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The One After the Superbowl, Part 1
Friends episode
Ross learns the location of his monkey.
Season	2x12

Episode no.	36

Written by	Jeff Astrof Mike Sikowitz Michael Borkow

Directed by	Michael Lembeck

Guest stars	Dan Castellaneta as The Zoo Employee David Crane as Director Roark Critchlow as Dr. Mike Horton Chris Isaak as Rob Donnen Thomas James Kepner as Concerned Parent Karman Kruschke as Coma Woman Lawrence Mandley as Security Guard Sean Masterson as 'Monkeyshine' Guy Tahj Mowry as Kid Brooke Shields as Erika Ford Fred Willard as Mr. Lipson D. Elliot Woods as Waiter Kevin Bright as Director Marta Kauffman as Director

Original airdate	January 28, 1996

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"The One After The Superbowl" is a double-length episode of the second season of Friends, which aired on January 28, 1996, immediately after NBC's telecast of Super Bowl XXX. The main plot of both episodes has Ross searching for his former pet monkey, Marcel, and discovering him working on a film set in New York.

It is the most-watched episode of Friends, drawing 52.9 million viewers.

[edit] Plot

Ross goes to visit Marcel while on a trip to California, and finds that the monkey is working in commercials. Joey gets his first fan letter and ends up dating the woman (Brooke Shields) who sent it, who turns out to be a stalker that thinks that the happenings on Days of Our Lives are real. Phoebe is asked by a man to sing for the children at the library, but their parents are horrified by her morbid lyrics. However, the kids like the songs and come to the café to listen to her.

[edit] Cast and Crew

[edit] Main Cast

Jennifer Aniston - Rachel Green
Courteney Cox - Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow - Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc - Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry - Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer - Ross Geller

[edit] Supporting Cast

Dan Castellaneta - The Zoo Employee
David Crane - Director
Roark Critchlow - Dr. Mike Horton
Chris Isaak - Rob Donnen
Thomas James Kepner - Concerned Parent
Karman Kruschke - Coma Woman
Lawrence Mandley - Security Guard
Sean Masterson - 'Monkeyshine' Guy
Tahj Mowry - Kid
Brooke Shields - Erika Ford
Fred Willard - Mr. Lipson
D. Elliot Woods - Waiter
Kevin Bright - Director
Marta Kauffman - Director

[edit] Crew

Directed By:
Michael Lembeck

Written By:
Jeff Astrof, Mike Sikowitz & Michael Borkow

[edit] Reception

Entertainment Weekly rates the episode "C", calling it "fragmented, poorly paced, and only sporadically funny. Cramming the already crowded ensemble with celebs may have been a ratings grabber but the results are forced sitcomedy and stilted acting". The authors of Friends Like Us: The Unofficial Guide to Friends write of the first part "There are some lovely moments of slapstick", mentioning "what Matthew Perry does with the washing-up liquid bottle when he first sees Erika", though call Isaak "positively wooden".

This episode was the highest rated episode of the series, recording 52.9 million viewers. Director Michael Lembeck won the 1996 Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Directing for a Comedy Series for this episode, the only Emmy won by the series in that year.

Brooke Shields' performance in this episode impressed NBC so much that she was offered her own sitcom, Suddenly Susan, for the network's 1996 fall lineup.