Yea, I got bored making the dots in between the letters. Sue me.
Update:
This is not a dis on those who like the show. While I was never a fan of it, that's mostly because I never watched it. We've started watching the early evening reruns and I enjoy the show.
However, when I was standing in 7-11 today and I overheard one girl nearly break down in hysterical sobs talking about never seeing her "Friends" again, and when they were talking about the show on every radio station and every news show and when they were on the cover of the freaking Daily News today, well...I just had to step in.
Comments
so that's the best that fucking gypsy could come up with for ya?
Friends -- Seinfeld without the humor, plotting, acting and directing.
Posted by: geezer | May 6, 2004 05:30 PM
Okay.
I'll admit that I love watching this show. It's one of those things that my daughter and I look forward to doing together. Sometimes we even do each other's nails or hair while we watch it - it's one of those bonding things, and I'm going to miss what's been a weekly ritual for us for years.
Of course, there's always "Joey"...
Posted by: Trish | May 6, 2004 06:37 PM
Thank goodness. I haven't watched that show since season 2. Last time it was funny, IMO.
Posted by: Farmer Joe | May 6, 2004 06:38 PM
We interrupt this blog entry for a special bulletin:
I may be the only adult in America who has never, ever seen even one single episode of "Friends."
We now return you to your regularly scheduled blog entry, already in progress.
Posted by: Jeff Harrell | May 6, 2004 07:12 PM
this show was never must see tv for me. i'd watch, if somebody had it on. it was funny and cute... but now the characters are just annoying. all the things that made them "quirky and fun" now make me "angry and tense"... it's exasperating... and it all builds untill finally i want to grab Ross by the throat a la Don Corleone and scream
"YOU CAN ACT LIKE A MAN! what's da matta with you?"
and can Chandler PLEASE TAKE HIS GOD DAMN HANDS OUT OF HIS POCKETS to deliver a line?
Posted by: Raoul Duke | May 6, 2004 07:17 PM
If you're watching reruns, stick with the early years. You will easily notice when the writing started to deteriorate.
Posted by: Ken Summers | May 6, 2004 07:48 PM
I overheard one girl nearly break down in hysterical sobs talking about never seeing her "Friends" again
Worst of all, she just missed "Walking in Memphis" on the overhead muzak.
Posted by: August J. Pollak | May 6, 2004 07:54 PM
Red Sox vs. Indians is on anyway...
Posted by: carol | May 6, 2004 08:11 PM
Jeff - you're not alone. I've never seen an episode of Friends either. It's just TV, what's the big deal?
Posted by: Jonathan | May 6, 2004 08:22 PM
Well, the show makes me laugh, and I need that in my life...for instance, one scene where they are all watching an old video tape of Monica when she was fat - and she said defensively, "Hey, the camera adds twenty pounds."
Pause.
Chandler: "So...how many cameras were on you, anyway?"
I like the fact that all six of the cast members had equal status, and that they made a concerted effort to keep the show focused on the group, and not let the network create superstars out of one or two of them, which very easily could have happened. And the writing is good - as good as the old Mary Tyler Moore show in its day, in my opinion.
It may only be television - and I agree that the vast majority of shows these days are garbage. This show, and ER are about the only two network shows I make a point of watching.
Posted by: Trish | May 6, 2004 08:38 PM
So - you've chosen to focus on "Frasier" coverage instead?
Posted by: Dr. Kate | May 6, 2004 08:41 PM
I watched one episode--the one that was on after the Super Bowl, when I was too full of food and beverages to bother to get up and leave the room. Julia Roberts (one of my favorite people, ever since she showed me where to find Republicans in the dictionary--oh, after reptile?) was on. It was actually kind of funny, but didn't tempt me to watch more.
Posted by: Brainster | May 6, 2004 08:43 PM
Screw "Friends" -- new MXC on Spike TV, tonite at 10!
Posted by: Hideki "Slice Like Hammer" Matsui | May 6, 2004 08:46 PM
Oh wow, I thought I was the only person in America who was entirely indifferent to this mediocre sitcom. "Welcome Back Kotter" got more laughs out of me back in the day than the whiny crew on "Friends."
Posted by: Andrea Harris | May 6, 2004 08:56 PM
Jennifer Aniston has a face shaped like a Stop sign.
If you stand her next to Arsenio Hall, they say "Stop" and "Yield."
Posted by: Steve H. | May 6, 2004 09:02 PM
Honestly, if the only thing to watch on TV was 24 and the Simpsons, I'd be perfectly happy.
"Friends" is gone - shrug
Posted by: Dawn | May 6, 2004 09:16 PM
Steve H., yer ass is mine, pal!
But don't forget to see "Trojan Guys Look Tough, So I'll Play One Of Those."
Posted by: Pretty Boy Pitt | May 6, 2004 09:17 PM
I was tempted to watch Friends, but instead I went to the Jake to watch the RED SOX WIN again! WOOOOOHOOOOO! Lenoah had a great time.
Posted by: Skillzy | May 6, 2004 10:02 PM
We're out for drinks right now -- she's pretty bummed about being dumped, but that's America: one day you be up, one day you be down, next minute you be in the playoffs...
Posted by: M. Ramirez | May 6, 2004 10:29 PM
Scrubs, Trish. Scrubs is the best comedy on the air today.
But to bond with your daughter? Gilmore Girls.
Posted by: Meryl Yourish | May 6, 2004 10:35 PM
We have a new name for Lenoah:
Hoo-ah!
See yuz in Octobah.
Posted by: A Lotta Drunk, Happy Red Sox Dudes | May 6, 2004 11:44 PM
Meryl, I like Scrubs but didn't it used to be on Thursdays? I thought it ended or something.
And we liked Gilmore Girls....but geez....can they talk any faster?
Posted by: Trish | May 7, 2004 03:23 AM