Chandler to Joey: "Too many jokes...must mock Joey!"
Phoebe: "Ok, ok, let's say I bought a really great pair of shoes with the money. Do you know what I'd hear with every step I took? 'Not-mine, not-mine, not-mine.' And even if I were happy, ok, and, and skipping, I'd hear 'notNOT-mine, notNOT-mine, notNOT-mine, notNOT-mine..'"
Chandler: "Ewwww, Lambchop. How old is that sock?! If I had a sock on my hand for thirty years it'd be talking too."
Chandler: "Well, what kind of a relationship do you see us having considering you have your foot so far up my leg that you can count the change in my pocket?"
Phoebe: "Oh I don't make them very often. It isn't fair to the other cookies."
Chandler: "Rock . . hard place . . me"
Rachel: Men can pee standing up!
Chandler: We can? Okay, I'm trying that.
Rachel: "Chandler Bing, it's time to see your thing."
Chandler: "That's a realtively open weave and I can still see your... nipulary region."
Chandler: "Could she be anymore out of my league? Right now, I'm very conscious of my tongue."
Chandler: "...You throw my W.E.N.U.S. out of whack."
Chandler: "Aaaand, BVRRRRT to you too Helen."
Chandler to Joey: "If you tried something like that on my birthday, you'd be standing at the business end of a hissy fit."
Rachel: "How do you expect me to grow if you wont let me blow?"
Janice: "Oh my GOD" (I had to put that in!!)
Chandler: "You always assume you're going to find somebody. But what if I NEVER find anybody? Or even worse, what if I've already found the right woman but dumped her cause she pronounces it 'supposebly'?"
Joey: "I'm Joey, I'm an actor, I don't know squat about dinosaurs!"
Joey: "Hi, I'm Chandler. Could I BE wearing anymore clothes?"
Chandler: "Why yes Ross, pressing my third nipple opens the delivery entrance to magical land of Narnia."
Monica: "I gotta go to work. Has anybody seen my left boob?"
Chandler: "Hitting her with a frying pan is a good idea. We might want to have a backup plan though, just in case she isn't a cartoon. "
Joey (talking about the novel Little Women): So, these little women. How little are they? Scary Little?
Phoebe: "Now, I don't eat chicken soup, and there's no chicken in the broth, so it's really just chicken noodle water."
Phoebe (about Monica's date with Richard's son): "Yeah, but Monica, so do you really want to be in a relationship where you can actually use the phrase 'That's not how your dad used to do it'."
Chandler: "[Voice over] Gum would be perfection?? Gum would be perfection!? I could have said `Gum would be nice,` or `Yes, I'll have a stick.` But no, for me... gum is PERFECTION!! I loathe myself!"
[Joey & Chandler are playing foosball] Chandler: "Your little men are gonna get scored on more times than your sister!"
Joey: "Whoa,whoa,whoa,whoa!Which sister?"
Chandler: "I win, you suck, I rule all!! Mini wave in celebration of me!!"
Chandler: "No, it's MISS Chanandler Bong...."
Joey: "Some girl ate Monica!"
Monica: "Shut up. The camera adds ten pounds."
Chandler: "Ahh, so how many cameras are actually on you?"
Joey: "If the homo sapiens, are in fact, homo sapiens, is that why they're extinct?"
Chandler: "Ding dong, the psycho's gone!"
[when Ross and Rachel are fighting the second time adn everyone else is in Monicas bed room, adn Joey has the box]
Chandler: "condoms?"
Joey: "you never know how long we're gonna be in here. we may have to repopulate the world."
Chandler:"and condoms would be the way to do that"
Chandler: "Joey just ate my last stick of gum, so I killed him. Do you think that was wrong?"
Joey [to encyclopedia salesman]: "Whoa, you think i have $1500, i'm home in the middle of the day and i have patio furniture in my living room."
Joey [to Rachel]: "Do you remember the days when your mom would drop you off at the movies with a jar of jam and a little spoon?"
Rachel: "you're so pretty."
Chandler: "The hillas are alive with the sound OF music!"
Chandler [to the duck, while watching Baywatch]: "yes, i know what you're thinking and yes your breasts are just as firm and juicy."
Joey: "ducks'll be heads, cuz ducks have heads!"
Chandler: "What kinda scary ass clowns came to your birthday?!"
And now, the F*R*I*E*N*D*S* drinking game!
Drinking Game
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Revised and updated by Shelly Doehring, September 1997.
Original Drinking Game by Nelson Tang and Ross Smith.
Some specific rules/suggestions by the Friends mailing list.
Disclaimer:
This is a game. This is only a game. If using alcoholic beverages, do not drive. Do not operate heavy machinery. Do not pass go. Do not collect $200.
