Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green

[strummergirl]

I actually just re-watched the pilot online. Joey's relationship advice was actually sound than easily dismissed 'Don Juan goof' and Rachel also seemed a bit dumb from her naivete and privilege but later on was pretty competent in her various jobs. Yet the pilot seemed way more on Monica, Ross, and Rachel. Chandler, Phoebe, and Joey were pretty broad but were identifiable as jokester, free-spirit kook, and ladies man. But none of them, except Phoebe's life-story background taking Rachel's life struggles down a peg, had much to do.

And reading the reviews on the pilot on the Wikipedia page, apparently this show was considered a Seinfeld wannabe. I did not know there was such a thing, especially when you consider there are still shows that try to follow (and usually fail) the Friends sitcom formula.

BTW, Does anybody remember the time that Phoebe had a conquest with Ross on the pool table (which never came close to happening ever again) that was played for laughs. I swore it was the pilot or really early in Season 1 but it was not the pilot that aired in the 30-minute format.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

It was from season three, episode 6, The One with the Flashback.

[strummergirl]

Thanks.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

"I was really confused and then I talked to these guys."
"Who? Two-divorces, and Joey?"

[wickedfan]

"This isn't about the movie theatre. This is about you stealing my wind. How do you expect me to grow if you won't let me blow?"

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

"That's my doodle of a ladybug with a top hat. She's fancy."

[Reginald Tresilian]

"You NEVER run on a barge!"

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

"Oh, Meesess Geller, why you cry?"

[wickedfan]

"Oh oh oh! He's a Transponster!"
"THAT'S NOT EVEN A WORD!!!!!!"

[Reginald Tresilian]

"We didn't do any of the romantic things I had planned, like having a picnic at Central Park and, you know, coffee at Central Perk-- Oh, I just got that!"

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

"Fine, judge all you want to but married a lesbian, left a man at the altar, fell in love with a gay ice dancer, threw a girl’s wooden leg in a fire, live in a box!"

[Reginald Tresilian]

"Went down to the docks. Bet ya didn't know you could get it wholesale."

"I didn't know there were docks."

[Jay Lerner-Z]

"Okaay...scarf's done."

[strummergirl]

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

[wickedfan]

Because no one should forget THE ROUTINE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrxgpTK56Bk

[nygrl232]

My favorite moment. Jennifer Aniston was great in this scene.

[strummergirl]

There are 7?????

[MrMidwest]

Phoebe, Jason & Vince

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

wickedfan, the Routine is another one of my favorites!

[wicked1492]

[EricMontreal22]

"And reading the reviews on the pilot on the Wikipedia page, apparently this show was considered a Seinfeld wannabe. I did not know there was such a thing, especially when you consider there are still shows that try to follow (and usually fail) the Friends sitcom formula."

I wouldn't call Friends a Seinfeld wannabe, exactly, though I can see the influence (though there were definitely sitcoms that seemed to be Friends' wannabes, like The Single Guy). The one show that seemed to be the most Seinfeld-ish attempt that I can think of, was It's Like, You Know with Jennifer Grey playing herself as an actress who couldn't find work because nobody recognized her post nose surgery (the one clever concept in the show).

[beautywickedlover]

I always felt these two fictional characters were so similar. They are both British women with terrible tempers and are both very unlikable. They even look similar in these two photos.

[strummergirl]

Ugh, the only good thing about Emily was she had Jennifer Saunders play her mother.

[Reginald Tresilian]

So funny: I had two different conversations yesterday about what a nightmare Emily was.

I'll grant that Ross saying the wrong name at the wedding was awful, but she was a mad cow the first moment she showed up (IMHO).

[wickedfan]

I'll give Emily the benefit of when she first met "the friends," she was in a very irritable state and it's not like Rachel made it easy for her. Essentially, Rachel was responsible for accompanying Emily (her boss's niece) to the opera that night but decided at the last minute to bail because her crush invited her to a party. Of course she didn't INFORM Emily of this, so when Emily showed up, completely drenched after a 9 hour flight and, what she claims, was a disaster at baggage claim and journey from the airpot to the apartment, she had every right to flip out at Rachel who nonchalantly said that she wasn't going to take Emily to the opera. As much I love Rachel (and I DO love her), Emily had every right to flip out at her.

That said, Emily held that grudge pretty much every minute of every day since. And she essentially made life impossible for Ross once they were engaged. I hate Emily as much as everyone, but I give her credit that her nasty first encounter wasn't her fault.