Friends

[Pete]

:D Shall we start a Friends discussion here.:devil: I found elements funny in the first series but I understand it is a bit tired these days from all accounts. I stopped watching long ago. Give me "The Office" or "Alan Partridge" anyday.

[Chris]

Kaci> What!!!! Friends was so so funny the other night (the one where Rachel had her baby. Although granted the office is good. We also like 'My Family' that is also really funny.

Oh and the Osbornes is great!

[bobby]

The Office is brilliant - and unfortunately there are people like that around!

[Katie]

Give me Smack the Pony any day! It's so random it's funny. But I also really enjoy friends it's great!

[nsswimmer]

chris/kaci... the episode where rachel had her baby wuz LAST SEASON's season finale...

ahhh... friends is going ta come to an end after this season... it's a brilliant show ;] and i will miss it LOTS!! you know, rachel, monica, phoebe, ross, chandler, and joey get ONE MILLION DOLLARS PER EPISODE?! :eek:

[swimusa]

Are you sure? They've said that for the past 3 seasons. What other American comedies are shown in the UK?

[nsswimmer]

yep, i kno they keep saying that, but this is the 9th season, and it is official that friends will retire after this year...

[Katie]

We also have Will and Grace... umm can't really remember any others, the only one I watch is Friends!

[Bazza]

I used to watch Friends, but yeah after a while kinda lost interest. It is funny but I just don't watch it anymore.

We also get Frasier, Sex and the City, things like that. Basically the more popular things I guess. For example the Sopranos was very popular over here (though I never watched it).

Personally I can never get enough of the Simpsons. It may only be a cartoon but it's funny on so many levels and the more times you see an episode the more you appreciate the jokes. It's great! :D

[Katie]

Completely agree about the Simpsons! But I really don't get Futurama... it's just not a funny. They don't have a stupid enough character in it!

[Dreama]

oh yeah the simpsons are just ace! Can never get bored of them, cant get bored of Friends either, altho am not a die hard seen every episode fan I do like it...my all time fave episode is the one with the two doctors with george clooney and noah wyle where rachel and monica are sooooooooooo funny! i think its from season 1 or 2, i have it on dvd...
also speaking of american shows...i used to adore saved by the bell when i was younger (early 90s) and now its back and it still rools! Also despite being nearly 21 i cant get enough of how funny Sabrina the teenage witch is! I suppose everyone still has a child within them and its my way of releasing it hehe! theyre just sooo funny!

[swimmer]

my fave is "The Osbournes" ozzy is sooooooo funny!

[swimusa]

I am amazed at the extent of American tv in the world...I know here in the US, on our Public Television stations (not to be confused with NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox) we get to see "Are You Being Served", "As Time Goes By", "Eastenders", "Keeping Up Appearances", "Faulty Towers" and "The Last Wine of the Summer" to name a few. But that is usually on like Sunday evening. We have to pay extra on Digital Cable or Satellite tv to get BBC America.

[Dreama]

u got all the doozies didnt u!
u need more stuff like ab fab! all those progs are a bit dim, altho despite as time goes by being for the older audience i still think its funny and i think judi dench is fab (cos shes from York, near me hehe) anyway...support your own lol!
back to the original comment, you need some absolutely fabulous darling!

[lane4]

Originally posted by swimusa
What other American comedies are shown in the UK?

We get them all! Although many are not classed as comedies here, just pure rubbish.

However, by far the funniest comedy we get from the States is the one where this really stupid guy called George W Bush becomes president of the country. One of the best episodes is where 'Dubya' (as he's affectionately known in the show) doesn't realise that the rest of the world hate America but he makes everyone hate America a lot more by deciding to bomb and invade whatever country he doesn't like that day. Fortunately, he doesn't bomb and invade Britain because Britain's primeminister is this puppet like creature who does what Dubya tells him and thus thinks it's fun to help Dubya bomb and invade these other countries!

[mammamedley]

lane 4 - you made me laugh!!!

[Steve]

My fave american show at the moment is Six Feet Under - black comedy at its best. Only problem is that the second series was on after my bedtime, so I now have 12 weeks on video to watch :eek: Add that to the 14 episodes of the Secret Life of Us (Aussie version of This Life - now <i>that</i> was a quality programme) and I'm going to be staying inside for a very long time one weekend....;)

[Bazza]

I forgot to mention we also get several quality family programmes from the US, including South Park and Jackass! And Malcolm in the middle is another one.

[chris_lamb]

Originally posted by bazzaroodoo
I forgot to mention we also get several quality family programmes from the US, including South Park

South Park is a family programme?

[Meiri]

Malcolm in the middle is the best!
His family is the weirdest family ever, kinda reminds me my best friend's family...
This show is just brilliant.

[Dreama]

jackass rules! I've just ordered vol 2 and 3 on dvd region 1s, apparently they weren't allowed to release vol 1 ?!!!??? and i can't hardly wait to see the feature length on the big screen!

[swimusa]

Originally posted by lane4
We get them all! Although many are not classed as comedies here, just pure rubbish.

