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Friends Newsletters #6
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Friends Newsletters
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Feb 13, 2005 08:22 PST
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F*R*I*E*N*D*S NEWSLETTERS
Newsletter # 6 Volume # 10
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News
'Friends' Producer Developing New Sibling Romance
Friends Valentine's Quotes
The Comeback-- Kudrow's New Comedy
Valentine Related Qutoes from the Actors and Actresses of Friends
Friends Fan of the Week
Happy Belated Birthday to Jennifer Aniston who turned 36 on Feb. 11th!
Another season of Friends is being released on DVD, the 9th season comes
out in the US on March 8, 2005. For more information go to:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0006ZM8M2/juditmcnauafa-20
And have a Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!
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'Friends' Producer Developing New Sibling Romance
By Nellie Andreeva
Jan 31
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The WB Network has ordered an
untitled one-hour pilot, to be executive produced by "Friends"
co-creator Marta Kauffman.
The comedy-drama revolves around four adult sisters who navigate career,
romance and relationships in New York. It was written by Liz Tuccillo
(HBO's "Sex and the City").
ABC, meanwhile, has given the green light to two comedies: an untitled
project about thirtysomething singles dating in Philadelphia; and
"Adopted," about a twentysomething guy who must deal with his two very
different mothers. Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont wrote the former, and
Nat Faxon and Jim Rash the latter.
Additionally, Thomas Schlamme has been hired to direct the ABC pilot
"Invasion," which chronicles the bizarre occurrences in a small Florida
town after it's ravaged by a hurricane. Schlamme is a nine-time Emmy
winner for his work on NBC's "The West Wing," ABC's "Sports Night" and
HBO's "Tracey Takes On."
Antoine Fuqua has come on board to direct Fox's "Murder Book," which
centers on two LAPD homicide detectives who try to solve a case by going
through its "murder book." Fuqua's feature credits include "Training
Day" and "King Arthur."
Todd Holland, who won three Emmys for Fox's "Malcolm in the Middle" and
HBO's "The Larry Sanders Show," will direct Fox's "Amy Coyne," about a
young woman who inherits her father's sports agency after he dies.
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Friends Valentine's Quotes
"The One With the Candy Hearts:"
Phoebe: "Cause he was creepy, and mean, and a little frightening...
alright, still, it's nice to have a date on Valentine's Day!"
Monica: "But Phoebe, you can go out with a creepy guy any night of the
year. I know I do."
Janice: "Hello, funny Valentine."
Chandler: "Hi, Just Janice."
[Monica and Rachel's apartment. Firemen are there to handle the
boyfriend bonfire that got out of control.]
FIREMAN 1: "What do we got there?"
FIREMAN 2: "A piece of something: boxer shorts, greeting cards, and what
looks like a half-charred picture--Wow, that guy's hairier than the
Chief!"
Monica: "You know, it's a really funny story how this happened."
FIREMAN 3: "It's all right. It's all right. You don't have to explain.
This isn't the first boyfriend bonfire that we've seen get out of
control."
FIREMAN 1: "You're our third call tonight."
Rachel: "Really?"
FIREMAN 2: "Oh, sure, Valentine's is our busiest night of the year."
"TOW The Unagi"
Chandler: "Okay, look I need your help, I don’t know what to get her for
Valentine’s Day."
Rachel: "Well, Valentine’s Day was like two weeks ago, so I wouldn’t get
her a calendar!"
Chandler: "(laughs) She was working on Valentine’s Day so we’re
celebrating it tonight."
Joey: "Ohh, hey! Why don’t you book a date for both of you at one of
those romantic spas?"
Phoebe: "Ooh, Joey, that’s actually a really good idea!"
Joey: "And of course, crotchless panties."
Chandler: "Well appealing as that does sound to her boyfriend (pause)
and her brother, (the camera pans to Ross flashing Joey a very evil
look; Joey gets scared) I can’t do that we promised we’d make each other
gifts this year."
