The Reel Rejects - FRIENDS REUNION REVIEW – THE PERFECT END TO OUR FRIENDS JOURNEY! - FIRST TIME WATCHING

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Starting point is 00:01:48 This has been, A, a very enjoyable ride for us, but B, you know, people seem to have been pretty chuffed that we went on this journey. So who knows what doors that could open for the future. Fingers crossed for all 40 odd episodes of Joey that we are definitely not guaranteeing that we'll cover. But I hope we could someday. And if you guys want, just sound off in the comments.

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Starting point is 00:02:45 Also, you get a glimpse at our shooting schedule. We get to ask questions. It'll help guide our little discussion post viewing our run. How you feel, man? What did you think of this? I thought it was great.

Starting point is 00:02:57 I thought it was really well put together. Yeah, obviously we made jokes about wanting red in here, but I think everything else was pretty great. I am a legit surprised by. I will say most things pretty great. There are a couple things I am surprised by. Yeah. But that is one.

Starting point is 00:03:17 That's for sure one of them. Yeah, it was great getting to see the cast all back together almost 20 years later, all older and it's a funny thing because I felt that sense of nostalgia even though this isn't a show genre I grew up on it's a show that we watched together with you guys and yeah there was still even though this isn't super distant for me the fact that it still had that nostalgic effect was yeah really really cool and I feel like the special definitely succeeded what it was setting out to do it was great getting to know all these behind

Starting point is 00:03:55 to see things and these details that we weren't necessarily privy to before, how people got cast, what some of the earlier stuff was like. I think they wanted to keep things largely on the positive, largely on the celebration, because I know we talked before about Matthew Perry maybe having some drug issues over the course of the show, and then he was on and off, so it was kind of a rougher time for him. But they just wanted to celebrate their relationships, their friendships, the history and how everything came together. And obviously, the show was 10 years long, 200 plus episodes.

Starting point is 00:04:32 You can't get every little behind the scenes, every little detail. But for the little hour and 45 minute that we did have, I felt like they were able to derive a lot of joy and feeling from the experience. Yeah, absolutely. This is the thing that could go any number of ways. I feel like you could, for how iconic and beloved friends is, and for how much I imagine history and oral history and all sorts of stuff

Starting point is 00:04:58 that there is to be uncovered. You could make a series out of it. You could do like a few episodes of something like this or even in the age of the rewatch podcast. I mean, that's something that watching this I was struck with. I was like, damn, man,

Starting point is 00:05:12 if we could have gotten a revolving door of the Friends cast. And I mean, you still could, Sam's Matthew Perry and a couple of other people. Rest in peace, obviously. You know, like, it's the tip of an iceberg. It's fascinating because this, This is very polished and it's a fun variety show.

Starting point is 00:05:26 It moves, but it also has, yeah, some moments of actual motion either with the cast or actually, like, one of the most moving things was also just seeing, like, real people talk about the impact. And that can often kind of go in a direction that I'm most used to seeing that in a praise situation, which is fine, which you need some of in a documentary slash and or reunion or something like that. but to hear people talk about, like, you know, the gaps that it helped fill or the ways that it helped lift them in times of hardship was like a really kind of lovely, beautiful thing. But, yeah, just all the behind the scenes, little tidbits and stuff, getting to see all this old footage.

Starting point is 00:06:07 Like, yeah, it's weird. There's so many things in watching it. I'm like, I had a great time. I feel very lovely. You know, like, this is one version of how this could have gone and doing something that is, yeah, sort of breezy and compact. It's interesting because, yeah,

Starting point is 00:06:21 I feel like you could do, like I said, you could do a lot of content on this, and people would be there for it. So on the one hand, I'm like, shit, go deeper, go longer, do more, you know, go, yeah, more girth, you know, on this is what I'm looking for. It's, yeah, it's interesting. I'm curious to hear what the various fan responses to this are, because it is like such a massive event after so much time.

Starting point is 00:06:49 And according to what this said, it's the first time Sands one other time that they've all reunited in this fashion. So yeah, I mean, I don't know quite how to articulate my feeling at this moment because, yeah, like I had such a lovely time and it was really cool to see everyone get back together and see them impacted by seeing the old sets, by the old camaraderie slipping back in,

Starting point is 00:07:11 seeing them do moments of table reads intercut with the old scenes. Like there's a lot of stuff I thought was really fun and tasteful. There's a lot of other stuff that is like more just, like fun variety show stuff. It has like, yeah, if you want to turn this into an hour and 40 odd minutes special, this is really conscientious. Yeah, there are ways in which you could maybe go deeper or could maybe prioritize a more intimate kind of experience. But yeah, yeah, yeah, for what this is, I thought it was really fun and really touching still.

