Friends: The Complete First Season
by Alan Myerson, Arlene Sanford, Gail Mancuso, James Burrows, Kevin Bright
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Actor: Courteney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew PerryDirector: Alan Myerson, Arlene Sanford, Gail Mancuso, James Burrows, Kevin Bright
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 587 minutes
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Condition: New
- Format: DVD
- Box set; Closed-captioned; Color; DVD; NTSC
Movie Reviews of Friends: The Complete First Season
Movie Review: Friends: The Complete First Season (1994-1995)
Summary: 5 Stars
In September of 1994, NBC had brought us a brand new show entitled, "Friends". This show was absolutely amazing in every way. All of us had tuned in to NBC every Thursday night at 8:00 pm to watch each new episode as the show progressed. We had become the best of friends with the six lovable characters that are major parts of the show. The caslist is as follows:
Jennifer Aniston as RACHEL GREEN
Courteney Cox Arquette as MONICA GELLAR
Lisa Kudrow as PHOEBE BUFFAY
Matt LeBlanc as JOEY TRIBBIANI
Matthew Perry as CHANDLER BING
David Schwimmer as ROSS GELLAR
In the pilot episode, Rachel comes running into the gang's coffeehouse, which is called, "Central Perk", dressed in a wedding gown. Rachel was supposed to be marrying her fiancé, Barry, but she ran out on him, for she did not love him. Rachel was a spoiled, rich girl, who never worked a day in her life. But the others help Rachel become independent. Rachel then pulls herself the rest of the way and lands herself a job as a waitress at the coffeehouse.
Monica and Rachel were best friends all through high school. After running out on Barry, Rachel decided to move in with Monica. Monica is a chef, who is beautiful and very sweet. But don't let the sweetness fool you. Monica is very competitive, with a vicious competing attitude. Monica is also so freaked out about keeping her apartment spotless and having all of her furniture set up to a certain way.
Phoebe had a hard life when she was 14 years old. She lived on the streets after her mother had killed herself, after her father abandoned her completely. Phoebe used to live with Monica, but she moved out because of Monica's neat-freak personality. She now lives with her grandmother in her grandmother's apartment and works as a masseuse, and also performs badly written and composed folk songs, although, her song, "Smelly Cat", is a favorite amongst her friends and fans. Phoebe also has a twin sister named Ursula.
Joey is a sex-attic womanizer, who is less educated than we all thought. But Joey has a sweet personality. He may be more stupid than anybody on the planet, but Joey is a big teddy bear. He is very sweet and is willing to help out his friends whenever they need. Joey is a struggling actor, who desperately tries to grab the best roles, but never seems to get them. He has appeared in numerous plays, such as a musical version of Sigmund Freud.
Chandler, whose job is still anonymous, lives across the hall from Monica and Rachel. Joey is Chandler's roommate. Chandler has dated women, but is unhappy with the fact that women find him unattractive. Chandler has an on and off-again relationship with a woman named Janice, whose voice and personality is enough to make the friends want to kill themselves. Chandler is also embarrassed by his parents. His parents sort of screwed him up a bit when they divorced while he was so young. What makes him embarrassed with his parents is this: his mother, Nora Bing, is an Erotic-Romance novelist. His father, Charles Bing, is a gay drag queen, who hosts his own live show in Vegas entitled, Viva Las Gaygas, where his stage name is, Helena Handbasket.
Ross, who is Monica's older brother, works as a Paleontologist. Ross has just gotten a divorce. He had been married to a woman named Carol Willick for four years. The divorce was filed, for Ross found out that Carol turned out to be a lesbian. She has been dating her best friend, Susan Bunch. But Carol is pregnant with Ross' child. Carol gives birth to her and Ross' son, who they named Ben. Both share custody of the child. Ross has had a crush on Rachel, ever since his Freshman year of high school. During the course of the first season, Ross' crush for Rachel develops into true feelings of love. In the last episode of the season, Ross heads off to China, but is upset about it when he cannot be around for Rachel's birthday. He was even planning to tell her that his crush has turned into a real love for her. Chandler blabs it to Rachel. Rachel thinks about it and it causes her to finally feel the same way about Ross. She goes to the airport to pick him up, two weeks later, but is heartbroken to find him with another woman.
