# Friends Spin-Off / Sit-Com Show

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-spin-off-sit-com-show/191302>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 27, 2003, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-spin-off-sit-com-show/191302 "2003-07-27T20:15:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![AV8R](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@AV8R](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AV8R)\
**Post date:** [July 29, 2003, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/friends-spin-off-sit-com-show/191302/41 "2003-07-29T21:30:46Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Intaglio \*  
> \*\*All I have to say is How? and Why?. Friends works because it is the 6 of them getting into each others business, or hooking up, or helping each other, or making fun of each other. It is the emsemble of the 6 that works.
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> How? Why? does NBC think Joey alone can make a Sit-com Show work. I don’t get it Joey is the Stupideous Character I’ve seen on a Sit-Com Show in a long time.\*\*

Of course the writing will determine if it will succeed, but I actually see a lot of comic potential in a show about Joey’s character. If it focuses on his acting career, then I can see lots of funny scenes regarding auditions, preparing for roles, working with different types of directors, becoming a minor celebrity, maybe teaching acting classes, etc.  
But if they try to make it a show about relationships and dating and stuff like that (essentially trying to force it to be like _Friends_),  
then it will probably be lame.

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