Starting point is 00:07:44 Like this, I think this succeeded at all the things that they wanted to do, even though I think there's just so much. about friends that you could do beyond that. You know, it's like it's weird. It's not a complaint, but it is sort of like, oh, yeah, this is a tip of an iceberg. And I guess it most directly translates, I guess what I'm feeling is sort of like a, like James Michael Tyler shows up to say hi. Yeah. And then we're moving on. So I'm like that, like, Mr. It's weird, the proportions.

Starting point is 00:08:14 It's like Mr. Heckles showing up for like a beat is appropriate. I think that's fun. and then yeah James Michael Tyler getting to at least be included is cool but I'm like man you're in an interesting position

Starting point is 00:08:27 you have interesting perspective on the rest of the cast maybe there's not a lot to talk about there in real life which is why this happened but I could imagine a situation where there would be some more stuff to talk about with a character like him

Starting point is 00:08:38 we got Maggie Wheeler I love the way they handle the Janice bit like perfect well conceived but that's another thing where I'm like man and something that's a little bit longer we could have. Like, yeah, I'm like, you're part of the ensemble, but in a unique fashion, because you're not the core six,

Starting point is 00:08:54 but you are a staple of the show. Like, more about your experience and more about your shared experience there. So, yeah, it's weird. It's like, I don't feel like the need to complain, but there are things where I was like, oh, man, give me more. Like, I want more, because, like, this is such an engrossing journey that we've been on.

Starting point is 00:09:09 And it was cool to hear a lot from the creators. I feel like that stuff was pretty revelatory because, you know, they're not as much in the direct spotlight. I know a lot of, I know they've been talked to a lot over the years about this stuff, but it's newer for us. Yeah, and I think the fact that, you know, we're not going to get another thing like this because I want to say like, whatever, within a year of this coming out is when Matthew Perry died. Something like that. Yeah, I want to say he died in 2022 or 2023.

Starting point is 00:09:37 This came out in 2022. But, yeah, so we're not going to get the chance to experience something of this degree. and yeah I would have liked to have seen like a mini series of sorts of like going over those longer things I almost feel like there should have been two things they did I feel like they should have done an actual reunion variety show like this but I feel like you could have produced a companion that like leads up to it something like here's how we're preparing with everybody and then you can get like expansions on the moments where they come in and see the set for the first time or I don't know it's almost like you could do like an extended mini series based off of what got distilled into this.

Starting point is 00:10:19 Totally, yeah. And to commemorate, again, something that is like so beloved, so culturally iconic, that has so many ripples and echoes and has influenced so much. Like, we live in a time where the Beatles, you know,

Starting point is 00:10:34 have multiple crazy documentaries. We're just like five hours of fly-on-the-wall footage. And I'm like, you could do that for something like friends that is on that level of iconic, you know, status. For sure. I have to imagine how they did with, it wouldn't be the exact same thing, but that movie Saturday night, or like the one where they made it based off of. Yeah, yeah, the SNL and it's like all in real time. Yeah, I can see something like that sort of happening with friends in a, maybe not with the pressure degree, but like a making of behind the scenes and like go over like the drama or the interpersonal relationships in those early days and some of the challenges and like how they cast everybody.

Starting point is 00:11:15 like I always love those like you haven't seen this one but the offer even like behind the scenes of the godfather that show yeah I always love stuff like that so yeah I would I'd be curious to see something like that one day but as far as what they did here I feel like they did the best they could also the fact that it was during COVID they did the best they could here here with the

Starting point is 00:11:35 limitations and maybe the scheduling of what they had available to them and yeah because we can't have another thing like this per se because Michael Perry isn't here anymore. The guy who's the guy who's played Gunther? James Michael Tyler. James Michael Tyler isn't here anymore. So yeah, yeah, I feel like, you know, we're very lucky and blessed to be able to

Starting point is 00:11:56 have something to this degree. Oh, he died a couple years. So wait. Oh, when did the special come up in? Twenty, twenty one, I imagine. Yeah, so I mean, this was, this would have been they, I mean, yeah. Oh, he died like six months later. Just, yeah, a little bit after.