However, by far the funniest comedy we get from the States is the one where this really stupid guy called George W Bush becomes president of the country. One of the best episodes is where 'Dubya' (as he's affectionately known in the show) doesn't realise that the rest of the world hate America but he makes everyone hate America a lot more by deciding to bomb and invade whatever country he doesn't like that day. Fortunately, he doesn't bomb and invade Britain because Britain's primeminister is this puppet like creature who does what Dubya tells him and thus thinks it's fun to help Dubya bomb and invade these other countries!

They cancelled that show on our Comedy Central after 6 episodes. President Bush thought it was funny, even though it was passed his bed time...the "Leader of the Free World" is in bed by 9pm...Really makes you wonder who's really running our country.

[swimusa]

What about the Sopranos? Do you get that?

[lane4]

Yeah we get Sopranos

[Bazza]

Originally posted by bazzaroodoo
For example the Sopranos was very popular over here (though I never watched it).

[nsswimmer]

friends, gilmore girls, frasier, smallville, roswell, everybody loves raymond, malcolm, sabrina, NOTHING WITH MARYKATE AND ASHLEY DAMMIT, reba, raising dad, the family guy, the real world, cribs, sopranos, anything on tlc lol, ahhh i miss american tv... ;] cant wait till this summer when i go back home baybee~!

[Dreama]

so what do you guys think of British Tv then? Have you any favourites? Do you get our 'clever' humour? lol

[nsswimmer]

lol... we dont get british tv~ ;] or at least, if we do, i dont know that it's british hehe

[violet]

i like some british shows, like cold feet, parkinson, the kumars at no 42, and the bill. i also like murder mysteries like taggart and the like.

australian shows are mostly crap, especially neighbours and home and away. i wish they'd axe neighbours already, i'm sick of all these no talent bimboes launching singing careers out of it (excepting kylie, i like her), the acting is awful and the setting and scripts are drab and boring. the secret life of us is decent, but there was an even better show that i believe they copied a lot from called 'love is a four letter word', but it only lasted one season. kath and kim is a funny show, i'm not sure if they've showed it in the UK or not.

american shows are also kind of boring and samey. i like daria, the simpsons, charmed and survivor though. i also have this embarrassing addiction to this cheesy bizarre soap passions. the acting is terrible, but it's unintentionally hilarious.

[Dreama]

i know what you mean! to mention ... the bold and the beautiful and the young and the restless to name but a few...totally cheesy and totally full of failed hollywood wannabes! They are funny though and they fit in with all the rest of the crap we get on skydigital on all those wasteful channels like living etc! jerry springer once was funny but now its just always the same, maury povich is obsessed with paternity tests and why does jenny jones insist on those c**p bands! sorry but it bugs me!

[nsswimmer]

jerry springer is getting an opera. this world is sad. this is going to be extremely traumatizing... x.x

[Bootie]

Anyone remember "Northern Exposure"?

[swimusa]

NBC, just to get back on track, will produce (at least) one more season of Friends (its tenth). They announced it yesterday.

[Dreama]

but without rachel! apparently she's not doing any more cos her and Brad are gonna have a baby...if it looks like Brad phwooooooooooarrrrrrrrrr

[Bazza]

Originally posted by swimusa
NBC, just to get back on track, will produce (at least) one more season of Friends (its tenth). They announced it yesterday.

Yes I just saw this in the papers.

Rachel is going to be in it, but there will be less episodes in this series so that she can spend more time at home. Also they have not asked for a payrise (shock horror! :eek: )!!

To be honest with you, I think they are just dragging it out a bit. Nobody watches it anymore because it got boring after a while. They should knoe when to call it a day. :devil:

[Katie]

LESS EPISODES??? It's not even as if it goes on for long anyway!

[swimusa]

They already show less episodes...besides, NBC only resigned it because they're afraid of losing it's top spots on Thursday nights here (when the show is aired)

[matt]

To be honest with you, I think they are just dragging it out a bit. Nobody watches it anymore

I would just like to say that I never used to watch Friends but now I do and I must say that I enjoy it. I also like Fraser as well but I am led to believe that not many people like Fraser

I also have to agree with nsswimmer from a long time ago that Malcolm in The Middle is a great program.

Oh, I'll just add this little bit. When you guys were younger did you get scared of lame ass things on the tv that weren't really that bad e.g. I used to be petrified of the Daleks!!! I used to hate them and have to hide behind cushions whenever Dr.Who was on.

[chlorine_babe]

I was petrified by ET I used to run up the stairs screaming anytime it was on or there were trailers for it.

[KatieBun]

Oh, I'll just add this little bit. When you guys were younger did you get scared of lame ass things on the tv that weren't really that bad e.g. I used to be petrified of the Daleks!!! I used to hate them and have to hide behind cushions whenever Dr.Who was on.
I can remember my brother doing that when the daleks came on, Matt! (He's 45 next month.....I don't think he still hides, but I could be wrong!) :angel:
Mike Mercury's huge eyes on "Supercar" were really scary too! :shocking:

[matt]

I can remember my brother doing that when the daleks came on, Matt! (He's 45 next month.....I don't think he still hides, but I could be wrong!) :angel:

Glad to hear I wasn't the only one scared of them, I don't know why it was just the daleks though. I was never frightened of those stupid sea creature things in Dr.Who........just the daleks

Mike Mercury's huge eyes on "Supercar" were really scary too! :shocking:

if you say so


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