1. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Friends(American TV show) Friends(American TV Show)

2. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Friends(American TV show) Actors Rachel Green (Character) Courteney Cox Monica Geller (Character) Jennifer Aniston Matt LeBlanc Joey Tribbiani (Character) Matthew Perry Chandler Bing (Character)

3. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Friends(American TV show) Lisa Kudrow Phoebe Buffay (Character) David Schwimmer Ross Geller (Character) David Crane and Marta Kauffman Created by

4. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Friends(American TV show) Vocabulary Syndication : A syndicate is a self-organizing group of individuals, companies, corporations or entities formed to transact some specific business, to pursue or promote a shared interest. In most cases formed groups aim to scale up their profits. Allegedly: Used to convey that something is claimed to be the case or have taken place, although there is no proof. Solidarity: Unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group. Leverage: Use borrowed capital for (an investment), expecting the profits made to be greater than the interest payable.

5. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Friends(American TV show) THE SHOW WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED INSOMNIA CAFÉ... AND A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS. Friends is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which originally aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004. It lasted ten seasons and is now in syndication. It revolves around a circle of friends living in Manhattan. In the early '90s, the creators of Friends, David Crane and Marta Kauffman, wrote a seven-page pitch for Insomnia Café. In addition to the different title, the plot itself was quite different from what we know as Friends. For example, Ross and Rachel weren't the key relationship. Instead, Joey and Monica were supposed to be love interests.

6. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Friends(American TV show) THEY WERE THE FIRST TV CAST TO NEGOTIATE AS A GROUP. During the first season, they were each receiving around $22,000 per episode. But allegedly, by the second season, each actor had a slightly different salary. In 1997, all six cast members refused to work until they all earned an equal salary of $100,000 per episode. This was big news. The New York Times reported, “Stars of hit shows often threaten to boycott their series in pursuit of higher salaries. What is unusual is this cast’s effort to use solidarity as leverage.” This negotiation worked very well. By the final season, each cast member was earning $1 million per episode.

7. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Friends(American TV show) Here are 25 “Did you knows?” about the TV show ‘Friends.’ Like difference in salary of the cast members from season one and the final season. Also, did you know that the show originally was going to focus on just four characters: Monica, Ross, Rachel, and Joey? Phoebe and Chandler were going to be supporting characters. How about that in the early stages of development, the writers considered making Chandler gay.

8. © 2014 wheresjenny.com Friends(American TV show) Friends fan 'hallucinates' as he watches every episode ever made in record-breaking 84-hour TV marathon A budding actor watched every episode of TV sitcom Friends back to back - and stayed awake for 84 hours. Steve Misiura sat through all 238 episodes of the American comedy and smashed the existing world record of 72 hours for watching TV non-stop. He said: 'I love Friends, but this did indeed hurt. At around 72 hours I wanted to die.' Experience a seemingly real perception of something not actually present, typically as a result of a mental disorder or of taking drugs. Hallucinates:

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