Twenty five years ago, on September 22, 1994, NBC premiered a sitcom about a group of surly, sarcastic, idealistic friends who are also roommates and often lovers (an idea that was said to be secretly inspired byLiving Single). Successful in its run, Friends served as a blueprint for decades of network shows about pithy twenty- and thirty-something friends who live and date together (New Girl, Happy Endings, How I Met Your Mother), and it will never be forgotten, no matter how much you may try. To celebrate the show’s 25th lap around the Earth and add to the Friends anniversarydiscourse, the Jezebel staff decided to remember a few things about Friends. Here they are.
The monkey
Chandler smoked
Phoebe had a really mean twin
Joey tried to be an actor
The Rachel haircut
Chandler’s third nipple
The French poster in Monica and Rachel’s apartment
Chandler and Joey’s apartment was wildly different than Rachel and Monica’s, in the same building
Monica got a turkey stuck on her head
Ross had really white teeth for a minute
Ross saw Monica and Chandler fuck from his apartment window
Chandler was annoying
Rachel worked at Bloomingdales
Fat Monica seemed bad
Monica dated a guy with a mustache for a while, but he didn’t want babies so they broke up or something
Ross dated a black chick once (played by Aisha Tyler)
“We were on a break!”
“Supposably”
Something about Monica’s dishes? And them breaking?
