It's so hard to believe that the show "Friends" was about adults.

[Rabrrrrrr]

Whenever I watch that shitting abomination I think, "Wow - how junior high".

And then I think, "And what poorly written and poorly acted junior high".

:puke:

I can't believe anyone ever thought that POS was "relevant" or "topical" or "artistic".

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Such a craptacular show.

[cautiouslywaiting]

2. Wow.

I thought I was the only one who didn't like it.

[ChoralScholar]

3. Especially how nobody ever seemed to work enough to

afford those apartments....

[philosophie_en_rose]

5. but.... but.... it's possible to go straight from barista to Ralph Lauren executive, right?

right?

:rofl:

[NMMNG]

15. Not even a barista--a waitress

They wouldn't trust her to make the lattes and cappuccinos, only to shuffle them to the customers.

[Sanity Claws]

34. You forgot she worked as a buyer's assistant at Bloomie's

for a while.
The show was never topical or artistic. It was a typical example of the sitcom genre with attractive people acting stupid.

[SeattleGirl]

4. I couldn't stand it.

About the only times I would see it is if I happened to walk into the living room when Mr. SeattleGirl was watching it. And then I'd usually hear the females talking and giggling like a bunch of chipmunks. Blech! Waste of air time.

[William Bloode]

6. I can honestly say i never saw a full episode.

Almost certain i never saw more than five minutes of it. I just never had any interest. I think my feelings were close to yours. I just did not see them as plausible adults, and they damn sure didn't resembled anything i ever saw in my life as far as how young adults lived.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

7. I avoided it for years, because even the premise sounded stupid

Then I was forced to watch it when my hosts for Thanksgiving a few years ago insisted on watching it as we ate our pumpkin pie.

I knew then that my instinct to avoid the show had been the correct one.

[crim son]

8. I liked it (she said, wiping the puke from the front of her blouse).

The reruns, I don't, because now I'm older and wiser. But at the time I was one of those lost causes, and I could relate. Totally. :rofl:

[Nicole]

9. I had to watch it every week

Well I didn't have to but I would have missed out on some time with the teen daughter if I didn't.
Lame as that show was, I looked forward to our weekly pizza & Friends night.

[William Bloode]

28. Yeah, but thats a damn fine excuse.

I would have suffered it gladly for time with my kids. Heck on that premise i might even have enjoyed it.

[Nicole]

41. The best excuse!

I much preferred it to the Beverly Hills 090210 I suffered through for the same reason.

[jobycom]

10. I like it

I never saw it prime time, but I've been watching it in syndicate lately, since I don't have cable. It's funny. Of course it's aimed low, or it wouldn't have an audience. If I want something sophisticated, I damn sure don't turn on my television.

[Vidar]

11. Might have seen 2 episodes. Regretted it.

[WindRavenX]

12. lol, I think the very same thing

I think it's hillarious that my SO loves it :rofl:

[Oeditpus Rex]

13. I watched it once

Some whiny blonde was in a coffee house, singing about how badly her cat smelled.



It's a good thing I don't own any guns but do have some drugs.

[tigereye]

24. Phoebe was the only character we liked

she actually reminded us of a real person....

[hfojvt]

14. "sometimes I don't speak right

and yet I know what I am talking about.
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?..."

I usually avoid Friends, but when I have watched it I found it funny. However, I would rather watch re-runs of "The misfits of science".

[Robeson]

16. I've never seen it, so I can't comment.

[ScreamingMeemie]

17. I liked it...

...but then I also liked the first few years of 90210 very much...and Degrassi...so yay! :hi:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

20. Well, DeGrassi (especially the 1980s version) was more realistic

in dealing with situations that might actually happen to teenagers, and they didn't live in gorgeous apartments on a low income. In fact, some of the characters were working class. Spike's mother ran a neighborhood hair salon, and Joey lived with his brother, who was an auto mechanic.

[ScreamingMeemie]

35. Joey lived with his Mom and Dad. L.D. lived with her Dad, a mechanic...

God I know too much about that show. :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

36. That's right!

I guess I really was too old for the show. :-)

[ScreamingMeemie]

37. I confess! When it came out, I was 18... Another confession, my

daughter and I still watch the reruns and the new show... :blush:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

40. Ha! I was in my thirties!

How sad is that?

[Rabrrrrrr]

53. I have to admit that I have never, ever, even accidentally, heard of degrassi

How long was it on?

And aren't you about the same age as me (late 30s)? Why would I not have heard of it, if you watched it when you were 18?

I remember that shitpot "90210" and the later shitpot "Melrose Place" and that earlier shitpot "30-something". But not "Degrassi".

[Aristus]

61. I was 19 and had a major crush on Caitlin!

It was my first exposure to Canadian pop culture and the slightly different way they did things up there. Like saying "Grade 8" instead of "8th Grade". Little things like that.

[MrCoffee]

43. Degrassi kicks ass!

that is all.

[donheld]

18. Loved it then, Love it now

So sue me. :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[Phillycat]

19. I thought it was great.

And I still laugh at the reruns. :D

[Midlodemocrat]

21. Why do you hate America? That show is red blooded Americana

like Mom, Apple Pie and Chevrolet.

