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20 Joey Tribbiani Facts That Are Like A Cow's Opinion - They're Moo

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Friday, September 2, 2016 - 12:38

Any Friends fan worth their (tiny)salt (shakers) knows that Joey loves pizza (two of them, to be exact), baloney sandwiches, women, foosball and the Knicks (yeah, the Knicks rule all).

But did you know that in real life, it was Jennifer Aniston’s dad who inspired Joey’s character of Dr. Drake Ramoray on Days Of Our Lives? He played Victor Kiriakis in NBC’s version of the show!

And could you remember ALL the jobs Joey’s had over the years (even that time he was a Roman warrior at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas?).

Well we can, plus a TON more facts that prove Joey is the funniest friend of them all. Check ’em out…

20 Joey Tribbiani Facts That Are So Far Past The Line, The Line Is A Dot To Them

  • In ‘The One With Ross’ Wedding’, Joey and Chandler were originally going to visit McDonald’s - but the scene was replaced with Joey ‘going into the map’

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  • Unsurprisingly, Joey dated the most people across the ten series. He had 17 girlfriends (OK, flings), while Phoebe had 16.
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  • Before appearing in Friends, Matt LeBlanc was a carpenter.
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  • During his best man speech at Ross and Emily’s wedding rehearsal dinner, Joey says “I first met Ross in this coffee house back home...”, but we learned in The One With The Flashback that Joey met Ross in a bar.
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  • Before the show had been cast, Monica and Joey were intended to be the central couple.
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  • It is revealed in The One After “I Do” that Joey has tiny feet, which he is secretive and defensive about.
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  • He is a big Stephen King fan, having read The Shining several times, as well as being a fan of the film adaptation of one of King’s novels, Cujo.
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  • Joey’s stage work includes a play about trolls, roles in Pinocchio and Macbeth, the lead part in Freud! a musical about psychoanalysis and a part in ‘Boxing Day’, a conventional drama that turns into a sci-fi story.
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  • Joey has worked as a waiter in Central Perk, at a Christmas tree farm, played Santa Claus and a Christmas elf, worked as a tour guide at the Museum of Natural History and has given out perfume samples to customers at a department store.
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  • Joey has the poster for the 1983 Al Pacino film Scarface in his bedroom and the same poster is seen in his house in Joey.
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  • Joey’s sexual adventures include undoing a 16-year-old girl’s bra when he was nine, sleeping with his teacher in the seventh grade, and having a “wild spring break” when he was 13.
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  • Chandler didn’t like Joey the best when he held roommate interviews. Mr. Heckles lied to the guy Chandler picked, meaning Chandler had to go with his second choice - Joey.
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  • Joey is Phoebe’s best male friend; they have dinner together once a month to talk about the rest of the group.
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  • Joey’s the least mature of the group. He enjoys playing video games and foosball, “exclusively” reads comics, plays with a hockey puck, a scooter, a pile of boxes and bubble wrap and even sleeps with a toy penguin named Huggsy.
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  • The encyclopedia Joey buys in “The One With The Cuffs” teaches him about everything beginning with the letter ‘V’, specifically vomit, Mount Vesuvius, volcanoes, vivisection, the vas deferens, and the Vietnam War.
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  • As a child, Joey had an invisible friend named Maurice, who was a space cowboy.
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  • Joey plays Dr. Drake Ramoray in a fictional version of the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives (1965). In real life, Jennifer Aniston’s father, John Aniston, played ‘Victor Kiriakis’ on the real Days of Our Lives.
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  • Joey has seven sisters, Mary Theresa, Mary Angela (with whom Chandler fooled around at Joey’s birthday party), Dina, Gina, Tina, Veronica, and Cookie.
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  • A ton of Joey’s acting projects ended badly. Mac and C.H.E.E.S.E. was cancelled, his big role in Law & Order was as a corpse in a body bag and the big movie he’s cast in (‘Shutter Speed’) is shut down. He got fired from a Burger King commercial, too.
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  • Joey wasn’t written as a dim character. Matt LeBlanc suggested it.
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Related: Friends Extras

Related: The Ultimate Ranking Of Joey Tribbiani's Girlfriends

All Joey Tribbiani's Girlfriends Ranked In Order Of Coolness

  • 17. Sarah - She took Joey’s food from his plate and JOEY DOESN’T SHARE FOOD. He also doesn’t forget those who take food away from him. Off with her head! Just kidding. Stay on the bottom of the list though.
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  • 16. Hayley’s roommate - Hayley who? Exactly.
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  • 15. Lauren - Kate’s understudy was so forgettable, we hardly remember she was there. The break up was painless and Joey didn’t really get anything out of this setup anyway. Even Lauren probably doesn’t like to talk about it, that’s how boring it was.
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  • 14. Kathy - She dropped Joey for Chandler and then cheated on him. How dare she?! She almost ruined a friendship. She most definitely wasn’t Joey’s lobster. (Plus she has the hair of a Lego man).
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  • 13. Janine Lecroix - Everything was going great for Joey and Janine until it turned out she doesn’t like Monica and Chandler. Not liking them is one thing, but insulting them? Joey was having none of it. Good for you, Joey. Ohana means family.
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  • 12. Lorraine - She was nice, this girl was. Her only fault? She was friends with Janice. OH. MY. GOD. A big no-no.
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  • 11. Laura - Things got a little bit awkward when she came to interview Monica and Chandler about their adoption. She also got a little bit obsessive - not Brooke Shields-eat-your-fingers obsessive, but still.
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  • 10. Katie - Ah, yes. The serial puncher. The adorable petite brunette that would constantly, playfully hit Joey. Only thing was, it hurt a lot. Like, scooter-across-your-shins-alot. Unacceptable.
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  • 9. Felicity - One of the bridesmaids at Ross’s London wedding.
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  • 8. Sandy - A hot single mom at the store. This showed off Joey's more chauvanistic qualities, but damn, her hair was amazing.
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  • 7. Melanie - Joey was too busy donating sperm to even consummate this relationship, but Melanie worked in the fruit gift basket business and that alone is pretty impressive.
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  • 6. Charlie Wheeler - She was kind and smart, and in normal circumstances, she would have been in the top three. But she chose Ross instead of Joey and that’s like minus five points minimum. Sorry Charlie, we don’t make the rules - Ross is just that bad.
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  • 6. Angela Delveccio - She was the girl who dated Joey right before the show started. And although she now dates a guy named Bob (Is he even real? Just think about it, how many Bobs do you know?), Joey was clearly fond of her as he'd mention her often.
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  • 4. Kate Miller - She co-starred in a play with Joey and dumped a director for Tribbiani. Now, that’s dedication. Too bad she eventually left him for a gig in LA. Oh well, at least the sex was hot.
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  • 3. Erin - Things didn’t work out for Erin and Joey. Despite getting along with Rachel and Phoebe, the smart librarian found Joey boring and predictable. But you know what? She was in Sex And The City, which is pretty awesome.
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  • 2. Rachel Green - Sure, it was short. Pretty innocent and awkward too. But it was also the first time Joey finally felt something real. And for that reason, his brief relationship with Rachel is right up there.
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  • 1. Cecilia Monroe - Stunning as Jessica Lockhart on Days of Our Lives, still flawless as the person who dumps Joey to move to Guadalajara. Full of grace and even though it didn’t end well for Joey, she was the highlight of his love life. WHAT A WOMAN.
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