If it were a failure, Rachel probably would have rolled her eyes or ignored him. Rachel’s introducing her to the gang, and when Joey greets her with a hearty "How YOU doin'?", Rachel cries, "Don’t!" as if acknowledging that women are powerless against it.
Later, he decides to try it on Janine, but she simply answers, "I’m OK." Confused, Joey cries, "Oh dear God!" as if his mojo has somehow worn off. In an effort to blow some of his steam, he tries his line on Chandler. Joey, knowing he can’t cross the line between roommate and hookup partner, has pent up flirting energy from not hitting on Janine. Ouch.Īfter Chandler moves in with Monica, Joey’s new roommate is Janine, a beautiful dancer. As he leans against the "car" to ask how they’re doin', they see that it’s not a car at all, but a pile of boxes. "He has the most amazing Porsche under there," a woman says. How you doin'?" he promptly insists Ross not let her drink anymore.ĭuring the closing credits, two women walk by what they believe is Joey’s Porsche. Joey asks Rachel, "How YOU doin'?", and when she says, "I’m doin' good, baby.
In the same episode, Ross and Rachel got pretty drunk. Unenthused, she responds that she’s "very busy." Rough stuff, Joe. Joey tries his luck on a female card dealer. He tries it on Rachel, who has no reaction. Joey had a dream that he and Monica were a couple and decides it’s because he should be dating someone he’s friends with first. "Fuggetaboutit," he says, followed by, "How you doin'?" Her response? “Mmm,” as she pushes him against a wall and they make out. No dice this time.Įmily’s bridesmaid Felicity asks Joey to “talk New York” to her. Except, it wasn’t really directed at anyone in particular and made him look a bit creepy. Joey, eyes closed and barely awake, tries out his line. As Joey’s nodding off, Chandler shoves him and points out an attractive woman in the waiting room. Joey has to go to a sleep clinic, and Chandler joins him to keep him awake until it’s time for his appointment. Season 4, “The One With The Wedding Dress” According to him, he would just look a woman up and down say, "Hey, how you doin'?" Rachel and Phoebe are skeptical, but when he tries it out on Phoebe, she can’t help but blush and giggle.
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Rachel doesn’t know how to ask out Josh-wa, so Joey shares his surefire technique for talking up a woman. More likely to work when delivered as a package deal alongside other Joey phrases 100% success rate in alternate realities 100% success rate when delivered to Joey in a mirror That's really a terrible rate considering how much attention it gets. That means his famous phrase really only got him anywhere 47.36% of the time. Out of 19 "how YOU doin'" lines, nine of them were successful. So, for something that’s supposed to be so tried and true, how often did the phrase actually work as a pickup line? This is our investigative report. Yet, the implication is that it’s something he’s said his entire adult life. It wasn’t until halfway through season 4 that he said it at all. Out of 236 episodes over 10 seasons, he said it less than 20 times. What’s funny is that "how YOU doin'" is easily Joey’s most famous quote, but he actually didn’t say it all that often. When you think of Joey Tribbiani, you probably think Days of Our Lives, a deep lust for sandwiches, and his defining phrase, "How YOU doin'?" It’s a line that encapsulates everything we know to be true about the Friends character, a man so confident in his looks and general appeal that he’d rarely pass up an opportunity to approach a beautiful woman.
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