Starting point is 00:12:10 Wow. Maybe he was going through it. He died of cancer. It's possible. because yeah i i wonder i mean he didn't look especially uh you know oh yeah prostate cancer oh probably hard some some healing and stuff or some um oh yeah he didn't disclose it until slightly after yeah the uh the release of this gosh yeah i mean and god this picture of him with the scream tie is great yeah but it was really cool to see him yeah it's it's this was this was one of those

Starting point is 00:12:43 things where it's like it's pure joy and then there are little things you can yeah like zero in honor or wish for more of but like this is a cherry on top of something so like i'm not gonna be too upset i think the one thing that is kind of noticeable is that it is light on matthew perry i was thinking the exact same thing it is pretty light on him i noticed he had the least amount of things to say out of all the cast yeah and i couldn't really tell what that was about if they just didn't feel like i know i'm sure. I don't know what was happening in his personal life at this time. I feel like he probably would have been

Starting point is 00:13:18 relatively clear. You know, he's gone through his addiction battles and whatnot. I thought he had gotten sober for a while. Yeah, he seemed the least enthused to be there. He definitely seems, he is the one of the most of them who you could tell has been through a lot.

Starting point is 00:13:35 For sure. I suppose I would say. And so there are times where like the rhythm isn't quite the same whip crack. But he was making jokes and stuff. It was the most noticeable when they're like, we're going to go down the line. What's everyone doing?

Starting point is 00:13:50 And he pretty much just... I don't know if you guys will hear that this. They're shooting. Oh, I set that up. What was it? Oh, something. You'll find out soon enough. But yeah, yeah. Like, Matthew...

Starting point is 00:14:08 I couldn't tell if they were added if they just didn't include much of what they got with him or if he really was the mellowest in terms of his interjections and his, you know. I felt like they were cutting around him because when he was like, they don't call me. Like, I don't know if it was his delivery that made it feel like, oh, he's serious or just something about his tone or I don't know. I was like, oh, is he joking right now?

Starting point is 00:14:31 I can't tell if he's actually joking. Yeah, yeah. And I couldn't tell. Yeah, I wasn't sure if the idea was like, well, we don't have a lot that's like flattering or whatever. but it is one of those things that's tough because you're like, ah man, you know. And you want this, like I imagine

Starting point is 00:14:45 there probably had a ton of conversations behind the scenes about what's okay to talk about or not, and that's another thing. Like this is, again, this is very agreeable and it's very upbeat, so it's not really diving into what I'm sure, you know, I'm sure there were difficulties

Starting point is 00:15:01 and sorted things behind the scenes. Not that I want this to be some kind of tabloid thing. It doesn't have a lot that's very challenging. you get a brief dive into like, okay, so, you know, was anybody canoodling behind the scenes? And, you know, it was sweet to find out that they took all that attraction between David Schwimmer and Jennifer Anderson and just poured that into the characters.

Starting point is 00:15:24 I'm choosing to believe that Matthew, Matt LeBlanc was just joking and that they really did that. I mean, it feels like they did that. And that's a really cool thing to learn. I guess that's the thing is you want a reunion like this to feel both cozy but also revelatory. I think this leans cozy. There are some really nice

Starting point is 00:15:42 behind the scenes things and some really nice yeah, like things that make you feel like you were kind of a fly on that wall. It's not super revelatory in that it's not like revealing a lot that you don't necessarily already have access to the information for. They also didn't touch the concept of

Starting point is 00:15:59 Matt LeBlanc having the Joey spun off with a 10-foot pole. At all. No, I was like, sandwich shop in L.A. I know Joey moves to L.A. is that about the only reference? Because the Joey show, did that have the same team work that? Or was that like a different set of...

Starting point is 00:16:19 Yeah, was it the same writers? Scott, so, okay, so this is different. Okay. Like, I don't know if these were maybe writers. I feel like maybe these names could have popped up. Where's the Joey reunion? We need the Joey reunion. We need the Joey reunion special.

