1004 - The One
With the Cake
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Written: Dana Klein
Produced: Robert Carlock & Wendy Knoller
Transcribed: CoffeeMug, Eleonora , Sebastiano, Vanessa
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[Scene:
Central Perk]
Monica:
(she enters) Hey guys!
Ross, Rachel
and Chandler: Hey!
Chandler:
Honey, I got us that room at the Woodford Inn this
weekend.
Monica:
That place in Vermont? You can take a hint!
Rachel:
Wait, you can't go away this weekend! It's Emma's
birthday!
Ross: Yeah!
Rachel:
We're having a party.
Monica:
Well, can't you just have the party when we get back?
Ross: No.
Rachel:
No, that day... that won't be her real birthday!
Chandler:
Gee if only she were one and had no idea what the
hell a birthday was!
Ross: C'mon
you guys, this is really important to us.
Monica:
Well, I'm sorry, but Chandler and I could really use
a weekend away. You know, to reconnect... emotionally.
Chandler:
There's this thing I really want us to do. I read
about it in Maxim...
Rachel:
Well, can't you just go to Vermont the next day?
Ross: Yeah,
we want everyone to be there. As much as I hate to
delay your doing weird sex stuff to my little sister.
Rachel:
And I mean, you know, you guys... This is a big deal.
I mean, how can we have her first birthday party without
her aunt and her uncle!
Monica:
All right, we'll stay. We can just drive up after
the party.
Chandler:
Fine, but if we end up not doing this Maxim thing
because of this party...
Monica:
Believe me, that is not why we won't be doing that!
OPENING
CREDITS
[Scene: Rachel and Joey's apartment]
Rachel: You know Pheebs, when I was little, on my
birthday, my daddy would hide a present in every room
of the house, and then he would draw a treasure map
to help me find 'em all.
Phoebe:
Oooh, I love family traditions like that. When uhm...
when Ursula and I were kids, on our birthday, our
stepdad would sell his blood to buy us food!
Ross: (he
enters) Hey guys!
Rachel
and Phoebe: Hi!
Ross: Hey,
I brought the camera for Emma's video.
Rachel:
Oh, good, good! We had this idea to make a birthday
video for Emma and we'll give it to her when she is
18.
Phoebe:
Oh, COOL!! Wow, it's like a time capsule!
Ross: Yeah!
Phoebe:
Oh, just think... she's gonna be watching that video
on a TV that hasn't even been invented yet! With friends
who right now are just like babies! And they'll be
living in a floating city that the humans built to
escape the ant people!
Ross: That's
the hope! So, is Emma awake yet?
Rachel:
Oh no, it's still nap time. But she'll be up soon.
Ross: Ah,
and where is Joey?
Rachel:
I said it's still nap time.
(Joey comes
out from his room, yawning)
Ross: (taping
Joey with the cam) Hey, there is uncle Joey!
Joey: Hey!
Ross: Hey,
say something to Emma on her 18th birthday!
Joey: 18,
uh? (starts to prepare himself to say his "How
You Doin'" line)
Ross: Joey,
NO!
Joey: What,
what!? it's for her hot friends!
Ross: When
they see this you'll be 52!
Joey: And
starting to think about settling down!
Rachel:
Hey Joey, will you please set this up for people to
put Emma's presents on?
Joey: I'd
love to! Yeah!
Joey: (To
Phoebe) We were supposed to bring presents?
Phoebe:
Yeah! I wrote Emma a song.
Joey: Oh,
yeah! How was I supposed to know?
Phoebe:
Joey, it's a birthday party.
Joey: Yeah,
but for a one-year-old. What's the point... the other
day she laughed for like an hour at a cup. Just a
cup with a picture of Elmo on it dressed as a farmer.
And he's standing next to this cow and the cow says
"El-moo"! (Joey starts laughing) Yeah...
that's a funny cup!
(Monica
and Chandler enter)
Monica:
Hey!
Chandler:
Hey hey! Where's the birthday girl?
Rachel:
Oh, she's still napping
Chandler:
Oh, sure, she was probably up all night, excited about
the party she knows is happening.
