"Friends"
The One Where Rachel Quits (1996)

Director:

Terry Hughes

Writers:

David Crane (creator) &
Marta Kauffman (creator) ...
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TV Series:

"Friends" (1994)

Original Air Date:

12 December 1996 (Season 3, Episode 10)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Ross breaks a girl's leg who was selling cookies in order to win a place at the space camp. Ross feels...

Plot Keywords:

Christmas | Breaking Another's Leg | New York City | Unemployment | Friendship

Cast

Jennifer Aniston	...	Rachel Green
Courteney Cox	...	Monica Geller
Lisa Kudrow	...	Phoebe Buffay
Matt LeBlanc	...	Joey Tribbiani
Matthew Perry	...	Chandler Bing
David Schwimmer	...	Dr. Ross Geller
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shelley Berman	...	Mr. Kaplan Jr.
Gene Crane	...	Christmas Tree Customer
Sandra Gould	...	Old Woman
Kyla Pratt	...	Charla Nichols
Romy Rosemont	...	Troop Leader
James Michael Tyler	...	Gunther
Mae Whitman	...	Sarah Tuttle

Directed by
Terry Hughes

Writing credits
David Crane		(creator) &
Marta Kauffman		(creator)
Michael Curtis		(writer) &
Greg Malins		(writer) (as Gregory S. Malins)

Produced by
Michael Borkow	....	co-executive producer
Kevin Bright	....	executive producer (as Kevin S. Bright)
Adam Chase	....	producer
David Crane	....	executive producer
Michael Curtis	....	producer
David Helfand	....	associate producer
Alexa Junge	....	producer
Marta Kauffman	....	executive producer
Greg Malins	....	producer (as Gregory S. Malins)
Todd Stevens	....	producer
Ira Ungerleider	....	producer

Production Management
Steven Pomeroy	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Steven Pomeroy	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Deron Street	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Stunts
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Kevin McGill	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Scott Papera	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Julie Heath	....	costume supervisor

Editorial Department
Rick Dalby	....	final colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Michael Skloff	....	composer: title theme

Other crew
Richard Rosenstock	....	creative consultant
Ran Barker	....	administrator (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
David Crane		creator
Marta Kauffman		creator

Casting by
Mary V. Buck

Makeup Department
Karen Blynder	....	makeup artist
Nanci Cascio	....	additional hair stylist
Mary Kim	....	makeup effects production supervisor: Captive Audience Productions Inc.
Katharine Kremp	....	assistant hair department head
Michael Peterson	....	lab makeup effects: Captive Audience Productions
Keith VanderLaan	....	makeup effects producer: Captive Audience Productions
Michelle Vittone	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tom Oseransky	....	second second assistant director
Steven Pomeroy	....	second assistant director (pilot episode)
Thaddeus Roenitz	....	second second assistant director
Sheila Stewart	....	second assistant director

Art Department
P. Scott Bailey	....	set dresser
Mike Brooks	....	propmaker
J.C. Brown	....	concept art
T.J. Girard	....	art department production assistant
Bryan Rogers	....	props

Sound Department
Mark Aragon	....	sound recordist
Dan Berlin	....	sound recordist
Marty Church	....	adr mixer
Danny Cruz	....	boom operator
Chuck Fitzpatrick	....	sound mixer
Ken Kobett	....	sound re-recording mixer
Greg Orrante	....	sound recordist
Fred Tator	....	sound re-recording mixer (pilot episode)
Otis Van Osten	....	sound editor
James D. Young	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Ken Wills	....	special effects crew

Visual Effects by
Matthew Alexander	....	computer and video technician (London episodes) (as Matthew Kok)
David Carriker	....	visual effects supervisor: various episodes
Rick Cortes	....	digital artist
Rick Cortes	....	digital compositor
Marlan Harris	....	digital artist
Scott Milne	....	visual effects supervisor
Trent Shumway	....	digital compositor
Jeff West	....	visual effects
Bryan Whitaker	....	computer animator
Bryan Whitaker	....	digital artist

Stunts
Todd Bryant	....	stunt coordinator
Al Goto	....	stunt coordinator
Cort Hessler	....	stunts
Clint Lilley	....	stunt coordinator
Carl Milinac	....	stunt rigger
Stephanie Stokes	....	stunt double: Lisa Kudrow

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Carmine	....	director of photography: second unit
Jeff Diaz	....	rigging grip
Bruce Dickson	....	cinematographer: show opening
Thomas H. Frederick	....	film loader
John Graham	....	first assistant camera
John Lazear	....	assistant camera
Justin M. Lubin	....	still photographer
Matthew Santo	....	assistant camera: New York
Bruce Swift	....	key grip (pilot episode)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Victoria Skinner	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Chris Caron	....	post-production coordinator
James L. Thompson III	....	post-production coordinator
Alex Trocker	....	on-line editor
Todd Ulman	....	post-production assistant
Cheryl A. Walker	....	post-production coordinator

Other crew
Emma Baksi	....	production assistant
Bonnie Belknap	....	food stylist
Ken Blankstein	....	production assistant
Michael Bornhorst	....	production assistant
Jeffrey Bowland	....	stage coordinator
Seth Cohen	....	production assistant
Nicholas Darrow	....	production assistant
Jake Farrow	....	assistant to writer
Joe Ferroni	....	production assistant
Mark A. Freid	....	production assistant (pilot episode)
Phil Gonzales	....	publicist
Randall I. Harris	....	set coordinator
Earnest J. Howard	....	production assistant
Jeff Lovely	....	location coordinator
Hobart Lundt	....	coordinator
David Lussier	....	assistant to producers
Amaani Lyle	....	assistant to writer
Kevin J. Malloy	....	assistant production coordinator
Alex Newman	....	cast coordinator
Tadao Tomomatsu	....	production assistant
Todd Ulman	....	production assistant
Cheryl A. Walker	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Television

Distributors

• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1996) (USA) (TV)
• Warner Bros. Television (1994-2004) (USA) (all media)

Runtime:

22 min | Argentina:30 min | 22 min (approx.)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Netherlands:AL | USA:TV-PG | Mexico:B

Filming Locations:

Dijon Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros. Television

Quotes:

[Ross was selling girl scout cookies]
Chandler: Tell us what happened, Brown Bird Ross.
Ross: I lost. I only got second place. This one girl gave her girl scout outfit to her 19 year old sister. She went down to the U.S.S Nimitz and sold 2000 boxes.

Soundtrack:

Pomp and Circumstance

The One Where Rachel Quits

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Ross breaks a little girl's leg who was selling cookies by mistake and feels guilty about it. He tries to help her selling cookies, in order to win a place at the space camp, her dream, but the problem is that he needs to sell more then 400 boxes to be near the last champion!

Rachel is working as a waitress for almost 3 years. Tired of receiving instructions from Gunther, she decides to quit her job, to try to do something she really likes and cares about.

Phoebe tries to convince Joey to stop working with Christimas Trees,since she feels sorry for the poor trees being "killed" only because of this date.