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mad_tea_party) wrote2021-05-27 07:42 am
mad_tea_party) wrote2021-05-27 07:42 am
Entry tags:
- actors: christina pickles,
- actors: courtney cox,
- actors: david schwimmer,
- actors: elliot gould,
- actors: jane sibbett,
- actors: jennifer aniston,
- actors: jessica hecht,
- actors: lisa kudrow,
- actors: maggie wheeler,
- actors: marlo thomas,
- actors: matt leblanc,
- actors: matthew perry,
- actors: tom selleck,
- actors:paul rudd,
- tv: friends
Reflections on F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
Today is the day, guys! We are finally getting our F.R.I.E.N.D.S. reunion! So I thought it was appropriate to talk about why this show has lasted so long in my memory.
I think the heart of it is that it was the first show I watched that was not aimed at children. I was either twelve or thirteen when I caught on to it. I'm honestly not even sure if I watched the first season or if I started the second season. I remember the second season vividly and it holds the majority of my favorite episodes. (Even at 12-13, I got the importance of Ross and Rachel's "First Time", and the museum make out/sex was probably the first time I'd been exposed to that in real life on TV). At the time, I think I was more focused on the dialogue, and let's be honest, there have been some amazing one liners, no matter what the scene was.
Thinking back now, it was also the first show to get my attention because of the addictive as hell theme song, "I'll Be There For You". My obsession with this show also coincided with the beginning of my love affair of The Rembrandts. I now own in various versions their entire discograpy, and when I am feeling upset or nostalgic, I will put it all on in a loop. It just brings me right back to that moment in time in my childhood that wasn't shitty.
And what a beautiful segue! F.R.I.E.N.D.S. came around the time I was dealing with the first bit of emotional, mental, and physical abuse where I understood what was going on. It was the only time of the week where asshole #2 ever allowed me to watch the TV for what I wanted to watch. It was also the first time Mom ever allowed me to stay up past my bedtime (The One after the Superbowl parts 1 and 2) to watch a prime-time .TV series.
This show also provided an even more important first for me: My first celebrity crush. And who was thaa yoru ask? Matt LeBlanc. To this day, he is still my absolute favorite actor from that show. Except now I call him my silver fox. He was probably the first celebrity I ever started collecting posters/and magazines of
My best friend favored Matthew Perry. Sometimes we would fantasize about sleeping with them. I find this really funny considering my current position on sex and whatnot. But hey, I was a teenager and even my anti-sex self probably had hormones. LOL.
I should also mention that I also had a brief attraction to David Schwimmer. I wanna say it was somewhere in Season 3. But I can't remember anymore. I just remember it happened. But by and large, it's always been Matt LeBlanc.
e.
I remember at the height of it's popularity, Jules had a poster of the boys of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. on her ceiling. Now if that's not an image to fall asleep to, I don't know what is!
Admittedly, I think I fell off the wagon somewhere around Seasons 5 or 6. But I promise it wasn't due to lack of interest. I still listened to the soundtrack on repeat, I still listend to The Rembrandts consistently. The issue was life got in my way. The aforementioned abuse got worse. There was a move in there somewhere, and I guess I had more important things going on than watching 6 Friends on TV.
I finally caught up when every channel in the world seemed to be airing reruns of the show after it ended, and I did eventually see how it ended. I still haven't decided (years later) how I feel about the way it wrapped up in some respects. There were some things I liked, and some I didn't. But honestly, I think I have regrets about not sticking with it all the way through. Yes, I was in high school. Yes, I was dealing with IRL stuf that no TV show could truly let me escape from. But I still feel like I abandoned my "Friends", and I sometimes have a tough time dealing with that knowledge.
So it warms me to see that is still so much love for this show and its characters. So many things came from that shors:w. Quotes we use on a daily basis, using Friends to illustrate points, and let's not forget, the countless debates that still spring up. "We were on a break!" I still am not sure who side I'm on where that is concerned. I'd probably have to be Switzerland. Can you imagine how the rest of the group felt? Anyway, all of this is to say, I'm gonna be real anxious (and probably weepy) watching these six people who have meant so much to so many people, come together in the same room for the first since the series finale.
I think the heart of it is that it was the first show I watched that was not aimed at children. I was either twelve or thirteen when I caught on to it. I'm honestly not even sure if I watched the first season or if I started the second season. I remember the second season vividly and it holds the majority of my favorite episodes. (Even at 12-13, I got the importance of Ross and Rachel's "First Time", and the museum make out/sex was probably the first time I'd been exposed to that in real life on TV). At the time, I think I was more focused on the dialogue, and let's be honest, there have been some amazing one liners, no matter what the scene was.
Thinking back now, it was also the first show to get my attention because of the addictive as hell theme song, "I'll Be There For You". My obsession with this show also coincided with the beginning of my love affair of The Rembrandts. I now own in various versions their entire discograpy, and when I am feeling upset or nostalgic, I will put it all on in a loop. It just brings me right back to that moment in time in my childhood that wasn't shitty.
And what a beautiful segue! F.R.I.E.N.D.S. came around the time I was dealing with the first bit of emotional, mental, and physical abuse where I understood what was going on. It was the only time of the week where asshole #2 ever allowed me to watch the TV for what I wanted to watch. It was also the first time Mom ever allowed me to stay up past my bedtime (The One after the Superbowl parts 1 and 2) to watch a prime-time .TV series.
This show also provided an even more important first for me: My first celebrity crush. And who was thaa yoru ask? Matt LeBlanc. To this day, he is still my absolute favorite actor from that show. Except now I call him my silver fox. He was probably the first celebrity I ever started collecting posters/and magazines of
My best friend favored Matthew Perry. Sometimes we would fantasize about sleeping with them. I find this really funny considering my current position on sex and whatnot. But hey, I was a teenager and even my anti-sex self probably had hormones. LOL.
I should also mention that I also had a brief attraction to David Schwimmer. I wanna say it was somewhere in Season 3. But I can't remember anymore. I just remember it happened. But by and large, it's always been Matt LeBlanc.
e.
I remember at the height of it's popularity, Jules had a poster of the boys of F.R.I.E.N.D.S. on her ceiling. Now if that's not an image to fall asleep to, I don't know what is!
Admittedly, I think I fell off the wagon somewhere around Seasons 5 or 6. But I promise it wasn't due to lack of interest. I still listened to the soundtrack on repeat, I still listend to The Rembrandts consistently. The issue was life got in my way. The aforementioned abuse got worse. There was a move in there somewhere, and I guess I had more important things going on than watching 6 Friends on TV.
I finally caught up when every channel in the world seemed to be airing reruns of the show after it ended, and I did eventually see how it ended. I still haven't decided (years later) how I feel about the way it wrapped up in some respects. There were some things I liked, and some I didn't. But honestly, I think I have regrets about not sticking with it all the way through. Yes, I was in high school. Yes, I was dealing with IRL stuf that no TV show could truly let me escape from. But I still feel like I abandoned my "Friends", and I sometimes have a tough time dealing with that knowledge.
So it warms me to see that is still so much love for this show and its characters. So many things came from that shors:w. Quotes we use on a daily basis, using Friends to illustrate points, and let's not forget, the countless debates that still spring up. "We were on a break!" I still am not sure who side I'm on where that is concerned. I'd probably have to be Switzerland. Can you imagine how the rest of the group felt? Anyway, all of this is to say, I'm gonna be real anxious (and probably weepy) watching these six people who have meant so much to so many people, come together in the same room for the first since the series finale.