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Encyclopedia > The Chick and The Duck

The Chick and the Duck were a chick and a duck owned by Chandler Bing and Joey Tribbiani in the American television sitcom Friends that became a running gag over many years. Chick could refer to any of these : chick – the young of any bird, used especially for chicken chick – slang for a young girl Chick Publications – publishing company run by Jack Chick Chick flick – slang for a movie made for women Chick pea – an edible pulse Dixie Chicks – a country music... Subfamilies Dendrocygninae Oxyurinae Anatinae Merginae Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae bird family. ... Chandler Muriel Bing is a fictional character on the popular US television sitcom Friends (1994–2004), played by Matthew Perry. ... Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani in Joey Joseph Francis Tribbiani, aka Joey Tribbiani is the fictional character played by Matt LeBlanc in the popular sitcom TV series Friends which ran from 1994 to 2004. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Friends was a long-running American television sitcom centered on the lives of a group of six twenty-somethings (eventually thirty-somethings) consisting of three men and three women living in New York City. ...

Joey originally bought the chick from an animal sanctuary as a gift for Chandler after seeing - and misunderstanding - a news report about people who buy chicks and then find they cannot properly care for them. Phoebe encouraged Chandler to return the chick but Chandler, discovering that the chick was in danger of being put to sleep, did not have the heart and returned home with the chick and a duck. It turned out that, after hitting a few bumps (such as getting the chick stuck in the VCR) the two were perfectly capable of caring for the birds, and they were well loved. Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay in Friends Phoebe Buffay was a fictional character played by Lisa Kudrow in the popular television sitcom Friends (September 22, 1994 - May 6, 2004). ... The video cassette recorder (or VCR, less popularly video tape recorder) is a type of video tape recorder that uses removable cassettes containing magnetic tape to record audio and video from a television broadcast so it can be played back later. ...


Chandler named the chick "Yasmine", presumably after Yasmine Bleeth, an actress on Baywatch, a television program he and Joey frequently watched. In The One With Ross's Thing, Chandler refers to the duck as "Dick", possibly after their discussion earlier in the episode about whether the chick and the duck had a baby. Yasmine Bleeth Yasmine Amanda Bleeth (born on June 14, 1968) is an American TV and film actress who was born in New York City. ... Carmen Electra, Pamela Anderson and David Hasselhoff on the dvd cover of in Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding. ...


After about Season 6 the animals disappeared (the duck was mentioned but not seen in Season 7), and in the final episode it emerged that they had died of old age some time ago, but Chandler and the rest of the group had lied to Joey to save his feelings, telling him that they had gone to a farm where they were very happy but could not be visited. Bales of hay on a farm near Ames, Iowa A farm is the basic unit in agriculture. ...


Also in the final episode Joey bought Chandler a new duckling and chick as a housewarming gift (Joey named them "Duck Jr." and "Chick Jr." respectively). In the end Joey kept them himself and, again after a few bumps (this time they got stuck in the foosball table), he even considered getting a goose, but Chandler quickly discouraged him. As of December 2005, however, the birds have not made an apppearance on the Friends spinoff Joey. The word duck was also used as slang for the WWII amphibious vehicle called a DUKW. It is also a cricketing term denoting a batsman being dismissed with a score of zero; see golden duck. ... Foosball (from the German Fußball = soccer - In German itself its called Kicker or Tischfußball) is also known as table soccer, table football, babyfoot, jitz, or gettone. ... Genera Anser Branta Chen Cereopsis Cnemiornis (extinct) † see also: Swan, Duck Anatidae Goose (plural geese) is the general English name for a considerable number of birds, belonging to the family Anatidae. ... Joey is a sitcom starring Matt LeBlanc, reprising his role as Joseph Francis Tribbiani from the popular sitcom Friends. ...

Friends
Characters: Rachel Green | Monica Geller | Phoebe Buffay | Joey Tribbiani | Chandler Bing | Ross Geller
Actors: Jennifer Aniston | Courteney Cox | Lisa Kudrow | Matt Le Blanc | Matthew Perry | David Schwimmer
Other characters: The Chick and The Duck | Janice | Gunther | Ugly Naked Guy | Significant Others
Places: Central Perk | Chandler and Joey's apartment | Monica's apartment
See also: Joey | Phoebe's songs | I'll Be There For You | Episode list | Guest stars

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The One With all the Friends - The Chick and the Duck (872 words)
When Saj asks if the duck would be prepared to eat a whole bat, a marvellous synchrony occurs: the duck starts to flap its wings in a mad panic, with Joey having to hold it tightly.
When Caitlin was delivering the pizza's, the duck runs past quacking and she asks where the chick is and Chandler said his in the back because the duck pissed him off.
Phoebe brings the chick and the duck in Monica's apartment as she thinks they might be able to find where Monica's hidden the presents.
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