Friends

[cub]

I never watched 'Friends' on C4 until the last year or so and I'm a bit of an addict. I keep watching the reruns on E4 over and over.

Anyone else a fan?

[mizzy25]

yes its my fave prog. ive seen them all a dozen times i have some on video and i also watch repeats on e4 and it always makes me laff

[Benjamin]

I actually haven't watched in about 3 months. That's the longest in about 14 years I have gone without watching it.


I just realised that Friends is 17 years old, that's crazy. :shocked:

[Z]

I love Friends, I could never get bored of it. Such an amazing cast and writing team, I think it's wonderful.

[InOne]

The 90's ones were best

[Princess]

Loveeee Friends, never get tired of watching it.

[jaumoin]

I was a huge fan back in the 90s and when the show was available on dvd like ten years ago, one season was like 45 euros, so very expensive, but I collected them all :) odd to see the 90s fashion :) Joey was our favourite!

[MTVN]

I used to just watch it all the time but I'm a bit bored of it now tbh, seen them all too many times

[CharlieO]

Friends is a programme I never tire of watching. I remember watching the last ever episode when I was younger and my whole family was crying together. It was an amazing programme and still is.

I havent watched in a while but whenever I'm in the UK I regularly watch on E4.

Phoebe is my favourite by far. Im so glad they didn't make a friends movie.

[Vicky.]

I had never watched them until about 6 years ago because my dad always told me it was s***.

Then I watched a few, and made him buy me them all. And watched them nonstop for about 2weeks or so to get through them all :laugh:

[InOne]

Friends is a programme I never tire of watching. I remember watching the last ever episode when I was younger and my whole family was crying together. It was an amazing programme and still is.

I havent watched in a while but whenever I'm in the UK I regularly watch on E4.

Phoebe is my favourite by far. Im so glad they didn't make a friends movie.

They're all too old now. Matt LeBlanc like has all grey hair now and Courtney Cox isn't looking to great either

[CharlieO]

They're all too old now. Matt LeBlanc like has all grey hair now and Courtney Cox isn't looking to great either

At first I was like yay when there were rumours but then I'm glad it didn't happen because it could have ruined it. And if it were to happen I would want the directors and writers to produce it for the main reason to give an amazing final conclusion not for just making money.

If they had approached it in order to just make money, they would no doubt make enough from the movie as i guarantee even if it was **** so many people would see it regardless. Then due to the success of the first one before we know it we would see:
Friends The Movie, Friends The Movie 2 and god knows what else just to ensure it was well and truly milked dry and ruined for ever.

[MTVN]

Apparently Matt Leblanc actually had grey hair when he was doing Friends, he was having to dye it for a lot of the time

[Shaun]

got rubbish after the first 3 seasons

[Lee.]

Friends is the one programme that I can watch over and over again!

I absolutely adore Ross :love:

[cub]

I hope they never make a Friends movie. It was perfect as it was, telling the story of six characters from 1994-2004. It was clear that they all grew up and grew away from each other so what would be the point?

Joey (the spin off show) - what I've seen of it on YT - looked like a disaster, so a good reason not to revive it.

[KG.]

Friends is such over-hyped rubbish, it's one of the worst long running TV shows ever imo :bored:

[Sarah.]

It's my favourite show ever. :love:

[joeysteele]

It was a really good series, but I think I and many others have probably seen the whole lot at least 4times over minimum.

[michael21]

Friends ch4/e4 contract end soon so :xyxwave::xyxwave: Friends

[Doogle]

My favourite show of all time.

Only seen each episode around 3 times, cos I only got the boxset for Christmas.

[Scarlett.]

I bet Joey would have lasted longer if Joey had actually referenced the old characters and given them cameos, Joey never even mentioned them, and it'd be weird if Chandler didn't visit Joey in two years

[Stu]

Good reliable television. Calling it either the best show ever or the worst are equally absurd.

[Doogle]

Good reliable television. Calling it either the best show ever or the worst are equally absurd.

That's a matter of opinion though.

[Vicky.]

I cant believe I can still laugh at the episodes though when I must be on my 10th time(at least) of watching them.

Phoebes 'little black curly hair' song still cracks me up for ages :laugh:

[Stu]

That's a matter of opinion though.
And you quoted an opinion.

