The Magna-doodle on the door in the boys apartment has a different picture on it every episode. There is usually some tenuous connection between the picture and the plot of the episode.
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In 'The One With The Ick Factor' (Season One) Monica states that she is 26 years old. This episode takes place in 1994/95. However there are numerous other episodes such as 'The One With All The Thanksgivings' that show Monica and Rachel (who are the same age and in the same class) still being in High School in 1988. In 'The One Where The Stripper Cries' the two have to sneak into a college party in 1987 as they are still high school age. They should be at least 19 or 20 in 1987/88. See more...
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The Magna-doodle on the door in the boys apartment has a different picture on it every episode. There is usually some tenuous connection between the picture and the plot of the episode.
Matthew Perry's wit is so legendary that the scriptwriters have often incorporated his gags into the show.
Jennifer Aniston's actual last name is Anastassakis but her family changed it to Aniston when they moved to the United States. If you watch TOW Chandler and Monica's Wedding, Jennifer's actual last name is used for the Greek couple having their wedding in the episode.
In the series 8 episode where Joey tells Rachel he loves her, the gay waiter in the restaurant is the same as the one in the series 9 episode with Phoebe and Joey's 'evil' plan. His name is Sam Pancake and he has worked in two Friends restaurants.
All the friends have a lot of expensive things in their apartments, but you have only seen them lock their doors twice.
The gold frame around the peephole in Monica and Chandler's apartment was originally the frame of a mirror, but was broken before filming began, and it was decided it should be kept anyway.
The artwork on the wall behind the couch in the coffee house changes every 6 episodes
In Friends, Joey is an actor on Days of our Lives, a program on which Jennifer Aniston's dad John Aniston plays Victor Kiriakis.
There is only one season where Janice never appears even once: the sixth (she does, however, make a pseudo-appearance when her voice pervades the mixed tape Chandler finds for Monica in the episode where they "make" each other Valentine's Day gifts).
The spare room (Rachel's) in Monica's apartment has a wall right opposite the door, which serves absolutely no purpose except to block the view into the room from the living room. The bedroom set isn't always built, just when needed, so having that wall makes life much easier. It's completely illogical though, as it's too thin to be a supporting wall, and where it is makes getting into the room a pain.
James Michael Tyler was just another extra at first, but since he was the only extra who knew how to use the cappuccino machine he got a bigger part as Gunther.
Phoebe's twin sister "Ursula" actually existed before Phoebe, as a character in another U.S. sitcom, Mad About You. In the first part of "The One With Two Parts," the two characters who come into Central Perk, thinking Phoebe is Ursula, are regular characters from that show.
Before the title "Friends" was settled, other titles considered for the show were "Friends Like Us," "Six of One," and "Across the Hall."
Rachel's sisters are called Jill and Amy. These are the same names as the co-producers of the show.
The opening sequence was recorded at 5am.
Many famous people are mentioned in the show and some end up guest starring! Two examples of this include Ross's List from Series 3, which includes Winona Ryder, who guest stars as Rachel's friend in Series 7. Also, Joey and Ross mention their favourite movie is Die Hard, and Bruce Willis guest stars in Series 6 as Ross's girlfriend's dad ("Hey, Mr. Stevens, you look like that guy out of Die Hard!").
They first put clips into the opening sequence in Episode 3, "TOW the thumb."
Another name that was considered for the show was "Insomnia Cafe."
Across the whole show, Ross and Rachel had sex exactly 300 times. In Season 5, Ross says they had sex 298 times. They only have sex twice after that: when Emma is conceived and in the very last episode.
The One with the Birth (series 1)
The actress who plays the midwife in this episode goes on to play Joey's Agent, Estelle Leonard.
The One with the Fake Monica (series 1)
In the scene where Ross has just explained to Joey & Chandler that he has to give up Marcel, there is an advert break. Immediately after the break, the shot shows the three guys sitting on the sofa in the coffee house. If you look at the positions that their hands are in, they are mimicking either "See no evil", "Hear no evil" or "Speak no evil". I think this was done deliberately but since there isn't much laughter, I don't think the studio audience spotted it.
When the fake Monica meets the real Monica in the tap dance class, Monica says she is Dutch. The fake Monica says: "Mag ik deze dans van jou?", which is Dutch for "May I have this dance?".
The One Where Nana Dies Twice (series 1)
In the "One where Nana dies twice" at the end of the episode the cast looks over pictures of Ross and Monica's Nana. One of the pictures is labeled 'Me and the gang at Java Joe's'. Java Joe's was one of the name possibilities for Central Perk during the show's creation stage.
All of series 1 (series 1)
Just a nice little factoid to use down the pub. Marcel was removed after this series because the monkey that played him kept throwing monkey poop at the actors.
The One Where Eddie Moves In (series 2)
The director of the "Smelly Cat" music video was credited as A Chase. This may have been referring to Adam Chase, executive producer for most episodes, and writer of that particular episode, among others.
The One With The Prom Video (series 2)
The first day Courtney Cox donned the 'Fat Monica' make-up and costume, Matthew Perry walked right past her without recognizing who she was.
The One After the Superbowl, part 2 (series 2)
In The One With The Superbowl Part 2 the gang are down at the movie set of Marcel's film. Joey asks Phoebe to walk with him so he can show off his acting skills to the director. If you look closely you can see that the 'director' and the people surrounding him are the actual producers of Friends - Kevin S. Bright, Marta Kauffman and David Crane.