Rachel:
Look, I know that you guys really want to get to Vermont
and this isn't a really big deal to you, but it really
is to us, ok? Emma will never have a first birthday
again.
Monica:
All right... you're right. We're sorry. Now let's
wake up Emma and get the fun time started!
Rachel:
No really, she didn't sleep well last night, so we
can't wake her up.
Monica:
Are you freaking kidding me, Green?
(someone
knocks on the door. Rachel goes to open it)
Jack and
Judy: HI!
Ross: (points
the camcorder towards them to record their entrance)
Hey!
Monica:
So glad you came!
Jack: I
can't believe Emma is already one!
Judy: (to
Monica) I remember your first birthday! Ross was jealous
of all the attention we were giving you. He pulled
on his testicles so hard! We had to take him to the
emergency room!
Ross: (pointing
the camcorder at himself) There's something you didn't
know about your dad!
Joey: Hey
Mr. and Mrs. Geller! Let me help you with that.
Jack: Thank
you!
Joey: Oh
man, this is great, uh? The three of us together again!
You know what would be fun? If we gave this present
to Emma from all of us!
Jack: Which
one are you?
(Later...)
Monica:
I can't believe Emma is still asleep!
Chandler:
I know, what are we gonna do?
Monica:
I've got a plan. I've got a plan. I'm going to ram
this platter really hard into your ribs. You're gonna
scream out and that'll wake her up!
Chandler:
I'm not going to Vermont with this Monica!
Joey: Hey
Pheebs, you know what? I was thinking... since you
wrote a song, maybe I could do something for Emma
using my talents!
Phoebe:
So you’re gonna... hit on her?
Joey: No,
no, no! My talents as an actor!
Phoebe:
Oh!
Joey: You
know, I could like maybe... I could do a dramatic
reading of one of her books!
Phoebe:
Or you could stick a fork in an apple!
Joey: Hey,
I think Emma might like it!
Rachel:
Oh! Emma might like what?
Joey: Um,
my present!
Rachel:
What did you get her?
Joey: Actually
we prepared performances.
Phoebe:
Separate performances.
Joey: But
equally real!
Rachel:
Well, this sounds like fun! Well, you know what? Actually?
People are getting a little antsy waiting Emma to
wake up from her nap, so would you mind performing
them once now?
Phoebe:
Sure, yeah!
Joey: (unconfidently)
O K.
Rachel:
(to everybody) All right, let’s get this party
started, huh? Joey and Phoebe are gonna perform a
little something for us.
Ross: Oh,
great!
Phoebe:
(to Joey) Are you gonna be embarrassed going up there
having nothing prepared?
Joey: Hey,
I do it every week with three cameras pointed at me
and a whole crew waiting!
Rachel:
So, Joey, what are you gonna do for us?
Joey: I
will be doing a dramatic reading of one of Emma’s
books.
Rachel:
Oh, ok, which one?
Joey: Uh,
why, it’s a... (he picks a book up) one of her
favorites, uh, (he reads the title of the book) “Riding
the Storm Out. Coping with post-partum depression”
eesh! (he puts the book back and picks up another)
“Love you forever”. Love you forever.
By Robert Munsch. Published by Firefly books. Printed
(he pauses and changes the tone to a dramatic one)
in Mexico. A mother held her new baby and very slowly
rocked him back and forth, back and forth, back and
forth, and while she held him she sang “I’ll
love you forever, I’ll like you for always,
as long as I'm living, my baby you’ll be”.
(the picture fades and Joey is now finishing the book).
And while he rocked her, he sang “I’ll
love you forever, I’ll like you for always,
as long as I'm living, my baby you’ll be”.
Rachel:
(crying) Wow! That was amazing!
Ross: Thank
you so much for that gift!
Chandler
(nearly weeping): I was not ready for this today!
Ross: Amazing...
amazing.
Rachel:
Oh, Phoebe, I’m sorry! Phoebe has prepared something
as well.
Phoebe:
That’s right, I've prepared a song for Emma.
