It's time to stroll on over and visit some old "Friends" in New York City. I have to admit that it was my son, Corey, who first got me watching this show, and when it ended we were both sad.

But it lives on in reruns and there are always the DVD's to help us keep in touch with these very special friends.

As someone who happens to work in real estate in Manhattan I have to add that the great apartments they lived in would rent for a whole lot of money in the real world.

But as any fan would remember Monica's apartment was rent controlled and really belonged to her Grandmother so that at least explains how they could afford that one.


Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer stared in this hit comedy about six close-knit young friends living in New York City.

It was the leadoff series on NBC’s enormously popular “Must See TV” Thursday-night lineup, “Friends” continues to garner critical acclaim and ratings success - - even in reruns. The show reigns as the number-one show on television, it can be seen up to 4 times a day in some parts of the country.


Since its debut season (1994-95), “Friends” has received 44 Emmy Award nominations, including five for Outstanding Comedy Series. The cast won a Screen Actors Guild Award in 1996 for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series and has been nominated four times (1996, 1997, 1998, 2002) for a Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy. “Friends” won the People’s Choice Award for Favorite New Comedy Series in its first season, and has since won three more times as Favorite Comedy Series. The series focused on the friendship of three men and three women who frequently gather at each other’s apartments and share sofa space at Greenwich Village’s “Central Perk” coffeehouse.

Monica (Cox Arquette) is a chef with an obsession for neatness and order in her life. She is also married to Chandler (Perry), a dry wit who is never at a loss for words. Across the hall is Chandler’s longtime roommate Joey (LeBlanc), a womanizing actor currently on the soap opera “Days of Our Lives.” Across the alley from Monica and Chandler is Monica’s hapless brother Ross (Schwimmer), a paleontology professor who has been divorced three times, including once from Rachel (Aniston), Monica’s best friend from high school. Although Rachel is no longer romantically involved with Ross, she currently shares his apartment where they are raising their newborn daughter, Emma. Rounding out the circle of friends is Monica’s ex-roommate, Phoebe Buffay (Kudrow), an offbeat, eternally optimistic folk singer and massage therapist.


The series was created by the writing team of Marta Kauffman & David Crane. Emmy and CableACE Award-winning producer Kevin S. Bright is executive producer with Kauffman and Crane. Scott Silveri, Shana Goldberg-Meehan, Andrew Reich and Ted Cohen also serve as executive producers.

“Friends” is a Bright/Kauffman/Crane Production in association with Warner Bros. Television.


There have been many copycat shows, but none of them even came close. "Friends" is still the most watched sitcom on television. There could only be one "Friends", and I hope you will drop in from time to time.

See you next time!



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