Starting point is 00:16:35 I think we need to get, yeah, get Andrea under. Andrea D. Mateo is on this show. Okay. Get Paulo Castell. There's so many Tribionis. Jennifer Coolidge is just a whole other character of this show. Yeah. What the hell? Wait, one of Joey's brothers goes with him or a cousin or something? Adam Goldberg. Christina Ricci. Ben Falcone. What's going on here? Yeah, we got a, I assume a brother and a sister at least. And another sister. I don't know. Or a niece and a brother. Whatever. We got multiple Joey. Why was it canceled? low ratings yeah yeah

Starting point is 00:17:10 that's really sad people love Joey you know but he didn't have those those friends you know people didn't want to see his family be his family they didn't want to see his friends be his family

Starting point is 00:17:19 but uh and every I like that every episode convention is Joey and the dot dot dot so yeah we can get Joey I mean he was yeah I feel like this was this was heavy on

Starting point is 00:17:30 Matt LeBlanc David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston the most and then Gordon Cox was kind of kind of secondary as well. Yeah, I would say Lisa Kudrow probably in the middle,

Starting point is 00:17:41 and then Courtney Cox and then Matthew Perry has kind of the, and then everybody else is sort of featured for a hot second. I am very surprised given the fact that, again, Paul Rudd, huge. Hank Azaria works as much as ever. You know, his star is not faded, even though he's not like the biggest name. So I'm very surprised those guys didn't show up. Was there any other classic moments or seen surprised they didn't touch on the show in the special? Maybe one of the turkey heads?

Starting point is 00:18:08 Yeah. Yeah. I feel like that's pretty iconic. And I mean, we acknowledged, I think, Courtney Cox said, like, you know, Thanksgiving episodes, you know. But, yeah, we didn't get a turkey head on the runway. I wish we would have acknowledged Marcel. I wish we would have acknowledged chicken duck. We should have acknowledged the chick of the duck.

Starting point is 00:18:25 Yeah. And I wish they would have gave a moment or some sort of something for Take The Rachel. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, like, there are a lot of... there are a lot of, yeah, great. It's the thing. It's like, you could do this forever.

Starting point is 00:18:41 You could be like, we go this moment, this moment, in this moment. And yeah, like, I liked a lot of what they chose to zero in on, but that's absolutely one I would have thrown in there, you know, toward the top of the pile. And actually, that's a good segue into our questions because we've got some other, you know, thoughts like this. Let's go.

Starting point is 00:18:58 Stephanie Horton, thank you for sharing one more Friends Day with us. Take it away. All right. What did you hope to learn about the friends and slash or the making of friends that was not shared during the special that you would like, that you'd still like to get answers to? Um, I mean, goodness. Uh, there's, why, I have one. Please, please. Why was Dermit Moroni only in two episodes? Yeah, what happened was like they were setting that up to be something. That sure seemed like it was meant to be more. Uh, I might, I might. I might. ask about, I mean, because we touched on all the romances to some extent, but we never acknowledged the Joey Rachel romance.

Starting point is 00:19:43 That's right. And that is, that would have been a cool opportunity to engage with something that is divisive, but in a good-natured fashion, because, again, that, at least for them as performers, got to open up a lot. And I feel like they talked about the attraction behind the scenes between Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer. So I'm like, I don't know, that would have been cool to. dive into because it is like sort of a unique moment that is like kind of a bigger canon event,

Starting point is 00:20:12 I suppose, even if people don't agree on it. And some of like the destination stuff would have just been fun to touch on any of Phoebe's family members. I feel like that that kind of thing trails off the show and it would have been fun to maybe, I don't know. I love to having Lady Gaga here. I thought that was a fun, you know, twist. It would have been nice to also get a Spruce twin appearance. agree because they played yeah played ben yeah uh freaking carol and um you know ross the the ross's wife ex-wife and her lady ross ex-wife and yeah carroll and what's her susan there's a surprise they weren't involved in any fashion yeah well something i guess yeah i don't know it would be more i'm trying to think if there's like anything from a specific episode i mean

Starting point is 00:21:02 there's certainly things about like, yeah, like hearing them all comment on the crazy cold open with Robin Williams and Billy Crystal would have been interesting just because I understand that that was sort of cooked up and something that really involved a lot of spontaneity. I'm sure there's, I mean, selfishly, I wanted to hear Ross talk about his sound. Yeah. Because I adore Ross's sound. I wish we had a Hank Azaria appearance and they would have talked about that. Why we won't? Because we didn't touch on Paul Rudd at all. That's all.

