# Re-watching Friends **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [February 9, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251 "2015-02-09T20:16:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/101 "2021-06-09T03:02:19Z")
I love it when Maggie “Janice” Wheeler shows up on **Archer** as Trinette, Sterling’s regular call girl (“No Cyril! When they’re dead they’re just hookers!”). She has the perfect voice for the role, especially when she cuts loose with some foul language. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [June 9, 2021, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/102 "2021-06-09T13:16:00Z")
I never made the connection between Janice and Trinette - of course you’re right! Ha! Now everything clicks into place. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2021, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/103 "2021-10-25T13:37:29Z")
Farewell, JMT: > **[James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on 'Friends,' has died | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/24/us/james-michael-tyler-died-friends/index.html)** > > James Michael Tyler, best known as the coffee shop manager Gunther on the hit show "Friends," died peacefully at his home on Sunday, according to his representative Toni Benson. He was 59. > **[Jennifer Aniston leads tributes to 'Friends' actor James Michael Tyler...](https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/25/entertainment/james-michael-tyler-tributes-intl-scli/index.html)** > > Jennifer Aniston has led the tributes to her "Friends" co-star James Michael Tyler following his death, saying the show "would not have been the same" without him. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2021, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/104 "2021-10-26T19:29:08Z")
Also worth a read (and my thanks to **MrAtoz** for posting it in the thread on cancer and JMT): > **[How Gunther Broke the Fourth Wall](https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/10/james-michael-tyler-gunther-friends/620487/)** > > James Michael Tyler, who died yesterday, played the beloved 'Friends' character with a sense of ironized self-awareness. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/105 "2022-03-10T14:18:49Z")
Poor dear: [Courteney Cox still doesn't remember 'Friends' | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/entertainment/courteney-cox-friends/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/106 "2022-03-10T16:31:49Z")
I don’t think it’s supposed to be that serious. It was a job for her. It’s like, how much do you remember about a job you did 25 years ago? ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/107 "2022-03-10T16:36:49Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > It’s like, how much do you remember about a job you did 25 years ago? All of it. But I’m in a support group to try to forget it. Alcohol is involved. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/108 "2022-03-10T16:50:23Z")
^ Maybe Courteney drank all her memory away filming “Cougartown” (or whatever it was called that week)? ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/109 "2022-03-10T19:40:24Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Poor dear: [Courteney Cox still doesn’t remember ‘Friends’ - CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/09/entertainment/courteney-cox-friends/index.html) As long as she remembers The Routine . . . [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/ma69G7_3sPo/maxresdefault.jpg "Courteney Cox and Ed Sheeran Do 'The Routine' From 'Friends'") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ma69G7_3sPo) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2022, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/110 "2022-03-10T20:56:33Z")
Nooooooo! ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/111 "2022-03-15T16:57:04Z")
I’m trying to find two scenes which appear in the opening credits of some _Friends_ seasons, but I can’t remember what episodes they’re from. In one, Joey is holding a bowling ball and a blowtorch and has a maniacal smile. In the other, Chandler is sitting at a table, playing cards, and throws one away from him in disgust. The second is _not_ from S1’s “The One with All the Poker.” ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/112 "2022-03-15T17:02:42Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > In one, Joey is holding a bowling ball and a blowtorch and has a maniacal smile. That’s “The One With The Inappropriate Sister” where Joey tries to write a movie script and ends up making up the game “fireball”. > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > In the other, Chandler is sitting at a table, playing cards, and throws one away from him in disgust. The second is _not_ from S1’s “The One with All the Poker.” Could it be “The One On The Last Night” wheree Chandler makes up the card game “Cups”? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/113 "2022-03-15T18:47:42Z")
Could be - thanks! I’ll check ‘em out. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/114 "2022-03-15T21:30:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > In the other, Chandler is sitting at a table, playing cards, and throws one away from him in disgust. I don’t think it’s from any episode. A scene of the cast playing cards in Central Perk was filmed for the opening credits, but was scrapped in favor of the fountain dancing. A few clips from this sequence did make their way into some early-season credits, however. I can’t find a cite for this, but I think I recall seeing the unused card-playing credits in last year’s reunion special. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2022, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/115 "2022-03-15T21:42:06Z")
OK, thanks. Didn’t know that. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2022, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/116 "2022-03-16T15:18:21Z")
I figured it out. It’s from the end of “They One With the Jellyfish” where Chandler and Monica are playing Gin. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/117 "2022-03-17T14:24:08Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > In one, Joey is holding a bowling ball and a blowtorch and has a maniacal smile. > > That’s “The One With The Inappropriate Sister” where Joey tries to write a movie script and ends up making up the game “fireball”. Confirmed, and thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/118 "2022-03-17T14:26:33Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > > [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > > > In the other, Chandler is sitting at a table, playing cards, and throws one away from him in disgust. The second is _not_ from S1’s “The One with All the Poker.” > > Could it be “The One On The Last Night” wheree Chandler makes up the card game “Cups”? > [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > I figured it out. It’s from the end of “They One With the Jellyfish” where Chandler and Monica are playing Gin. I watched both episodes, and it’s not in either of them, although the end-credits scene in “Jellyfish” does show C&M playing cards. I appreciate the suggestions, though. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/119 "2023-01-18T17:30:42Z")
Bumped. Just the thing for Valentine’s Day! > **[These New Friends Candy Hearts Are Stamped with Quotes Like 'On a Break' and...](https://people.com/food/friends-brachs-conversation-candy-hearts-for-valentines-day/)** > > Brach's new Valentine's Day candies feature 26 different Friends references ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251/120 "2023-01-18T17:41:20Z")
Since this thread has been bumped, I’ll mention that Nick at Night is doing “Friends A-Z” this month. Each night they show four episodes which include elements beginning with a certain letter. The wife and I are having fun guessing in advance what the episodes will be. Tonight is R, and we’ve come up with Richard, Rat Babies, Ring, and Russ. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/re-watching-friends/712251.md?page=7)