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View Poll Results: Was Friends The GOAT?
Yes, Without a shadow of a doubt 22 44.00%
Yes, Without a shadow of a doubt
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it's one of the Greatest, But not the Greatest 11 22.00%
it's one of the Greatest, But not the Greatest
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It's Nowhere near the Greatest 17 34.00%
It's Nowhere near the Greatest
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I've always thought it was ****, even when it was on when I was a kid. Don't think I've ever watched a full episode.
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American sitcoms are so cheesy...but Friends was brilliant. A bit 'robotic' in the first few episodes but then the characters came into their own and it was brilliant. Me and my boys can watch it time and time again and we just love it.
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American sitcoms are so cheesy...but Friends was brilliant. A bit 'robotic' in the first few episodes but then the characters came into their own and it was brilliant. Me and my boys can watch it time and time again and we just love it.
The rewatch ability is probably the best for a sitcom. I can watch it over and over again and never get bored
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American sitcoms are so cheesy...but Friends was brilliant. A bit 'robotic' in the first few episodes but then the characters came into their own and it was brilliant. Me and my boys can watch it time and time again and we just love it.
My son's like it more than I do lol... I catch them rewatching it on Netflix... along with the office... all the time. I find it interesting that 20 years on it can capture the attention of my teens.
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My son's like it more than I do lol... I catch them rewatching it on Netflix... along with the office... all the time. I find it interesting that 20 years on it can capture the attention of my teens.
it's a Timeless Classic and a One of a Kind
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Damn the yes and Nowhere near polls are neck and neck. Seems we have a serious debate going on guys
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Absolutely not. It's mediocre at best.

Not even the best 90s American sitcom beginning with 'Fr'
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Absolutely not. It's mediocre at best.

Not even the best 90s American sitcom beginning with 'Fr'
And I so wanted to recreate it when I teach you to ride your bike Shaun..... I bought you a bike with a basket and tassles on the handlebars and everything........sooo disappointed now
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In terms of 90's US sitcoms, like Seinfeld, Frasier, The Golden Girls, Will & Grace even Mad About You all top Friends... [imo]
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From what I’ve seen, I really liked it. I need to get into it sometime soon...
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I'm firmly taking a stance in the middle on this issue.... it's great... it's one of the greats... but it isn't the greatest.
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Friends is a great sit-com and - for me - is very cleverly constructed and polished, but Frasier is my favourite.

I agree with Alf about most of the British comedies on his list though.
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I love it, but no. The tail end of Series 3 through Series 4 was genuinely fantastic. 5-6 were still funny but no real storylines developed. 9-10 are both pretty dire in retrospect, just one celeb cameo after another with each episode going for a shock tactic. The characters became caricatures of themselves to the point of being unlikeable.
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The BEST uk sitcom ever....but like everything else it was marmite..people either loved it or hated it. In fact...I didn't much like it at first..so awkward to watch...then it just grew on me. It's brilliantly done.
Friends is my favourite though.
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