Friends is 30 years old this year!

[Benjamin]

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[rusticgal]

Iconic….

[Niamh.]

I remember watching it every week when it was airing for the first time with my best friend, we were still in school [emoji23]

[Ammi]

…oh how weird…I was just reading this story on another site…

“Timing Is Everything”: Lisa Kudrow Finds Note Left By Matthew Perry Inside ‘Friends’ Cookie Jar…


Lisa Kudrow revealed that she recently discovered a note left by the late Matthew Perry inside the Friends cookie jar he gifted her after the show’s finale in January 2004. While Lisa did not disclose the note’s contents, she did reflect on the timing of finding it.
“Matthew gave that to me at the end of our last episode,” Lisa told Drew Barrymore on Tuesday (January 7), appearing in an episode of The Drew Barrymore Show.

Drew had asked Lisa if she had stolen anything from the set of Friends, to which the actress teased that she had, but she didn’t want to say what.
As a result, the host wondered about the fate of the “Cookie Time” jar from the popular sitcom, prompting Lisa to confess to the heartwarming discovery.

“I had recently found the note that he had in it for me,” she explained. “I hadn’t opened it up or looked inside of it. But yeah, he did. He had a note in there and I forgot about it. Timing is everything.”
The 61-year-old Hollywood star previously revealed that the “Cookie Time” jar had been a “wrap gift” from Matthew during a 2020 interview on Jimmy Kimmel Live.
“I mean we were laughing hysterically and crying because it was the end [of the show],” Lisa said at the time of her response to the gift.

The late actor had gifted the prop to his costar in an ode to a scene from an early episode of the show, where Lisa, who played Phoebe Buffay, realized she wasn’t wearing a watch for a scene that she needed to be, so she referred to the cookie jar as a clock, People reported on Tuesday.
Lisa reportedly recalled being skeptical of how Matthew got the jar to gift it, as she said: “The first thing I asked was, ‘This is so nice. Did you get permission?’
“I mean, my car used to get searched every night when I left.”

The cookie jar on Friends was a decorative prop often seen in Monica Geller’s (Courteney Cox) kitchen, the central hangout spot for the group throughout the show, which aired from 1994 to 2004.
In the Season 4 episode The One with Chandler in a Box, which aired in 1997, Chandler Bing (Matthew) used the jar as part of a humorous moment to prove his loyalty to Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc).
The jar became a nostalgic keepsake for the cast, symbolizing the close bond they shared during the iconic sitcom’s 10-year run.

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[Crimson Dynamo]

Literally everyone talked about it Friday morning at work. One of the greatest.

[Dogeatdog]

I read that the Friends finale aired on CH4 on May 28th at 9pm and was then followed by the BB5 Live launch afterwards. What a night for television :love:

[Livia]

Hate to be out if step with everyone... but I was not really a fan. I thought they were all super-annoying.

[Benjamin]

Hate to be out if step with everyone... but I was not really a fan. I thought they were all super-annoying.

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[Livia]

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I'm going, I'm going......

[Niamh.]

Hate to be out if step with everyone... but I was not really a fan. I thought they were all super-annoying.Could you BE anymore wrong?

[Crimson Dynamo]

Hate to be out if step with everyone... but I was not really a fan. I thought they were all super-annoying.

Janice voice.... "Oh... my... God

[Dogeatdog]

Hate to be out if step with everyone... but I was not really a fan. I thought they were all super-annoying.

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[GoldHeart]

Wow
Moment of silence....for all of us who feel old now :skull: :laugh:.

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[ThomasC]

Never have I ever understood the appeal of this.

I don't find it funny, just stupid.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Never have I ever understood the appeal of this.

I don't find it funny, just stupid.

You are wrong and probably don't have a great sense of humor. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

[Glenn.]

Didn’t he say the same thing about Gavin and Stacey :umm2:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Didn’t he say the same thing about Gavin and Stacey :umm2:

If he did then I rest my case

:laugh:

[ThomasC]

You are wrong and probably don't have a great sense of humor. Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Oh right so cuz my opinion is different to yours I am wrong and you're right. Makes sense.