Starting point is 00:21:32 He shows up in like a clip or two and they mention that Phoebe gets married but like yeah it's like nothing and I'm like and that too I feel like toward the end of the show as they are getting married off and there are more people coming in and out like we do slightly

Starting point is 00:21:46 expand the like Paul Rudd is ensemble adjacent by the end of the show so yeah it is a bit funny I don't know there are endless tidbits I would like to hear if there was something yeah that I was like oh man burning desire to hear about

Starting point is 00:22:02 this and they just left it out. I'll have to think a little bit more, but I would love to hear, I very much would love to hear just what all you guys' viewers would have liked to hear more about. Rejignation, Summer is here and that means routine gets obliterated. We got travel. We got

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Starting point is 00:23:43 and for partnering up with us yet again. Nikki Sonrisa. Jaron, that's us. I hope you enjoyed the reunion special. We did very much. I remember crying a lot when this was first released. I bet.

Starting point is 00:24:01 Were there any guests you wish they had included. Oh, tons. Was there anything you would have liked to hear more about that they didn't talk about? I just wanted to say that I had so much fun re-watching friends with you. It remains my favorite sitcom to this day, and it feels like I got to share it with you, which made me super happy. That's the goal, man. And it's been really lovely to be welcomed.

Starting point is 00:24:22 You know, it's a beloved show, and it's got the biggest, among the biggest fan bases ever. So just to have this be such a fun, you know, communal experience has been really great. great. I mean, I would take any and all guests they could have possibly gotten. I mean, I feel like we got a couple of... I am surprised we didn't get a spouse. That legitimately surprises me.

Starting point is 00:24:44 Paul Rudd, we've said, to Hank Azeri, we've said. I don't know. I mean, like, there have been so many recurring... Jennifer Coolidge could have been fun. There are so many recurring... We got Reese Witherspoon, no Christina Applegate. Yeah, good point. You know, none of

Starting point is 00:24:59 Rachel... And, you know, some of these actors might, I don't have a great lexicon for, like, who of all the older castes with us, but, like, Eish Tyler would have been nice. Iish Tyler would have been certainly a good person to include. I feel like it was good to get Elliot Gould and Christina Pickles, but it would have been nice to have, you know, some of, like, Rachel's mom or dad. I mean, freaking Chandler's parents are iconic in terms of the casting. So, you know, that would have been fun to include somehow.

Starting point is 00:25:28 It is fascinating, too, because I am realizing that I'm sure COVID, what I will say is I'm sure COVID hindered some of their plans at the same time. I'm sure they could have worked around just about anything, given what we saw here. They could have at least piped people in, you know, remotely or whatever. But I think of some of your questions we talked about in previous questions, like more chicken duck, like for having a certain actors that were a part of the cast. I was going to say nine guest stars we missed at the Friends reunion.

Starting point is 00:26:01 Obviously, Paul Rudd's on there. Yeah, yeah. Jane Sibbitt, Carol, would have been cool. Ice Tyler, obviously would have been good. Bruce Willis would have been sick. Bruce Willis would have been sick at that point. It would have been possible. Would have been sick.

Starting point is 00:26:16 It would have been cool to see. It works both ways. Yeah. No more clarifications. Would have been sick, but would have been sick. So, so yeah. Hank Azaria for sure. Christine Applegate, yes.

Starting point is 00:26:27 Yeah, Giovanni Ribiz. Of all, I think it would have been very funny, frivolous, but funny, if they had a second Lisa Kudrow just show up to acknowledge. Oh, yeah, Padgett Brewster could have been cool because that was a whole triangle between Chandler and Joey. I'm like, not one I'm like, you gotta have her. Yeah, I'm out of his like, you know, that one. And yeah, Cole Spouse is definitely one where I'm like, damn, especially because then you see Justin Bieber. That thing didn't even include Paul Rudd that we just looked at.

Starting point is 00:26:56 No, no, he was the top. He was the first one included. Yeah, there's no way. There's no way. And I mean too, like, it makes sense not to have the cameos around like any of the major cameos like a pier. Even though you could have done that and had a lot of fun with it, you know, get Danny DeVito. I'm sure he would show up or Julie Roberts might pipe in or something. But they did acknowledge Brad Pitt.

Starting point is 00:27:19 Like that was an interesting. She called the pit. Yeah, because I mean, at this time, I'm like, that's long gone history now. And I'm sure that didn't end very great. So, yeah. This actually, I hadn't thought about this, but you know, they did a lot of table reading and stuff like that. It might have been cool to see maybe like a deleted scene or them do.

