Big missed opportunities

Jul 3, 2002, 1:00 PM ET12 posts by 5 posters
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Pete Bartlett

Where have the writers/producers given themselves an opportunity to do a really good storyline and then not? I ask because for me they made a big mistake in 615 TOW Could Have Been .... why the hell did they make Pheobe a stockbroker? On no other occasion before or since has their been any mention of her opportunity she passed up. All 5 of the other characters 'alternate-worlds' were related to other episodes. They should've had Phoebe as Street Phoebe.

Pete

AdelinePete Bartlett

Mmm, TWWWS list, anyone?

~Adeline. -- "We're here and now, but will we ever be again? 'Cause I have found, all that shimmers in this world
Tennant StuartAdeline

In article , "Adeline" wrote:

Yep, 2655 missed opportunities & counting - though 18 have come true...

10151 Chandler having the love of a woman for at least four years. 10333 Monica dating a guy that all her friends like, including herself. 10620 Joey's first visit to the Estelle Leonard Talent Agency. 11691 Rachel & Monica with boyfriends who are also their best friends.

20125 If Carl was still on the balcony when Rachel got back. 20789 The Ross & Rachel ship, setting sail from New York harbour.

32510 Monica letting Chandler be her boyfriend.

41247 Charlie Bing's "Viva Las Gaygas" show. 41615 Chandler having a relationship that lasts longer than two weeks. 42454 What happened between Chandler consoling Monica then bedding her.

50397 Rachel in childbirth, and whether she'd be able to take it. 50812 Nora saying her husband's name. 52132 Chandler being ready to make a commitment. 52473 How Ross & Rachel went from meowing at statues to being married.

60936 Chandler's father as the headliner of a gay burlesque show. 61148 Monica calming down to become warm & lovable again. 61582 Rachel being a single girl who is on a break.

71010 Monica changing her name to 'Monica Bing'.

Tennant Stuart

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SofyaTennant Stuart

"Tennant Stuart" wrote in message news:[email]...

Ok...there really is a list? And who creates it? And who keeps track of it?

Sofya

Tennant StuartSofya

In article , "Sofya" wrote:

Of course.

Mostly Marita Bakken & I do.

That would be me. :)

Tennant

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SofyaTennant Stuart

"Tennant Stuart" wrote in message news:[email]...

Ok, so in that case its not a known list.

Sofya

Tennant StuartSofya

In article , "Sofya" wrote:

The list has been published on ATF over the years Sofya, with most of the entries being debated, some of them at great length.

Tennant

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Pete BartlettSofya

"Sofya" wrote in message

true...

There was talk of publishing it someone in the past, IIRC. Tennant, Marita would you be willing to share it? If it is too big too post here, I may be able to host the file (size/bandwidth on my free web space, permitting) if there is interest.

Pete

Tennant StuartPete Bartlett

In article , "Pete Bartlett" wrote:

You're welcome to a private copy Pete, as is Sofya & anyone else who emails me (but if the return address is antispammed you get nothing).

As for publishing the list, thankyou so much for your kind offer which will be carefully considered, together with some others. :)

Tennant

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AdelineSofya

"Sofya" a �crit dans le message de news: ag702u$6gp$[email]...

<snip TWWWS list extract>

There are lists for *everything*. ;)

~Adeline. -- 'Seventeen without a purpose or direction...'
BryanPete Bartlett

"Pete Bartlett" wrote in message news:...

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What is so great about Street Phoebe? As she said once herself, "Street Phoebe wouldn't be friends with you guys." Not much comedy there. I think the point of 615/616 is to see, as Rachel says, how different their lives would have been if they had just taken a different path. Those episodes are some of my favorites (as are most written by Kauffman/ Crane). Jennifer Aniston is outstanding as the bored housewife pining after Joey. She has one of the most hilarious scenes in Friends history -- a true moment of Zen -- when she falls off Joey's couch. It cracks me up every time. As for Phoebe, she has always had a slightly schizophrenic personality -- the sunny New Age girl contrasted against the aggressive and fearless street survivor. The point of the stockbrocker storyline is to see how Phoebe would eventually self-destruct is she let the darker and more aggressive side of her personality take over: "You're in my office!!!" Lisa Kudrow is great, as usual, playing the coarse and amoral power-grabber: "From now on, your name is Joan." I don't think that character is so far from the Phoebe we know and the proof is in the tag scene when Phoebe sings merrily "That is just what I will do when those bastards I worked for die!"