《老友記》幕後的10件軼事 (7):沒人準備好受到了經費限制

“The One Where’s No One’s Ready” Was Based Due to Budget Issues

4.《沒人準備好》這一集的佈景單一，緣於經費限制

Budget concerns almost threw a wrench at the Friends

經費問題阻礙了《老友記》的拍攝

In “The One Where No One’s Ready” from season 3, the episode centers on all of the friends having separate issues (albeit, hilarious ones) getting ready for Ross’s benefit:After her breakup with Richard, Monica is experiencing severe anxiety over a message she left on his answering machine and this anxiety is only furthered when she attempts to access and erase the message. Her efforts lead to her accidentally replacing Richard’s outgoing voicemail with said message. It’s so cringe-worthy but fantastic.

在第三季《沒人準備好》這一集中，有一個重要的宴會對羅斯（Ross）來說意義非凡，他的五位朋友也受邀參加，可大家一直慢吞吞，都沒有準備好（儘管劇情緊張，但仍不失滑稽幽默）。來看看幾位老友都在做什麼：莫妮卡和前男友理查德分手後仍對其念念不忘，聽到答錄機裏裏查德的一條舊留言，妄想這是新消息，便給他回覆了條“不焦慮”的消息，之後又覺得這條留言太不淡定，於是想登錄理查德的答錄機抹掉它，結果卻意外更改了他的機主留言，出盡洋相。

Rachel can’t pick an outfit to save her life, which ends in Ross becoming so frustrated that he snaps at her and Rachel almost foregoes the event entirely. It isn’t until Ross offers to drink a cup of rendered chicken fat Monica—a chef—had been storing in the fridge that the two kiss and make up.

瑞秋爲了出席宴會，決定不了該穿哪件衣服。羅斯爲她的磨蹭和漫不經心發火，結果瑞秋乾脆說不去了……作爲道歉，羅斯答應瑞秋喝一杯油，風波才得以平息。

Phoebe is the only one dressed and ready to go, until a giant glob of hummus besmirches her gown and she and the other girls attempt to clean the spot and cover it up. Phoebe finally decides on covering the stain with a heinous oversized Christmas bow, which Ross gasps at initially but then accepts as perfectly suitable in an attempt to get the gang out the door in time.

菲比是唯一準備好出門的人，但一團鷹嘴豆泥弄髒了她的禮服，於是女孩兒們又忙着幫她清理污漬。最終她用一個很扎眼的聖誕裝飾物遮住那塊污漬，羅斯和錢德勒看到之後第一反應都驚呆了。但羅斯爲了讓大家趕緊出門，馬上表示菲比這個搭配非常完美。

Chandler and Joey get into a tiff, which results in a hilarious war where Joey steals the cushions from the couch Chandler is sitting on, which Chandler refers to as the “essence” of the couch. Chandler retaliates by taking Joey’s underwear, and being that Joey is going “commando” at that moment, he is livid and feels unable to change for the event (he “rented” a tux, and isn’t willing to “go commando in another man’s fatigues”). Joey won’t go down without a fight, and responds to the confiscation of his underwear by doing “the exact opposite” to Chandler, which is…wearing all of Chandler’s clothes?

喬伊爲搶座位與錢德勒發生爭吵，起身時帶走了沙發墊——錢德勒稱之爲沙發的精華部分。爲了報復喬伊，小錢錢偷走了他的內褲。喬伊很憤怒，因爲當時沒穿內衣所以不能換禮服（因爲租來的禮服是別人的，所以他不想直接穿）。他決定不來一場對決絕不罷休，於是做了與藏衣服“正相反”的事情……把錢德勒的衣服統統穿在身上。

All scenes—minus a very brief scene at the end which shows the gang at the event they have spent the majority of the episode getting ready for—in this episode take place in Monica’s apartment. Many wouldn’t have given a second thought to this setup, being that the storyline was cause for everyone to congregate in one place. However, the scenes of the episode were concentrated in one area due to the fact that—at the times—the show’s budget was not allowing for shooting in different locations or the addition of guest stars.

這一集裏所有佈景都十分簡單，劇裏六個人打鬧、聊天、發生口角幾乎都是在莫妮卡的公寓裏發生，如此豐富的劇情和精彩的表演全集中在一間屋子裏，對於這種場景佈置許多觀衆並沒有過多在意。但還是要爲好奇的觀衆揭祕一下其中緣由。雖然《老友記》在播出時大受歡迎，但在劇組實際和拍攝製作過程中，時常因爲經費問題而使得衆多精彩橋段縮於一隅。除了佈景，由於預算拮据，無法邀請其他演員出演，因此當時拍攝的《老友記》裏也很少看見其他明星客串的身影。