[ThomasC]

Didn’t he say the same thing about Gavin and Stacey :umm2:

Yep, not my thing either

[Benjamin]

Never have I ever understood the appeal of this.

I don't find it funny, just stupid.

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[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

My fave! Was just watching it earlier. It's a go to when I'm down and never fails to lift up my mood. At this point I just recite almost all the scenes!!

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Hate to be out if step with everyone... but I was not really a fan. I thought they were all super-annoying.

Oh they were definitely annoying especially Ross but that was part of the appeal too :joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Oh right so cuz my opinion is different to yours I am wrong and you're right. Makes sense.

No your "opinion" is so far out of step with the wider world it's rather quaint and unusual. Not that there is anything wrong with that

[rusticgal]

Tbf…I’m not a lover of sit-coms….especially American ones. The early episodes were a bit hard going but it just got better and better as they all grew into their roles. My boys just keep on watching them time and time again.

[Niamh.]

Tbf…I’m not a lover of sit-coms….especially American ones. The early episodes were a bit hard going but it just got better and better as they all grew into their roles. My boys just keep on watching them time and time again.Have you watched Schitts Creek Rusti?

[ThomasC]

No your "opinion" is so far out of step with the wider world it's rather quaint and unusual. Not that there is anything wrong with that

So you keep saying.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

So you keep saying.

One day your opinion will pivot

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Have you watched Schitts Creek Rusti?

Is it Schitty?

[Glenn.]

Schitts Creek is a master piece

[ThomasC]

One day your opinion will pivot

It won't.

I don't find it remotely funny.

[Niamh.]

Is it Schitty?

It took a season and a half for me to get into it but it's better than Friends I swear

Schitts Creek is a master piece

I love it so much, when I watched the final episode , I straight after put on S1E1 qnd watched the whole thing again, literally loved every character besides Mutt

[Niamh.]

One day your opinion will pivot

:hehe:

[ThomasC]

Sit coms imo aren't that funny.

It's forced, stupid humour.

Being daft for the sake of being daft. It's immature humour.

Barry Humpries was a master of humour, but then a lot of it probably went over people's heads.

[ThomasC]

Friends is so unfunny they have to add laughing to it. Lol

[Niamh.]

Sit coms imo aren't that funny.

It's forced, stupid humour.

Being daft for the sake of being daft. It's immature humour.

Barry Humpries was a master of humour, but then a lot of it probably went over people's heads.Have you watched Scitts Creek though? :hee:

[Niamh.]

Friends is so unfunny they have to add laughing to it. LolThat's just the way they filmed sitcoms in the 90's

[GoldHeart]

That's just the way they filmed sitcoms in the 90's

Exactly
Not sure why people always get harsh with friends, when personally I never understood the appeal of Seinfeld or everyone loves Raymond . But we all have different tastes I guess :shrug: .

[jones89]

I thought it was 30 years last year :conf:

[James]

I was a convert to it. Didn't like what I thought it was like, but when I actually watched it thought it was really well-written and funny.

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

It took a season and a half for me to get into it but it's better than Friends I swear



I love it so much, when I watched the final episode , I straight after put on S1E1 qnd watched the whole thing again, literally loved every character besides Mutt

Better than friends?!? Hmm whenever someone says that my default is to think no, just like I say no when people say Seinfeld is better. I'll give it a watch

[Glenn.]

Friends is so unfunny they have to add laughing to it. Lol

Literally had a live audience every week :joker:

[Zizu]

I wonder what the emotions are when people watch Friends these days after Matthew Perry passed away ?

[Livia]

Don't like Friends, don't like Schitts Creek, have never watched Gavin and Stacey. I'll get my coat..........