The One With The Lesbian Wedding (series 2)
Rachel says about her mother who thinks about a divorce and wants to be like her daughter : "Well, couldn't she have just copied my haircut?" A little reference to the fact that the Rachel haircut was one of the most copied one in this time.
The One With the Baby on the Bus (series 2)
In "TOW the baby on the bus" in the 2nd season, Phoebe looses her job as a singer at Central Perk. As a protest she sits outside singing for money. Rachel comes out to give Phoebe a cup of coffee. They talk for a while and Phoebe revels that one of her donations for playing "Smelly cat" was a condom. A moment later a guy comes running to get back the condom, played by Giovanni Ribisi. He's not meant to be her brother, as her brother says when she meets him that he's never been to the city before - just a random incidence of an actor playing different roles across series.
The One With Phoebe's Husband (series 2)
In this episode Joey's porn movie was going to be titled *How To Suck Seed In Business*. Cue network interference, leading to various other suggestions. Ultimately, it went untitled.
The One With The Football (series 3)
In "TOW all the football" the two children on the swings in the background are Marta Kaufman's, the show's co-creater, children.
The One With The Jam (series 3)
The whole 'plot' surrounding Joey's arm injury was written into the show last minute, after Matt Le Blanc injured his arm on set and had to wear a sling for real. This is why we don't actually see him do it.
The One With Ross's Wedding, part 1 (series 4)
In "The one with Ross's Wedding" (part one) there is a brief shot of Chandler and Joey on the top of the double decker bus. The man and the woman seated behind them is Adam Chase and Marta Kaufman, who both work on the show.
The One With Rachel's New Dress (series 4)
Joshua - Rachel's boyfriend in this and a few episodes either side, was in fact Jennifer Aniston's boyfriend around that time.
In the one where Rachel wears the nightie to the restaurant, the man playing Joshua's dad is John Bennett Perry, Matthew Perry's real dad.
The One With Rachel's Crush (series 4)
This was the first episode in which Joey uses his trademark line "How you doin'?".
The One With The Girl Who Hits Joey (series 5)
In the episode "Ross (David Schwimmer) is called "3B" by the other residents of his new building. Schwimmer played Josh '4B' Goldstein on *NYPD Blue*.
The One Where Paul's The Man (series 6)
When Joey's trying to get his picture up in the dry cleaners, the owner claims never to have seen
Air Force One. The actor playing the owner is Ilia Volokh, and he actually played one of the terrorists in Air Force One.
The One Where Ross Meets Elizabeth's Dad (series 6)
Matthew Perry and Bruce Willis starred together in the movie The Whole Nine Yards. While making the movie, Matthew made a bet with Bruce that the movie would open in the top position at the box office. If it did this (which it consequently did) Bruce had to star in an episode of Friends for no fee.
The One Where Phoebe Runs (series 6)
In series 10 there's an episode where Phoebe's getting rid of stuff in preparation for Mike moving in, and she dumps two horrendous 3D paintings on Monica and Rachel. I figured they were just created for that show, but in this episode, 4 series earlier, before Rachel goes out for her run we can actually see one of them in the background - nice to see a long term plot device being used.
The One After Vegas (series 6)
In the opening credits of "The One After Vegas," all of the cast member's names have "Arquette" attached to them. This is a reference to Courtney Cox's (Monica) long awaited marriage to David Arquette.
The One With Rachel's Big Kiss (series 7)
When Rachel is describing her encounter with Winona Ryder's character, she says it was after the Sigma Chi luau. Brad Pitt (her husband at the time) was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity at the University of Missouri.
The One With All The Cheesecakes (series 7)
The restaurant Joey and Phoebe go to is the Iridium. This is the restaurant that Monica worked at in the first season.
The One In Barbados, part 1 (series 9)
When Joey and Rachel are looking for nametags to con their way into the convention, the name picked out for Rachel is Kate Miller. I just found it a bit odd that not a flicker of recognition passes across Joey's face, considering that was the name of Dina Meyer's character from a few series back who he was in love with.
The One With Ross's Inappropriate Song (series 9)
The joke in this episode, broadcast in 2002, about Richard having a tape of him having sex with Monica, Chandler watching the tape, and then Monica coming in and being furious that he hadn't noticed it wasn't her, plus getting annoyed about being taped over by Richard, is IDENTICAL to one in an episode of Coupling (UK version), broadcast in 2000.
The Last One (2) (series 10)
The extras on the plane are the production crew and friends and family.
At the end before the gang leaves to get some coffee, there is a shot of Rachel crying and using Ross' arm to hide it. These are real tears that happened during filming and weren't suppose to be in the final shot.
The Last One (1) (series 10)
A bit too unlikely to be just a coincidence, but I can't work out the significance. The doctor who delivers Phoebe's triplets (the one who loves Fonzie) played the evil head of Wolfram and Hart in "Angel". The doctor who delivers Erica's twins in this episode also plays the evil head of Wolfram and Hart in "Angel" (after the death of the first guy).
The One Where Joey Speaks French (series 10)
Just a thought: Every time Rachel hears someone talking French, she instantly becomes aroused (even when a woman does it). A few episodes later, she decides to move to Paris. Boy, that would be a hard time for her...
All of series 10 (series 10)
You can tell Monica is getting bigger towards the end of the series. This is because the actress Courtney Cox Arquette is pregnant. Notice how she wears baggier clothes towards the end of the series.
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