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The One with the Race Car Bed

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 25 June 2011]

The best one in this episode is Matt LeBlanc, to me his story is the highlight of this episode. He is teaching a class for soap opera acting and this brings lots of great moments and lines. I also love his reaction to Ross saying that he can't sleep with any of his students.

We also get to see Ross suffering through the dinner with Rachel's dad. The best is that they only connect when they both start making fun of Rachel for having a chiropractor

The story with Monica's new bed is pretty good as well. I like the most the reason why Phoebe didn't see it being delivered. Her punching Joey in the nose was a great scene

The One with the Race Car Bed

[Lady_Targaryen · 8/10 · 13 May 2008]

Monica decides to buy a a new mattress in the store of Janice's ex husband, '' The Mattress king''.

Joey sees Janice kissing her ex husband and stays in doubt about telling it to Chandler or not. He also starts to give classes for future actors and actresses, but when he sees one of his students trying to get the role he wants, he advices him in a wrong way to eliminate him. (But the effect of his advice goes in a totally opposite direction, and his student gets the role)

Ross is going to dinner with Rachel's father, for his despair. The night ends in a very unpleasant way for him.

The One Where Joey Teaches A Class...

[taylorkingston · 9/10 · 28 April 2015]

I love this episode. It's so funny. I love how throughout the entire series, we never find out what Monica's middle name is, but in this episode, Phoebe makes one up for her, Fallulah.

In this episode, Joey becomes a teacher. He teachers soap opera acting at the learning extension school. It's so funny. He loves the respect he gets. But unfortunately for him, one of his students is very good, and they go up for the same audition. The student asks for Joey's advice, but since Joey wants the job, he tells him to play the part gay, hoping it would make him the lose the chance to play that character. But then it turns out that the casting people loved that idea and the student got the job. Meanwhile, Monica orders a bed from The Mattress King, but isn't there to sign for it, so Phoebe does. But after the guys have assembled it and left, Phoebe realizes that it's a race car bed, not the one Monica ordered. When Chandler finds out, he's not very happy because Monica bought a bed from his girlfriend's soon-to-be ex-husband.

Fun Fact: This is the first time we hear about Gunther's love for Rachel.

Overall, I give this episode a 9 out of 10, which in my ratings book is: Amazing.

Intro

[allguts968 · 10/10 · 26 May 2020]

The beginning was one of the best. Underrated classic. And..... We can't ignore the fact, that this shows that Phoebe, has telepathic powers lol.

The One With A Brand New Bed

[devashishparnami · 9/10 · 24 February 2018]

Joey becomes a learning extension teacher in soap acting, and loves the respect from even more clueless kids. Monica chooses a ridiculously cheap bed from Janices; Phoebe signs for her at delivery- of another bed, a childish race car! Rachel convinces Ross to dine with her dad, who takes him down even worse then he feared; the next day Ross and Dr. Green find each-other making fun about Rachel's chiropractor and various lack of good sense. When Joey hears one of his students also auditions for the same role he wants, he tries to eliminate him by bad advice to play the boxer gay, but the effect surprises him, though less then what he sees at the Mattress King when trying to get Monica's original bed.

A Favourite Episode for Many

[SafariPlum · 10/10 · 23 June 2021]

This is one of the best episodes with the funniest intro. This episode has the thinking scene where we hear the 6 friends thoughts. And Gunther makes a revelation.

Matt Le Blanc also does some of his best acting while teaching a class of possible never up and coming future thespians.

Who is singing?

[arnaut-44532 · 10/10 · 5 May 2021]

One of my favourite intros is the one in this episode. Joey is amaizing as teacher, Ross and Rachel have some funny moments with her dad, Chandler is being cheated on by Janice and Phoebe is hilarious in this episode.

Matt Le Blanc Is Brilliant Here

[slightlymad22 · 8/10 · 17 December 2014]

I was going to rate this episode as 7/10, but I'm giving it an extra bonus point just for how awesome Matt Le Blanc was in this episode. His acting class is the stuff of great TV and is certainly classic "Friends" Plot In A Paragraph: Joey starts teaching a soap opera class at the local college, but when he finds out one of his students is up for the same role as him, he tries to sabotage his student. Monica buys a bed from Janice's ex "The Mattress King" for a ridiculous price and Ross endures a horrible time when he goes out for a meal with Rachel and her Dad.

The revelation at the end of the episode will obviously have a baring on the future plots.

Zoom

[bevo-13678 · 10/10 · 6 April 2021]

I like the bit with the racing car bed although there was no karate kid poster.

Who wants a race car bed?

[studioAT · 5/10 · 7 May 2017]

This episode is quite Joey/Matt Le Blanc heavy, and is all the better for it.

Joey is very funny teaching an 'acting in soap opera' class, and the line about reacting not being 'acting again' is perhaps the stand-out line.

It's great to see Lisa Kudrow being given more to do, and her accepting delivery for the race car bed was fun.

I haven't always been a fan of the Ross/Rachel story lines since they got together as a couple, but there were some fun moments in their story this time around.

Matthew Perry didn't feature much sadly, but apart from that this was a good episode.