From my heart to hers. For there’s no greater
gift, than the gift of music. (she starts singing)
Emma! Your name poses a dilemma. 'Cause not much else
rhymes with Emma! Maybe the actor Richard Crenna,
he played the commanding officer in Rambo. Happy birthday
Emma!
Rachel:
Is that it?
Phoebe:
No, of course not! I also, you know, prepared a reading
(she picks up a book). “Sex and the single mother.
(pause) Finding your G-spot.
Everybody:
No, no, no, no, no!
[Scene:
Joey’s Apartment. Ross is filming his parents
]
Judy: Hello Emma. Happy eighteenth birthday.
Jack: Right
now that seems so far away, seventeen years.
Judy: Yes,
you’ll be all grown up by then. We’ll
be... Well your grandfather and I might not be here.
Jack: That’s
true! This message could becoming to you from beyond
the grave, Emma!
Judy: After
all, my parents died very young.
Jack: And
my cholesterol’s off the charts!
Judy: Remember,
Emma, heart disease kills women too!
Ross (stops
recording): Ok, cut! Great. That was... that was just...
yeah!
Rachel:
Ross, um, don’t forget to get a shot of Emma’s
cake. It’s in a box in the fridge.
Ross: Sure.
Rachel:
Oh, you're gonna love this cake. I got it from a bakery
in New Jersey, Corino’s.
Monica:
Oh my God, that place has the creamiest frosting!
I use to hitchhike there when I was a kid.
Rachel:
Well, anyway, they make these great novelty cakes,
in all different shapes, and if you give them a photo,
they’ll copy it in icing!
Monica:
Oh, did you do a picture of Emma?
Rachel:
Yes! On a cake shaped like a bunny.
Ross: Uh,
Rach? Does this bakery by any chance also bake erotic
cakes? Say for bachelorette parties?
Rachel:
Ross, what are you talking about? (she sees the cake)
oh! Oh my God! They put my baby’s face on a
penis!
Phoebe
(sees the cake): oh! Now it’s a party!
Rachel:
Why you guys this isn't funny, all right? If I wanted
this cake to be a disaster I would have baked it myself!
Joey (staring
at the cake): Uh.. is it ok that I still think it
looks delicious?
Judy:(to
Jack) Jack, look at this.
Jack: I
know what you're thinking Judy, the resemblance is
uncanny!
Ross: I
am this close to tugging on my testicles again.
Rachel
(on the phone): No, no, this is not what I ordered.
Ok? I went all the way to New Jersey so that I could
have the perfect cake for my daughter’s birthday
and I need a bunny cake, right now!
Ross: Ask
them if it would be faster if we cut the baby’s
face off the penis, so we can put it on the bunny.
(pause). That is a weird sentence!
Rachel:
Oh! Believe you me! I am going to bring this cake
back, I don't even want it in my home... (Turns towards
the cake and sees Joey trying to take a piece and
yells at him) Joey, don't touch it!!
Joey: I'm
so confused!
Rachel:
(speaking to the person on the phone again) Yes, yes.
I still want my daughters picture, but on a bunny
cake. Yellow cake, chocolate frosting with nuts!
Chandler:
To be fair this one does have nuts.
(Later...)
(Ross,
Chandler and Monica are in the kitchen area)
Ross: Hey
Mon, that was really nice of you to loan Rachel your
car so she could go and get the cake.
Monica:
Oh. So nice of her to pull my hair, 'till I dropped
the key!
Ross: Well,
you know what? While we're waiting, you guys could
tape your message to Emma for her 18th birthday, huh?
(takes the camcorder and points it at Monica and Chandler)
Ok!
Chandler:
Hi Emma! It's the year 2020. Are you still enjoying
your nap?
Monica:
We're Aunt Monica and uncle Chandler, by the way.
You may not recognize us, because we haven't spoken
to your parents in seventeen years!
Chandler:
We used to be married, but then we missed a weekend
away together and things kind of unraveled. Because
of you! Happy Birthday. (Ross looks disappointed and
switches the camcorder off)
Monica:
Ross, Rachel promised it would be over by now. We
seriously have to go, if we want to get to Vermont.
