Posted by Kim and Sage "Remember how crazy you used to be about Friends?" People ask me this, and I wonder who told them that anything's changed. Vulture recently did a series on the 1994 TV season - possibly the last great one for network TV. … [Read more...]
We Know You Know We Know – Our Top 20 Episodes of Friends, Part One
Posted by Kim and Sage On September 22, 1994, Ross Geller, while sitting in a coffee shop with his friends said, "I just want to be married again!" and then Rachel Green burst through the front doors in her wedding dress. TWENTY YEARS … [Read more...]
In Appreciation of Chandler Bing
Posted by Sage We've arrived at the conclusion of our Friends appreciation posts, and who better to take us home than Chandler Muriel Bing? In the original character descriptions of our six favorite New Yorkers and obviously influenced by … [Read more...]
Happy First Birthday to Us!! Our Greatest Hits (So Far)
Posted by Kim and Sage As Jonathan Larson asked in Rent, "How do you measure a year?" In 219 blog posts? In over 112,500 page views? In 313 Twitter Followers and 252 Facebook Likes? In the end, I think Larson gets it right. You … [Read more...]
In Appreciation of Rachel Green
Posted by Sage Recently, my dad interrupted one of my The-Big-Bang-Theory-doesn't-deserve-all-this-Emmy-attention rants by arguing that the Friends are just as emotionally staid as Sheldon and company. That statement is patently false; and in … [Read more...]
In Appreciation of Joey Tribbiani
Posted by Kim Well after doing our Ross and Phoebe appreciation posts, one thing became clear. We HAD to give all six of our favorite friends their moments in the sun. Let's give Joseph Francis Tribbiani some love today, shall we? To put … [Read more...]
In Appreciation of Phoebe Buffay
Posted by Sage Get ready to feel old as the hills, y'all, cause our favorite flighty Friend turned 50 this week! Well, Lisa Kudrow did anyway. And that makes now the perfect time to post my companion piece to Kim's In Appreciation of Ross … [Read more...]
Unpopular Opinion: Rachel Green Should Have Ended Up With Joey Tribbiani
- Posted by Sage As shippers go, I'm fairly conservative. I usually stick to the canon, largely because real life is disappointing enough and I don't need to set my heart on any more lost causes. But I do carry a torch for a few misfit couples … [Read more...]
Kim’s Top Five Episodes of Friends
Posted by Kim Friends will forever be my favorite sitcom. Yes. Even more than my beloved Community. I grew up with Friends, as it premiered when I was 15 and ended when I was 25 (ugh, now I feel OLD). It (along with The X-Files and Dawson's … [Read more...]