Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#1Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/26/12 at 2:38am
Monica was always my favorite, but this is my favorite Friends gif.
Sometimes I miss this show so much it hurts.
Updated On: 8/26/12 at 02:38 AM
#2Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/26/12 at 12:33pmThe blu-ray complete series boxed set is coming out very soon.
#2Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/26/12 at 12:48pmOver the years I've accepted the fact that I am Monica. And at this point in my life, I accept it.
Phyllis Rogers Stone
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/16/07
#3Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/26/12 at 2:13pm
I'm Monica, too!
Carlos, I am so excited about the blu ray colletion. I have them all on dvd, but I can't wait to to see them in high def.
#4Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 6:36amI'm a cross between Rachel and Joey. LOL.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#5Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 7:16amQuick trivia Q - what other "Must See TV Thursday" show had a character named Rachel Green?
#6Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 8:06amThat's easy. Rachel Green was also the name of Dr. Mark Green's daughter on ER.
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#7Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 8:20amSo, while we're at it, name 2 TV shows with a character named "Dr. Mark Sloan" and two with a "Sergeant Carter".
#8Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 2:19pm
Mark Sloan = Grey's Anatomy/Diagnosis Murder
I can't even name one with Sergeant Carter.
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
#9Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 2:22pmDavid Schwimmer has not aged well.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#10Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 2:27pmNeither has David Schwimmer's performance! I was watching a latter episode the other night and I kept wishing someone would blowdart him with a tranquilizer.
#11Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 2:31pmSargeant Carter - Gomer Pyle & Hogan's Heroes?
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#12Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 3:15pm
you are correct, madbrian.
To finish off the topic - in 1984, the same year "Kate and Allie" premiered, theare was another new sitcom called "Double Trouble" about identical twins named Kate and Allie.
Updated On: 8/27/12 at 03:15 PM
#13Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 3:24pmAnd SNL had a skit where Martin Short and Billy Crystal were Kate (Hepburn) & (Muhammad) Ali.
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
#14Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 3:30pm
Double Trouble???? I LOVED that show! Especially when it was re-tooled for a move to NYC which involved them living with their Aunt Margo, played by Barbara Barrie.
How could a Jean and Liz Sagal vehicle get better? Just add a little Babs Barrie!
#15Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 3:34pm
Funny you mention Schwimmer, SonofRobbieJ! I semi-agree with you. Agree in the sense that, yes, as the seasons went on Schwimmer's performance got weaker (he went from one of my favorites to by far my least favorite over the 10 seasons), but I always loved Ross' story lines.
I've been re-watching the whole series on TBS and I forgot just how much I loved this show. I also forgot just how much impact it had in pop culture.
Also, is it just me, or do Courtney Cox and Jennifer Aniston get SCARY thin around season 3-6?
"Sing the words, Patti!!!!" Stephen Sondheim to Patti LuPone.
#16Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 3:59pmI also loved Double Trouble the NYC episodes were the best! I was surprised the series never took off. I even remember them in Grease 2.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
#17Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 4:16pm
And just to make this the best threadjack ever in the history of the world, the cast of Hello, Larry! Including Joanna Gleason, shortly after her Broadway turn in I Love My Wife, Meadowlark Lemon of Harlem Globetrotter fame, McLean Stevenson, a pre-Square Pegs John Femia, a young Kim Richards...child star and eventual Real Housewife of Beverly Hills, and the incomparable Ruth Brown.
You're welcome.
"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#18Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 4:26pm
You wanna talk about scary thin? Look at Matthew Perry in the season where he dates Rachel's boss. His clothing hangs off him like he's a holocaust victim. I know his up and down weight was related to drug usage.
It's also funny how Schwimmer went from a skinny, gangly geek to totally buff with bulging biceps in the last copuple of seasons.
#19Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 4:40pm
I was totally into Ross and Rachel but even I just got annoyed with their relationship by the end and wished Ross just followed her to Paris instead of her skipping her plane ride.
I cannot watch HIMYM because the closeness Ted Mosby shares with Ross is a bit too surreal.
Perry had a weight yo-yo issue due to the fact he got addicted to pain killers that made him lose weight and later pack a lot on when he recovered.
Monica and Ross got way too crazy in the latter seasons that I no longer saw Phoebe as the weird one.
#20Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 5:02pmI haven't understood why the writers have never been able to come up with a competent show after Friends. Was it just a quirky thing where they found the right concept with the right actors?
#21Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 5:59pmFor years I only knew Joanna Gleason as Rachel's smoker boss - a tiny part but she was great. Then I got into theatre, and her fabulousness made sense.
Beyoncé is not an ally. Actions speak louder than words, Mrs. Carter. #Dubai #$$$
#22Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 6:03pmA character I relate all too well to.
#23Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 6:31pmI do believe that Friends was sort of a perfect storm. The right cast, the right premise at the right time.
Those Blocked: SueStorm. N2N Nate. Good riddence to stupid! Rad-Z, shill begone!
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#24Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green
Posted: 8/27/12 at 7:25pm
Sometimes you can tell fromt he pilot episode - they way each character is introduced and defined. The Friends pilot was right on.
Other times. it takes several episodes, maybe the whole first season, for the actors and writers to figure out who these people are.
The one irony is that as originally conceived, Monica (Courtney Cox being the most well-known of the actors) was going to be the "anchor" of the show - the most well-adjusted of the group, surrounded by quirky oddballs. By the end of the first season, Monica was as dysfunctional as the others - maybe more. Borderline OCD, former fat girl, now perfectionist, super competitive.