[Ammi]

It took a season and a half for me to get into it but it's better than Friends I swear



I love it so much, when I watched the final episode , I straight after put on S1E1 qnd watched the whole thing again, literally loved every character besides Mutt

Better than friends?!? Hmm whenever someone says that my default is to think no, just like I say no when people say Seinfeld is better. I'll give it a watch

…I’ll give it a watch with you as well, CeeCee….I did watch some of the first season a while ago and I liked it ok…but I didn’t live it and sitcoms are not usually so much my thing…Friends was quite exceptional but maybe it was just more THAT TIME…I think also with Friends, it was that there were so many traits in them that were in my own Friends or myself, you know…similar with Sex in the City and that friendship group that had some relatable things…anyway, it’s nice to have something lighter to tap in and out of as well so I’ll re-try Schitt’s Creek…I love Catherine O’Hara anyway…

…a recent excellent comedy series I’ve watched the first season of…(…because it’s only one season in…)…is Nobody Wants This, I would totally recommend that one…I just couldn’t put it down until I’d watched the season to the end…

[GoldHeart]

As for the " laugh track ", I remember watching a behind the scenes documentary about friends .And they had a real audience...but they would use a quick short taped laugh track for some of the jokes,as the audience laugher was interrupting the actors next lines,which made sense.

[Ammi]

…didn’t Cheers and many other huge sit cons have that live audience at that time…?..it was ‘a thing’…but yeah, I can understand how it can irritate as well…like being told when to laugh…come to think, didn’t things like The Lucy Show, back in the day…have that audience/canned laughter, thing….I mean, the audience had probably sat there for around 75 hours so what else could they do but laugh for their release…

[GoldHeart]

…didn’t Cheers and many other huge sit cons have that live audience at that time…?..it was ‘a thing’…but yeah, I can understand how it can irritate as well…like being told when to laugh…come to think, didn’t things like The Lucy Show, back in the day…have that audience/canned laughter, thing….I mean, the audience had probably sat there for around 75 hours so what else could they do but laugh for their release…

Yeah many sitcoms did both live audience & canned laughter for sure .

[Ammi]

Yeah many sitcoms did both live audience & canned laughter for sure .

…I mean, even now…entertainment shows that have a live audience…?…still have the ‘warm up’ people or person, don’t they…that prep them on audience reaction at specific points…I mean we only have to look at BB crowds…and their boooooo sections and cheer sections and which section will be the loudest…etc…

[Benjamin]

Have you watched Schitts Creek Rusti?

The greatest. The first season takes a while to build but from that it is such an excellent show.

[Niamh.]

Better than friends?!? Hmm whenever someone says that my default is to think no, just like I say no when people say Seinfeld is better. I'll give it a watchI didn't like Seinfeld

[Zizu]

I didn't like Seinfeld


Mmm that explains a lot LOL

I absolutely LOVE the Seinfeld series ..

He’s a legendary stand up comedian as well

[rusticgal]

Have you watched Schitts Creek Rusti?


No...never. Is it good?

[Ray.]

F.R.I.E.N.D.S is a bit of fun (Joey and the Gellers are my favourite characters), but Cheers and Seinfeld are both way better imo.

[rusticgal]

My friend got tickets to be part of the audience whilst recording and episode of Birds of a Feather....I seriously struggled to raise a smile.

[Crimson Dynamo]

come on who can forget when Elaine started dancing at the Office party

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[ThomasC]

Have you watched Scitts Creek though? :hee:

Nope. I just don't really have any intention of watching sit-coms as I just don't really find them that funny.

I have a very dry sense of humour. Maybe that's why.

In real life people people often tell me I'm hilarious and have no idea why. I don't intentionally go out to try and be funnu

Friends, although may have had a live audience, engineered the laughing. People sometimes laugh just if others are laughing even if it's not that funny.

[ThomasC]

I did find parts of Mrs Brown's boys funny.

First few episodes in particular

[Niamh.]

Nope. I just don't really have any intention of watching sit-coms as I just don't really find them that funny.

I have a very dry sense of humour. Maybe that's why.

In real life people people often tell me I'm hilarious and have no idea why. I don't intentionally go out to try and be funnu

Friends, although may have had a live audience, engineered the laughing. People sometimes laugh just if others are laughing even if it's not that funny.

The humour in Schitts Creek is different to Friends, also it isn't filmed in front of an audience or have canned laughter

I did find parts of Mrs Brown's boys funny.

First few episodes in particular

That's one I don't find at all funny :laugh:

[Glenn.]

