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Friends · Season 6

Friends season 6 episode 12: The One with the Joke

Aired 13 January 200022 minRated TV-PG

7.9TMDB · 60 votesMark watched

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Friends season 6 is streaming in Australia on HBO Max (subscription) and Netflix (subscription). You can also buy it on Apple TV from $24.99 and Prime Video Store from $24.99.

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Availability checked 16 November 2026.

What happens in “The One with the Joke”

After a joke gets published in Playboy, Chandler and Ross have an argument about who came up with it first. Meanwhile, a wayward remark of Phoebe's leads to trouble between the girls and a broke Joey starts working at Central Perk.

Episode summary: TMDB.

Before you watch

  • It is episode 12 of 23 of season 6, so watch episodes 1 to 11 first.
  • It runs about 22 minutes.
  • Directed by Gary Halvorson, written by Shana Goldberg-Meehan, Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen.
  • TMDB users rate it 7.9 out of 10 (60 votes).

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Cast and crew of this episode

Director
Gary Halvorson
Writers
Shana Goldberg-MeehanAndrew ReichTed Cohen
Guest stars
Joeanna Sayler as Woman at the TableJames Michael Tyler as GuntherJ.D. Lewis as CustomerMatthew Mullany as Patron

Credits: TMDB.

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  10. E10
  11. E11
  12. E12
  13. E13
  14. E14
  15. E15
  16. E16
  17. E17
  18. E18
  19. E19
  20. E20
  21. E21
  22. E22
  23. E23

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Episode names, air dates, runtimes, stills and ratings: TMDB. Air dates are the first broadcast anywhere; where it streams is our daily Australian check.