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GoldHeart 09-01-2025 02:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 11597349)
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 09-01-2025 02:43 PM

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

Glenn. 09-01-2025 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 11597339)
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. 09-01-2025 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Benjamin (Post 11597356)
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 09-01-2025 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GoldHeart (Post 11597322)
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 09-01-2025 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11597336)
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

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Originally Posted by GoldHeart (Post 11597340)
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. 09-01-2025 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 11597368)
…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 09-01-2025 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11597373)
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. 09-01-2025 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 11597374)
…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 09-01-2025 03:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11597378)
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 09-01-2025 03:52 PM

Never seen a single episode.

MTVN 09-01-2025 04:11 PM

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 09-01-2025 04:15 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 11597393)
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 09-01-2025 04:18 PM

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

Benjamin 09-01-2025 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 11597399)
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

Hahaha this is defo one of my faves scenes.

Benjamin 09-01-2025 04:36 PM

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


Crimson Dynamo 09-01-2025 05:44 PM

God, I hated Emily

MTVN 09-01-2025 05:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo (Post 11597418)
God, I hated Emily

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

GoldHeart 09-01-2025 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 11597419)
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 09-01-2025 06:08 PM

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 09-01-2025 06:13 PM

Ross's worst gf

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/i...b7HWA&usqp=CAU

MTVN 09-01-2025 06:15 PM

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 09-01-2025 06:17 PM


Ithinkiloveyoutoo 09-01-2025 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Crimson Dynamo (Post 11597429)

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 09-01-2025 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 11597112)
…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 09-01-2025 06:30 PM

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

Niamh. 09-01-2025 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 11597432)
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

You leave the 90's alone :nono:

Ithinkiloveyoutoo 09-01-2025 06:34 PM

Some of the bloopers are even funnier than the show

Ithinkiloveyoutoo 09-01-2025 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by James (Post 11597441)
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 09-01-2025 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 11597399)
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 09-01-2025 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo (Post 11597440)
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 09-01-2025 09:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 11597563)
…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 09-01-2025 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11597443)
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 09-01-2025 09:42 PM



Chocked on my Yorkie

Ithinkiloveyoutoo 09-01-2025 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Ammi (Post 11597563)
…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 10-01-2025 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Benjamin (Post 11597567)
Yeeees! Keep with it, it’s honestly a treat.

…:love:…

Ammi 10-01-2025 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ithinkiloveyoutoo (Post 11597571)
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 10-01-2025 07:53 AM


Niamh. 10-01-2025 09:43 AM

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Originally Posted by MTVN (Post 11597569)
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 10-01-2025 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11597657)
The good old days are gone forever :'(

aww nanna


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