As for the " laugh track ", I remember watching a behind the scenes documentary about friends .And they had a real audience...but they would use a quick short taped laugh track for some of the jokes,as the audience laugher was interrupting the actors next lines,which made sense.

The episode where Monica and chandler get married is the prime example of this when Chandlers mum asks his dad about having too much penis to be wearing a dress like that. The audience went crazy and for about ten minutes. They had to shorten that.

[Glenn.]

I did find parts of Mrs Brown's boys funny.

First few episodes in particular

I think you need to catch Livia up

[Ammi]

…I think with Friends, a lot of it for me was that thing of seeing something of your own friends in the character traits…and even some of yourself…I mean, I’m that person that would take all of the freebies/those sampler things home from the hotel room in that episode…Im reformed now but when the boys were younger, they loved getting those if they were at home being looked after by grandparents and we’d been away for a little break…I took back whatever I could for them…I stripped those hotel rooms to the bone…

[Ammi]

..and I know so many Monica’s…I also know quite a few Rachel’s as well…

[Niamh.]

Mmm that explains a lot LOL

I absolutely LOVE the Seinfeld series ..

He’s a legendary stand up comedian as well

:rolleyes:

No...never. Is it good?

So good, give it a season to get into it though

[Swan]

I was a convert to it. Didn't like what I thought it was like, but when I actually watched it thought it was really well-written and funny.

Same. Always dismissed it as corny American rubbish, but when i got with my first girlfriend, i was like 12, i would walk her home from school and go to hers for the evening. Her family watched Friends every Friday night, i think S6 had just started, anyway, i had no choice but watch, after 1 episode i was hooked. Borrowed my girlfriend's sister's VHS box sets and binge watched them to catch up. I feel like S4/5/6 was peak Friends.

Talking of worst sitcoms, The Big Bang Theory is the worst sitcom in the history for the world ever!

[James]

I started watching new episodes with S6. Before that I got into it because the repeats were on every day after another show I watched.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Same. Always dismissed it as corny American rubbish, but when i got with my first girlfriend, i was like 12, i would walk her home from school and go to hers for the evening. Her family watched Friends every Friday night, i think S6 had just started, anyway, i had no choice but watch, after 1 episode i was hooked. Borrowed my girlfriend's sister's VHS box sets and binge watched them to catch up. I feel like S4/5/6 was peak Friends.

Talking of worst sitcoms, The Big Bang Theory is the worst sitcom in the history for the world ever!

The Big Bang Theory is squarely aimed at the 12-16 age group tho

[GoldHeart]

..and I know so many Monica’s…I also know quite a few Rachel’s as well…

It's funny....when I watched it as a kid I thought Rachel was a fun person,then as I got older I actually preferred Monica. And just found Rachel annoying especially both her & Ross lol .

[GoldHeart]

The episode where Monica and chandler get married is the prime example of this when Chandlers mum asks his dad about having too much penis to be wearing a dress like that. The audience went crazy and for about ten minutes. They had to shorten that.

There's a few where they had to switch to laugh track,I think the las Vegas one was like that aswell . But I've noticed when I watch some old comedies , including British ones...the laughter sometimes drowns out actors lines which is annoying.

You can tell at times they try to wait for the audience to
stop laughing to deliver their next line,but other times
they just echo over it.

[Glenn.]

What’s y’all’s favourite episodes?

[Niamh.]

What’s y’all’s favourite episodes?

The one with the Jellyfish sprang to mind, also The One with the Routine, where Ross and Monica do their dance for that NYE's TV Show

[GoldHeart]

I have a few favourite episodes.

One of my favourite's is when Joey outsmarts Phoebe, with the whole " no selfless deed " situation. When he did that telethon,and Phoebe let a bee sting her :laugh: .

[GoldHeart]

The one with the Jellyfish sprang to mind, also The One with the Routine, where Ross and Monica do their dance for that NYE's TV Show

AHH yeah I like the NYE episode aswell lol :).

[Niamh.]

AHH yeah I like the NYE episode aswell lol :).