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The Comeback-- Kudrow's New Comedy
by Lynette Rice
EW
He's been on the line for 10 minutes, and already Michael Patrick King
has said the magic words: ''I'm hooked up to a reality television IV 24
hours a day.'' Ooooh, sweet! And it gets even better: The Sex and the
City exec producer parlayed his addiction into The Comeback, a new HBO
sitcom he cocreated with Lisa Kudrow, who stars as Valerie Cherish, a
washed-up comedy star so desperate to reclaim her throne as TV's It Girl
that — like Roseanne and now Farrah Fawcett — she allows camera crews to
trail her as she preps for her return.
''It's Woman on the Verge of a Nervous Comeback,'' laughs King.
''Valerie is a tragicomic loser willingly standing in this Venus flytrap
out of need. And we all know that when you really need something, you
never get it.''
Of course, Kudrow doesn't need any publicity after her 10-year run on
Friends, which is why she and King avoided self-parody. ''Lisa's life is
nothing like this,'' says King, who's making ''a really savage satire
about a woman sinking in Hollywood.'' Given the wealth of vérité cable
comedies set in Tinseltown, is that really such a smart idea? ''She
could easily have played a doctor or a lawyer returning to work,''
shrugs King. ''But we just tried to think of the most violent minefield
for women turning 40. And it has to be the world of sitcoms.'
The Comeback will be on TV in June.
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Valentine Related Qutoes from the Actors and Actresses of Friends
David Arquette, Courteney Cox's husband, was asked: What was your most
romantic gift? He responded: "My girlfriend Courteney threw me a
birthday party, with all my friends and family, and it was the best
surprise ever."
"I've never been the swinging-single type" Perry comments on his dating
life." Matthew Perry, when asked about the guys' romance with the girls
of Friends: "Sure, we're tempted," says Matthew Perry, "The three girls
on our show are very good-looking--but we have a deal!"
What makes a woman happy in marriage? (From Redbook Feb. 2005)
"David's spirit and his energy. Marriage isn't just about love--it's
about responsibility and carried and giving emotional support. David is
the most generous man I've ever been involved with--he's a true friend.
I can be fragile at times and worry myself sick, but I know I can always
count on David. That makes me very happy in our relationship,"
--Courteney Cox.
"Between my dad, my husband and my dog Ella - I can't stop smiling."
Courteney Cox Arquette.
"My most memorable kiss continues for me every day my little boy gives
me one." --Lisa Kudrow
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How's He Doing?
Joey Show Review
"EW" 10/15/04
Quite well, says Gillian Flynn, who's charmed by our pal Joey's solo
act.
Among the Friends, Joey Tribbiani was second only to Phoebe in
cartoonlike broadness: His primary traits were amiable dim-bulbery, a
way with the ladies, and sandwich lust. As played by Matt LeBlanc, Joey
certainly was endearing — and even briefly lifelike during his romance
with Rachel. But Friends was an ensemble, and basing an entire series
around a fellow who's little more than a grab bag of lunkhead jokes
seemed a stretch. Basic spin-off math holds that for every Frasier there
are five Enoses, that shivery Dukes of Hazzard spawn (which also
featured a sweet dope transplanted to Los Angeles). No one wanted to
remember Joey that way.
Surprise! Mr. Tribbiani's solo project is a loose, goofy bit of proof
that the sitcom is not completely unviable. It's much-needed reassurance
after taking a gander at the networks' limp comedy lineups, with their
litter of Listen Ups and Rodneys. Refreshingly, Joey's not built around
the now ubiquitous According to Jim formula of a TV family — a doofus
dad, long-suffering wife, and wisecracky kids. Here the wannabe actor is
relocated to Hollywood, home of his hairstylist sister, Gina (Drea de
Matteo), and her 20-year-old son, Michael (Road Trip's Paulo Costanzo),
who becomes Joey's roomie.
Groundbreaking it's not — the Joey gang definitely doesn't exist in the
wonderfully bizarro California of Arrested Development's Bluth family.
