Come back to the Central Perk, Rachel Green, Rachel Green- Page 2

[strummergirl]

Posted: 8/27/12 at 8:17pm

I actually just re-watched the pilot online. Joey's relationship advice was actually sound than easily dismissed 'Don Juan goof' and Rachel also seemed a bit dumb from her naivete and privilege but later on was pretty competent in her various jobs. Yet the pilot seemed way more on Monica, Ross, and Rachel. Chandler, Phoebe, and Joey were pretty broad but were identifiable as jokester, free-spirit kook, and ladies man. But none of them, except Phoebe's life-story background taking Rachel's life struggles down a peg, had much to do.

And reading the reviews on the pilot on the Wikipedia page, apparently this show was considered a Seinfeld wannabe. I did not know there was such a thing, especially when you consider there are still shows that try to follow (and usually fail) the Friends sitcom formula.

BTW, Does anybody remember the time that Phoebe had a conquest with Ross on the pool table (which never came close to happening ever again) that was played for laughs. I swore it was the pilot or really early in Season 1 but it was not the pilot that aired in the 30-minute format.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/27/12 at 8:42pm

It was from season three, episode 6, The One with the Flashback.

[strummergirl]

Posted: 8/27/12 at 8:48pm

Thanks.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 2:49am

"I was really confused and then I talked to these guys."
"Who? Two-divorces, and Joey?"

[wickedfan]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 1:46pm

"This isn't about the movie theatre. This is about you stealing my wind. How do you expect me to grow if you won't let me blow?"

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 1:54pm

"That's my doodle of a ladybug with a top hat. She's fancy."

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 2:01pm

"You NEVER run on a barge!"

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 2:11pm

"Oh, Meesess Geller, why you cry?"

[wickedfan]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 2:12pm

"Oh oh oh! He's a Transponster!"
"THAT'S NOT EVEN A WORD!!!!!!"

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 2:15pm

"We didn't do any of the romantic things I had planned, like having a picnic at Central Park and, you know, coffee at Central Perk-- Oh, I just got that!"

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 2:33pm

"Fine, judge all you want to but married a lesbian, left a man at the altar, fell in love with a gay ice dancer, threw a girl’s wooden leg in a fire, live in a box!"

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 2:35pm

"Went down to the docks. Bet ya didn't know you could get it wholesale."

"I didn't know there were docks."

[Jay Lerner-Z]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 7:59pm

"Okaay...scarf's done."

[strummergirl]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 9:36pm

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 10:52pm

[wickedfan]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 10:58pm

Because no one should forget THE ROUTINE:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrxgpTK56Bk

[nygrl232]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 10:58pm

My favorite moment. Jennifer Aniston was great in this scene.



Updated On: 8/28/12 at 10:58 PM

[strummergirl]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 11:26pm

There are 7?????

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 11:27pm

Phoebe, Jason & Vince

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/28/12 at 11:43pm

wickedfan, the Routine is another one of my favorites!

[wicked1492]

Posted: 8/29/12 at 12:02am

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 8/29/12 at 12:23am

"And reading the reviews on the pilot on the Wikipedia page, apparently this show was considered a Seinfeld wannabe. I did not know there was such a thing, especially when you consider there are still shows that try to follow (and usually fail) the Friends sitcom formula."

I wouldn't call Friends a Seinfeld wannabe, exactly, though I can see the influence (though there were definitely sitcoms that seemed to be Friends' wannabes, like The Single Guy). The one show that seemed to be the most Seinfeld-ish attempt that I can think of, was It's Like, You Know with Jennifer Grey playing herself as an actress who couldn't find work because nobody recognized her post nose surgery (the one clever concept in the show).

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 9/7/12 at 2:01pm

I always felt these two fictional characters were so similar. They are both British women with terrible tempers and are both very unlikable. They even look similar in these two photos.








Updated On: 2/5/13 at 02:01 PM

[strummergirl]

Posted: 9/7/12 at 2:41pm

Ugh, the only good thing about Emily was she had Jennifer Saunders play her mother.

[Reginald Tresilian]

Posted: 9/7/12 at 2:48pm

So funny: I had two different conversations yesterday about what a nightmare Emily was.

I'll grant that Ross saying the wrong name at the wedding was awful, but she was a mad cow the first moment she showed up (IMHO).