Instructions:
Gather Friends (if applicable) around TV set. Place drinks, alcoholic or not, within easy reach. Watch "Friends", drinking when instructed to do the following rules. In case of confusion over whether or not to drink, always err on the side of drinking. Enjoy a great show!
Take a sip if....
* Phoebe says a "Phoebism"
* Chandler says a "Chandlerism"
* If Ross takes longer to say a sentence than a normal person would
* Rachel calls someone "Honey"
* A celebrity makes an appearence
* Any of the six drinks or mentions a coffee product
* The exterior of Central Perk is shown
* The exterior of Monica/Rachel's and Chandler/Joey's apartment building is shown
* Any of the six are shown at work (2 sips if they're actually doing any work)
* Any of the main character's parents show up
* Any two or more main characters hug (2 sips if it's Ross and Rachel)
* Joey doesn't understand something that should be totally obvious (2 sips if you didn't get it either)
* The hallway between Monica/Rachel's and Chandler/Joey's apartment is shown
* Gunther moans to himself how much he loves/wants Rachel
* Any animal is shown (Smelly Cat, a chick, a duck, etc.)
* Ross and Rachel argue
* Ross and Rachel touch each other
Take a gulp if...
* Phoebe plays a song on her guitar (2 gulps if it makes no sense or has no point)
* The inside of Phoebe's apartment is shown
* The inside of Ross' apartment is shown
* Any of the six drink a bottled beverage
* All six main characters hang out in Monica/Rachel's apartment
* Anyone makes a reference to an old TV show (2 gulps if you used to watch it)
* Joey goes on an audition
* Ross mentions Ben, Carol, or Susan
* Any of the six main characters kiss a non-main character
* One of the six do something obviously out of character (2 gulps if it drives you crazy)
* Mark makes a pass at Rachel
* Ross gets jealous
* Any of the six eat something that isn't considered normal food (fat, leg wax, etc.) (2 gulps if you've eaten it
before)
* Phoebe drives her grandma's taxi (2 gulps if the passengers have pillows)
* Phoebe dates a weirdo (2 gulps if you've dated someone just like them)
* Monica does something anal-retentive (2 gulps if you do it too)
* Joey and Chandler get a new piece of furniture (2 gulps if Joey built it)
* Phoebe's brother does or says something weird (2 gulps if you do it too)
* All six main characters play a game (poker, Twister, Happy Days Game, etc.)
* Any main character get mad at another main character (drink everything in sight and lose faith in sit-com
television if they don't make up by the end of the show, or in a year if it's Ross and Rachel)
Chug your entire drink if...
* Joey actually understands the opposite sex
* Marcel ever returns
* Phoebe says something sensible
* Monica dates a decent guy (other than Richard)
* Any of the six drink alcohol
* Ben talks or has any facial expression
* Phoebe's dad actually shows up
* Dr. Green is nice to Ross
* Chloe acts even semi-intelligent
* Janice laughs (chug 2 drinks if it makes you wince)
* Chandler drops his sarcastic, cynical facade
* Joey offers good love-life advice to anyone
Drink everything in sight if...
* Pete becomes the Ultimate Fighting Champion
* Chandler stops making smart-ass comments
* Paolo shows up
* Barry shows up
* Ross kills Mark
* Phoebe and Ursula get along
* Ugly Naked Guy is fully shown
* Chandler becomes gay
* Gunther asks Rachel out
* Barry and Mindy reproduce
This game is to be followed by the ER Urination Game.
Forthis next secrtion, I have to give credit where it belongs. I found these facts at http://hem.passagen.se/lum071/facts.htm
Little Known FRIENDS Facts!
The first line of dialogue in the very first pilot episode of Friends was "There's nothing to tell."
A 30-second commercial during the break in the show in America cost advertisers £500,000.
Other titles considered for the series included "Once upon a time in the West Village", "Insomnia Café" and "Across the Hall". The original title, "Friends like Us", was shortened to the current one-worder.
The six characters full names are Rachel Karen Green (Jennifer Aniston), Monica E Geller (Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc), Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) and Ross Geller (David Schwimmer).
According to Aniston, her famous "Rachel" hairdo was created by accident when her "friend" Chris cut her hair with a razor.
Courteney Cox is known as CC to friends and family.
David Schwimmer attended Beverly Hills High, the school on which the series Beverly Hills: 90210 was based.
Matthew Perry appeared in Beverly Hills: 90210 earlier in his career. He said of his role: "Its kind of a blur, but I remember playing the most popular kid in school who ends up with a gun in his mouth because his Dad is so overbearing".
Perry's wit is so legendary that the scriptwriters have often incorporated his gags into the show.
Cox had the honour of being the first person to say "period" on American TV, making a commercial for Tampax.
Aniston attended the New York High School for the Performing Arts, the school that Fame was modelled on.
Central Perk, the café in which they all hang out, is based on the Manhattan Café in New York's West Village.
