please. And we have one final thing from LZ trivia. No.

By the way, TOW or Tobe means the one with or. with slash where referring to friends episode names i've not heard that before but i'm happy i know it now i was gonna say that's a good shorthand it's a good shorthand i dig it so because then you can just go t o w rachel's assistant yeah t o w they take a nap or whatever that one was called yeah yeah yeah you got the array the one where they renew mac and cheese for 18 seasons and a movie yep put it on Netflix. Bring it to me. I want my Macs. HBO Mac. I want my HBO Mac. HBO Mac. All right. All right. We're going to go watch some mac and cheese on HBO Mac. But until next time, you're going to go take a real ass nap. I am definitely going to take a real ass nap. After I drive through traffic, stay friendly guys. Stay good. Go take a nap. We'll catch you next time.