No obviously a group of 6 random middle aged moms from DCUM would have been more talented and successful.

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought I hated Schwimmer, but I rewatched the show as an adult and realized how great his comedic timing is. Teenage me just didn’t like Ross.

"PIVOT!!"

😂😂

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought I hated Schwimmer, but I rewatched the show as an adult and realized how great his comedic timing is. Teenage me just didn’t like Ross.

"PIVOT!!"

Never thought the scene was funny.

That's definitely a you problem

I think the only reason people NOW like it is because Schwimmer said that was his favorite scene.

I actually thought the leather pants with powder and lotion was his best scene.

DP. At the time it aired, it was hilarious. Everyone was talking about it and saying, "PIVOT!" It's not as funny now, rewatching it, but it definitely was at the time.

There was no streaming service, few people with cell phones, no smart phones and no DVRs or Tivo for the majority of the run of Friends. Internet was still dial up in most places.

This meant that nearly every single person in the entire country between the ages of 15-50 was sitting in front of TV on Thursday night watching Friends. The next Friday at work and school, just about every teen through adult was discussing the previous night's episode, laughing over the jokes, mimicking the expressions of the characters, and copying Chandler's weird cadence. The Friends girls were beautiful, but normal regular girl beautiful, and well dressed in an accessible, affordable way, so they were easy to connect to. M
ost women were getting the Rachel cut and copying the style of one of the 3 women on the show. They made things that weren't talked about, such as Ross' ex wife and new wife, interracial dating and more, just normal and regular, instead of A Thing.

It was truly a cultural phenomenon where almost all teens and adults in America were watching and experiencing the exact same thing at the exact same time, through laughter and silliness.

The Cosby Show was the same thing, for kids and families. All the kids in the country were watching at the same time, learning how to be a good kid and how to interact with family in a positive way.

We will never duplicate that same kind of cultural experience, unless the internet and smart phones disappear.

The only time now that anything remotely similar happens where most of America is watching the same thing is the superbowl, or if something important exploded, caught on fire, got attacked, washed away, got assassinated, or some other terrible event.

We would be a better country if we once again had these regular, fun, positive cultural experiences .

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Anonymous wrote:They are all excellent actors. David Schwimmer is awesome at physical comedy. Jennifer Aniston is a phenomenol comedic (and dramatic) actress; her timing is excellent and she can improvise (see Blue Blazer Black scene). Matthew Perry created the character of Chandler...his delivery, facial expressions, and ability to be sarcastic yet vulnerable is special. Matt LeBlanc is an excellent actor; his character had a lot of dimensions and depth, if you pay attention. Courtney Cox became Monica; she's honest and funny and manages to be likable despite being super type-A, etc. In my opinion, Phoebe is the worst character and, by far, the least likable, but I still think Lisa Kudrow is a great actor. No idea why so many on here claim she's the only one with talent. That's ridiculous. Her character had the least depth and changed the least over the course of the show.

Agree w all of this.

+1.

+2

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought I hated Schwimmer, but I rewatched the show as an adult and realized how great his comedic timing is. Teenage me just didn’t like Ross.

"PIVOT!!"

Never thought the scene was funny.

That's definitely a you problem

I think the only reason people NOW like it is because Schwimmer said that was his favorite scene.

I actually thought the leather pants with powder and lotion was his best scene.

The funniest one was Chandler saying it was no big deal that he and Joey shared soap in the shower. Then Joey asked him "What do you wash first? What do ypu wash last?" And gave Chandler a look. Chander's reaction was perfect. The whole scene was perfect. It was mostly looks and reactions.

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought I hated Schwimmer, but I rewatched the show as an adult and realized how great his comedic timing is. Teenage me just didn’t like Ross.

"PIVOT!!"

Never thought the scene was funny.

That's definitely a you problem

I think the only reason people NOW like it is because Schwimmer said that was his favorite scene.

I actually thought the leather pants with powder and lotion was his best scene.

DP. At the time it aired, it was hilarious. Everyone was talking about it and saying, "PIVOT!" It's not as funny now, rewatching it, but it definitely was at the time.

+1 I watched the show starting from the beginning as it aired and the PIVOT scene plus the costume shenanigans in the Holiday Armadillo episode were the funniest things of all to me.

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought I hated Schwimmer, but I rewatched the show as an adult and realized how great his comedic timing is. Teenage me just didn’t like Ross.

"PIVOT!!"

Never thought the scene was funny.

That's definitely a you problem

I think the only reason people NOW like it is because Schwimmer said that was his favorite scene.

I actually thought the leather pants with powder and lotion was his best scene.

DP. At the time it aired, it was hilarious. Everyone was talking about it and saying, "PIVOT!" It's not as funny now, rewatching it, but it definitely was at the time.

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Anonymous wrote:They are all excellent actors. David Schwimmer is awesome at physical comedy. Jennifer Aniston is a phenomenol comedic (and dramatic) actress; her timing is excellent and she can improvise (see Blue Blazer Black scene). Matthew Perry created the character of Chandler...his delivery, facial expressions, and ability to be sarcastic yet vulnerable is special. Matt LeBlanc is an excellent actor; his character had a lot of dimensions and depth, if you pay attention. Courtney Cox became Monica; she's honest and funny and manages to be likable despite being super type-A, etc. In my opinion, Phoebe is the worst character and, by far, the least likable, but I still think Lisa Kudrow is a great actor. No idea why so many on here claim she's the only one with talent. That's ridiculous. Her character had the least depth and changed the least over the course of the show.

Agree w all of this.

+1.

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought I hated Schwimmer, but I rewatched the show as an adult and realized how great his comedic timing is. Teenage me just didn’t like Ross.

"PIVOT!!"

Never thought the scene was funny.

That's definitely a you problem

I think the only reason people NOW like it is because Schwimmer said that was his favorite scene.

I actually thought the leather pants with powder and lotion was his best scene.

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought I hated Schwimmer, but I rewatched the show as an adult and realized how great his comedic timing is. Teenage me just didn’t like Ross.

"PIVOT!!"

Never thought the scene was funny.

That's definitely a you problem

+1

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Anonymous wrote:I always thought I hated Schwimmer, but I rewatched the show as an adult and realized how great his comedic timing is. Teenage me just didn’t like Ross.

"PIVOT!!"

Never thought the scene was funny.

That's definitely a you problem

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely.

If you’ve never seen bad actors you don’t know just how GOOD the good actors are.

Comedy is insanely hard to do.

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Anonymous wrote:No. Average at best, marginal as an ensemble popularity is largely due to the time it originally aired, hype, nostalgia and racism

Bless your heart! "Racism"??

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Anonymous wrote:Ross was annoying, but Schwimmer's comedic timing and physicality were spot-on.
LeBlanc got more nuanced as the show went on, and definitely developed as an actor (which Perry chronicles in his book).
Perry was one-note. Could he BE any more one note?
I didn't understand Kudrow's character. Phoebe was just zany and off. No depth.
I think Aniston and Cox both brought a lot to roles that could have been stock characters (Type A and spoiled princess).

Monica was former fat girl turned beauty after her teen years, plus the sibling that the parents never noticed, with all the baggage that enrailed.

She was type A because of that transition from her tern years.

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I loved whenever they would flash back to Monica as her former overweight self. She was so self-deprecating and great in that role.

Yeah, of course.

I’d say the same about any really good ensemble cast.