There's probably loads more I haven't thought of, I liked the episodes with Phoebes brother as well, Frank Jnr, he was pretty funny

[Zizu]

Have you watched Schitts Creek Rusti?


Schitts Creek is excellent I will agree

[Zizu]

So how do you Friends fans feel when you watch Friends these days ( Post MatthewP ) ?

Can you even watch it now ??

[GoldHeart]

There's probably loads more I haven't thought of, I liked the episodes with Phoebes brother as well, Frank Jnr, he was pretty funny

What's weird is how we don't see Frank Jnr at Phoebe's wedding, I guess the excuse was the blizzard.

Another episode I'm really fond of is when Ross is trying to get everyone to hurry up and get ready ,when he's doing a important speech/ event or something. And Chandler & Joey are fighting over the chair like little kids :joker: .

Another reason I really like this episode....is because it was when I discovered friends ,and it was the first episode I saw :love: lol .

[Niamh.]

What's weird is how we don't see Frank Jnr at Phoebe's wedding, I guess the excuse was the blizzard.

Another episode I'm really fond of is when Ross is trying to get everyone to hurry up and get ready ,when he's doing a important speech/ event or something. And Chandler & Joey are fighting over the chair like little kids :joker: .

Another reason I really like this episode....is because it was when I discovered friends ,and it was the first episode I saw :love: lol .

Oh and that episode where I think it's Rachel goes to see Ross when he's giving a lecture and he's speaking with a "British" accent :laugh:

[GoldHeart]

Oh and that episode where I think it's Rachel goes to see Ross when he's giving a lecture and he's speaking with a "British" accent :laugh:

Oh god ....that was so silly ,when he kept trying to "phase it out" :laugh: .

[GoldHeart]

So how do you Friends fans feel when you watch Friends these days ( Post MatthewP ) ?

Can you even watch it now ??

It was sad of course,but I still enjoy watching friends...as it's nostalgic & funny . And there's a few famous faces in different TV shows & movies ...who have passed ,but by watching these things...I guess it's keeping their memories alive.

When Robin Williams died for e.g ,all I wanted to do was rewatch Mrs Doubfire & Jumanji :love: .

[Zizu]

It was sad of course,but I still enjoy watching friends...as it's nostalgic & funny . And there's a few famous faces in different TV shows & movies ...who have passed ,but by watching these things...I guess it's keeping their memories alive.

When Robin Williams died for e.g ,all I wanted to do was rewatch Mrs Doubfire & Jumanji :love: .


Interesting
I’m kinda the opposite .. cant watch anything until a good amount of time has passed

[GoldHeart]

Interesting
I’m kinda the opposite .. cant watch anything until a good amount of time has passed

Tbh sometimes I feel that way aswell, like when Patrick Swayze passed. But Dirty Dancing & Ghost are some of my favourite movies, Ghost now has that added poignancy though.

[Benjamin]

One which always springs to mind is the one where nobody can sleep. Phoebe and the smoke alarm get me every time.

[Glenn.]

So how do you Friends fans feel when you watch Friends these days ( Post MatthewP ) ?

Can you even watch it now ??

Yeah why wouldn’t you

[Glenn.]

One which always springs to mind is the one where nobody can sleep. Phoebe and the smoke alarm get me every time.

“Please don’t be a spaceship, please don’t be a spaceship”

[Ammi]

It's funny....when I watched it as a kid I thought Rachel was a fun person,then as I got older I actually preferred Monica. And just found Rachel annoying especially both her & Ross lol .

…yeah, same…the Rachel/Ross thing probably became the least interesting/entertainingthing of the series for me…I loved Monica but Phoebe was always my favourite female character from the start…

[Ammi]

There's probably loads more I haven't thought of, I liked the episodes with Phoebes brother as well, Frank Jnr, he was pretty funny

What's weird is how we don't see Frank Jnr at Phoebe's wedding, I guess the excuse was the blizzard.

Another episode I'm really fond of is when Ross is trying to get everyone to hurry up and get ready ,when he's doing a important speech/ event or something. And Chandler & Joey are fighting over the chair like little kids :joker: .

Another reason I really like this episode....is because it was when I discovered friends ,and it was the first episode I saw :love: lol .


