S3.E24

The One with the Ultimate Fighting Champion

Episode aired May 8, 1997
TV-PG
22m

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Robin Williams and Billy Crystal in Friends (1994)

Monica struggles to support Pete in his goal to become the Ultimate Fighting Champion. Chandler is uneasy when his boss playfully slaps his butt. Rachel becomes jealous when Ross starts dati... Read allMonica struggles to support Pete in his goal to become the Ultimate Fighting Champion. Chandler is uneasy when his boss playfully slaps his butt. Rachel becomes jealous when Ross starts dating a woman that was introduced to him by Phoebe.Monica struggles to support Pete in his goal to become the Ultimate Fighting Champion. Chandler is uneasy when his boss playfully slaps his butt. Rachel becomes jealous when Ross starts dating a woman that was introduced to him by Phoebe.

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Jennifer Aniston

Rachel Green

Courteney Cox

Monica Geller

Lisa Kudrow

Phoebe Buffay

Matt LeBlanc

Joey Tribbiani
(as Matt Le Blanc)

Matthew Perry

Chandler Bing

David Schwimmer

Dr. Ross Geller

Jon Favreau

Pete Becker

James Hong

Hoshi

Christine Taylor

Bonnie

Sam McMurray

Doug
(as Sam MacMurray)

Steve Park

Phil

Joe O'Connor

Stevens

John McCarthy

Referee

Bruce Buffer

Announcer

David Abbott

Tank Abbott
(uncredited)

Billy Crystal

Tim
(uncredited)

Andre Johnson

World's Greatest Trainer
(uncredited)

Robin Williams

Tomas
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Due to the unplanned appearance of Billy Crystal and Robin Williams, their conversation in the coffee shop is completely improvised, including Joey's interruption.

Goofs
At the end of the episode Monica says a wrestler goes to Iran for training and pulling off thieves' arms. Iran doesn't have this rule. This rule only is used by Sonni and Wahhabi Governments, not Shia. Iran has a Shia government which is opposed to these sort of violence.

Quotes
Tomas: [upset] I have a feeling my wife is sleeping with her gynecologist.
Tim: Really? How do you know?
Tomas: Well, he's got access.

Connections
Featured in Diminishing Returns: Aladdin (2019)

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5/10

Meh

Hey, the producers probably though, let's have two top tier comedians cameo on the show to promote their new movie honing out the next day! Nothing could possibly go wrong!

Narrator: Things went wrong.

The opening scene where Robin Williams and Billy Crystal vie for a seat at the coffee house and then go on a long routine just isn't funny. It feels completely forced (which it was) and throws off the rhythm. And in the decades since, it looks more and more like an anomaly because the movie they were promoting, "Father's Day", was a flop and isn't really remembered all that well. So it was all a waste of time.