Starting point is 00:27:42 This thing is sort of pitching like, yeah, do a new scripted scene with them. I think there is something about the behind the scenes nuance just generally of this that you could have gotten a little bit more of. Like this was mostly just a party and that's fine. That's totally fine. And I get why you would want it to skew that way. but you know i feel like they could have tugged our our heartstrings a little a little more deeply but yeah i don't know like this is this is such where yeah i don't have it's like if any major plot like i'm sure there's some random thing in the history of the show where i'm like oh man i wish we could know more about that you know and we've had some random like interludes with characters where i'm like yeah yeah Adam Goldberg as like the weird roommate.

Starting point is 00:28:24 Like that would have been fun to unpack a little bit or yeah, like what physical. Like I would have loved to zoomed a little bit more in on the process of doing the slapstick because there is so much iconic slapstick. And like they did the whole Joey got his shoulder dislocated thing. So I'm sure not a ton of mishaps happened. But, you know, nice maybe to do a little bit more with some of that. But I don't know. It's hard to like truly feel the need to complain. You know, it's just all stuff.

Starting point is 00:28:50 that you could have gotten more of if they had the time and means and everyone agreeing on it. And that's probably the hardest part, honestly. Yeah. But yeah. Let's go Anna Karen. Oh, yeah, Anna Karen. What did you got? I don't know.

Starting point is 00:29:03 That's all I was going to say. Let's go to the next one. All right. A lot of people grew up with this show and it's so special to them. Is there a show that you grew up with that you would love for them to do a reunion on it? It's already happening. King of the Hill is doing it. Hey.

Starting point is 00:29:17 We're doing it with King of the Hill. Uh, is there another show, though? I'm trying to think what other show from my use would be. I'd love a, well, it's one of those shows that I remember loving. I've not seen it in some time, but I think it'd be fun to do it how I met your mother reunion. That'd be cool. They have a boy meet with a podcast, or it's not like a formal reunion, and then Ben Savage isn't even on it because he doesn't want to talk to them anymore. He doesn't want to talk to them anymore.

Starting point is 00:29:45 Yeah, they'd like, they've asked him to come on the podcast. You just like kind of cut them off from me. life. Weird. Yeah. I'm like the main character of your show. It was nothing to do with you. Was it a bad experience? I don't know. I mean, he did the original show and then he did a spin-off show about the daughter years later. So I don't know what the hell is. Huh. Okay. Interesting. Golly. I'm trying to think what other show. I know I just had one too. It's declassified school survival guide. Those kids have had a podcast for years and it's ruined all semblance of innocence. We believe they have.

Starting point is 00:30:20 But I think they should still do a reunion special, if not a sequel series. So, hey, I'd be down for that. Okay. Okay. I mean, the Wayans Brothers are already reunited, so that's taken care of. True. I got my King of the Hill reunion. I don't know what else I could possibly ask for.

Starting point is 00:30:40 SpongeBob keeps going. I see, like, what did I grow up on? Like, I... Oh, this is super niche, but if they did a Warehouse 13 reunion, that makes me very happy. Get a Warehouse 13. Okay. Did you ever check that one out? I remember when it came out.

Starting point is 00:30:54 It was on sci-fi, right? Great show, yeah. Well, we'll check it out now. All right. All right, Warehouse 13. I see you. Leave us what shows you would want a reunion special for. I'm going to have to, let's do a quick Google.

Starting point is 00:31:08 Shows that deserve a reunion special. Let's see what we get. After the friend's success. Oh, the office would be a great one. The office, yeah. I mean, I didn't. grow up with it growing up.

Starting point is 00:31:22 People say a lot of people say cheers, it makes sense. Scrubs is a sequel series. Scyc has every movie's so often. I was going to say, I love Syke dearly

Starting point is 00:31:30 and they do a movie once in a while, so I hope. And I think they actually have a script for the next psych. So I would love, you know. A nice movie?

Starting point is 00:31:39 Yeah. Oh, fun. Yeah. So I don't know what the status is. I don't know if it's even going to happen, but I know that they want to make it, and I know that they have at least the means to make it.

