Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion
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@canefan said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
Probably enjoyed the early seasons of How I met your mother as much or more
I definitely did - the first 3 1/2 seasons were brilliant, and TBF many of the rest weren't too bad.
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@majorrage said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
@mn5 said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
@majorrage said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
i did. I love that show. Easy watching, funny and had some classic moments. Ross Geller is one of the greatest comedy characters ever created.
So, what's the story then ... well, it's fair to say the woman have aged much much better than the blokes. Kudrow doesn't really look that different. Aniston & Cox have definitely both had work done, Aniston more so. First time I've seen her and though nah, not for me. As for the blokes ... Le Blanc is fat and old. Like in a fat old Dad sort of way. Seems he does have a personality though, something he decided to hide in his wooden presentation in Top Gear. Not sure what happened there, as it seems he's actually quite a likeable chap. Perry comes across as he is .. a recovering drug addict. Seems to want to talk more about the intensity of things, how he dealt with it etc. Schwimmer, he's a bit bigger, a bit older .. and sort of seems like the leader of the bunch.
Anyway, if you are a fan of the show, it's worth a watch. Some of the guest appearances are a bit American bullshit cringe worthy (Gaga, looking at you) but most are short and quick and full of humour. They all drop an f-bomb in at times too, which made it interesting given how clean the show was!
Wow, I woulda considered him to be quite easily the sixth funniest main character of that show but I guess that’s just me.
Didn’t watch it, don’t intend to. I think I saw every single episode back in the day as our flat ( 10 of us at one stage ) had one decent TV and we used to let the girls watch it ( and we did as well to be social ) so the boys could watch rugby/WWE/whatever action/comedy/borderline porno we rented on Friday and Saturday....although Saturday was usually deserted as we’d all be out partying which is what young folk did as I recall.
Why don't you just admit you enjoyed it? It's not that hard.
Perving and the odd laugh, yes. Joey was by far the funniest of them.
It was no Simpsons or Married with Children though.
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@sparky said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
Enjoyed Friends when it first appeared in.the mid-1990s. Watched all the episodes in 2007 or so. Not going to bother with the Réunion, especially as that tiresome James Corden was involved.
If my mind wasn’t made up before then it is now
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@nepia said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
@taniwharugby said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
@nepia yea my daughter and her friends all watch it.
Some friends clips have been popping up as suggested pages on my FB page, and I always watch them.
My rewatch is interesting, I find Ross unwatchable at times, Phoebe's kookiness annoyed me originally but she's probably my favourite character at times now. Joey was a lot less dumb in S1-2 than I remembered too.
I recall watching the first couple of series a few years back and thought the characters were way smarter and more subtle in the early days. Became way more farcical (literally) as they moved through the series. Ross particularly.
Started watching but Mrs Boo decided she didn t want to, and I wasn't fussed, so didn t
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@frank said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
I always saw their comedy as weak, even back in the 90s.
Seinfeld was waaaaay better.I've also started a rewatch of Seinfeld, the first season is pretty dire, and I'm pretty sure I can't do any episode a night like I do with all other sitcoms I rewatch as they're just too annoying (original release of one a week probably works best with them).
Was weird not having Elaine in the first ep.
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@nepia said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
@frank said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
I always saw their comedy as weak, even back in the 90s.
Seinfeld was waaaaay better.I've also started a rewatch of Seinfeld, the first season is pretty dire, and I'm pretty sure I can't do any episode a night like I do with all other sitcoms I rewatch as they're just too annoying (original release of one a week probably works best with them).
Was weird not having Elaine in the first ep.
Kramer is in a three way tie with Al Bundy and Homer Simpson for TVs funniest ever character.
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@nepia said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
@frank said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
I always saw their comedy as weak, even back in the 90s.
Seinfeld was waaaaay better.I've also started a rewatch of Seinfeld, the first season is pretty dire, and I'm pretty sure I can't do any episode a night like I do with all other sitcoms I rewatch as they're just too annoying (original release of one a week probably works best with them).
Was weird not having Elaine in the first ep.
