Neither 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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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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.
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.
I 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?
For 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 #$$$
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.