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34 unusual facts about Friends


Alexis Thorpe

In 2003, she made a cameo appearance on the NBC sitcom Friends.

Allisyn Ashley Arm

She would go on to make appearances in episodes of Friends, 10-8, Miracles, and Judging Amy.

Antoinette Spolar

She has made many guest appearances on shows such as Friends and Cow and Chicken.

Are 'Friends' Electric?

"Are 'Friends' Electric?" was featured in the video game Need for Speed: Carbon.

Audra Lindley

Lindley garnered further parts of all sizes in various TV films and series, including playing Phoebe Buffay's grandmother on Friends, and her last, a recurring role as Cybill Shepherd's mother on the CBS sitcom Cybill.

Beth Israel Medical Center

This façade has appeared in many sitcoms, including Friends.

Block programming

Notable examples of block programming was NBC's Thursday evening "Must See TV" lineup, which included two hours of sitcoms and one hour of ER, and Channel 4's "T4" program which often ran sitcoms like Friends back-to-back for an hour or more.

Doug Ellin

Two years later, Ellin made another independent comedy film Kissing a Fool, starring David Schwimmer, who was now known due to his role on Friends which was in its fourth season.

DVD-by-mail

: Series plans allow customers to rent entire television or film series in bulk; often in a single shipment, (i.e. Friends TV show or the Baby Cart film series) but otherwise work identically to Season Rental plans.

Egg in the basket

The dish is also prepared in "The One Where Eddie Moves In", the seventeenth episode of season 2 of the sitcom Friends, in which the dish is referred to as "Eggs with the bread with the hole in the middle, a la me!" as they are made by the character Joey Tribbiani.

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears

The line "Here ye, here ye, friends and Romans, countrymen" appears in Frank Turner's song, I Still Believe from the 2011 album England Keep My Bones.

Bertolt Brecht has a demagogue trained in political rhetoric by an actor using this speech in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.

Friends' School, Lisburn

Founded in 1774 on the basis of a bequest from John Handcock, a Quaker linen trader, when twenty acres were purchased at Prospect Hill from the Earl of Hertford.

Fringe time

A local station may purchase old Cosby Show or Simpsons episodes as a lead-in to boost the ratings for its late-afternoon news, or it my purchase Friends or Seinfeld to boost its ratings after the late evening news.

Hammocking

Donald Trump’s new show, The Apprentice, was placed in between Friends and ER (TV series) on NBC’s dominant Thursday night line up.

James Michael Tyler

James Michael Tyler (born May 28, 1962) is an American actor best known for his role as Gunther on the NBC sitcom Friends.

Tyler appeared in the BBC/Showtime sitcom Episodes (Series 2, Episode 6) as himself playing an ice hockey coach, when Matt LeBlanc tries unsuccessfully to get the other main stars from Friends to appear in the promotional video for the fictional television show Pucks.

James Pickles

His sister, Christina Pickles, is an actress, most famous for her role in the US sitcom Friends.

Jim O'Heir

In November 2003, he made a guest appearance in the tenth season episode of Friends, "The One With the Birth Mother", where he played the manager of an adoption agency.

O'Heir has appeared in several films and made guest appearances on such shows as Friends, Boston Legal, Malcolm in the Middle, Star Trek: Voyager, ER and Parenthood.

Julian Budden

The war interrupted his studies; he worked in the Friends' Ambulance Unit from 1943–46, serving in Austria and Italy.

Kevin Rahm

He also guest-starred on Friends as Tim, Monica's inexperienced sous-chef, in "The One with Rachel's Date" in Season 8; has a recurring role on AMC's Mad Men as Ted Chaough, from rival firm CGC; played car salesman Brad Elias on the CBS', The Mentalist; and played Jack, Annie's ex-brother-in-law and crush, on Fox's I Hate My Teenage Daughter.

Kevin S. Bright

Kevin S. Bright (born November 15, 1954) is an American television executive producer and director whose credits include Dream On, Friends, and Joey.

