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Once upon a time, in a world without Tinder, six friends found people to date in totally improbable ways.

When Joey receives fan mail from a crazy person...and goes out with her.

This girl (played by Brooke Shields) stalks Joey and thinks he is actually Drake Ramoray, the character he plays on Days of Our Lives. But since Joey Tribbiani is a notorious horndog, he goes out with her anyway.

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When everyone is on a movie set just to visit Marcel and Jean-Claude Van Damme asks Rachel out.

Somehow everyone is allowed to wander around a major film set, just because Ross knows a famous monkey. And then the film's star, Jean-Claude Van Damme, asks Rachel out on a date. Much realistic. Very believe.

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