…Giovanni Ribisi who played Frank junior is the lead character in a series called Sneaky Pete, which I watched not that long ago….he and the series are both excellent, I’d recommend if you haven’t seen it…

[Niamh.]

…Giovanni Ribisi who played Frank junior is the lead character in a series called Sneaky Pete, which I watched not that long ago….he and the series are both excellent, I’d recommend if you haven’t seen it…

I saw the first season ages ago, I did like it but I think there was only 1 season out at that time and I just forgot about it! He was in something I watched recently too, Contraband

[Ammi]

I saw the first season ages ago, I did like it but I think there was only 1 season out at that time and I just forgot about it! He was in something I watched recently too, Contraband

…I don’t think I’ve seen Contraband so I’ll check that out …is it a dramatised series…?…or actual border control…

[Niamh.]

…I don’t think I’ve seen Contraband so I’ll check that out …is it a dramatised series…?…or actual border control…

No it's a film, Its an old one 2012, i just happened to watch it the other day is all and he was in it! It's only OK tbh

[Ammi]

No it's a film, Its an old one 2012, i just happened to watch it the other day is all and he was in it! It's only OK tbh

…ahhh, I thought it was a series and the only series that was coming up with that name was like a documentary/follow the Mexican border control, type one…:laugh:..

[Gusto Brunt]

Never seen a single episode.

[MTVN]

The goat episode will always be the one where they play the game to switch apartments

I love a lot of the later episodes which Ross carries as well - the sandwich, the leather pants, his fake tan. There were some great episodes with him and Mona too like when she finds out Ross got Rachel pregnant and when he's trying to retrieve his 'salmon' jumper

[Benjamin]

The goat episode will always be the one where they play the game to switch apartments

I love a lot of the later episodes which Ross carries as well - the sandwich, the leather pants, his fake tan. There were some great episodes with him and Mona too like when she finds out Ross got Rachel pregnant and when he's trying to retrieve his 'salmon' jumper

The apartment switches is one of my faves as is Ross’ sandwich.

[MTVN]

Also when they all find out about Chandler and Monica which is another great Ross moment

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[Benjamin]

Also when they all find out about Chandler and Monica which is another great Ross moment

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Hahaha this is defo one of my faves scenes.

[Benjamin]

As is this. Mrs Geller, why you cry. :joker:

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[Crimson Dynamo]

God, I hated Emily

[MTVN]

God, I hated Emily

The most unjustly maligned character, she was treated dirty by Ross and the crew

[GoldHeart]

The most unjustly maligned character, she was treated dirty by Ross and the crew

She was a bit up herself though. But yeah Ross didn't have a leg to stand on.

[James]

I didn't think the show was as good overall after Monica and Chandler moved in together, although there was still a lot of great episodes.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Ross's worst gf

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[MTVN]

I feel like the later seasons still hold up as almost a modern sitcom whereas the earlier ones feel so steeped in the 90s with the fashion, the humour and the lifestyles

[Crimson Dynamo]

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[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Ross's worst gf

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lol nooo it was Emily although she had every right to be annoyed.


Couldn't stand Susan.
I enjoyed every character but her

Eddie needed his own show

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

…I’ll give it a watch with you as well, CeeCee….I did watch some of the first season a while ago and I liked it ok…but I didn’t live it and sitcoms are not usually so much my thing…Friends was quite exceptional but maybe it was just more THAT TIME…I think also with Friends, it was that there were so many traits in them that were in my own Friends or myself, you know…similar with Sex in the City and that friendship group that had some relatable things…anyway, it’s nice to have something lighter to tap in and out of as well so I’ll re-try Schitt’s Creek…I love Catherine O’Hara anyway…

…a recent excellent comedy series I’ve watched the first season of…(…because it’s only one season in…)…is Nobody Wants This, I would totally recommend that one…I just couldn’t put it down until I’d watched the season to the end…


I agree some of the jokes from friends wouldn't pass today like:

Joey "if homosapians were in fact homo-sapians...is that why they're exctinct?"
Ross stares in disbelief "Joey homosapians are people!"
Joey "hey I don't judge" hahaha this definitely wouldn't fly today. What gets me is the way Matt Leblanc himself couldn't help but snicker a little when he delivered that line :joker:

Definitely the friendship is a strength. Like if one of them left not sure it would have worked as well. They all fit perfectly as a unit.

