Wednesday, March 1, 2017

FRIENDS - 90s sitcom

Friends is one of the most succesfull tv sitcoms ever in history. The Friends hit the screen the first time in 1994 and Friends ended a decade later in 2004.


 A long version of the intro to the Friends series 
with the song "I´ll be there for you" by The Rembrandts


The main scenes

Friends took place in New York where we follow 6 young friends in their way trough life. The main scenesets was an apartment where most of the time Monica lives together with one of the friends. For severeal reasons it changes through the years. Then there is the Central Perk Café where there 6 friends meets almost every day to get a cup of cofee.

The first scene from Friends taking place in Central Perk


The Cast of Friends From the left:
 Phoebe Buffay, Played Lisa Kudrow, 
Chandler Bing , played by Matthew Perry
Rachel Green, played by Jennifer Aniston
Ross Geller, Played by Davie Schwimmer
Monica Geller, played by Courteney Cox
JoeyTribbiani, played by Matt LeBlanc.

Ross and Rachel

One of the many stories running through the seasons of the show is the relationship between Ross and Rachel whome are together on and of through the years and even gets married while their drunk in Vegas and also Divorced with some trouble.
A tribute to Ross and Rachel from Youtube. 
The song is U2 - with ot without you

Catchprases

Over the years we follow the Friends through life. They have trouble with love, roommates, getting children and alot of other things most people in one way or another can relate to. The show also created many catchfraises such as: "We were on a break!", "How are you doin?" and "Joey doesn´t share food!"


Spinoff and movies

All of the Friends cast had acting careers beside the popular 90s sitcom. Here is a list of some the main work they did.

Matt LeBlanc: 
After Friends ended Matt LeBlanc agreed to try a spin off . In "Joey", Tribiani travels to Los Angeles to get his acting carrer going. The show only lasted 2 seasons before it got cancelled.
Matt LeBlanc has aslo starred in some big Hollywood Blockbusters susch '"Lost in Space" and "Charlies Angels."

Courteney Cox



Courteney Cox among other things starred in the 4 "Scream" movies from 1996, 1997, 2000 an 2011. From 2009 to 2015 Cox also landed a role in another long running series "Cougar Town" with a total of 102 episodes.

Jennifer Aniston
Jenniffer Aniston has starred in some very popular movies along with big stars in Hollywood. In Bruce Almighty she played along side Jim Carrey and in Along Came Polly she starres together with Ben Stiller.

Matthew Perry
Perry has starred in many series and movies. To name some he played in "Fools rush in" along side Salma Hayek in 1997 and together with Bruce Willis in "The whole nine yards" in 2000 and "The whole 10 yards" in 2004

David Schwimmer.
After Friends David Schwimmer is still acting but has also been directed and making voices for animated movies such as Melman,the Giraffe from the "Madagascar" movies.

Lisa Kudrow
Kudrow has landet many smaller roles after Friends, also starring together with big stars like in the 2008 movie "Powder Blue" where stars like Forest Whitaker, Jessica Biel and Patrick Swayze.


The End

Friends ended in 2004 after 10 years on TV. The cast is friends in real life and during the time of Friends they have said they became like family to eachother so the show not only made a big impact on its community of it time but also on the people playing in it. Thanks for the 10 years and the eternal legacy.

Final scene of the finale where all the friends hand in their keys to the apartment

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