There is much more fun within the episodes of this first season of Friends. If you are a loyal and dedicated fan and you would like to see the first season all over again, then buy Friends: The Complete First Season (1994-1995) and relive the first season that started it all. Guest stars include: Jon Lovitz, Fisher Stevens, Hank Azaria, Jennifer Grey, Morgan Fairchild, Jonathan Silverman, Helen Hunt, Brenda Vaccarro, Christina Pickles, Elliott Gould, George Clooney, & Noah Wyle.
FRIENDS: The Complete First Season (1994-1995) (episode list)
The Pilot
The One With The Sonogram At The End
The One With The Thumb
The One With George Stephanopoulos
The One With The East German Laundry Detergent
The One With The Butt
The One With The Blackout
The One Where Nana Dies Twice
The One Where Underdog Gets Away
The One With The Monkey
The One With Mrs. Bing
The One With The Dozen Lasagnas
The One With The Boobies
The One With The Candy Hearts
The One With The Stoned Guy
The One With The Two Parts (Part 1)
The One With The Two Parts (Part 2)
The One With All The Poker
The One Where The Monkey Gets Away
The One With The Evil Orthodontist
The One With The Fake Monica
The One With Ick Factor
The One With The Birth
The One Where Rachel Finds Out
Summary of Friends: The Complete First Season
One of television's top-ranked series and the recipient of numerous Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominations, "Friends" is a smart, sophisticated comedy that looks into the hearts and minds of a group of friends living in New York.This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. As its ratings following the tragic events of September 11, 2001, illustrated, Friends has matured into television's most beloved comfort show. The peerless ensemble--Jennifer Aniston, a pre-Arquette Courtney Cox, Emmy winner Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer--makes a lasting first impression in the first season's 24 episodes, which are presented chronologically on four discs. The perky "Pilot" introduces unlucky-in-love Monica, runaway bride Rachel, sad sack Ross, New Age ditz Phoebe, wise guy Chandler, and womanizer Joey. The focus of the first season is Ross's unrequited love for Rachel, but we have these moments to remember: the arrival of Marcel the monkey ("The One with the Monkey"); Monica, Rachel, and Phoebe's "cleansing ritual" ("The One with the Candy Hearts"); the escalating game of shower peek-a-boo ("The One with the Boobies"); Joey as Al Pacino's butt double ("The One with the Butt"); Ross taking lessons from Joey in how to "talk dirty" ("The One with the Stoned Guy"); former "Must-See TV" stars Helen Hunt and George Clooney ("The One with Two Parts"); and Chandler spilling the beans to Rachel about Ross's feelings for her ("The One Where Rachel Finds Out"). Though its devoted fans can recite these episodes chapter and verse, Friends maintains its sparkle through repeat viewings, a testament to the sharp writing as well as the cast's lightning-in-a-bottle chemistry and lived-in performances. The episodes are presented uncut and extended, with previously unseen dialogue and scenes. And those who hate Friends and would like to drown the characters in the opening credits' fountain are directed to the episode "The One with the Boobies," in which guest star Fisher Stevens hilariously nails the "dysfunctional group dynamic ... co-dependent, emotionally stunted, sitting in your stupid coffeehouse and you're all like, 'Define me, define me.'" Among the set's special features are an informative "Pilot" episode commentary by the show's creators, who at one point reveal that Monica was originally conceived as a Janeane Garafalo type (how's that for a road not traveled?). More obsessed fans can take a virtual tour of coffee shop Central Perk, the center of the Friends universe, or match wits with the "How Well Do You Know Your Friends?" trivia quiz. --Donald Liebenson
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