I really wish that the Friends crew would shoot an episode about Canada. The ratio of viewers who watch it are nearly the same as the Americans, and it would be a great way to show appreciation. It could even be the c+m honeymoon ep. (WE do have the honeymoon capital of the world -- Niagara Falls, CANADA)
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On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, nbc101 stated this considered view. Waking from my doze, I hastily scrawled -
The only reference I can think of is that Ross ended up in Montreal once, in TOW the Girl from Poughkeepsie.
All I can think of is the Beach Boys.
In article , nbc101 wrote:
Some Canadian references for you...
In 204 "TOW Phoebe's Husband", Duncan was from Canada.
In 409 "TOW They're Gonna Party!", Chandler reminisces about going out for a couple of beers with Gandalf and ending up on a fishing boat to Nova Scotia. When Gandalf is stuck in Chicago, Chandler complains that he's got stupid, useless Canadian money.
In 410 "TOW the Girl from Poughkeepsie", Chandler defines a hockey team as angry Canadians with no teeth, and Ross falls asleep on the train to wake up in Montreal with a woman from Nova Scotia.
In 505 "TOW the Kips", Chandler & Monica's weekend away is ruined by an idiot shown on live television who thought he could drive from Albany to Canada on a half a tank of gas.
In 510 "TOW the Inappropriate Sister", Phoebe is annoyed when a little old lady tries to donate a Canadian coin.
Tennant
Here are a few more indirect references:
A Toronto Blue Jays baseball cap can be seen in Chandler's cubical and office.
That's all I can think of for now.
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On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 01:30:28 BST, Tennant Stuart wrote:
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Meanwhile I can't remember the Friends ever mentioning something related to Norway... except for the skiing and the trolls on this ng. (IIRC both of them are Norwegian words.)
Oh well... Chandler's grandpa was at least Swedish... ;)
The show needs more yemen references
In article , William Pora wrote:
Yemen is mentioned in 20 times in four different episodes.
Tennant
Tennant Stuart wrote
But there were no maps, nor detailed economic/geographic details...
Jac
Yemen is very very small on Monica's globe...
Tennant
Irrelevant to someone who is interested in the tiny weeny nitty gritty details of Yemen's geographical/geopolitical/geological/geowhateveritis RL situation...
Jac
True, but we have had tiny weeny nitty gritty geographical/geopolitical details about Yemen, which is more than you can say for most countries.
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Duck, Tennant, low-flying in-jokes.
Jac
Jacqui wrote:
Lol!
Tennant
In article , [email] (Marita) wrote:
That's right, Norway/Finland/Denmark have not been mentioned.
Yep, and there was a Swedish spa at Chandler's gym.
Tennant
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What's the difference on what places they mention? I mean if they did a special show on every place then that's all we would see.
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 19:29:02 -0400, "Ellie" wrote:
It's not about the cast coming to all the different countries in the world to do the show, I just find it funny when other countries than the US are mentioned on American shows. It shows how the Americans look at the rest of us... :)
In article , "Ellie" wrote:
It makes a difference to some people who live outside America to have a little mention of their country. Marita is Norwegian, but sadly the only Scandinavian references are to Sweden, which is not quite the same.
Tennant
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 22:47:17 BST, Tennant Stuart wrote:
Which again shows how fascinated Americans are with Sweden. Why is this anyway? Don't get me wrong, Sweden is a great country, but if I were a Swede I'd be offended by all the jokes about beautiful and dumb Swedish blondes in movies and TV-series.
And Sweden is after all not that different from any other Scandinavian country.
In article , [email] (Marita) wrote:
Those pathetic jokes are about blondes, not Swedish blondes.
To me Sweden is Abba, Volvo, Saab, and the Nobel prizes.
Except that Norwegians, Finns & Danes don't have to put up with sounding like a vegetable, or being confused with the Swiss.
Tennant
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 20:25:34 BST, Tennant Stuart wrote:
Yeah, but I've noticed several hints about the supposedly stupid *Swedish* bimbos. Not to mention the hints about the Swedes'.. ahem... sexual nature. Austin Powers, anyone? Another example is The Addams Family where one of the characters is simply named "Swedish blonde".
And BTW, it's actually Norway that hands out the Nobel peace prize, which was done last week to the president of South Korea, Kim Dae Jung.... :)
True! :)
In article , [email] (Marita) wrote:
Scandinavians probably notice this more than the rest of us do. The 'sexual nature' bit seems to apply to all Europe north of Belgium... :)
But all the other Nobel prizes are Swedish & the ceremony is in Stockholm.
..who in Friends are the epitome of neutrality, and accurate timekeeping.
Tennant
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000 19:53:24 BST, Tennant Stuart wrote:
Lol! Yes, you're probably right.
Yes, but we are the ones who get Meryl Streep to host the Nobel peace prize concert in Oslo in December! :)
Marita wrote:
And the ever-popular "Swedish Bikini Team" used in beer ads here in the states. 1 guess as to what they wear the entire commercial . . .
I think you're on to something Marita. Swedish girls are portrayed by the media here to be blonde, voluptuous, and somewhat promiscuous.
Although I did hear from a co-worker that relocated to the Northern Midwest of the US (Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota -- rumored to be where many Scandinavian people move to in the US) that he had never seen so many tall, beautiful blondes . . . .
In article , Randy Hinds wrote:
There's a difference between portraying Swedish girls as blonde voluptuous & promiscuous, and portraying voluptuous promiscuous blonde girls as being Swedish.
Tennant
Tennant Stuart wrote:
Well, whatever. I think I meant that latter. . .
Take a look, and you tell me. . .
http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/8703/attswedishbikini.htm
(by the way, those are wigs they're wearing. . . )