Ah sex and the city...that episode when they were all at Miranda's mum's? Funeral, is when I really realised that one reason I loved this show was because of the love they each had for each other...not because Samantha was moaning every week about gherkins :nono:

Trying to think if I've watched any funny new sitcoms lately ...
I haven't but the last sitcom that I thought was perfect is Melissa and Joey

[James]

Did anyone watch the Joey spin-off show? I think I only watched the first episode.

[Niamh.]

I feel like the later seasons still hold up as almost a modern sitcom whereas the earlier ones feel so steeped in the 90s with the fashion, the humour and the lifestylesYou leave the 90's alone :nono:

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Some of the bloopers are even funnier than the show RZMEmF6046s

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Did anyone watch the Joey spin-off show? I think I only watched the first episode.

I did but I think it didn't grip me much because as I mentioned above they worked as a unit. Individually Joey was not giving

[rusticgal]

Also when they all find out about Chandler and Monica which is another great Ross moment

https://i.makeagif.com/media/4-12-2014/xPI0Sc.gif



That’s the best moment…

[Ammi]

I agree some of the jokes from friends wouldn't pass today like:

Joey "if homosapians were in fact homo-sapians...is that why they're exctinct?"
Ross stares in disbelief "Joey homosapians are people!"
Joey "hey I don't judge" hahaha this definitely wouldn't fly today. What gets me is the way Matt Leblanc himself couldn't help but snicker a little when he delivered that line :joker:

Definitely the friendship is a strength. Like if one of them left not sure it would have worked as well. They all fit perfectly as a unit.

Ah sex and the city...that episode when they were all at Miranda's mum's? Funeral, is when I really realised that one reason I loved this show was because of the love they each had for each other...not because Samantha as moaning every week about gherkins :nono:

Trying to think if I've watched any funny new sitcoms lately ...
I haven't but the last sitcom that I thought was perfect is Melissa and Joey


…I’ve started to watch Schitt’s Creek again, I’m only on episode 6 of the first season so not really invested in the characters yet but it does tick along very well and short episodes…let me know if you watch, also…

[Benjamin]

…I’ve started to watch Schitt’s Creek again, I’m only on episode 6 of the first season so not really invested in the characters yet but it does tick along very well and short episodes…let me know if you watch, also…

Yeeees! Keep with it, it’s honestly a treat.

[MTVN]

You leave the 90's alone :nono:

No disrespect to the 90s! Was a great time as I understand it. Just feels like the difference between the early 90s Friends and the early 00s Friends was much more different than the 00s Friends feels to today.. if that makes sense :huh:

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

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Chocked on my Yorkie

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

…I’ve started to watch Schitt’s Creek again, I’m only on episode 6 of the first season so not really invested in the characters yet but it does tick along very well and short episodes…let me know if you watch, also…

Enjoy the rest :dance:

It's on my to watch list for sure which is very very very very long but I'll get there some day

[Ammi]

Yeeees! Keep with it, it’s honestly a treat.

…:love:…

[Ammi]

Enjoy the rest :dance:

It's on my to watch list for sure which is very very very very long but I'll get there some day

…yeah, I know what you mean about having a long watch list…I’m going to get TV focused in January/February and try to shorten that list as much as I can…

[Ammi]

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[Niamh.]

No disrespect to the 90s! Was a great time as I understand it. Just feels like the difference between the early 90s Friends and the early 00s Friends was much more different than the 00s Friends feels to today.. if that makes sense :huh:

The good old days are gone forever :'(

[Benjamin]

The good old days are gone forever :'(

aww nanna

[Niamh.]

aww nannaDon't act like you don't remember gramps :idc:

[Benjamin]

Don't act like you don't remember gramps :idc:

My memory has gone at this age now

[Niamh.]

