Category: Friends
A “Friends” Themed Cruise Is Setting Sail Next Summer
Looking for all the fun and nostalgia of the Friends reunion only way more expensive and with a little bit more diarrhea? You’re in luck! According to People, a travel company called Fana World Travel is offering a first of its kind Friends themed cruise embarking from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida with ports in Key West, Cannibal Island (AKA Grand Cayman), and Cozumel. None of the cast of Friends is participating and it “is NOT endorsed by NBC, Warner Brothers/Warner Media Studios or any entities associated with them” but that doesn’t necessarily guarantee Fana World Travel will be sued and file for bankruptcy ensuring you never see your deposit again, but it’s certainly possible.
Matt LeBlanc’s “Irish Uncle” Posture At The “Friends” Reunion Has Become A Twitter Meme
lf you’re a Friends fan, then you likely watched Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe get even richer. We were teased with moments from the Friends reunion where David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston admit they had crushes on each other, Lady Gaga sang “Smelly Cat” with Lisa Kudrow, and more arbitrary celebrity cameos than the number of times Joey asked, “How you doin?” through the show’s 10 season run. But even though they’re a six-person team, there were two friends who got a lot of attention on social media after Friends: The Reunion premiered. One was good, one was not as good. The internet had a great time talking about Matt LeBlanc’s slow metamorphosis into an Irish uncle, and also, a lot of people wanted to discuss Matthew Perry’s health.
Jennifer Aniston And David Schwimmer Admitted They Had A Crush On Each Other, And Other Moments From The “Friends” Reunion Special
The reviews for the Friends reunion special are in, and well, it certainly happened. The whole gang was there: Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, and David Schwimmer. And as we saw in the trailer, they sat on a couch in front of the Friends fountain, and host James Corden was there to “toss softballs at the cast and cackle hysterically at mundane gossip” which contributed “to the perception of ‘Friends’ as shallow and superficial,” per Indiewire.
Esquire called James “a giant toddler in a velvet suit” and NPR said he was in “soul-sucking phone-it-in mode” and “comes off as a man reading off cards for money.” But hey, at least Lady Gaga was there with a gospel choir, (4 of whom were Black!) to sing Smelly Cat with Lisa, and special guest Justin Bieber didn’t have a speaking part. So it wasn’t all bad! Overall, the Friends reunion earned double FF on its report card. Which stands for Friends Forever — even though Lisa and Courteney both made it absolutely crystal clear that this would never, ever, ever happen again.
The “Friends” Reunion Is Nigh And Here’s The Trailer
I don’t know about you, but I am so ready for The One I Accidentally Pushed Play On While Scrolling! The long ballyhooed Friends reunion is set to premiere on HBO Max next week, and while I was originally going to call it The One Nobody Asked For, that’s not even remotely accurate. In fact, so many people asked for this that HBO reportedly ponied up as much as $4 million per Friend to get them all on board. And now there’s a trailer. You made Matthew Perry log off of Raya and find a clean shirt. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!
Open Post: Hosted By The Penguins Walking Around A Replica Of The “Friends” Set
Looking far more lively and engaged than whatever not-so-fresh hell awaits us with the upcoming Friends reunion, four curious penguins from Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium paid a visit to The Friends Experience, an interactive deep-dive into nostalgia in Chicago, created by Warner Brothers and Superfly X. And because we all have a nasty and persistent habit of romanticizing whatever is done and gone even if it sucked (don’t @ me; I admit it had its moments), we are stuck until the end of time with backward-glancing ventures like these. Bitterness aside, let’s just take this opportunity to “aww” at the adorable penguins waddling and hopping around the original props from the sets.
Open Post: Hosted By David Schwimmer Confirming That The “Friends” Reunion Is Going To Start Filming
NBC’s Friends ended in 2004, and it feels like we’ve been talking about a Friends reunion every day since. Well, David Schwimmer recently gave an update on HBO Max’s Friends reunion special, and it’s definitely a thing that is happening.