Friends – “The One Where Eddie Moves In”

May 31, 2016

Friends Season 2DVD

Original Air Date: February 22, 1996
Starring: Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Courtney Cox
Directed by: Michael Lembeck

Synopsis: Joey (Matt LeBlanc) and Chandler (Matthew Perry) adjust to living separately.  Meanwhile Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) records a single and video for her song Smelly Cat.

Featured Feline: Phoebe’s song Smelly Cat was a classic running gag in the series.  After recording the song and shooting the video, Phoebe shows it to the others.  The video begins with a horrible woman (Linda Lutz) throwing a poor scraggly-looking gray long-haired cat out, yelling, “Get out of here, cat!  You stink!”.

Friends - The One Where Eddie Moves In - Smelly Cat video gray long-haired cat thrown out by woman

Phoebe performs the song in the video, singing to the cat.  The others realize that Phoebe’s voice has been dubbed but Phoebe does not notice it.

Friends - The One Where Eddie Moves In - Smelly Cat video Phoebe singing to gray long-haired cat

Friends - The One Where Eddie Moves In - Smelly Cat video Phoebe singing to gray long-haired cat in color

Friends - The One Where Eddie Moves In - Smelly Cat video Phoebe and gray long-haired cat in profile

The cat in the video is so stinky even the bums turn their noses up at it.

Friends - The One Where Eddie Moves In - Smelly Cat video bums hold their noses at gray long-haired cat

A complete version of the video was also released as a bonus on the second season DVD set.

Friends - The One Where Eddie Moves In - Smelly Cat video gray long-haired cat

Friends - The One Where Eddie Moves In - Smelly Cat video gray long-haired cat in front of dancers

The cat actor was trained by Benay’s Bird and Animal Training.

Final Mewsings: Smelly Cat, after all these years it’s still not your fault.

Relevant Links:

IMDb logo  Amazon logo  Blu Ray logo  Amazon Instant Video logo

Share this with your cat and movie loving friends!