that the producers of Friends were able to condense February's 40-minute episodes into half-hour slots for repeats / syndication, as evidenced by Thursday's episode. It doesn't look good, people.
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In article , [email] (Omarichu) wrote:
This is what they cut out of 713/714/715/716...
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This is what they cut out of 713...
Chandler's disinterest in Ross being his brother-in-law. Ross telephoning his father to complain about the sale. Bad boy Chandler sneaking out of the coffee shop. Rachel apologising while Joey steams with anger. Joey worrying that Stevie will see Rosita is dead. Phoebe greeting Monica & Ross. Monica telling Phoebe that she's good on the phone. Ross's clown make-up kit which still has all the white. Earl pretending to splatter his brain all over the wall. Joey & Rachel arguing about what happened at the store. Rachel refusing to believe the chair was healed by angels. Joey telling Rachel to get her non-believer ass out of his chair. Rachel teasing Joey about his miracle chair. The other people in Earl's office ignoring him. Monica's Easy Bake treats and the glove that isn't hers. Ross making his father confess everything to Monica. Monica complaining to her father about the medical marvel excuse. Joey & Rachel uniting against Chandler. Joey & Rachel making threats to Chandler. Joey & Rachel whispering in each other's ears. Rachel telling Chandler that she & Joey are The Cobras. Phoebe talking to the other people in Earl's office. Joey asking Rachel to cuddle closer in the La-Z-Boy.
This is what they cut out of 714...
Rachel still being 29 in Guam, and how old the Earth is. Monica & Rachel's very old teacher who was actually 30. Rachel telling Pheebs that she really likes the MGB. Monica slightly losing her temper with Tag. Jack Geller ripping the seat of his pants. The beautiful woman who admires Ross in the MGB. The last part of the HAUL ASS scene. Judy trying to help her husband with his pants. Paul whose name was really Phil at the party. Rachel being coaxed out of her bedroom. Rachel wanting to marry her plan. Phoebe wanting to marry her hippity-hop. The box of Ding-Dongs hidden in Monica's underwear drawer. Joey deciding not to buy the MGB from Ross.
This is what they cut out of 715...
Rachel crying over her lost wedding poem. Joey telling Ross about the highly controversial procedure. Monica's favourite character on DOOL. The gay men at Central Perk. Jessica telling Dina that she was an accident too. Joey commiserating with 'Dina' about their slapped faces. Phone equals Phoebe, but Ratchet would equal Rachel. Rachel beating Phoebe, with the number of a steak house. Joey chatting up 'Dina', who reveals she's only 16. Cecilia mistreating the writers on DOOL. Ross explaining he was not playing, but practicing. Joey's first lesson in Owning The Room. Joey catching himself as he comforts Cecilia about her age. Rachel explaining that old guys are born young, then you wait. Joey getting very strict with a fannish Rachel. Rachel making jokes about Ross in a skirt.
This is what they cut out of 716...
Ben complaining Ross talks to him as he pees, which amuses Rachel.
Rachel trying to interest Ben in a virgin margarita. Or a virgin.
Phoebe's friend who really was legally ordained on the internet.
Rachel's determination to teach Ben the truth about her & Ross.
A very very bored Rachel, puzzled to learn that Ben is a sharer.
Chandler giving Monica his permission to ask Joey to marry them.
A long scene where Phoebe has a headache, and all her own remedies
fail, until Monica persuades her to take some pills. Monica acts
just like the good mother Phoebe never had. Joey feels deprived.
Another long scene where Phoebe discovers that Western medicines
have possible side-effects (one of which is a headache) and she
becomes extremely angry & bitter with Monica for poisoning her.
Phoebe claiming she has liver damage, but Monica stands up to her.
Joey seeking Phoebe's approval, as he recites his boring sermon.
Phoebe complaining that her face is swelling up, angering Monica.
Joey's first futile but funny attempts to write a romantic sermon.
Phoebe acidly accusing Monica of making her bleed from the eyes.
Chandler in 1998, doing his warm-up routine, then only one push-up.
Joey in 1998, failing to persuade Chandler to meet some nice girls.
Poor Monica's embittered reaction to Phoebe's spiteful betrayal.
Monica's discomfort as Joey questions Chandler about the condom.
Chandler in the depths of his despair, as Monica pleads with him.
Ross sarcastically imitating Rachel's casual pretence of innocence.
A long scene where Carol returns from the kitchen, and she tries to
defend Rachel until Ross points out the line on her face, then he
tells Rachel about a hideous prank, once played on him at school.
Rachel offering to be a boring aunt, but Ross kindly rejects that.
Joey's first attempts at making Chandler calm down, and cheer up.
The middle half of Joey's inadvertent but perfect romantic sermon.
Rachel explaining to Ben that pranks must not affect Ross's job.
Another long scene where the effect of the headache pills wear off,
and Phoebe is delighted to find that she has survived without any
more symptoms, until she realises her euphoria is a side effect.Tennant Stuart
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Shouldn't we get all the missed-out bits on the DVD though?
Lucy
In article , "cyber_spook" wrote:
With a little luck. At least all four episodes are on one disc. Whether the bits that Britain got & America didn't will appear is another matter.
Tennant
In the previous post, the mostly harmless Omarichu claimed:
Actually, the 40 min episodes are 40 minutes *including* the commercials. Without the commercials, it's about 28 minutes (6 minutes more than regular episodes).
Bram