Friends
Mike and I enjoyed the end of Friends last night. A series finale is usually unsatisfying, but we thought it was decent as far as they go.
A lot has been written lately about Friends in comparison to Seinfeld. I watched Seinfeld, and I laughed at it, but looking back, it’s not as funny as it was then. People quote lines, and I don’t remember them. Mad About You is the same way - I watched it religiously, but I watch it now and I don’t really laugh. Friends, though . . . there’s a Friends moment for just about everything. Mike and I quote lines all the time. My (real, not TV) friends quote it all the time. Obviously not everyone watches it, but I think it’s a real touchstone for people my age. For me, at least, it is kind of like Cheers in that the characters were so well developed that half the time you were laughing at what you knew was coming.
So, in honor of Friends, here’s my favorite episode and Mike’s favorite episode. I don’t remember the exact names, and, really, why should I look them up when most of my readers will know what I am talking about. hehe.
My favorite is the one where everyone finds out [which might actually be the name] about Monica and Chandler. I watched it by myself the first time, and Mike came home to find me laughing so hard I was crying. Between all the, “They know we know they know,” and, “He’s afraid of bras - can’t work ‘em,” and, “Hello Mr. Bicep!” Mike and I quote this one a lot. It’s classic Monica that she won’t let Chandler back down. My favorite line is : “They’re trying to mess with us?! They don’t know that we know they know we know! Joey, you can’t say anything!” “I couldn’t even if I wanted to.”
Mike’s favorite is the Thanksgiving episode with Brad Pitt. I don’t think this was the one where Monica wouldn’t let anyone eat on the china. This was the one with the turkey-eating pants, though. Mike loves Brad Pitt, so pretty much all of his lines are Mike’s favorite, but I’ll go with this one: “Look at her standing there with those yams! My two greatest enemies Ross, Rachel Green and complex carbohydrates.”
Good times. I am not weepy about it being over or anything like that. It was definitely time for it to be off. Mike and I are saving our pennies so that we can buy the different seasons on DVD.
May 7th, 2004 at
Ahhhhhh, Cheers. I wonder if Friends will hold its flavor as Cheers has? I’ve been watching re-runs since I got my TiVo, and I still crack up at all of them. Both were certainly great, great shows, although I never watched Friends very regularly.
May 7th, 2004 at
Yeah, I don’t know. I love Cheers still, though. It’s definitely watchable in reruns.
I meant to say that I would like to hear some favorite Friends lines or episodes from everyone else, too. So, share away.
May 8th, 2004 at
you know, reading about the one with chandler and monica, i remember chandler saying, ‘the messers have become the messees!’ and yeah, brad pitt, i was astounded to find out that he’s 40. is that not insane???
good ‘friends’ entry.
May 8th, 2004 at
haha! Yes, that’s a good line. I forgot that one.
Yesterday I was at weddingy things all day, and when you get huge groups of girls together like that, you can imagine how much we talked about the finale and how many Friends lines were quoted. hehe.
May 8th, 2004 at
One of my recent favorites (they’re always changing) is actually one from this season — the one where Joey goes out with Phoebe’s friend and doesn’t want to share — “JOEY DOESN’T SHARE!!!”. Also in that episode, Rachel: “Who do you think I am??”. Oh, and my all time favorite line — “THAT IS TOTALLY NEW INFORMATION!!!”
May 9th, 2004 at
Hmmm…I must admit that I still find “Mad About You” pretty dang funny - especially the musicals they go to see. There’s “Aye to Aye” (similar to Riverdance) and “Moby” (based on Moby Dick). My brother and I will stick in the DVD’s after midnight and laugh until we cry. Of course this has nothing to do with the fact that it is after midnight….
May 9th, 2004 at
I love Mad About You. Is it on DVD somewhere?
May 9th, 2004 at
My favorite episode….I can never get away from it, and I know it’s almost EVERYBODY’s favorite…but it’s the one where they play the game for Monica’s apartment….and the thing with Michael Flatley: Lord of the Dance cracks me up: “His legs flail about as if independent from his body!”
October 20th, 2006 at
Can you tell me what season Thanksgiving turkey pants is in? Thanks
October 20th, 2006 at
That’s season 8 - the episode is “The One With the Rumor.”