I called them and the last train leaves in a half
hour.
Phoebe:
And you know, I have a massage client soon.
Ross: You
guys, just please.. a little bit longer. I promise,
Rachel will be back with the cake any minute. Monica,
remember.. the frosting? huh?
Monica:
Alright, 5 more minutes.
(The phone
rings, Ross picks up)
Ross: (Into
receiver) Hello? (listens) Oh no! What happened? (listens
some more) Ok ok, where are you? (Grabs a pen and
starts writing). Ok, I'll be right there. (Puts the
phone down)
Chandler:
Was that Emma? Is she up?
Ross: No,
Rachel got pulled over for speeding. She forgot her
licence so now I have to bring it to her.
Phoebe:
Well, if you're leaving, I'm definitely gonna go.
Monica:
No! Wait! If anybody gets to go.. it's us (Points
at herself and Chandler) We've been complaining the
longest!
Ross: No,
wait ! You guys, no, no, you can't leave! Rachel already
feels bad that the cake's messed up. How do you think
she's gonna feel when she comes back here and all
you guys are gone?
Chandler:
I don't know! You'll tell us on Monday!
Ross: Joey!
You're in charge, ok? You make sure nobody leaves!
(leaves)
Joey: Got
it! (Goes towards the front door and stands with his
back to it) Hey hey hey! (to Chandler) Where do you
think you're going?
Chandler:
To the bathroom!
Joey: Alright,
well the rest of you get comfortable, ok, because
we're gonna be here for a li...(stops and thinks)
Wait a minute, there is a window in there!
Phoebe:
Oh no! He's not getting away that easy! (Phoebe and
Joey run towards the bathroom and enter)
Chandler:
(Yelling) What are you doing? Get the hell out of
here! (Phoebe and Joey come out looking shocked)
Joey: Well,
that one did not have Emma's face on it.
Phoebe:
No, it did not.
Joey: No.
Judy: Well,
we better get going, it's late. Jack's not allowed
to drive at night anymore. He has trouble staying
in his lane.
Jack: Last
winter I went up on a church lawn and drove right
through a manger scene. The papers thought it was
a hate crime.
Judy: Anyway,
it was lovely seeing you.
Joey: Ok!
(Opens the door for them)
Judy: Bye...
Bye dear.
Joey: Nighty-night!
Judy: Nighty-night!
Joey: Bye,
bye.
Phoebe:
Joey? How could you just let them leave?
Joey: Hey,
hey, hey, hey! I'm not gonna mess with Jack, he's
a great man, he fought for our country.
Monica:
No, he didn't! He pretended to be a Quaker to get
out of Korea.
Joey: (Shocked)
Oh! Well that's it! He's the last one to go. I'm locking
you guys in. (turns the bolts of the door, thereby
locking it)
Chandler:
You do know, I can just turn them the other way around,
right?
Joey: Oh!
I forgot you used to live here!
(The phone
rings, Joey picks up)
Joey: Hello?
Estelle:
(on the other side of the line) Joey! It's Estelle!
Joey: Hey!
(smiles)
Estelle:
So, how did your audition go today?
Joey: (smile
fades) What audition?
Estelle:
The one I told you about last week?
Joey: What?
You never said anything about an audition!
Estelle:
(Looks confused) Let me start over. I just got a call
about an audition. I think you can still make it.
It's down at the Astor Theatre and you need to have
a monologue prepared.
Joey: A
monologue? I don't have.. (sees the book he was reading
before for his "dramatic reading") I got
it. (hangs up) (announces to the room) Aah! so...
I'm gonna take off!
Phoebe:
Wh.. what? No wait, you don't get to leave! I've got
a massage client waiting outside my door any minute!
Monica:
Yeah, and we've paid for a room, that we're supposed
to be in right now!
Phoebe:
Well, oh, ok now... Only one of us has to stay with
Emma. Ok, and as the person who realized that, I get
to go!
Monica:
No! no! Let's figure out a fair way to decide who's
staying.
Joey: Oh!
I got it! Ok, everyone pick a number from one to ten.