Larry Joe Campbell

His first high profile TV guest star role probably was as "the fan" in a February 2000 episode of Friends.

Manner

Manner wafers could also be seen on the glass counter in the Central Perk café during season six of the TV sitcom Friends.

Michael Lembeck

He won an Emmy for his work as a director on the Friends episode "The One After the Superbowl", and directed 20 other episodes of the series.

Misfits.strangers.liars.friends

The tracks "Nothing's What It Seems", "Denial", "Erica", "Eyes Wide Shut" & "Strangers Among Us" all were originally off Project Wyze's "Only If I Knew - EP " but were redone for their major debut release.

misfits.strangers.liars.friends was the major label debut of the Canadian rap rock group Project Wyze which included the hit singles "Room To Breathe" and "Nothing's What It Seems".

Pamela Kosh

She has also made many minor and less notable appearances in television series such as Northern Exposure, Gilmore Girls, Friends, Murder, She Wrote, The Golden Girls, USA High, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Frasier, Charmed, Matlock, Alias, Monk, ER and So Little Time.

PowerBook Duo

In the early seasons of the popular TV sitcom Friends, Chandler Bing is clearly seen to be using a Macintosh PowerBook Duo.

Robarts Library

The library was featured in the episode "The One Where Joey Speaks French" of the popular television series Friends.

Stan Kirsch

He has made guest appearances in some TV shows including JAG, Family Law and Friends.

The Vegemite Tales

It has been described as an Australian stage version of Friends.

Todd Holland

His episodic work spans the gamut of genres from Twin Peaks and My So-Called Life to Shameless, and from Tales from the Crypt to Friends and 30 Rock.


A Portuguesa

The night after the ultimatum was accepted, the composer, Alfredo Keil, at the suggestion of a group of friends that included Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro and Teófilo Braga, wrote the melody for A Portuguesa as a patriotic protest march.

Big Two-Hearted River

In January 1925, while wintering in Schruns, Austria, waiting for a response from query letters written to friends and publishers in America, Hemingway submitted the story to be published in his friend Ernest Walsh's newly established literary magazine This Quarter.

Birds Anonymous

Birds Anonymous won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 1957 beating Tabasco Road starring Speedy Gonzales and his drunk friends; both shorts were eventually given Blue Ribbon reissues.

Charlie Brumfield

His play came to the attention of Bud Muehleisen, who was the dominant player in the sport at the time, and the two became lifelong friends.

Collin Street Bakery

Celebrities such as Enrico Caruso and Will Rogers were sighted at the bakery, and in 1914 the Ringling Brothers Circus passed through town and ordered dozens of fruitcakes as Christmas gifts to be mailed to friends and family across the globe.

Dharshan Munidasa

In December 2011, Munidasa in collaboration with close friends, Sri Lankan Cricketing Legends Mahela Jayawardene and Kumar Sangakkara opened the Ministry of Crab, housed in the recently refurbished 400-year-old ‘Old Dutch Hospital’ Shopping Precinct.

Élie Barnavi

Barnavi was friends with Jean Frydman, a member of the French Resistance, and successfully persuaded Frydman to write an autobiography after Régis Debray and Romain Gary both tried and failed.

Elizabeth Inchbald

In 1776 they moved to Liverpool and Inchbald met actors Sarah Siddons and her brother John Philip Kemble, both of whom became important friends.

Emily Coleman

The diaries she kept as an American expatriate in Paris in the 1920s and 1930s, and in England in the 1940s through the 1960s, are valuable for chronicling her relationships with literary friends such as Djuna Barnes, who wrote much of her novel Nightwood while staying with Coleman and others at Peggy Guggenheim's country manor, Hayford Hall.

Erema

Having completed her self-imposed mission, she sets out on her way back to California and the sawmill; reaches the other side of the Atlantic in time to help in nursing the sick and wounded in the civil war; and among them finds her old friends, Sampson Gundry and his grandson, arrayed on opposite sides in the war.