With its laugh track and punchline pauses, bite-size stories and
strange, frozen moments where the characters all stare at each other
before a commercial break, Joey is, to its core, a traditional sitcom.
But so was Friends. Each works because of its witty comedic cast and
producers (Joey was launched with three longtime Friends players in
place: director Kevin S. Bright and writers Scott Silveri and Shana
Goldberg-Meehan). The Joey team has created a successful dynamic: Joey's
always had the aura of a beloved child, and allowing him to play uncle
is a graceful acknowledgment that the guy's now pushing 40. It was also
a wise move to make nephew Michael not a slick mini-Tribbiani but a
Little Man Tate-like genius amongst the monkey-brained. De Matteo loans
Gina the same New Jersey swagger — and accent — with which she tackled
The Sopranos' Adriana (a role that just won her a well-deserved Emmy).
Here, however, she has control: Bossing her brother around or doting on
her geeky rocket-scientist son, Gina is what Ade may have been had she
been graced with a nice family instead of the Family.
So far, the series is deploying Best in Show's bracing Jennifer Coolidge
to just the right degree as Joey's brusque agent, Bobbie. The one
character reeking of stale sitcomedy is Joey's married next-door
neighbor, Alex (Andrea Anders). If she's not supposed to be a love
interest, her hubby should have shown up in the first few episodes. If
she is intended to be a love interest, the character is way off track.
Joey already has a nice conflicting relationship with his brainy nephew
— he doesn't need Alex, a pert, uptight corporate lawyer, to provide
I'm-with-stupid zingers. While giving Joey an attraction to a married
woman would lend the sitcom some serious, grown-up themes, Joey's fluffy
humor would hardly support it for long. In the end, Alex seems destined
to be one of those horrible TV neighbors who enters, deposits a laugh
line, and then disappears to hang with Edie McClurg and Squiggy.
Of course, Joey ultimately hangs on Joey himself, and LeBlanc thankfully
hasn't over-stuffed his character to fill the spin-off's extra space.
With new cast members to spar with — he and de Matteo lob effortlessly
together — he seems revived, yet quite comfy. The writers have continued
to supply him with ludicrous lines so evocative they're almost sight
gags. Complaining to his nephew that he's a fun-spoiler, Joey whines:
''Why do you have to ruin stuff?'' and then mimicking Michael, adds,
'''The curveball's impossible. Don't eat that, it's solid mold. That's
not a dog, it's a possum — stop letting it lick your face.''' Even if
Joey is a three-joke character, the jokes are proving as durable and
springy as a Super Ball, and it's a relief to see a sweet sitcom hero
amid all the selfish, jerky males on TV today. The show may come to
embody the sign Joey's posted in his new L.A. digs: Nice Guys Don't
Finish Last.
Grade: B+
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Friends Fan of The Week
E-mail: smita_sa-@yahoo.com
Name: Smita
Age: 25
Location: India
Q: When did you start watching Friends?
A: In 1999 when it was finally aired in India. Ever since then I have
been watching all the episodes and their reruns a million times over.
Season 10 hasn't been aired in India yet. Waiting for it eagerly.
Q: Why do you like Friends?
A: Everyone's so funny, radical, interesting, eccentric, naughty,
delightful, and stunning.
Q: Who's your Fave Friend?
A: I love all of them, but if I had to pick a favorite, it would be
Rachel. She's pretty and comic, and I love the way she says the word
'seriously.' I do it all the time too!
Q: Fave Episode?
A: "The One Where No One's Ready." It was fun to see Ross and Rachel
fighting, and Joey and Chandler fighting...especially the 'lunges'!
Q: How obsessed are you?
A: Very. I watch it everyday from Monday to Friday, and the repeat
telecast for 2 and a half hours on Sunday - even for reruns!
Q: Friends related fact:
A: I keep quoting Friends all the time. I even have my workplace
decorated with memorabilia. When I need a break, I just go through a
little book on Friends quotes and feel totally refreshed.
Q: Have you been to a taping or met a Friend?
A: Nope. Wish they had had one in India! Would have definitely been
there!
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