My memory has gone at this age now

:laugh:

[GoldHeart]

I did but I think it didn't grip me much because as I mentioned above they worked as a unit. Individually Joey was not giving

Yeah alot was missing from Joey , I always preferred all 6 of them as a unit aswell.

I think the only spin off concept ...which may have worked, would have been Monica & Chandler living in the countryside ,and us seeing them raise their kids. But I still think it would have needed cameos from the other friends cast members to really make it work.

But that idea definitely would have potential. Obviously sadly that's impossible now anyway as Matthew Perry is no longer with us R.I.P. . But if I'm honest I was always more excited about Monica & Chandler's life and the whole ' next chapter ' ,more so than Rachel & Ross or Phoebe & Mike or Joey for that matter.

[Alf]

It was OK, but that's about it. Nothing I could return to.

Very overatted sitcom. For the easilly pleased.

Father Ted, came out around the same time. Father Ted is far superior to Friends.

[Niamh.]

It was OK, but that's about it. Nothing I could return to.

Very overatted sitcom. For the easilly pleased.

Father Ted, came out around the same time. Father Ted is far superior to Friends.

Love Fr Ted

[Alf]

Love Fr TedMuch funnier than "How you doing?"


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[Alf]

Reeves and Mortimer was happening in the mid-nineties. Friends was just mediocre to us.


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[Alf]

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[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

Fun fact. If you google each character and press the icon each of them has a soundbite from the show. IE Ross Geller, if you click the couch it says "pivot" and the page pivots lol


https://i.ibb.co/vs4kLps/IMG-8674.jpg (https://ibb.co/KNxWVdN)

[Niamh.]

Ha that's cool

[bots]

the sofa episode was a classic :laugh:

[Ammi]

Fun fact. If you google each character and press the icon each of them has a soundbite from the show. IE Ross Geller, if you click the couch it says "pivot" and the page pivots lol


https://i.ibb.co/vs4kLps/IMG-8674.jpg (https://ibb.co/KNxWVdN)

…that’s so slick…:laugh:…Monica has a little squeaky sponge that washes …

[Ammi]

…Phoebe’s icon…:flutter:…

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

…that’s so slick…:laugh:…Monica has a little squeaky sponge that washes …

Right? It's genius. Monica lol she's actually very much like my sister. My sister is such a neat freak her intensity is actually uncomfortable at times :hehe:

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

…Phoebe’s icon…:flutter:…

Shame Rachel only gets the icon to go to her haircut.

BUT if she's really having an affair with Barack-that's what she gets!!!

[Niamh.]

Shame Rachel only gets the icon to go to her haircut.



BUT if she's really having an affair with Barack-that's what she gets!!!What???? I haven't heard that, that would be very disappointing if true

[Ammi]

Shame Rachel only gets the icon to go to her haircut.

BUT if she's really having an affair with Barack-that's what she gets!!!

…Joey’s is a pizza and just goes to food and I guess they were closer in how their characters were portrayed…more ‘superficial’ I guess..but what I loved about Friends is similar to what I love with Schitt’s Creek in how much character development there was from what they originally were presented as…

[Ammi]

Shame Rachel only gets the icon to go to her haircut.

BUT if she's really having an affair with Barack-that's what she gets!!!

…is the affair thing true, is that an actual thing…?…

[Ammi]

…well it looks as though it’s a rumour but a rumour is all atm so I’ll just leave it there…

[GoldHeart]

Affair ?? :conf:

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

…is the affair thing true, is that an actual thing…?…

I mean it's getting a lot of coverage from some "official" sources on social media

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

If it's true not sure what it'll do to my tight relationship with friends lol

[Ithinkiloveyoutoo]

What???? I haven't heard that, that would be very disappointing if true

Exactly

[Benjamin]

The rumour started from a DM of a friend who is friends with somebody who knows Jennifer. Yeah alright. :laugh:

[Dogeatdog]

The rumour started from a DM of a friend who is friends with somebody who knows Jennifer. Yeah alright. :laugh:

There’s no doubt in my mind that it’s all a load of horse manure 🐴

[Crimson Dynamo]

If they made this show today it would be ruined by casting not on merit but on fear

:sad: