15 Fun Facts About 'Friends' That Every Fanatic Should Know

15 Fun Facts About 'Friends' That Every Fanatic Should Know

by KAITLIN REILLY











#1

The reason why the Central Perk couch was always empty for the six friends? We found the answer — theyreserved it! Check out the sign on the table!

#2

According to Kauffman, the writers originally thought that Phoebe and Chandler would be “secondary characters,” there to provide the humor. The group later realized that the characters gave the show “so much more than that” and wrote in more meaningful stories.

#3

According to Buzzfeed, one of the animal actors who played Marcel the monkey is actually a girl — her name is Katie, and she went on to become the mascot for the Los Angeles Angels.

#4

According to the Friends “Final Thoughts” interview, the producersneeded to save money in the second season. They did so by creating the episode “The One Where No One’s Ready,” which took place entirely in Rachel and Monica’s apartment and featured no guest stars.

#5

According to the producers interview with NBC News, Rachel and Rossweren’t supposed to be the endgame love interests — it was originally Monica and Joey!

#6

The show’s actual theme song, “I’ll Be There For You,” by The Rembrandts, was on the Billboard Hot 100 charts for eight weeks in 1995.

#7

According to his AMA with Reddit, Hank Azaria, who played Phoebe’s love interest David, auditioned twice for the role of Joey.

#8

According to her interview with the Huffington Post, Kathy Griffin auditioned for the role of Phoebe.

#9

Courteney Cox is three years older than David Schwimmer, despite the fact that Monica is supposed to be three years younger than Ross.

#10

According to the TVGN special The Story Behind Friends, Jennifer Aniston was almost knocked out of the role of Rachel due to her commitment to series Muddling Through on CBS. She was released from her Muddling Through commitment with the stipulation that, should the CBS sitcom be a hit, she would pull herself from the Friends pilot. Luckily, it never happened.

#11

According to Vanity Fair, Courteney Cox was originally offered the role of Rachel, but she asked to play Monica instead.

#12

According to Entertainment Weekly, the Friends writers almost left Rachel and Ross’ relationship in a “gray area” at the end of the series, where it’s only hinted that they end up together. They scratched that idea, deciding not only to give audiences what they want, but what the writers wanted, too.

#13

Over the 10 seasons of the show, actor David Schwimmer directed 10 episodes of the series.

#14

Giovanni Ribisi played Phoebe’s long-lost brother Frank Jr., but, before that, he made a guest appearance as a guy who accidentally tosses a condom in Phoebe’s guitar case. Technically, he could have been playing the same character!

#15

Jennifer Aniston hated her iconic haircut “the Rachel,” which explains why Aniston is a such a fan of long, even locks. She told E! Online that she’d rather shave her head than get that haircut again.

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The 20 Funniest Quotes From “Friends” PART 3 (CONCLUSION)

The 20 Funniest Quotes From “Friends” PART 3

1.

Joey: Raspberries? Good. Ladyfingers? Good. Beef? GOOD!

2.

Ross: Chandler. I sensed it was you.
Chandler: What?
Ross: ‘Unagi.’ I’m always aware.
Chandler: Are you aware that unagi is an eel?

3.

Phoebe, Rachel: Danger!
Ross: AHHHHHHHH!
Rachel: Ah, salmon skin roll.

4.

Ross: Okay, is everybody clear? We’re gonna pick it up and move it. All we need is teamwork, okay? We’re gonna lift the car… and slide it out. Lift… and slide.
Rachel: Ross, I really don’t think…
Ross: Lift… and slide.

5.

Joey: Could I BE wearing any more clothes?

6.

Joey: JOEY DOESN’T SHARE FOOD.

7.

Rachel: Hey, just so you know: it’s NOT that common, it DOESN’T “happen to every guy,” and it IS a big deal!
Chandler: I KNEW it!

8.

Ross: They’re still not coming on man! And the lotion and the powder have made a paste!

9.

Monica: Fine! Judge all you want but married a lesbian, left a man at the alter, fell in love with a gay ice dancer, threw a girl’s wooden leg in a fire, LIVE IN A BOX!

10.

Ross: pi-VOT!

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The 20 Funniest Quotes From “Friends” PART 2

1.

Phoebe: I remember the day I got my first paycheck, there was a cave-in in one of the mines.
Chandler: Phoebe, you worked in a mine?
Phoebe: No I worked in a Dairy Queen.

2.

Ross: You could not be any more wrong. You could try, but you would not be successful.

3.

Joey: You’ve been BAMBOOZLED!

4.

Joey: Man this is weird. You ever realize Captain Crunch’s eyebrows are actually on his hat?
Chandler: You think that’s what’s weird? Joey, the man’s been captain of a cereal for the last 40 years.

5.

Joey: Paper…snow…..a ghost!!!

6.

Ross: Chandler entered a Vanilla Ice look-alike contest and WON!
Chandler: Ross came fourth and CRIED!

7.

Chandler: Condoms?
Joey: We don’t know how long we’re gonna be stuck here. We might have to repopulate the world.
Chandler: And condoms are the way to do that?

8.

Rachel: Chandler wrote something about me on that paper and I want to see it!
Ross: Chandler isn’t that the short story you were writing?
Rachel: Short story? And I’m in it? I want to read it!
Ross, Joey, Chandler: NO!
Joey: Why don’t you read it to her?
Chandler: It was summer… and it was hot. Rachel was there… A lonely grey couch…”OH LOOK!” cried Ned, and then the kingdom was his forever. The End.

9.

Ross: So, uh, what did the insurance company say?
Chandler: Oh, they said uh, “You don’t have insurance here so stop calling us.”

10.

Joey: Why do you have to break up with her? Be a man. Just stop calling.

11.

Rachel: So basically you get your ya-yas from taking money from all of your friends?
Ross: Yeah.
Chandler: Yes, and I get my ya-yas from Ikea. You have to put them together yourself, but they cost a little less, so…

12.

Monica: My motto is get out before they go down.
Joey: That is so not my motto.

13.

Rachel: Oh, are you setting Ross up with someone? Does she have a wedding dress?

14.

Rachel: Hey, Mon, look, I’m melting butter.
Monica: That’s great, Rach. You now have the cooking skills of a hot day.

15.

Pheobe: Je m’appelle Claude
Joey: Jet aplee blooo

16.

Chandler: I’m not so good with the advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment?

17.

Joey: I swear to god, Dad. That’s not how they measure pants!

18.

Phoebe: Hey, you know what I just realized? ‘Joker’ is ‘poker’ with a ‘J’. Coincidence?
Chandler: Hey, that’s ‘joincidence’ with a ‘C’.

19.

Joey: Just because she went to Yale drama, she thinks she’s like the greatest actress since, since, sliced bread!
Chandler: Ah, Sliced Bread, a wonderful Lady MacBeth.

20.

Joey: Suppose we’re a divorced couple.
Chandler: Okay.
Joey: And I got custody of the kid, right? Now, suppose the kid dies and I gotta buy a new kid.

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The 20 Funniest Quotes From “Friends”

Ranked in order of hilarity. For bragging rights, try to place all 20 in the appropriate episode/context.

1.

Monica: Welcome to the real world. It sucks. You’re gonna love it!

2.

Janice: Oh… my… God!

3.

Rachel: How long do cats live? Like assuming you don’t throw ‘em under a bus or something?

4.

Ross: You know how you come home at the end of the day and throw your jacket on a chair?
Joey: Yeah.
Ross: Well, instead of a jacket, it’s a pile of garbage. And instead of a chair, it’s a pile of garbage. And instead of the end of the day, it’s the end of time and garbage is all that has survived.

5.

Rachel: Guys, guess what?!
Chandler: Ok, the fifth dentist caved and now they’re ALL recommending Trident?

6.

Chandler: WHOOOPAH!

7.

Joey: Sure I peed on her. And if I had to, I’d pee on any one of you!

8.

Phoebe: He must decide. He must decide. Even though I made him up, he must decide!

9.

Joey: Here come the meat sweats…

10.

Ross: Wow, you guys sure have a lot of books about being a lesbian.
Susan: Well, you know, you have to take a course. Otherwise they don’t let you do it.

11.

Chandler: All right, kids, I gotta get to work. If I don’t input those numbers… it doesn’t make much of a difference.

12.

Joey: Well, I’m sorry if I’m not a middle-aged black woman. And I’m also sorry if sometimes I go to the wrong audition.

13.

Joey: Hey, Ross, I got a science question: If the homo sapiens were, in fact, HOMO sapiens…is that why they’re extinct?”
Ross: Joey, homo sapiens are PEOPLE.
Joey: Hey, I’m not judgin’!

14.

Phoebe: Come on Ross, you’re a paleontologist, dig a little deeper.

15.

Janice: 15 Yemen Road, Yemen.

16.

Joanna: Wait, what are you doing?
Chandler: Getting dressed.
Joanna: Why?
Chandler: Well, when I walk outside naked, people throw garbage at me.

17.

Phoebe: THIS IS BRAND NEW INFORMATION!

18.

Phoebe: Yeah, I definitely don’t like the name Ross
Ross: What a weird way to kick me when I’m down.

19.

Joey: It’s a moo point. It’s like a cow’s opinion; it doesn’t matter. It’s moo.

20.

Joey: Uh, uh, we’ll flip for it, ducks or clowns.
Candler: Oh, we’re gonna flip for the baby?
Joey: You got a better idea?
Chandler: All right, call it in the air.
Joey: Heads.
Chandler: Heads it is.
Joey: Yess! Whoo!
Chandler: We have to assign heads to something!
Joey: Right, okay, okay, uhhh, ducks is heads, because ducks…have heads.
Chandler: What kinda’ scary-ass clowns came to your birthday!?

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Friends 21th anniversary: See the cast then and now

Twenty years have passed since the Friends hit our screens.

A lot's happened since to the six actors who lit up our screens for more than a decade with their comedy antics.

There have been TV shows like Dirt and Cougar Town for Courteney Cox, a megastar movie career, and more rumoured pregnancies than anyone else ever for Jennifer Aniston, and Lisa Kudrow has even done the impossible and made huge comebacks in The Comeback - twice.

Matthew Perry has rarely been away from screens with multiple films and sitcoms to keep him busy, and David Schwimmer has become a crime-fighting darling of Broadway.

Matt LeBlanc even played Joey in the Friends spin-off, er, Joey, before starring in a hit show with Episodes.

Well, wonder no more! We've got the low-down on all you need to know about the stars who played Ross, Chandler, Joey, Pheobe, Monica and Rachel TWENTY years after the first episode aired.

All together now...I'll Be There For Yooouuuu...

Courteney Cox (Monica Gellar)

It would be rude not to start with the birthday girl, after all.

Since leaving behind Friends Courteney split from her actor husband David Arquetteand is now engaged to Snow Patrol guitarist Johnny McDaid.

The rocker is almost 13 years her junior so Courteney is obviously making the most of the saying life begins at 50.

The pair were introduced by flame-haired singer Ed Sheeran while he was living in LA last year. They are now living together in Courteney's Malibu mansion.

Courteney now stars in Cougar Town, a show about women dating younger men. We'll leave you to draw the comparisons.

David Schwimmer (Ross Gellar)

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Actor-turned-crime-solving sleuth isn't the career description that instantly comes to mind when you think about dear old David, who played geeky Ross.

But the actor showed he's not just a dab hand at acting as he helped NYPD cops solve a stabbing crime involving a neighbour, transgender prostitute and a robber.

The whole bizarre altercation happened next door to the star's $4million home in New York and David assisted cops by giving them CCTV footage from his own security cameras to help build a case against the suspects.

Aside from being a bit of a Columbo, Schwimmer also provides the voice for Melman the giraffe in the animated Madagascar films.

Lisa Kudrow (Pheobe Buffay)

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Lisa pipped her former acting bud Courteney to the post by turning 50 last year.

With age obviously came a new-found confidence as the star recently opened up about a nose job she had when he was just 16.

She said: "I went from, in my mind, hideous to not hideous."

Lisa - who played ditsy Pheobe who was the surrogate mother for her brother's three children - will return to screens in The Comeback.

Jennifer Aniston (Rachel Green)

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We all longed for the happily ever after for Rachel and her-long-time love Ross. And the same can be said for Jennifer Aniston in her real-life relationships.