[Celeborn Skywalker]

22. I actually liked it.

But, then again, I'm a weirdo. :P

[ikojo]

23. I watched one season of it with a former

friend...I thought it was stupid. Of course I don't have an upper middle class job nor do I live in one of the best cities in the world.

It did seem like they had a prolonged adolescent period but I have a feeling that for a certain strata of American society (namely upper middle class and rich) kids there is a period of prolonged adolescence.

[peekaloo]

25. Another reason I like that Bierko guy on 'Boston Legal'

he was originally offered the role of Chandler Bing and turned it down.(so sayeth the Hollyweird grapevine).

[Lady Effingbroke]

26. It's a rather sophomoric show, isn't it? For the record, I think Saved By The Bell is better.

No pretensions there - junior high acting and junior high drama!

[bigwillq]

27. I thought it was cute.

I thought it was funny.
I watched when I could when it originally aired and still catch it some times in repeats.

I agree that they never seemed to be working and how they probably couldn't afford their lifestyles but it made me laugh so I watched.

[LynneSin]

29. Hey Rabrrrrr - btw, fuck you

Some of us actually enjoy the show. It's brain candy for television. Sometimes I don't want to watch some snooty TV show simply because we progressives are suppose to have some high level of expectations for TV viewing.

I adore the show - I still watch the reruns every night

[cwydro]

30. oh wow

my s.o. at the time just LOVED it...and I hated it. Hmmm..maybe THAT'S what happened:shrug:

[liontamer]

31. that's what "adults" are like in NY

for another example see Seinfeld. Those shows are actually surprisingly realistic.

[Rabrrrrrr]

32. Sad, but true - especially the richer ones, who grew up with everything

handed to them and who never really had to mature.

I did meet a lot of adults like the "Friends" characters. And I so often wanted to say, "Dude - you need to grow up. Use your brain. Look at the world around you once in a while."

[WritingIsMyReligion]

58. Ah, but the writing of "Seinfeld" is far more original.

IMHO, of course.

:P

[survivor999]

33. Loved the show.

Oh, sorry, I'm only 20. :)

[Taverner]

38. In it's day it was artistic - character driven comedy

Not really mass produced until Friends.

[WCGreen]

39. Big waste.... I never got it... Matther Perry is the only one

who could act while on that show...

[Pacifist Patriot]

42. I'm not terribly impressed by the writing and acting in any sitcoms.

Not since the 80s anyway. Then again, maybe back then I was the right age for them.

Sorry to all you "Will & Grace" fans, but I tried to watch it twice and thought it was about the worst thing I'd ever seen. And it won awards?!

[Left Is Write]

44. Settle down, Wilford.

You know how crazy these kids today are.

Get 'em on Liberty Medical's mailing list. That'll straighten 'em out.

[Rabrrrrrr]

54. Screw that. I'm sending them dump trucks worth of oatmeal!

And then I'm taking an axe to 'em.

Eventually, I'll take over their cellular structure as a replicant and absorb their family and friends and try to make a spaceship to fly home.

[northernsoul]

45. I always hated it, too

I'm with you.

[Radical Activist]

46. Oh yeah, I'd rather watch another family sitcom

with yet another middle aged fat guy who acts like an idiot/chauvinist and is manipulated by his family for the entire show. Just keep dishing those up because the 12 or so that are always in syndication just isn't enough for me!

I was never a huge fan of Friends but it was more interesting and relevant to young people than most of the sitcoms on TV at the time. That was also part of the appeal of Seinfeld.

[jpgray]

47. It was just at its core badly written

The same old Ivy League writer's sitcom that was worn out even before it really got rolling in the late eighties and early nineties.

[Dukkha]

48. I saw it once. It made me dumber.

so pointless and banal. the writing was terribly unimaginative in typical sitcom fashion.

[tonekat]

49. Proud to say I never watched it either

Dumb, unfunny characters I could not possibly care about/identify with.

Come to think of it, I did kind of enjoy a peek at Kathleen Turner playing someone's TG dad, but that was all I've seen.

[HughBeaumont]

50. "Friends" is teh unbelievable suck!!!!1!!1!!

What bourgeois bullshit. Not even remotely funny at all.

[otherlander]

51. to tell the truth...

I have trouble thinking of people in the Lounge as adults. I try to make a connection between you guys and the people who tell me what to do at school, but i can't. You guys are way cooler. :7

[Rabrrrrrr]

55. Thanks! We really are.

That's why the education system, from curricula design to principals to school boards should all be liberals.

Conservative and republicans should be Constitutionally denied access to any input whatsoever to our educational system.

[devilgrrl]

52. As hard to believe that a Java Jockey could afford such a nice loft apt.?

That show was silly.

[skygazer]

56. I thought it was funny as far as sitcoms go

But then I've never really expected television to mirror reality. Especially sitcoms.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

57. Plus THE. MOST. ANNOYING. THEME. SONG. EVER.

I DESPISE Friends.

:puke:

[Rabrrrrrr]

59. You constantly give me hope for the future.

That you are a young person who understand that "Friends" is a shitpiece, and that you understand the artistic, moral, and ethical bankruptcy of the show, its popularity, and its longevity, and, as you posted above, that you understand that Seinfeld is the absolute opposite of "Friends" in terms of artistry, social commentary, and relevance, just proves that the earth does contain some young people with whom the earth can be entrusted.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

60. There are a few of us.

:P