Rushin out at SI

[Cousin Jeffrey]

i hate most sitcoms but Friends was generally very, very funny. My only complaint was that towards the end Ross became a shrieking caricature. He was quite annoying. i liked when seinfeld used to make fun of the show because it was so derivative.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

The Seinfeld generation largely holds the Friends generation in contempt.

Adjacent generations . . . maximum conflict, guaranteed.

 

[sports scrub]

how the heck did this thread go from Rushin to "Friends" and "Seinfeld"

 

[Pringle]

i hate most sitcoms but Friends was generally very, very funny. My only complaint was that towards the end Ross became a shrieking caricature. He was quite annoying. i liked when seinfeld used to make fun of the show because it was so derivative.

When did "Seinfeld" reference "Friends"? I don't remember that.

 

[leo1]

I have a problem with making fun of his kids, actually. No need for that.

I agree. Thanks, Moddy.

people here shouldn't make fun of his kids?

ok.

but when you write publicly about your family, when you put the personal stuff out there like rushin does, you ask for it.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

I have a problem with making fun of his kids, actually. No need for that.

I agree. Thanks, Moddy.

people here shouldn't make fun of his kids?

ok.

but when you write publicly about your family, when you put the personal stuff out there like rushin does, you ask for it.

No, you don't.
We're not feathers in the wind here. You can refrain from making fun of someone's kids just because it's decent.

 

[dooley_womack1]

But popularity does not, and never will, automatically correlate to quality of talent. "American Idol" and "Survivor" have been the most popular TV shows of the last decade; what's that tell you about popularity?

I think the popularity of "Friends" is more an indicator of falling standards.

Wrong. It was a great show. Terrific writing and acting.

It commited the Cardinal Sin of all bad sitcoms: It simply wasn't funny. Most men who watched it fooled themselves into thinking it was good, when in actuality they were just humoring the ladyfriend who was a fan in hopes of getting laid.

It was best watched on mute, and turned away from until Ms. Aniston and Ms. Cox were on the screen.

You're wrong. It was funny. Hilarious oftentimes. Great characters. Sharp writing. " 'Friends' sucked is the biggest myth in television sitcom history.

Bingo. I've been arguing that here for almost four years.

 

[Montezuma's Revenge]

I agree with the Friends defenders.

I avoided it for years because I assumed it was crap.

When I finally saw it, I found it to be really entertaining and funny -- except for David Schwimmer, who annoys me to no end.

 

[steveu]

how the heck did this thread go from Rushin to "Friends" and "Seinfeld"

Relax. Happens all the time on here. (For the record, I loved both shows.) Someone could start a thread about whether Babe Ruth or Lou Gehrig was the better baseball player and we'd end up talking about the mating habits of cats in the Bronx.

 

[Fenian_Bastard]

Babe killed kitties in the Bronx?

 

[zeke12]

Don't delude yourselves.

Friends sucked serious ass.

 

[slappy4428]

The Seinfeld generation largely holds the Friends generation in contempt.

Adjacent generations . . . maximum conflict, guaranteed.

And some hold both in contempt...[/anti-nySportsJournalists.commers]