Friends is probably the most popular tv series that was aired during the 90s, and one of the most important series of all the times.
Friends marked the 90s and early 2000s period more than any other show ever did. In case you need to know more facts, you can read the first part. If you have already read it, let’s find out even more facts about the favorite tv show!
- Lisa Kudrow hated the guitar at first.
- She suggested that Phoebe play the bongos instead.
- In the pilot, Monica forgets the name of the guy she sleeps with, worried the audience would not like her character.
- They handed out a survey to the studio audience and asked if they wanted the plot to change. Of course, they didn’t.
- Although the TV show sold millions of different types of merchandise, they only produced two soundtracks.
- Before filming each episode; the cast would huddle around wishing each other luck.
- The orange sofa in central perk was found in the basement of warner bros. studios.
- The final episode was watched by 52.46 million viewers and is ranked fourth most watch TV finale in US History.
- Following many requests on the 22nd of February 2020, a reunion was announced.
- The reunion was about to air through the new streaming platform of HBO, HBO Max.
- HBO Max media executive, Kevin Reilly joked about the reunion suggesting the title could be “The One Where They Got Back Together”.
- Of course, this comes from the fact that every Friends episode included “the one where” etc.
- Matthew Perry gave clues to the audience on Twitter by writing on the 5th of February: “Big news coming…”
- In the reunion, everyone is coming back to reunite.
- Sadly there is going to be only 1 episode.
- At least it’s going to last more than 25 minutes (more than the ordinary episodes).
- The reunion episode though doesn’t have a plot.
- The actors and the actresses will be back in the same place where the series was filmed for 10 years.
- This place was “Stage 24”.
- The reunion episode is about to be filmed in front of the audience.
- The episode filming is postponed due to coronavirus, but not canceled.
- Each actor and actress from Friends was paid almost 2.5million dollars for the reunion episode!
- The reunion episode comes to life after 15 years and 9 months since the last one.
- Or as the title goes “The Last One Part 2” (the name of the last episode).
- On average, each episode took five hours to film.
- In the first season, each cast member was being paid $22,500 per episode.
- In 1997 the group together negotiated with the show and got $100,000 per episode.
- It was the first time in TV history!
- By the end of the series, they were each paid $1 million per episode.
- Kathy was the second woman to date both Joey and Chandler.
- Ginger was the first.
- Janice came up with her catchphrase “oh my God” accidentally.
- So, she had to say it annoyingly throughout her guest appearances.
- Lisa Kudrow made a guest appearance on Mad About You as Ursula Buffay before friends.
- The writers had to make Phoebe a twin in order for fans to understand the crossover and cameos.
- Winona Ryder and Susan Saradon were both on Ross’s “celebrity list”.
- They both later guest-starred as Melissa Warburton and Jessica Lockhart.
- In the last episode, the gang said that at one point or another they had all lived in Monica’s apartment.
- They have also all lived in Chandler’s.
- During Season 1, the street outside of Central Perk was actually a painted backdrop.
- The artwork within Central Perk always changed.
- Frank Jr, portrayed by Giovanni Ribisi.
- He was Phoebe’s younger half brother.
- He was also the young man who mistakenly dropped a condom in her guitar case whilst she was busking outside of Central Perk.
- When Chandler and Monica were getting married, Rachel needed to find a new officiate because they didn’t think Joey would make it.
- She found a Greek Orthodox Priest and said it was for her friends the Anastassakis/Papasifakis wedding.
- Anastassakis is in fact Jennifer Aniston’s family name.
- During the episode “The One With The Dollhouse”; six replica dollhouses were made as the plot would mean it would be set alight.
- The door to the secret closet within Monica’s apartment actually led to the area backstage
- It had to be covered with things when Chandler managed to get in to see.
- Chandler and Joey’s apartment changed from 4 to 19.
- Monica, Rachel, Joey and Chandler live in flats 19 and 20, 90 Bedford Street, New York.
- Phoebe is actually not swearing while playing ms. Pac-man.
- Ross lied about not liking ice cream.
- Before he enjoyed a sweet treat with Elizabeth (“The One Where Ross Dates a Student”), Ross had ice cream with Marcel (“The One After the Superbowl”).
- For a long time, Friends show wasn’t allowed to show even a condom wrapper during the 8 p.m. slot.
- Something similar happened with the word penis as the first 3 years were allowed to say it, then they weren’t and they… were again according to Marta Kaufmann.
- The big white dog actually belonged to Jennifer Aniston.
- “Pat the dog” was given to Aniston by a friend for good luck on the first day of shooting Friends.
- Cole Sprouse ( the last of Bens) had a huge crush on Jennifer Aniston.
- He even mentioned in an interview that he used to forget his lines. Cutee!
- The set designer Greg Grande also worked on the spin-off series Joey.
- The ceiling beam in Monica’s apartment that inconsistently appears in episodes gets reinstalled whenever James Burrows directed an episode as part of an inside joke.
- The movie poster behind the TV in Monica’s apartment was put there to hide the hole where the cameras would film.
- In “The One Where Chandler Doesn’t Like Dogs”, but yet he and Monica discuss a future family with a dog.
- In general, there many contradictions in the show. Yet not so many people notice them.
- Although the series is based in New York City, not a single shot was filmed there.
- Matt LeBlanc had $11 to his name when he auditioned.
- With the first paycheck, he bought a hot meal.
- The first thing Courteney Cox bought was a car.
- June Gable who plays Joey’s agent Estelle Leonard also plays a nurse in the episode when Carol has Ben.
- The actor that plays Rachel’s boyfriend Joshua’s father is Matthew Perry’s real father John B. Perry.
- Phoebe’s address is Apartment 14, 5 Morton Street, New York
- The show received a lot of heat for having Pottery Barn product placement in “The One With The Apothecary Table”.
- Peter Roth of Warner Bros once said it “offset the high cost of production” and a rep reported, “the phones still light up every time the episode airs”.
- In the final season when Rachel visits her father, the exterior of the house was the same as the one made famous by the Steve Martin movie “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”.
- The doors to the bedrooms in Monica’s apartment actually took you onto the set of Central Perk.
- The bedrooms were made up when they were needed for a scene.
- Matt Leblanc’s offscreen shoulder injury was written into the episode.
- When Joey and Rachel got together, the cast went to the creators with concerns.
- Cliffhangers were never shot with a live studio audience.
- The reason why this happened was simple: They didn’t want to spoil!
- Jon Favreau (Pete) originally auditioned for chandler.
- Janice’s appearances were always kept secret.
- The reason why this happened was so that the audience can not see her.
- She was actually hiding in the showroom!
- The one with the Halloween party” was the first episode they filmed after 9/11.
- Justin Timberlake really wanted a cameo.
- But the creators didn’t have a good part for him, according to what they mentioned.
- “The One After The Superbowl” aired in 1996, it is ranked the highest viewer ratings.
- om Selleck who played Richard Burke would often get very loud applauds from the live studio audience.
- The producers would have to re-shoot the scene without the audience watching.
- Some of the laughter from the show’s live audience was cut in scenes so the next punch line wasn’t lost.
- When the series ended Jennifer Aniston and her then-husband Brad Pitt hosted a dinner party. They served bottles of wine the producer Kevin Bright had saved from the first series.
- Each cast member was also given a piece of sidewalk from outside Central Perk as a keepsake.
- The actors suggested that Joey and Phoebe could be a thing.
- The espresso machine at central perk was never on because it was too loud.
- The finale caused matt Leblanc so much anxiety, he started smoking again, after quitting it for 4 years.
- Sadly, Central Perk was torn down to become the airport where Rachel takes off from.
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