is a problem with the "left phalange", causing everyone on the plane to evacuate. The passengers are eventually convinced to return to the plane. When a woman skeptically asks an airport employee if "the phalange" was fixed, he replies, "Yes, the phalange is fixed! As a matter of fact, we put a whole lot of extra phalanges onboard, just in case!" Production Phoebe's pregnancy during Season 4 was to account for Lisa Kudrow's actual pregnancy. Casting Ellen DeGeneres, Kathy Griffin, Jane Lynch, and Megan Mullally all auditioned for the role of Phoebe. Lisa Kudrow won the role because the producers liked her recurring role as Ursula, the waitress in Mad About You. The characters were connected to make them twin sisters. The producers said they liked the elements of Lisa in Ursula, but they needed Phoebe to be a lot more humorous. Reception Kudrow received critical acclaim for playing her character, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Satellite Award, and an American Comedy Award, as well as a Golden Globe Award nomination.Entertainment Weekly voted Phoebe Buffay on Friends'' as Lisa Kudrow's best performance. See also List of Friends characters References Friends (1994 TV series) characters Fictional singers Fictional guitarists Fictional left-handed character Fictional female musicians Fictional identical twins Fictional characters from Manhattan Television characters introduced in 1994 Adoptee characters in television American female characters in television Fictional vegan and vegetarian characters