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Friends [One Night Special]
Posted: Sat Feb 22 2020 4:17pm
by BeautifulSunshine
The cast of Friends is to reunite for a one-off special, more than 15 years since the show ended.
The unscripted episode will air on the HBO Max streaming service, launching in May. A date is yet to be announced.
Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer will all appear.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51590988
I look forward to...
Re: Friends [One Night Special]
Posted: Sat Feb 22 2020 5:11pm
by kevinchess1
When I saw the thread title and the OP
I thought you were gonna say 'Why haven't I got any?'
Re: Friends [One Night Special]
Posted: Sat Feb 22 2020 6:28pm
by kevinchess1
'The ONE with the has beens.'
Re: Friends [One Night Special]
Posted: Sun Feb 23 2020 7:22am
by blythburgh
I am not disappointed that I will probably not be able to see it as I have yet to see any episode. But good news for the many fans of the series, well hopefully good news
Re: Friends [One Night Special]
Posted: Sun Feb 23 2020 7:23am
by kevinchess1
‘Could this BE any sadder!’
Re: Friends [One Night Special]
Posted: Sun Feb 23 2020 9:32am
by Sarah
I suspect "unscripted" is probably a bit of an exaggeration if it's going to be a credible real episode, not just a chatty retrospective. The cast of Friends aren't known as talented improvisational comedy performers (only Lisa Kudrow having attempted it professionally in her Web Therapy show); even the excellent Curb Your Enthusiasm has a script outline written before they largely improvise the dialog.
Re: Friends [One Night Special]
Posted: Sun Feb 23 2020 9:38am
by macliam
"The One for the Funeral Plans"
Re: Friends [One Night Special]
Posted: Sun Feb 23 2020 10:25am
by rayf
kevinchess1 wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23 2020 7:23am
‘Could this BE any sadder!’
yeah but they're getting paid millions for doing this - "sad" doesn't really come into it
Re: Friends [One Night Special]
Posted: Sun Feb 23 2020 11:28am
by BeautifulSunshine
I wish them good luck and I may well join them for the night.
Re: Friends [One Night Special]
Posted: Sun Feb 23 2020 9:30pm
by Chadwick
Sarah wrote: ↑Sun Feb 23 2020 9:32am
I suspect "unscripted" is probably a bit of an exaggeration if it's going to be a credible real episode, not just a chatty retrospective. The cast of
Friends aren't known as talented improvisational comedy performers (only Lisa Kudrow having attempted it professionally in her
Web Therapy show); even the excellent
Curb Your Enthusiasm has a script outline written before they largely improvise the dialog.
I wondered whether it means the script hasn't been written yet. I hope so, as I share your concerns about an off-the-cuff episode of Friends. The original worked because it was tightly scripted, not because it was a free-wheeling who-knows-where-this-will-take-us vehicle.