Three Monkeys in TV series… Coincidence? Or maybe something more?
Is it just a coincidence… or maybe a hidden sign?
While building our gallery dedicated to the Three Wise Monkeys, we stumbled upon something that first made us smile — and then left us truly astonished. Two completely different TV series, aired in completely different decades, and yet… in the exact same episode of season one — precisely Episode 21 — the same gesture appears: “see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil.”
📺 In 1986, in The Golden Girls (episode Flu Attack), the characters sit in their robes on the couch and parody the Three Monkeys symbol — each covering their eyes, ears, or mouth.
📺 Nine years later, in 1995, in Season 1, Episode 21 of Friends (episode The One With The Fake Monica), three characters — Joey, Chandler, and Ross — recreate the identical arrangement of gestures.
You simply can’t miss it.
🎬 Two TV hits. Two iconic pop culture moments. Two scenes with the same symbol, in the same episode number. Coincidence?
Or maybe one of the Friends creators was a fan of The Golden Girls? Maybe it’s a tribute, maybe a wink… or maybe the Three Wise Monkeys have simply become a permanent part of our collective consciousness?
📌 See both scenes in our pop culture gallery
And you? What do you think?
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📺 Do you know other TV scenes featuring the Three Monkeys motif?
Or maybe you’ve spotted similar gestures in lesser-known productions?
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