Eric of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

However, Eric died unexpectedly on 14 May 1532, during a banquet in Fürstenau to celebrate his election in Osnabrück with his noble friends.

FRIENDS program

The FRIENDS Programs are a series of Resilience programs developed by Professor Paula Barrett.

Gering, Nebraska

Friends, families, Gering High School classmates, and the Old Settlers reunion all congregate in Gering for a weekend full of activities.

Greater Sudbury municipal election, 2000

A devout Roman Catholic and a prominent member of the local Knights of Columbus, he oversaw the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto and was president of the Friends of the Grotto Association for several years.

Iniyavale

Prabhakaran's father (Mouli) and Ramanathan (Raghuvaran), Meena's father, are close friends and they decide to get Prabhakaran and Meena (Suvalakshmi) married.

Joseph Severn

While in Rome during the winter of 1820-21, Severn wrote numerous letters about Keats to their mutual friends in England, in particular William Haslam and Charles Armitage Brown, who then shared them with other members of the Keats circle, including the poet's fiancée, Fanny Brawne.

Josip Ferfolja

He attended high school in Gorizia, an important Slovene educational centre at the time; Ferfolja's school friends included historian Bogumil Vošnjak, economist Milko Brezigar, poet Alojz Gradnik, writer Ivan Pregelj, literary historian Avgust Žigon, and the prelate Luigi Fogar.

Jurek Becker

After completing his national service in the East German army in the 1950s, during which time he became firm friends with the actor Manfred Krug, Becker studied philosophy in East Berlin but was expelled for expressing non-conformist views.

Kristin Dattilo

In addition, she appeared on an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, nine episodes of Dexter, three episodes of Tracey Takes On..., along with many other television appearances which also include Beverly Hills, 90210, Angel, Friends, Veronica Mars and Two and a Half Men.

Kushiel's Dart

According to the Christian Bible, Mary Magdalene was one of the closest female friends of Jesus, and was the first to discover that he had been resurrected.

Lady Edith Foxwell

She was one of the few members of London society who remained close friends with Margaret, Duchess of Argyll after the "headless man" scandal which, combined with the John Profumo affair involving Christine Keeler, threatened to topple the Government of the day.

Lee Eun-ju

The 2007 event was marked by a music CD released in her name, featuring remastered versions of her cover performance of The Corrs "Only When I Sleep" from The Scarlet Letter, as well as tribute performances by her friends in the entertainment industry.

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return

Dorothy then finds a new way to get back to the Land of Oz only to discover that her old friends the Scarecrow (Dan Aykroyd), Tin Man (Kelsey Grammer), Cowardly Lion (Jim Belushi) and the entire Land of Oz are all in grave danger.

Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions

Two singles were taken from it: "True Friends" and "Playing with Fire," both of which charted in the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, the former peaking at #27, in 1999, and the latter only reaching #37, in 2000.

Make Me Wanna Scream

It features Cantrell walking through a city with her friends in the background and of her driving a Mercedes.

Malcolm Marmorstein

Peyton Place, Love Bites, Dead Men Don't Die, ABC Weekend Specials, The Witching of Ben Wagner, Konrad, Rose Petal Place: Real Friends, Poochie, Return from Witch Mountain, Pete's Dragon, Whiffs, Mary, Mary, Bloody Mary, S*P*Y*S, Night Gallery, Dark Shadows and The Doctors.

Mercedes McNab

Mercedes McNab and her fiancé Mark Henderson got married on Saturday May 12, 2012 in La Paz, Mexico in front of family and friends.

Mero best friend

The movie centers around the lives of two best friends played by Resh Maratha and Priyanka Karki.

Murtz Jaffer

The show was a behind-the-scenes look at reality television answering big-picture questions about the genre and the first season included appearances from many of Jaffer's reality star friends including Survivors Jonny Fairplay, Ozzy Lusth, Eliza Orlins, Rupert Boneham and Rob Mariano.

Nado Makhmudov

Among Makhmudov's friends were distinguished Armenian writers and poets such as Avetik Isahakyan, Derenik Demirchian and Nairi Zarian.