Cox was a cover girl for People Magazine's "50 most beautiful people in the world" issue.
She was also dubbed "TV's hottest babe" by American Playboy magazine.
Matt LeBlanc loves dogs and has a mutt called Lady that he rescued from a dog pound, and a Doberman called Shadow.
Kudrow is married to a French advertising executive called Michel Stern.
Schwimmer is the son of two Los Angeles lawyers. His mother, Arlene, handled Roseanne's first divorce.
LeBlanc, son of a mechanic and a circuit-board maker, originally studied carpentry. "I am not a dumb guy," he says. "I just play one on TV".
Perry dated Roberts after her appearance on the show. His verdict? "She does leave toothpaste all over the sink and she's always wanting to borrow money".
The whole cast huddle together before each episode to wish each other luck. This made frequent guest star Tom Selleck feel a bit left out.
Perry's Dad is an actor who starred in the Old Spice aftershave ad's, his mother was Press Secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau.
Kudrow has made appearances on several "worst dressed" lists in American magazines, but because of her characters clothes rather than her own.
Perry is very fond of female vocalists. He says, "If you're a woman and in any kind of emotional duress and you sing a song about it, I will buy your album". Favourites include Shawn Colvin, the Indigo Girls and Tori Amos.
When the pilot show was approved by the network, and a series comissioned, the entire cast was sent on a free trip to Las Vegas.
Cox dated Batman actor Michael Keaton for five and a half years, and they are still reportedly "good friends".
After graduating from speech and theatre from Chicago's Northwestern University, Schwimmer founded a theatre company, Lookinglass, with 17 classmates.
Aniston's Dad was an actor, John Aniston, who starred in top US soap Days of our Lives. He divorced her mother when Aniston was nine.
Kudrow gets fed up with being considered in real life to be as dippy as her on-screen character, Phoebe. "People talk slower to me, as if I were a ten year old", she reveals.
Kudrow graduated from exclusive American college Vassar, where she gained a major in biology.
Cox has been known to bleach her teeth.
Aniston, real name Anistonopolous, used to be 30lb heavier, until her agent told her to lose weight. She gave up mayonnaise, pre-meal snacking, white bread, post-meal snacking and butter to reach her current trim size.
Cox, who weighs 7st 3lbs (101lbs) and wears a British size six, is terrified of being fat. She says, "My ideal weight would be 100lbs. My whole family is shaped like pears and I'm afraid of looking like that".
Courteney Cox's stepcousin is Stuart Copeland, of pop group The Police fame.
Schwimmer is very keen to become a father. "I've always wanted a family", he says. "I think that's why we're here - to have children, raise them well and try to improve the quality of life for all the people who will follow".
Schwimmer used to date Natalie Imbruglia - most known for her hit-single 'Torn'
The cast apparently get on as well in real life as they do on screen. They play poker and Scrabble together, and the girls often shop with each other. The rumour that they had made a pact never to sleep together is untrue.
LeBlanc and Aniston were rumoured to have had a fling.
The day he auditioned for Friends, LeBlanc had a big scab on his nose and forehead after falling down drunk on a bender the night before.
When Schwimmer first met LeBlanc he was sceptical. LeBlanc was wearing leather jeans and Schwimmer thought he was "Joe cool stud" and hated him on sight.
Cox originally read to play the part of Rachel.
LeBlanc is a speed freak who competed in amateur motor-racing competitions at the age of eight. In a recent celebrity Grand Prix he ran into a wall, taking Jason Priestly's car out of the race.
As a teenager, Cox was Bruce Springsteen's dancing partner in Brian de Palma's video of Dancing in the Dark.
Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz was linked to both Cox and Aniston.
Like his on-screen character Joey, LeBlanc has a reputation as a womaniser. He has been linked to volleyball star Gabrielle Reece, English actress Minnie Driver, porn star Jenna Jameson, Goldie Hawn's 16 year old daughter Kate Hudson and several strippers.
Schwimmer complains of being hounded by women who demand that he kiss them - even when their boyfriends are there too.
When she was younger Aniston wanted to be a sculptor. At the age of 11, she had a painting in an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
After being picked to play Roz Doyle in Frasier, Kudrow was subsequently dropped in favour of actress Peri Gilpin before the pilot was even shot.
Friends is Channel 4's top-rating comedy, regularly attracting four million viewers.
Kudrow's father is one of the world's leading experts in headaches.
LeBlanc was down to his last $11 when he got the part in Friends.
Schwimmer claims to have been a "fat, ugly geek" in high school.
Cox played the part of Michael J Fox's girlfriend Lauren in Family Ties, between 1986 and 1988.
She claims to have been really in love only once. The lucky man was called Paul, hailed from Leeds, and "he made a hell of a Yorkshire pudding".
