The One About "Friends" | 4
History of the 90s
Kathy Kenzora
4.7 • 610 Ratings
🗓️ 21 August 2019
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
We take a deep dive into Friends, one of the most Iconic TV shows of the decade. Host Kathy Kenzora will try to understand how the show about six 20-somethings in New York became a global phenomenon and why it continues to capture the hearts of fans around the world 25 years later.
Friends was created by three ex-New Yorkers who remembered what it was like when they were trying to navigate an uncertain future after college when friends were family. We’ll take you behind the scenes as creators put together the cast and prepared for the pilot episode which aired on September 22, 1994.
We’ll look at all of the ways that Friends impacted culture, from fashion and music to the legendary Rachel haircut. We’ll also talk to author Kelsey Miller about the surprising impact that Friends has had on people around the world who have learned to speak English by watching the show.
We’ll address some of the questions and controversies that have arisen about Friends, since the recent resurgence of the show and try to explain why it still stands up for an entire new generation of viewers.
Contact:
Twitter: @1990shistory
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Instagram: @that90spodcast
Email: 90s@curiouscast.ca
Guest:
Kelsey Miller, author of I’ll Be There for You: The One About Friends
Twitter: @mskelseymiller
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, it's Kathy. I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to History of the 90s |
| 0:04.7 | early and ad-free on Amazon music included with Prime. |
| 0:09.2 | I'm a huge friends fan because it's hilarious. |
| 0:12.3 | So I actually, when I was growing up, I didn't have a cable in my bedroom. |
| 0:15.2 | So I had a DVD box set. |
| 0:16.9 | And all I watched was friends literally on repeat repeat, over and over and over again. |
| 0:21.6 | Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey, and Phoebe. |
| 0:26.6 | Could they be any more popular? |
| 0:29.6 | I love that the comedy I feel is timeless, even 25 years later. |
| 0:33.6 | I can still binge watch episodes now and laugh just as hard as I would 10 years ago. |
| 0:38.5 | It doesn't matter how many times I've seen an episode, they still make me laugh. |
| 0:41.4 | Like, I know the joke is coming, I know what the punchline is, but it still makes me laugh. |
| 0:45.1 | That's hard to do. |
| 0:46.1 | So how did a show about 20-somethings in New York become a global phenomenon and a certified classic? |
| 0:54.5 | I'm Kathy Kanzora, and this is the history of the 90s, |
| 0:58.7 | a podcast about a decade that changed the world. |
| 1:02.5 | On this episode, we're taking a look back at a TV show |
| 1:06.3 | that has come to symbolize the 90s. |
| 1:09.3 | And we'll try to understand why, despite its flaws, the show |
| 1:14.2 | continues to capture the hearts of fans around the world. This is the one about friends. |
| 1:25.0 | Kevin Bright, David Crane, and Marta Kaufman were in their office at Warner Brothers |
| 1:30.7 | when they came up with the idea that would eventually become friends. |
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