Neil Cottrill

Once John recovered, the pair quickly became one of the top pairs in the UK, winning numerous county events, Friends Provident Grand Slam Series events and reaching the National Men's Doubles final, losing to Chris Hunt & Simon Archer.

Not If You Were the Last Junkie on Earth

As documented in the film Dig!, the song is dedicated to the band The Brian Jonestown Massacre, friends/rivals of The Dandy Warhols at the time, who in turn dedicated their own track "Not If You Were the Last Dandy on Earth" to them; although frontman Courtney Taylor-Taylor revealed in an interview that the song is also about his girlfriend at the time who, according to him, had become a heroin addict.

Patricia Blagojevich

She is friends with ex-professional basketball player John Salley.

Patricia Schmid

She also spent some of this time designing her own jewellery and making pieces for friends like Guinevere Van Seenus and Milagros Schmoll.

Patrick McCartan

They persuaded Éamon de Valera to support the Philadelphia branch of Clan na Gael against the New York branch led by John Devoy and Judge Daniel Cohalan in their struggle to focus the resources of the Friends of Irish Freedom to Irish independence rather than domestic American politics.

Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends

Port Isaac's Fisherman's Friends is the third album from the British 10-strong singing group Fisherman's Friends.

Professor Bobo

Bobo ultimately becomes one of her henchmen after his planet is destroyed when Mike Nelson helps the apes and their new mutant friends activate an atomic bomb (a reference to PotA sequel Beneath the Planet of the Apes).

Quai des Orfèvres

Quai des Orfèvres was also a comeback film for director-actor Louis Jouvet with whom Clouzot had become good friends before World War II.

Rekka Katakiri

Have been friends with Haruka Shimotsuki and Chata for a long time, and have formed groups with them before.

Robert Rader

Rader enlisted in the army and volunteered for paratrooper with two hometown friends, Donald Hoobler and William Howell .

Rotten Ped

A early version of the band were formed by childhood friends Chris Shaw and Greg Pedder with his schoolboy brother Phill Pedder, all of the members of the band are former pupils of Stantonbury Campus near to Bradville in Milton Keynes where they grew up.

Roydel Johnson

In 1997 he rejoined Myton in the Congos for a live performance, and in 2002, he appeared on The Slackers' Slackers and Friends album along with Glen Adams, Cornell Campbell, and Ranking Joe.

Sean Bury

Sean Bury (born in Brighton, Sussex, England on 15 August 1954) is a British television and film actor, best known for his lead role as Paul Harrison in Lewis Gilbert's 1971 film Friends and the 1974 sequel Paul and Michelle.

The Silence of Forgotten Landscapes

Following the performance, Haughm traveled to Germany and visited the Externsteine with some friends and a group of traveling flutists and percussionists they had met earlier.

The Way You Look Tonight

It is also sung by Allison Munn in the series finale of the WB sitcom What I Like About You and was used in the Friends episode "The One With Unagi." The song was also performed by the band MouseRat on the "Parks and Recreation" episode "Galentine's Day", wherein Andy Dwyer dedicated it to April Ludgate.

Ultima IX: Ascension

With the help of his longtime friends Shamino and Iolo and Samhayne's protégé Raven, they uncover that Lord Blackthorn is secretly advising members of the council and goading them to war.

X-Bomber

Two of the English voice actors, Jay Benedict and Garrick Hagon, had appeared in Star Wars (1977) portraying Deak and Biggs, two of Luke Skywalker's friends on Tatooine (though Hagon's role was reduced in editing and Benedict's scenes were cut altogether).

Yoma Komatsu

Komatsu has released four songs as a solo artist, Dance Dance Revolution's "Ever Snow", Eternal on the album BeForU II, Izayoi on BeForU III and on 6Notes she sang "フレンズ" Furenzu/Friends.

Yosef Amit

Shin Bet and the Israel Police began to suspect Amit after one of his friends reported that he had spoken of links with US intelligence.