Starting point is 00:31:48 So, or at least they have the, the creative ideas. I know eventually ruining a community movie. Because they did six seasons in a movie. Okay. Okay. Was that over one of you,

Starting point is 00:31:59 you watched her? No, I've seen scattered episodes here there, but I would love to get on community as a full, you know, actual viewing experience. Yeah,

Starting point is 00:32:10 I missed community back of the day as a full experience. I missed people love arrested development. I've not really... A house reunion. That would be for. House, I watched a lot. I mean, supernat-again, didn't quite grow up on Supernatural, but, like, a reunion special would be super fun. House. Good ensemble on House, too. Yeah, I mean, I'm trying to think a lot of what I was watching when I was a younger person was, like, animated and stuff. And I mean, like, a lot of the other things I've already had either late sequels or reunions. So, again, these are all good questions. I'm going to have to ruminate further.

Starting point is 00:32:45 That was a slow version of the clap. Eric 71.75. Matt once said on the Graham Norton show that he ate the food David spit out during a blooper. But it's just as funny to hear him. Talk about it again. What other backstories do you wish was said? I want to know more about Ross's sound. Yes.

Starting point is 00:33:07 Want to know more about the sound. I want to know what happened to Russ. I want to know what happened to Russ. Absolutely. I want a detailed breakdown of where all these incidental characters eventually wound up. yeah i mean there's there's a funny backstory i'm sure for everything i wish there was a little more breathability to get a bit more of that stuff and i guess that there is a bit of a trickiness because

Starting point is 00:33:32 you have to i don't know it's got to happen naturally i guess they all have to get back together and like really naturally just sort of reminisce or whatever but yeah i mean we got marcell i don't know like working with like it would be cool to talk about working with some of those guest stars who were like on multiple episodes especially like a bruce willis getting to or Sean Penn, yeah, who you are having in multiple guest appearances who you do get to, or Gary Oldman for Matt LeBlanc, you know, which is a sillier character, but even still, you know, those are moments where you're working with sesbians and other things and, you know, would be a cool insight to have because, again, this show was a crossroads, it's a comedy, but you were also attracting big dramatic actors and, you know, various other things. And, yeah, I don't know. And two, I guess to here. hear I always love they got into some of this but I always love hearing about what choices

Starting point is 00:34:25 you know and things actors bring it like you know he's seeing a little bit of like the writers pitching a different punchline like stuff like that like the unexpected origins of a bit or a gag or something like that you know it was always a fun one I don't know like it would have been kind of

Starting point is 00:34:41 maybe nice even to spotlight some of the recurring motifs that we would do like again Thanksgiving episodes mentioned but you know we could have done something with like the tradition of that or various things but i don't know it's kind of like an abroad like anything you could there's so many things it's weird it's like there's so many things you could add to this to make it richer but as a again relatively surface but very wholesome and fun you know sort of look back they checked a lot of the boxes was there any part of it that uh that got you

Starting point is 00:35:12 emotional i think i got the most emotional when the people were talking about the impact same that it had on them, you know, when that guy was talking about his dad, when the other person was talking about, like, meeting their partner and just sort of bonding over that. And again, these aren't the kinds of stories you've never heard before, but in a situation like this, again, like I said before,

Starting point is 00:35:32 those kinds of testimonials can sometimes feel fluffy. Like, oh, yeah, we're just going to get some people to talk about how much they love friends. We all know people love friends. But, like, that version of that, both in the positive and the more heart-wrenching side was like a really real nice thing at the

Starting point is 00:35:48 very center and it had some of the more raw emotion that I wish was included among the cast. Like, it was nice to see them get emotional over the set and being together. You did feel that, but I felt it the most, you know, just palpably when people were sharing their experience. Yeah, I think that's the one part that made me cry and then, you know, gave it to the new tissues and stuff. And it was really a two-fold sort of thing when it was happening in the moment. But on one hand, obviously, it's really great that this show has not only reached people across

Starting point is 00:36:17 the world, but it's impacted their lives in such an integral way. And then the other part of it was like, oh, that's, because we work on the internet and we don't get a lot of in-person, I mean, it happens from time and time, in-person experiences people coming up in life and saying, like, they love what we do and stuff. But a lot of that stuff happens in the comments. So it's kind of this surreal experience of like, oh, it's not to the same degree and not the same thing exactly, but I'm like, oh, this is what it's like to be a part of something

Starting point is 00:36:53 that affects people's lives and then getting to see people give them their flowers. I was like, oh, wow, this is what we do for people as well? And you see comments like these or in the comments of our friends videos that people who go through hard times watch us for comfort and watch us watch things that give them comfort. I just thought there was something beautiful about that. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And I mean, that's kind of what the whole friend's legacy is, is this sort of, yeah, comforting, bonding, sort of living organism.

