Every Friends Joke

  Why was it Rachel's parents who had spent $40,000 on the wedding, not Barry's?  It is a day after Rachel's running away from her wedding. This evening Monica hosts a dinner for her family. The parents appear to know Rachel's parents well and now sharing gossips with their kids. Jack Geller:   I'm not going to tell you what they spent on that wedding, but $40,000 is a lot of money Why does Jack mention only Rachel's family expenses? Why there seem to be no implication of Barry's the groom's family input for the big celebration too?

Who is Joanie? Who is Chachi? Rachel stays at Monica's to cry over her messed up life. Earlier this morning she has run away from her own wedding. Later that day Rachel has gotten into fight with her dad over leaving Barry at the altar. Now in order to process what has happened Rachel watches a TV show while hugging her wedding dress. There are some couple getting married on the screen. Rachel: See, but Joanie loved Chachi, that's the difference Who are those Joanie and Chachi? Is there extra joke or meaning hidden for a native-speaker? Chachi and Joanie are the characters from a successful TV show "Happy Days". The show tells a nostalgic story for 50ies story of a US family - a dad, a mom, a son and a daughter Joanie. Happy Days has been airing for 11 seasons from 1974 to 1984. So Rachel must have grown up watching the show as a teenager, and looked up to the show's characters. Especially Rachel must have related to Joanie, as the girl on the show who is closest...