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Chandler: Why is Phoebe singing to Carl Mulden?

Phoebe is very happy to get a puppy. So much so, that she lulls it and hums to some tune. Chandler enters the room.

Chandler:  

- Why is Phoebe singing to Carl Mulden? 

How is the song Phoebe's humming connected to Carl Mulden?

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  1. After googling Carl Mulden it is appeared his face resembles the pug puppy's one. But what is with the song? Is it a characteristic one for a this actor?

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  2. no, he just sort of look like the puppy

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  3. no, he just sort of look like the puppy

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  4. The song and the person aren't connected. The joke is just about Carl Mulden and the puppy looking alike.

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    1. Thank you, Triene! So the song here is just to give a reference to a singer.

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  5. The song she hums is rock a bye baby (on the tree top) a nursery rhyme

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