Surely we are beyond the stage of having to add disclaimers to every little post stating it's just the posters opinion. I think most people calling it the best show ever are either young or don't watch that much TV, and the ones calling it the worst ... well that's just stupid. There has been plenty of worse television.

[Vicky.]

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[Doogle]

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[Stu]

That makes it look just awful. Really does a great job of illustrating the importance of laugh tracks in creating a warm, 'comedy' atmosphere in a show that isin't exactly a tour de force of world class witty writing.

I'm sure it's the same for plenty of other shows too.

[cub]

Pheebs Greatest Hits!

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[Vicky.]

Phoebe is by far the best character :laugh:

[MTVN]

Pheobe is the worst one :nono:

Ross >

[Stu]

Oh I can't tolerate her. She has some good lines but as a whole I can't stomach the ~whacky vibe.

I love all the lads equally. Joey's got great dumb humour and is one of these fictional characters who epitomise that whole chilled out chicken and TV lifestyle I love, Chandler's sarcasm is the business, and Ross is great in the later years at channeling Kramer.

[Doogle]

I always loved Monica, until "The One With Monica's Thunder" then I found her personality just changed completely and she turned into a control freak that bossed Chandler around and was a pain to watch. They all changed to be honest but only Rachel's character showed a good change (learning to be independant I guess)

[Vicky.]

Pheobe is the worst one :nono:

Ross >

:bored:

I do love Ross though. I crease at the one where he kicks off about his boss eating his sandwich :hugesmile:

The only one I never really took to was monica

[Doogle]

Ross is okay but he becomes portrayed as creepy and gets all the awkward moments as the show progressed which I didn't like.

[MTVN]

:bored:

I do love Ross though. I crease at the one where he kicks off about his boss eating his sandwich :hugesmile:

The only one I never really took to was monica

Haha yeah, that was a great ep, I think Ross is the only character who I liked more nearer the end, that was when he was best with the episode where he's "fine" with Rachel and Joey and where he has the new couch :D

I never really liked Monica that much either, I dont find her OCD with cleaning and stuff that funny & she seemed like she'd be annoying to be around :laugh:

[Vicky.]

Haha yeah, that was a great ep, I think Ross is the only character who I liked more nearer the end, that was when he was best with the episode where he's "fine" with Rachel and Joey and where he has the new couch :D

I never really liked Monica that much either, I dont find her OCD with cleaning and stuff that funny & she seemed like she'd be annoying to be around :laugh:

Yeah ross got better as they went on, the rest declined.

I just started laughing randomly remembering the 'tanning' episode. Now(again) gav thinks Im crazy :laugh2:

[Doogle]

Plus Monica screaming every word. :bored:

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[MTVN]

Yeah ross got better as they went on, the rest declined.

I just started laughing randomly remembering the 'tanning' episode. Now(again) gav thinks Im crazy :laugh2:

:joker:

Yeah that was a good one as well, "count mississippilessly?" :D

[cub]

My two favourite scenes are

1. Betting on Monica/Rache's apartment:

"Oh, oh! He's a transponster!"
"That's not even a woooorrrd!"

2. Pheobe seeing Moniker/Chandler 'doing it'.
"Oh! My eyes! My eyes!"

[Doogle]

I regularly do the Friends swearing thing that Ross does (both of them) plus I say va fa napoli.

I also say "OOOH, THAT'S INTERESTING!" and use "Ken Adams/Regina Phalange" as my alter ego.

[Locke.]

Amazing show but I've seen each episode too much now so gonna try and avoid it for as long as possible so I can start finding it funny again

['Conor]

i have every season on boxset :hugesmile:

Phoebe >

[Doogle]

Same Conor. :amazed:

Most people see the poster whenever I'm on Tiny chat and I like to show off my boxset. :')

['Conor]

Same Conor. :amazed:

Most people see the poster whenever I'm on Tiny chat and I like to show off my boxset. :')

:hugesmile:

[GiRTh]

got rubbish after the first 3 seasons:worship:

[michael21]

any one no the last air date on e4 and ch4 ???

[Marc]

Friends is a CLASSIC!

I cannot believe you only started watching a year ago? It's a shame you missed watching it when it was still producing new episodes, it used to have some good cliffhangers :)

Happy watching!