Once it got going it was brilliant
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I hated it when it was on. I was obsessed with British comedies at the time and perhaps unfairly compared it with them. Obviously sitcoms are a different form of entertainment but if I’m looking to watch something funny I’ll take Bottom or Blackadder any day. In terms of Yank shows, Married with Children crapped on it as well.
But when I moved in with my GF (later wife) I watched it regularly and appreciated it as decent entertainment. There are some good laughs but a lot of seriously unfunny shit as well. The only really likeable character was Joey. Or that Gunther bloke🤣
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@rancid-schnitzel said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
I hated it when it was on. I was obsessed with British comedies at the time and perhaps unfairly compared it with them. Obviously sitcoms are a different form of entertainment but if I’m looking to watch something funny I’ll take Bottom or Blackadder any day. In terms of Yank shows, Married with Children crapped on it as well.
But when I moved in with my GF (later wife) I watched it regularly and appreciated it as decent entertainment. There are some good laughs but a lot of seriously unfunny shit as well. The only really likeable character was Joey. Or that Gunther bloke🤣
A very American comedy. Not super witty
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Friends fucking sucks and I am judging you all very harshly
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Have some dignity when you start a new thread... I mean wtf....
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@mariner4life we've all read your posts too, so judge away 🤣
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Nope have not watched it. I only liked Phoebe as a character, what a songwriter!
Monica was a boring character the scriptwriters obviously had trouble writing for, Rachel-Ross was boring (but Aniston has/had comic chops, great in horrible bosses I thought), and Joey was basically a stereotype in mono but funnier that in real life his failed acting bum of a dad kept trying to get a walkon role on the show (as for top gear, oh well he tried hard, better in Episodes). 'Chandler' had some of the best lines (and interesting girlfriends) until his character acting and the script development fell off a cliff. Schwimmer (who I did not realize directed the fun Run Fatboy Run) reached his acting zenith as a hyperchondriac Giraffe.
But I just posted in to say, you know who was the top athlete of the 6? I would not have guessed.. -
@rancid-schnitzel said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
I hated it when it was on. I was obsessed with British comedies at the time and perhaps unfairly compared it with them. Obviously sitcoms are a different form of entertainment but if I’m looking to watch something funny I’ll take Bottom or Blackadder any day. In terms of Yank shows, Married with Children crapped on it as well.
But when I moved in with my GF (later wife) I watched it regularly and appreciated it as decent entertainment. There are some good laughs but a lot of seriously unfunny shit as well. The only really likeable character was Joey. Or that Gunther bloke🤣
Add Curb your enthusiasm to the list of American shows that were way better. Larry David is hilarious.
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@mn5 said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
@rancid-schnitzel said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
I hated it when it was on. I was obsessed with British comedies at the time and perhaps unfairly compared it with them. Obviously sitcoms are a different form of entertainment but if I’m looking to watch something funny I’ll take Bottom or Blackadder any day. In terms of Yank shows, Married with Children crapped on it as well.
But when I moved in with my GF (later wife) I watched it regularly and appreciated it as decent entertainment. There are some good laughs but a lot of seriously unfunny shit as well. The only really likeable character was Joey. Or that Gunther bloke🤣
Add Curb your enthusiasm to the list of American shows that were way better. Larry David is hilarious.
Indeed. Much prefer it to Seinfeld. Although the good Seinfeld episodes are really good.
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@rancid-schnitzel yea I found Seinfeld hit and miss, never got into Curb your Enthusiasm.
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@taniwharugby said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
@rancid-schnitzel yea I found Seinfeld hit and miss, never got into Curb your Enthusiasm.
I loved George (who was apparently based on Larry David in real life) and Newman in Seinfeld and that was about it. I guess I just admire the finely chiselled heroic figure.
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@taniwharugby said in Just Admit It ... You Watched The Friends Reunion:
@rancid-schnitzel yea I found Seinfeld hit and miss, never got into Curb your Enthusiasm.
Yeah I loved Seinfeld, but CYE never caught my attention.
My favourite comedy out of the US would probably be The League I reckon.
