A TV commercial featuring a Monkey reminds Ross of Marcel. Ross decides to visit Marcel at the San Diego Zoo, since he's going to a convention in Los Angeles. Once there, he is told by a zoo representative that Marcel has died; however, an eccentric zoo keeper tells him Marcel was stolen and put into show business. Ross' search leads him back to New York, where Marcel is filming Virus II: The Virus Takes Manhattan. Joey begins dating Erika, a stalker who thinks he's really his soap opera character, Dr. Drake Ramoray. Phoebe dates Rob, a guy who hires her to sing songs for children at the library. Her songs are a little too real for the kids' parents. She gets fired, but all the kids come to the coffee house so they can still hear her.

Original air date: 28 January 1996

Written by: Michael Borkow
Director: Michael Lembeck

Guest stars:
Chris Isaak as Rob Donnen
Brooke Shields as Erika Ford
Dan Castellaneta as The Zookeeper
Fred Willard as Mr. Lipson
Roark Critchlow as Dr. Mike Horton
Sean Masterson as "Monkeyshine" Guy
Tahj Mowry as Kid
Lawrence A. Mandley as Security Guard
Elliot Woods as Waiter
Karen Kruschke as Coma Woman

[ NOTES: Brooke Shields won the lead in the sitcom Suddenly Susan based on her performance in this episode.
This episode won an Emmy award for Directing (Michael Lembeck). ]