[Marsh.]

got rubbish after the first 3 seasons

I found the show to have its best era after that time. The best period was from seasons 3 to 6 or 7. I've watched season 1 the least because compared to some of the others it's dated quite badly now.


That makes it look just awful. Really does a great job of illustrating the importance of laugh tracks in creating a warm, 'comedy' atmosphere in a show that isin't exactly a tour de force of world class witty writing.

I'm sure it's the same for plenty of other shows too.

It was nowhere near the best writing ever, but at its height Friends could be very witty.

I hated Ross towards the beginning, such a lanky squirt who whined about everything. I didn't care for his crush on Rachel the first year and then his overbearing jealousy when they got together.
I liked him best when he "mellowed" in season 5 after his 2nd divorce.

Joey I found too exaggerated to be funny by the final season. The Joey speaks French episode is one of the worst pieces of television ever.

The other four I pretty much liked through the whole run at different times.
But that's one of the things I love about it, none of them where given the "main" part it was just a great ensemble. "Joey" proved that none of them worked without the other five.

[Marsh.]

any one no the last air date on e4 and ch4 ???

Probably when the current run ends. They're showing season 5 at the mo so probably end of summer.

[MTVN]

Probably when the current run ends. They're showing season 5 at the mo so probably end of summer.

Wont take them that long, they're showing 4 episodes a day

[Locke.]

Autumn 2011 it changes from E4 to Comedy Central. So they'll easily fit another two or three full re-airs of the show after the current one

[michael21]

Autumn 2011 it changes from E4 to Comedy Central. So they'll easily fit another two or three full re-airs of the show after the current one

:bawling::bawling::bawling::bawling: E4 need more new shows

[James]

The 90's ones were best

I agree.

Pheobe is the worst one :nono:

Ross >

Chandler was the funniest, until he got together with Monica. Mondler ruined the character though. :(

Yeah ross got better as they went on, the rest declined.

I just started laughing randomly remembering the 'tanning' episode. Now(again) gav thinks Im crazy :laugh2:

The one where he gets stuck in the leather trousers, lol.

[Locke.]

Ross was amazing.

Chandler was definitely the best til he got with Monica.

Joey was great but in a different way to the other 2.

Don't find any of the women funny really, Rachel is ok though.

[James]

I bet Joey would have lasted longer if Joey had actually referenced the old characters and given them cameos, Joey never even mentioned them, and it'd be weird if Chandler didn't visit Joey in two years

I gave up on that after the first episode. :s

[Vicky.]

I have never even watched one episode of joey actually :/

[Iceman]

It wasnt good but I agree cameos should have been given....

[joeysteele]

I enjoyed Friends but somehow Joey never seemed to work as a series,went downhill from the first episode.

[Doogle]

I found the show to have its best era after that time. The best period was from seasons 3 to 6 or 7. I've watched season 1 the least because compared to some of the others it's dated quite badly now.




It was nowhere near the best writing ever, but at its height Friends could be very witty.

I hated Ross towards the beginning, such a lanky squirt who whined about everything. I didn't care for his crush on Rachel the first year and then his overbearing jealousy when they got together.
I liked him best when he "mellowed" in season 5 after his 2nd divorce.

Joey I found too exaggerated to be funny by the final season. The Joey speaks French episode is one of the worst pieces of television ever.

The other four I pretty much liked through the whole run at different times.
But that's one of the things I love about it, none of them where given the "main" part it was just a great ensemble. "Joey" proved that none of them worked without the other five.
Yes, in some ways it was good that Joey went ahead. It really showed how much they all needed each other.

Also I agree. Joey in Season 10 was unbearable. He knew what the "animals going to farm" thing meant in Season 1 and he wasn't that stupid, and then in the last episode he just knew like nothing. Ridiculous. :bored:

I tend to dislike the episodes with Ross and Rachel together the more I watch them. I love Ross and Rachel together but you want them so much more when they're arguing and when you think they'll get together. When they actually were I was just like, "ugh hurry up and split up".

[Locke.]

Joey was no worse than most sitcoms that are on tv these days

[cub]

I think they picked the wrong spin off, but all the other Friends were hooked up.

I wanted to see a 'Gunther at Central Perk' show - it could have been the new 'Cheers'.

[joeysteele]

I think they picked the wrong spin off, but all the other Friends were hooked up.

I wanted to see a 'Gunther at Central Perk' show - it could have been the new 'Cheers'.