Aniston's present boyfriend is actor Brad Pitt. Aniston counts among her former loves Sandra Bullocks old boyfriend Tate Donovan, ER's Noah Wyle, actor Jonathan Silverman, co-star Matthew Perry and Grant Heslov, from True Lies.
David Schwimmer accused the handlers of his on-screen pal Marcel the monkey of being "too possessive". He claims that he was never allowed to bond with the creature.
The daughter of Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon, Jennifer Grant, played Nina Bookbinder, an employee of Chandler's who ended up dating him in the first series.
The theme tune, I'll be there for you by the Rembrants, has been a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic.
The characters of Ross's ex-wife and her girlfriend Susan are based on the godmothers to Kauffman's daughter.
The opening footage of the cast dancing around a fountain was filmed on the Warner Brothers lot in LA at five o'clock one morning.
The first thing Cox bought with her Friends money was a brand new Porsche.
Cox was the best-known member of the cast before the show. She played opposite Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and was in Cocoon: The Return.
Three models for American underwear company Victoria's Secret has appeared on the show. The first one was the dream girl Chandler gets stuck with during a blackout, the second one was a girl who is convinced that Joey has VD, and the third one was Rebecca Romijn who appeared in a fourth season episode as Ross's girlfriend.
Perry looked at 40 houses before buying his current W-shaped ranch house with pool in LA.
Aniston bought her brother Bronco a car for Christmas, and he cried.
Schwimmer was in the first series of NYPD Blue. He was a nerd who lived in the apartment next door to Sherry Stringfield and ended up shooting a mugger.
Christina Pickles, who plays Monica's mum, also worked with Cox ten years ago on the film Masters of the Universe.
Cox has said of her character: "She's obsessive, the one who has to be perfect and please everybody. I'm so similar to her it's frightening".
When Jay Leno asked Aniston to touch her nose with her tongue on the Tonight show, she politely declined.
Kudrow started her showbiz career at Groundlings, a local improvisational comedy school in LA.
Schwimmer has a multi-million-dollar deal with top Hollywood studio Miramax to star in and direct several films.
Kudrow used to date American talk show host Conan O'Brian.
LeBlanc admits to having spat in someone's food when he worked in a New York burger joint.
Aniston's shampoo commerical for L'Oreal is only being shown in Europe. She says she will never do a hair-product ad in America.
Her godfather was former Kojak actor Telly Savalas.
Perry has recently lost two and a half stone, while allegedly depressed and on painkillers. Despite celebrity girlfriends such as Julia Roberts, he attributes his state of mind to his failure with women.
Perry was a junior tennis ace before taking up acting. He never graduated from college. He gave up his studies when he won a role in a sitcom called Boys will be Boys. His first movie role since joining Friends was Fools Rush In, playing a nightclub promoter.
Childhood Friends of southern belle Cox were reportedly shocked at the lesbian storyline in the show.
Perry's grandfather, however, loves the show. And so do all his friends.
In a somewhat unlikely claim, Perry also insists that Mrs Thatcher is an avid viewer, particularly of Joey and Chandler's scenes.
Neurotic about her looks, Cox worries about the thin, dry skin under her eyes, having different sized nostrils and a double chin. As if..
There's a book out called Cooking with Friends, full of comfort-food recipes for when "it hasn't been your day, your month or even your year" - a reference to the theme song.
Matt LeBlanc used to model Levi 501's and has appeared in TV ads for Coca-Cola and Heinz Ketchup.
LeBlanc admits to being a mummys boy, and is devoted to his Italian mother, Pat Grossman. He didn't meet his father until he was eight.
Matthew's father John Bennett Perry appeared in the 4th season episode "TOW Rachel's New Dress".
Matthew and his father John, starred together in the motion picture "Fools Rush In".
Both Adam Goldberg and Giovanni Ribsi appears in the motionpicture 'Saving private Ryan'. Giovanni has, as you know, a recurring role on 'Friends' where he's playing Frank JR (Phoebes brother). Adam appeared in three episodes in the end of the 2nd season as Chandlers' crazy roommate.
The golden frame around the peephole on the door was originally a mirror which one of the crew accidentally smashed. But because it still looked good they decided to leave it there.
When Ursula is on the show, Lisa Kudrow's sister doubles for the shoulder shots.
-[NEW]- Thanx to Shainna
Jennifer Grey, the actress who plays Mindy in TOW the Evil Orthodontist (ep 1.20) used to date George Stephanopoulos, President Clinton's adviser who plays the title-role in episode 1.4, TOW George Stephanopoulos. And yes, it's the same Jennifer Grey who starred in the 1980s box-office hit romantic movie Dirty Dancing.
-[NEW]- Thanx to Michael de Paulis
Matthew Perry was in an episode of "Growing Pains" where he played Carol's boyfriend Sandy who died from crashing in a car while drunk.
Well...I think that that is enough for right here for now, but check back often, because new stuff is always being added!