Alright? Whoever gets the highest number gets to go
first.
Monica:
(She gives Joey a you-are-so-stupid-look) Ok, ten.
Joey: Okay,
Monica picks ten, I call nine! Anyone else?
Phoebe:
No, lets just draw straws.
Joey: Or..
we could flip a coin, and then multiply the..
Chandler:
I'm begging you stop.
Joey: Right.
Monica:
Ok, how about this: We got wind up toys for Emma for
her birthday. We can make them race, and whoever comes
in last, stays!
Phoebe:
(Visibly excited) Yeah!! Let's do that!
Chandler:
(Also very excited) That sounds more fun than the
thing we were going to do in Vermont!
Monica:
Everybody get your toys! (They all run toward the
table with toys)
Phoebe:
Ok! I want the dolphin!
Chandler:
Thats a bear.
Phoebe:
I'm too excited!
Monica:
Phoebe, you get the bear, uhm, Joey, you get the robot,
and Chandler and I get the dog. Ok, and the race is
going to go (Takes two cups and marks the start and
finish lines with them) from here to here. Now the
one who comes in last, stays!
Joey: Ok,
ladies and gentlemen, wind your toys! (they do so)
Chandler:
Ok, on your mark... Get set... GO!!!
(Monica,
Phoebe and Joey release their wind-up toys.)
Phoebe:
Go! Go!
Joey: Come
on robot!
(Phoebe's
bear takes the lead, followed by Joey's robot, and
far behind is Chandler and Monica's dog, which walks
a few paces, stops and starts barking, sits, walks
again, and so on... )
Monica:
(to the dog) What are you barking at?
(While
Phoebe's bear is still in the lead, it is now closely
followed by Joey's robot. Chandler and Monica's dog
however, sits down, barking... and does a backflip.)
Monica:
Wha... How the hell is that gonna help?
Chandler:
I bought you. How did I forget that that's all you
do?
(Meanwhile
the race has been won by Phoebe's bear, followed by
Joey's robot)
Joey: Way
to go robot!
Phoebe:
Good job Alan!
Joey: Hey,
good race you guys.
Phoebe:
Yeah, see you later!
(Joey and
Phoebe leave for the door)
Monica:
No! No, no... wait! We didn't lose. (turns to Chandler)
The rules clearly stated that the last one to cross
the finish line was the loser. Well, our dog never
crossed the finish line, so technically...
Chandler:
They left.
(Monica
turns to see the closed door.)
[ Scene:
The freeway. Rachel is driving Monica's Porsche, while
using her mobile phone. Ross is sitting next to her.]
Rachel:
(into the phone) No, there isn't time to go to the
bakery. We're just gonna come home... Everybody left?
Alright, well just tell Emma we're gonna be there
as soon as we can. (emotionally) Bye...
(She hangs
up, closes her phone, turns around and puts it in
her bag which is in the back of the car. While doing
this and not looking at the road, she turns the steering
wheel by accident, which makes the car swerve.)
Ross: RACHEL!
Rachel:
OOH! God! Sorry!
Ross: (sarcastically)
I can't believe they gave you a ticket. You're such
a good driver.
(Ross fastens
his seat belt.)
Rachel:
Emma's awake.
Ross: Yeah?
Rachel:
I can't believe this. This is her first birthday.
She's awake. We're not even there. Everybody left.
We still have this stupid obscene cake.
Ross: Hey,
maybe I can fix that, you know. Try to turn it into
something else. (he opens the box)
Rachel:
Oh, why do you even bother? I already ruined her first
birthday... And do you know how important these early
experiences are Ross? Very! According to the back
cover of that book that you gave me.
Ross: Rach,
she's not going to remember this.
Rachel:
(shakes her head) I guess... Oh, I just had such an
idea of what this day would be like, you know? Emma
laughing and everybody gathered around her cake singing
"Happy Birthday". Then we would all go into...
HEY GET OUT OF THE ROAD YOU STUPID STUDENT DRIVER!!!
(honks furiously, and Ross looks at her in disbelief
and Rachel looks at him.) They have to learn!