Starting point is 00:37:24 And it does perfectly embody what they set out to do, that time where your friends or your family. And for that to last about a decade is kind of nice, you know, it kind of makes sense. It kind of seems like this all minus a couple things that could have been smoothed or reworked here or there. Like it seems like it worked out pretty well just as a show under all these different circumstances. I think it would have been cool maybe. They did nicely to, you know, you focus in on the ensemble. If we had more time, I would have loved to just heard more about the different dynamics between pairs or, you know, because like every ensemble is also paired off or, you know, triode off or whatever.

Starting point is 00:38:00 So, you know, hearing the different dynamics maybe in, you know, like a full cast environment versus, oh, I'm getting to play off this person or that person specifically and hearing about maybe the way the different, you know, members of the ensemble might work together. could have been cool. Yeah. But yeah, I mean, you could, I'm sure, kind of make people reminisce all day. Sure. So, yeah.

Starting point is 00:38:21 Curious to hear what the thoughts are. But, yeah, I had a really lovely time with this. And it was just really nice to look back over the show. And it definitely made me feel, you know, fuzzy and emotional, seeing them, you know, back in the old set. And I think it was a really great idea to, yeah, do some table read, do some clips, have some celebrity guests stop by. You know, and I think, too, I mean, like, I loved getting at least a little bit of a glimpse into the whirlwind that it was going from, like, you know, assembling the ensemble, doing the first season,

Starting point is 00:38:47 and then, you know, the show blowing up and changing lives for everyone involved. You know, I get the sense. They touch a little bit on the fact that it's surreal being thrust into that level of fame so quickly. And there are spaces within that where I think you could do more to explore the up and down and the back and forth of, you know, going through. Like something like this is like a unique blessing. And also it puts you, like they said, into a bespoke scenario where only a couple people can understand what it is that you're experiencing, you know, despite being part of this, you know,

Starting point is 00:39:18 big, beloved piece of, you know, cultural art. So, I don't know. Yeah, it's just interesting. It makes you think. And I'm glad we got it to at least see some of how the sausage was made. I'm glad that everybody seemed to be on at least relatively good terms as of shooting this. And, uh, and yeah, my heart is full. Leave us, uh, oh, it would like more trivia. Dude, I could have watched a whole game out of that. Yeah. I could have watched to do the other game where Joey,

Starting point is 00:39:45 when you knew that episode where Joey's trying to audition to be the host and he's got Chandler and Ross trying to like do the thing. And, yeah. Bamboozled. Bamboozled. There you go. Yeah. Like I could have done with,

Starting point is 00:39:56 yeah, it's like I would absolutely accept more of the fun and games they cooked up for this. And then, yeah, just like I think the only thing this was really missing was like some of the heavier, more lifey, more bittersweet stuff that I'm sure is probably the stuff that gets Sandler. off of something like this first. Yeah.

Starting point is 00:40:16 Because you've got to get all six people and also other people to agree and yada, yada, yada. So, yeah. But thanks for spending time with us. Thanks for making this friend's journey what it has been. I mean, the show is lovely, but also just getting a taste of the water cooler, a taste of the communal with this has been really, really, really lovely. So happy and excited to get to start the rewatch now. And just, yeah, make it part of my comfort food diet.

Starting point is 00:40:42 Same. Leave us your thoughts on the reunion. What'd you love about it? Who else would have you... Who else would you have liked to see show up and, you know, make guest appearance, what other things would you have liked to have heard about? What other pieces of friends' lore in history

Starting point is 00:40:57 would you like to heard unpacked? What was your favorite moment? All that stuff. Leave it in the comments. Engage the shit out of this video. And we'll see you on the next one. Much love people and go hug your friends. all friend hug. We're going to go take a friend nap now.

Starting point is 00:41:17 Just like, just like Rosson. Oh, at the end of the video. So no one told you naps, we're going to be this way. At the end of the video, we're yes ending all the way. Who will?

Starting point is 00:41:56 cut the camera and the audio equipment and move us along to the next shoot that starts in about six minutes I will make the first move

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