[Stu]

Originally Posted by Doogle3097

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

[MTVN]

Pheobe is the worst one

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.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Pheobe is the worst one

Ross >

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

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]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

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

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

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

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

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

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

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

[Doogle]

Plus Monica screaming every word.

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[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

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

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

[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

Phoebe >

[Doogle]

Same Conor.

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

['Conor]

Originally Posted by Doogle3097

Same Conor.

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

[GiRTh]

Originally Posted by Shaun

got rubbish after the first 3 seasons

[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.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

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.

Originally Posted by 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.

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.