Ross: (looks
back at the cake) Hey!
Rachel:
What?
Ross: It's
not bad.
Rachel:
(she looks at the cake) Oh my God! Look what... you
made it into a bunny. How did you do that?
Ross: Well,
I just made these two things uhm... cheeks. And then
I split this to make ears.
Rachel:
Well, I'm very impressed.
Ross: Some
can sing, some can dance. I apparently can turn phallic
cakes into woodland creatures.
[ Scene:
Rachel and Joey's apartment. Chandler, Monica and
Emma are sitting on the floor, and Emma's stuffed
animals are lined up in front of them.]
Monica:
Now another way to organise your stuffed animals,
is by size.
Chandler:
I'm sorry, is this a game for Emma or for Monica?
Monica:
Game?
Chandler:
Emma, you even know it's your birthday today? You're
one! One-year-old, that's little.
(With his
index finger he shows her how old she is. Emma also
points her finger and babbles...)
Chandler:
Ooh! That's my girl!
Monica:
That's how old you are.
Chandler:
Did I teach her that? Did I just... impart wisdom?
Monica:
(embraces Emma tightly) Ooh, I want one...
Chandler:
Me too...
(There's
a couple of seconds of silence. Then Chandler looks
around...)
Chandler:
There's no-one around. Why don't we just take this
one?
Monica:
...and head to Canada!
Chandler:
I was kidding.
Monica:
I wasn't. Let's get going!
(Phoebe
enters the apartment again.)
Phoebe:
Hey, are Ross and Rachel back?
Chandler:
No, not yet.
Phoebe:
Oh good, I didn't miss the party.
Monica:
What about your massage client?
Phoebe:
I just felt so bad, missing this. So I just slipped
him a little something, you know. As long as I'm back
in five or six hours, it will be alright.
(Joey comes
running into the apartment, out of breath.)
Joey: Okay,
if Ross and Rachel ask, I've been here the whole time.
THE WHOLE TIME!
(Ross and
Rachel enter.)
Joey: (to
Ross and Rachel) I've been here the whole time!
Ross: Joey,
we just saw you come in. You ran past us on the stairs.
Rachel:
I don't care that you left. I'm just glad that you're
here. Thanks you guys!
Chandler:
Hey, guys! Come on! You gotta see what Emma just did.
Rachel:
What?
Chandler:
Emma, how old are you? How old are you today? (holds
up his index finger again)
Emma: Wo-ish.
(and holds up her finger)
(Ross and
Rachel gasp)
Rachel:
Oh! Emma, that's right! You're that many!
Ross: Oh
my God! Our daughter's a genius! Rach, this means...
Rachel:
(angrily) NO, no science camp!
Ross: Damnit!
I'll put a candle on the cake.
Rachel:
Oh!... Oh and Emma, look at your stuffed animals lined
up so neatly!
Monica:
Thanks!
Ross: Okay,
here we go! Emma's first birthday cake... Well hey...
well, blow out the candle. Come on Emma.
Chandler:
Let's do it, come on!
(Rachel
wipes away some tears.)
Ross: What's
wrong? Are you okay?
Rachel:
Oh yeah, nothing! These are happy tears! This is just
what I wanted.
Phoebe:
(pointing at cake) Hey, you made it into a bunny.
Joey: What
is wrong with me. It looked more delicious when it
was a penis.
ENDING
CREDITS
[Scene: Rachel and Joey's apartment. It's just Ross
and Rachel. They put the camera on a tripod in the
kitchen and they are standing in front of the camera.]
Rachel: Okay.
Ross: Okay,
you ready?
Rachel:
Yeah.
Ross: A-a-and...
record.
Rachel:
Okay. (they both look into the camera, and Ross waves.)
Hi Emma. Well, your first birthday is over, and it
was really...
(There's
a lot of yelling and screaming coming from the hallway,
and they get up to look at what's the noise all about.
In the hallway, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe
are having another wind-up animal race, yelling and
screaming fanatically.)
Phoebe:
(yelling at the top of her voice) Go, go, go Alan!
Run you hairy bastard!
END
