Friends (spoilers page 2 onwards, probably)

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That's New York for you.

i just wanted to say that this is possibly the LEAST convincing new york setting, maybe EVER.

i watched friends for a season or two in the middle right before rachel and ross got together and stopped watching when they broke up cause it pissed me off.  i watched a handful of episodes randomly since then, including the last one, and came to the conclusion that really its probably a good sitcom.  but thats not saying much, because on the whole sitcoms are pretty terrible.  its not a groundbreaking sitcom, its just a consistently pretty good one.  (but thats not saying much.)

I didn't like that they gave Rachel a baby, because that isn't a particularly interesting way to inject emotion into a show these days.  In the past two years or so I didn't care if I missed an episode.

yeah!  this is what i wanted to ask about.  where the fuck was rachel and ross's baby during that finale?!?!  like, didnt she remember to pack it when she was going to move to paris?

[A World Apart]

Rachel said, i think, at some point in time during the last 15 minutes of the show, that emma was flying with her mother over to paris. They even made a joke about how it'd be "poor Rachel's mom having to deal with emma" then rachel said "my mom ranting about the Atkins diet the whole time..poor emma"  It was something like that.

[matt35mm]

I think the last line is what made it for me.

What was the last line?  My recorded tape cut out just before that.

[Sleuth]

I think the last line is what made it for me.

What was the last line?  My recorded tape cut out just before that.

"IT WAS ALL A DREAM"

[cine]

I think the last line is what made it for me.

What was the last line?  My recorded tape cut out just before that.

"That's what friends are for!"

[Sleuth]

But seriously, one of them said

"WE TRULY ARE THE BEST OF F'R'I'E'N'D'S" and then that song came on

[The Perineum Falcon]

I thought it was Chandler asking where they were going to get coffee....

Not really earth shattering, but I thought it was a nice line.  

[Ravi]

I think the last line is what made it for me.

What was the last line?  My recorded tape cut out just before that.

Bee Eff Eff, biatch!

One of them says, "Let's go get some coffee" and Chandler says, "Where?"

[cine]

One of them says, "Let's go get some coffee" and Chandler says, "Where?"

I turned on the show a minute before that. There was an overrun, which is why I actually caught the show to begin with!  

[Banky]

i really like how this show survived the whole reality kick and was still consistanly popular

[El Duderino]

they made fun of Ross and Rachel's last scene on SNL, except it was Dubya and Rumsfeld. it was great

[Ravi]

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0510041friends1.html

A Failing Grade For "Friends"

Sitcom was trashed in confidential 1994 NBC research report


MAY 12--Though "Friends" would prove to be a lucrative ratings powerhouse, the sitcom's pilot received a failing grade and was described as "not very entertaining, clever, or original," according to an internal NBC research report obtained by The Smoking Gun. Months before the program's debut, "Friends" was shown to test audiences that were "not very favorable" to the show or its six main characters, according to the May 1994 report (a copy of which you'll find below). In fact, the pilot performance was graded "weak" and scored a paltry 41 out of 100. By comparison, "ER" scored a 91, though "Seinfeld" famously also earned a "weak" rating. While Courteney Cox's Monica fared best with test audience members, her appeal was "well below desirable levels for a lead." The characters portrayed by Lisa Kudrow and Matthew Perry had "marginal appeal," and "Rachel, Ross, and Joey scored even lower." A particularly stinging rebuke was delivered by adults 35 and over, who felt "this group did not really care about each other the way real friends would. They found the characters smug, superficial, and self-absorbed." TSG couldn't stand the show, so the brutal research analysis sounded pretty accurate to us--both then and now. However, considering the show's spectacular success during its 10-year run, the NBC report is merely an odd footnote to the "Friends" success story. (4 pages)

[MacGuffin]

Schwimmer prepares to 'Run'

David Schwimmer is moving from "Friends" to the director's chair.

The actor is set to helm the indie feature "Run, Fat Boy, Run" for Gold Circle Films. Penned by actor-scribe Michael Ian Black, the project centers on a charming but oblivious overweight guy who leaves his fiancee on their wedding day only to discover years later that he really loves her. To win her back, he must finish the New York marathon while making her realize that her new handsome, wealthy fiance is the wrong guy for her.

Beech Films' Alexa Fogel and Joseph Infantolino will produce along with Gold Circle topper Paul Brooks. The filmmakers are currently on the search for the lead actor with production planned to start in the spring in New York City.

"I've been waiting for the right feature comedy to direct and am so happy to have found 'Run, Fat Boy, Run,' " Schwimmer said. "Michael's script was simply too funny and smart to put down."

It's not the first foray into directing for Schwimmer. He helmed 10 episodes of "Friends" and is in line to direct multiple episodes of its spinoff, "Joey," starring Matt LeBlanc. He also is executive producing and directing the pilot "Nearly Nirvana" for NBC.

[Fernando]

'Comeback' show for Friends star.

Friends actress Lisa Kudrow is to play the lead role in a new series about a one-time sitcom star, according to the Hollywood reporter.
Thirteen episodes of Comeback have been commissioned by cable channel HBO, home of hits such as Sex And The City.

Kudrow, who played Phoebe in Friends, co-wrote the pilot episode and will also act as executive producer.

HBO has been looking for its next big comedy hit since Sex And The City drew to a close in the US in February.

Comeback is the first 30-minute comedy series that the channel has picked up since the Sex And The City drew to the end of its six-year-run.

Friends ended its 10-year run on the NBC network in May, and attentions have turned to which projects its six individual stars would pursue.

new series about a one-time sitcom star

Am I the only one who thinks they stole this idea from Larry David?

[grand theft sparrow]

Let's hope that "Seinfeld curse" rubbed off.