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- The show’s enduring popularity isn’t just down to a devoted fan base of nostalgic 30 and 40-somethings. It’s also due to a new crop of binge-watching Gen Z-ers around the world who see themselves in its characters and situations, even though Friends premiered before some of them were even born.
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Apr 24, 2016 · Why Friends is still so popular. What explains millennials' obsession with a 1990s show about 20-somethings who hang out in a coffee shop? It's nostalgia for a simpler time — before social...
Friends is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. [1]
“Friends” made most of its social bets on gender differences, the way men get away with being chauvinists and lust buckets and layabouts, and the women have to pick up the slack.
Sep 20, 2019 · A survey this year of British children aged nine to 16 found that “Friends” was their favourite series, even though most of them were born after the final episode aired.
- Plots
- Marcel
- Progressive
- Guest Stars
- Theme Song
- The Characters
- Ross and Rachel
- Joey and Chandler’s Bachelor Pad
- Chandler
- It’S Still Absolutely Hilarious
Remember that South Park episode called ‘The Simpsons already did it’ where Butters can’t think of a plot not already covered by The Simpsons? I reckon that’s how most sitcom writers feel these days when they think of a plot, only to discover that Friends got there first. How I Met Your Mother left Ted at the altar? Done. Leonard and Penny’s on-off...
A strange point perhaps, but the role of Marcel in many ways typifies exactly what it is that the Friends writers got right. Thrown in at the deep end in season 1, introducing Marcel as a key part of the plot showed how daring the show was, and I’m going to go on record here and say that I don’t know of any other show that uses a tropical primate a...
Aside from Marcel and the plot content, Friends hit upon another important element of writing a show in that it actually makes some fairly good progressions in its social views. Having a homosexual couple in the forefront of the show (Carol and Susan) or Phoebe’s birth-mother having been part of a throuple, or even Chandler’s transsexual father gav...
Tom Selleck, Brad Pitt, Paul Rudd, Hank Azaria, Ben Stiller, Reese Witherspoon, Ralph Lauren, Richard Branson, Hugh Laurie, Robin Williams, Billy Crystal, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Jay Leno, Dick Clark, Jill Goodacre, Freddie Prinze Jr, Jeff Goldblum, Sean Penn, Alec Baldwin, Winona Ryder, Gary Oldman, Susan Sarandon, Kristin Davis, Bruce Willis, Elle...
Surely The Rembrandts iconic theme song has to go down as one of the most recognisable sitcom themes of all time? The classic track has become permanently entwined with the show and, let’s be honest, is an absolute banger.
It seems strange to have waited this long to mention the characters, but realistically this is what makes the show. Each character is interesting in their own way and represents a different walk of life, from Ross and Monica’s middle-class college education, through to Joey’s working-class acting ambitions all the way to Phoebe’s despairingly sad l...
Name a more iconic duo, I’ll wait. I jest of course, but the Ross and Rachel relationship is just fantastic. Even to this day, I watch the episode when Ross sleeps with the copygirl and pray that this time he won’t do it (he always does anyway.) The to-ing and fro-ing between these two is genuinely interesting, and the ending was so in tone with th...
What a dream Joey and Chandler live. From the chick and the duck, to the cooler full of beers, to the foosball table, to the Barcaloungers, to a TV in a cabinet, that place had it all. And, to top it all off, it had two very close friends (get it?) who not even Cathy could come between. It’s the dream for almost anyone to have a friend that close. ...
Ask anyone who their favourite character is and I don’t doubt this is who you’ll be told. Realistically, Chandler makes the show, with his funny nature, biting sarcasm and genuine complexity borne out of a difficult childhood. And yet, despite his clear emotional damage, he still manages to be a good friend to his nearest and dearest, and be a good...
This is the key to Friends’ continued success: it’s still really, reallyfunny. The show is so well written, and the jokes are still great. In fact, I know what jokes are coming, and I’ll still laugh. I envy those who have never had the chance to watch the show and get to view it all for the first time, because it’s a truly magical experience. Frien...
Dec 17, 2019 · Netflix says Friends was the second most popular show on its streaming platform based on minutes watched, and the show has also struck a chord with a younger generation.
Nov 4, 2023 · The world and stars of Friends were completely cocooned from that grungy aesthetic and real-life problems. The show was set in the New York of the 1990s but never quite tethered to it.