After a fairytale wedding to amazingly gorgeous Brad Pitt things came to a nasty end in 2005 when Brad dumped Jen for Angelina Jolie, who was co-starring with him in the action comedy Mr and Mrs Smith.

Jen then endured failed relationships with actor Vince Vaughn and musician John Mayer - who reportedly ended their romance by text. Ouch.

But it seems Jennifer has finally met her 'Ross' in the shape of filmmaker Justin Theroux. The pair are engaged and are set to tie the knot this year.  Yey!

Matt LeBlanc (Joey Tribbiani)

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Matt LeBlanc had us giggling for the best part of a decade with his portrayal of struggling actor Joey Tribbiani. And when the show came to an end he launched a spin-off...aptly called 'Joey'.

The show was a bit of a flop and Matt took five years off before returning to the small screen in Episodes where he plays a version of himself.

He has a daughter from a previous relationship and is now dating actress Andrea Anders.

Matthew Perry (Chandler Bing)

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On the telly he looked like happy-go-lucky Chandler but in his personal life Matthew Perry was battling with a drink and drug addiction while filming Friends.

The true extent of his struggles only surfaced after the sitcom came to an end and Matthew admitted he was a "sick guy".

He even tried to hide it from his co-stars, later admitting: "Mostly it was drinking, you know, and opiates.

"I think I was pretty good at hiding it but, you know, eventually people were aware."

Matthew is now sober and had even opened a sober living home for addicts to come to terms with the transition from rehab back to real life.

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Do you want FRIENDS reunion ? Here is the answer

Do you want a FRIENDS reunion ? Here is your answer.

Here is the Trailer of FRIENDS: The Movie

Nothing but sheer fan enthusiasm has ever ignited the rumor that Ross, Rachel, Phoebe, Joey, Chandler and Monica would get back together a decade later. However, out of that same enthusiasm, or just plain cruelty, a video called Friends: The Movie recently came out and while that title made many shriek with excitement, the trailer is completely fake.

The video is composed of different scenes from CougarTown, Episodes, and other shows where the cast of Friends collaborate for a few minutes. 

Why The Friends Reunion Won't Happen, According To The Show's Creator

Everybody loves TV reboots and reunions, right? I mean, except for all the people that bitch about them, of course. But we know that networks do, and it seems likely that NBC would hemorrhage a sextet of paydays if the Friends cast would be interested in returning to the network together. But in this case, it turns out Friendsco-creator Marta Kauffman is the biggest obstacle, as she has absolutely no interest in bringing the hit show back for modern audiences.  

When asked by TheWrap if Friends might join the recent lineup of 1990s seriescoming back for more, she was justifiably against the idea. Here’s how she explained it.  

"Nope, never gonna happen. That show was about a time in your life when your friends are your family. Once you begin to have a family of your own, that is no longer the case, and your priorities shift. So the show is over."

So many shows seemingly come back as a way for the cast and crew to make a mega-payday, so it’s nice that Kauffman is actually using the show’s concept and point-of-view as her reasoning behind it live on exclusively through its 10-season run rather than bringing it back for more. After all, it’s not like it would be able to fall into the same mold as the original, and we’ve spent eleven long years trying to viewMatthew Perry as anything but Chandler Bing. Kauffman also uses that former point to bolster her lack of enthusiasm about it.  

"It’s much better that people want it, than that they get it and don’t like it. The fear is, well, it’ll never be what it was."

BUT Friends reunion is a possibility that makes fans of the beloved TV show drool in excitement. And it could finally be on the cards.

However, this Friends reunion might not take place on a TV set, but at a wedding. Yes, Courteney Cox, who played Monica Geller on Friends is soon going to tie the knot with singer Johnny McDaid, and if rumors are to be believed, all of her co-stars from Friends could be present at her wedding.

As reported by Entertainment Tonight Canada, when asked if a Friends reunion was likely, Cox left the possibility open and seemed excited by the idea of all of her Friends co-stars joining her to celebrate her wedding.

“I mean, I really have no idea… It’d be nice!”

 ITS SAD THAT THERE IS NO FRIENDS REUNION

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