I agree, definately the wrong spin off.

[michael21]

Rachel should have a spin of

[Kerry]

Watched them all in the 90's and LOVED the show. I doubt I could watch re-runs though oddly

[Smithy]

I never really found Joey that funny, he was just a giant ball of cliché

Phoebe & Chandler > :lovedup:

[Kerry]

Chandler was the best character :D

[cub]

Chandler Bing ("Actually, it's Miss Chanandler Bong...") was a legend. The only thing was he matured too fast in the last couple of seasons.

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[mizzy25]

i like all the characters equally. my funniest episode was ross getting stuck in the leather pants i cried with laughter every time and ive seen it about a dozen times now and its still very funny as is the spray tan one again with ross

[InOne]

Chandler was the best in the early ones. He seemed to be more witty and loved the fact he lived in a fairly normal apartment sharing and therefore had loads of money to spend. Also them all trying to get him to quit smoking was it. It got a bit rubbish when they all started hooking up with eachother. Expecially Ross and Rachel :bored: The whole baby thing annoyed me with Monica and Chandler as well, went on right until the end.
Phoebe and Joey seemed sorta male and female versions of eachother at times, a little bit kooky n that. They had a few good one liners now and then but were never THAT funny. They seemed to get pushed to the back a bit when Aniston and Cox became quite popular. Rachel was one I only liked in the earlier eps, same as Monica. They lost their charm in the later ones so to speak.

Didn't meant to write that much D:

[Jords]

I watch it now and then when nothing else is on, but Ive never really truely got into it like most Friends addicts have.

[abbey97]

I love friends, the best season for me was 3 with the whole 'We were on a break!'.

[Shaun]

Rachel should have a spin of

she's been playing the same character in movies ever since it finished.

[Z]

she's been playing the same character in movies ever since it finished.

Agreed.

I think it could have carried on for longer than it did without getting stale but at least it quit while it was ahead rather than take the Simpsons road to longevity. A Friends film would be wholly pointless unless it was based on the desire to spin a storyline further, rather than as a money making venture (obviously that would be what it was, but I'd hate it to be like 'let's make money out of a Friends film' rather than 'we have an idea for a Friends film, let's make money out of that') so I think it's best to let it lie. I think it's fantastic though, the six of them work so well as an ensemble cast but none of them are really that great to watch in other roles - Lisa Kudrow's probably the most watchable out of the six of them in her other roles because you got to see some variety in her character in Friends (as Phoebe and Ursula) so she's not as definitively typecast IMO.

[Ramsay]

yeah a movie would be pointless since the show has always been set in front of an audience so it would be weird in movie form..but i wouldnt mind a thanksgiving/christmas reunion episode ..just would be cool to see them again

[cub]

yeah a movie would be pointless since the show has always been set in front of an audience so it would be weird in movie form..but i wouldnt mind a thanksgiving/christmas reunion episode ..just would be cool to see them again

Indeed. Aniston has said as much herself. 'Sex And The City' was on location in NY whilst Friends was studio bound - even the outdoors scenes. And this had to be so because 'Friends' was actually filmed in California.

So to see them film on location in NY would be odd - plus they've all moved on out of the area, so how could they go back to chilling out at the coffee house? And they're all seven years (and counting ... ) older.

The only thing you could do is make a movie called 'Old Friends' about 6 people in their mid 40s and that might not be a good idea.

[cub]

Does anyone know the dates of C4/E4 last Friends Tx?

[michael21]

Does anyone know the dates of C4/E4 last Friends Tx?

http://digiguide.tv/show-times/12399/Friends/page/62

[cub]

Still being shown in August. So it looks like ending in September.

[cub]

Looks like it's finishing today.

They're showing the last double-length episode immediately followed by the Brad Pitt/Angelina Jolie movie 'Mr and Mrs Smith'. Someone at E4 Towers must have a good sense of humour.

Goodbye to my 'Friends' ....

[Lee.]

I have still never watched the last ever episode without crying! It gets me every bloody time!

[Benjamin]

I love friends so much. I hope if they ever do a Thanksgiving reunion that they do it justice.

[Lee.]

I love it too! I still find it funny no matter how many repeats I watch.

[Saph]

Its on now :( Last ever half hour of Friends on E4

[Doogle]

:(