Friends: The Poll

Man, the scriptwriters really hated Ross.

I remember some discussion at the time that he was the one of the cast who started the whole strike business, and that he said some stupid things about how the whole show lived and died with the cast, to which the writers took exception. After that, they made some significant changes to his character and made him a lot less sympathetic.

It was a disaster for Frasier when Niles and Daphne got married

Why?

Daphne's family, for a kickoff.

h8 phoebe can't believe she came in second place in this poll

Ha, I somehow never put together that this show was on for 10 years and stopped as late as 2004.

It's something that I've seen a bunch without ever going out of my way to see it.

Daphne's fucking family FFS, worse than anything Friends ever did

Only Daphne's mom was a regular supporting character, the brothers only appeared in a handful of episodes. And according to Wikipedia the mom appeared in 18 episodes, spread between four seasons. IMO she only became truly irritating when she moved in, which was mostly for season 10. There was almost two seasons of married Niles & Daphne without her appearing, and she only makes one appearance in season 11.

And let's not forget Friends had a pet monkey as a supporting character for most of the first season...

Marcel >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Daphne's family

I don't recall Marcel ever being used particularly egregiously in a "close-up cute reaction shot > audience 'Awwww'-ing" way. He was just kinda there more as a prop to make Ross seem like a weirdo.

I had thought that hatred for daphne's family of cockney mancunians might be a purely uk phenomenon, glad to see that this isn't the case

never gave a shit about the soap opera plots and could never tell you who was fucking whom. what a waste of time.

i remember watching a late clip show of the best of the series. one of the jokes they included was that two of the guys were hanging onto each other from a ledge and the top one farts.

Cut both Frasier and Friends by 5 years - that's still only half the lifespan of either. Build up and complete the Ross/Rachel and Niles/Daphne thing during Season 5. End series.

I like Friends but in full disclosure I don't think I watched anything past the fifth or sixth season so that might be why I like Friends.

one of the jokes they included was that two of the guys were hanging onto each other from a ledge and the top one farts.

To be fair, this never happened

Thank you. He actually shit his pants iirc?

soref i'm british btw

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boy they really burried the failed Rachel/Joey thing quick didn't they.

I don’t have a source for this, but I seem to recall hearing that fan reaction to that plot was so negative that it was dropped as quickly as possible.

That dumb goddamn article says "Friends" had bad politics. I don't care. It didn't do its job. It wasn't funny. It was a soap opera full of smug assholes winking at the camera.

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) August 30, 2019

Nixon died just before the show aired, but what's your excuse?

never made it past the theme song

you’re posting a tweet by a person who doesn’t exist about an article nobody has read about a show you’ve never seen

a perfect circle

(i def saw a few minutes now & then flipping thru and was properly revolted)

The purity of opinion untainted by experience, it's breathtaking to behold.

PS, regardless of how the interviewee feels about the show, you'll find few who'll argue the theme song isn't the worst part by a country mile.

(ITT I nudge Morbs ever closer to actually watching + enjoying the American sitcom entitled Friends. Join me, won't you.)

that twitter account is the most cursed gen x disphittery

a perfect circle

Mouroboros

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Seasons Two and Three were the peak, especially when Tom Selleck played Monica's boyfriend.

The purity of opinion untainted by experience

one sip of milk tells you if it's sour

plus i hate Schwimmer's face

like Twitter Nixon i like Kudrow in the movies

it's fucking Friends and it has that homicidal theme song, fuck it forever

fucking yuppieporn coffeehouse fantasy of NYC

friends is better than f troop morbs

to whom?

it knocks the phil silvers show into a cocked hat

what the f is a f troop even (skateboards away)

every generation needs a tv show that ruined NYC for good.

yeah this show was atrocious, certainly morally much worse than oh say turning a racist war criminal into a cute fake twitter account full of "tellin' it like it is" bullshit

not ruined, made more assholes move here xp

see also S&tC, Girls

"these gen z pussies don't like the retrograde cultural politics of a show written by boomers, this gen z nerd is here to tell you that doesn't matter because the show was lame anyhow"

isn't assholes moving to NY basically what made NYC

Dutch East India Co were pretty big assholes

sounding a lil Trumpian there xp

xpost ha! I thought during my post about a poll of Friends, s&tC and Girls ruining nyc but I don't make polls.

I have a friend that used to get very very upset about the show Felicity ruining nyc.

I already did a poll for shows about young women "making it" in NYC, having trouble finding it tho

ok, not a poll but here it is TV Shows about single ladies living in NYC

I think Chris Noth has given interviews where he gets all grumbly about s&tc ruining nyc.