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city, but it was filmed in los angeles and that's why this is the first time in 25 years that the most memorable piece of furniture from the show is actually in front of a fountain in central park. so let's take a look back at the "friends" magic and what's next for this tv juggernaut that never really went away. this is "friends forever: 25 years of laughter." ♪ ♪ >> we're here in burbank, california, on the warner brothers lot, and since this studio was founded in 1923 tens of thousands of tv shows -- [ shots fired ] >> and films have been created here. ♪ ♪ >> so throughout this hour we're going to give you a behind the scenes tour of the "friends" home.

let's start at the beginning. ♪ ♪ >> the early titles of this show, what were you considering? >> um, insomnia cafe. >> we were driving down street, and i saw this place and thought that was an amazing name and a really interesting setting. >> why not go with this one? >> i don't think the network liked it, and then we talked about friends like us, the six of us, across the hall. >> i just want to be married again. >> we ended up simply with "friends." [ laughter ] >> and i just want a million dollars. >> our partner, kevin bright said if we get a good time slot you can call it kevorkian, for all i care. >> "mad about you "opened up thursday night at 8:00, and we put it right after "mad about you," not a bad lead-in, a young adult marriage. [ laughter ] >> voila! >> and then, the lead out was

"seinfeld". >> hey, when i drive and i let people in ahead of me all of the time i'm always waving everybody in. go ahead, go ahead, go ahead. >> ooh, no, don't. stop cleansing my aura. >> pilots are difficult because your job is to give a lot of exposition and background. >> everybody, this is rachel. another lincoln high survivor. this is everybody, this is chandler, phoebe and joey and do you remember my brother ross? >> sure. >> hi. >> hi. oh! [ laughter ] >> and you're also doing kind of a sell job on an audience about why they're supposed to like these people and possibly tune in next week. >> are you okay, sweetie? >> i just feel like someone reached down my throat, grabbed my small intestine and pulled it out of my mouth and tied it around my neck. >> cooky? >> you don't know what's going to hit. the dream was let's not get

canceled after six episodes. that was our goal. >> you're the only person i knew who lived here in the city. >> who wasn't invited in the wedding. >> i was kind of hoping that wouldn't be an issue. >> you know, what i remember is that when they tested it, it didn't do that well which was very scary. >> what if i don't want to be a shoe? what if i want to be a purse, you know? or a hat. >> how does the network still has confidence in it after it tests poorly? >> they were smart. >> you don't feel like being alone tonight. joey and chandler are coming over to help me put together my furniture. >> yes, and we're very excited about it. >> there was wonderful drama. >> i hope she'll be very happy. >> no, you don't. >> no, i don't. to hell with her. she left me. >> you never knew she was a lesbian. >> a connectedness. we had a sense of they really know what they're doing. >> there's nothing to tell. it's just some guy i work with. >> come on, you're going out

with a guy. there's got to be something wrong with him. >> does he have a hairpiece? >> it was less conventional than what was on tv at that time except for "seinfeld," definitely, but nbc was a little uncomfortable in the first episode, monica sleeps with a guy on a first date. >> paul, this is -- everybody. everybody, this is paul. >> someone she's crazy about. he tells her a falsehood and it makes her fall for him. >> ever since she left me -- um, i haven't been able to perform sexually. [ laughter ] >> and nbc was very concerned. >> what the hell do you do on a real date? >> and they handed out a survey to the audience. they were so skewed and there was some version of do you think monica is a, a slut, b, a whore, c, easy, d, all of the above for

sleeping with a guy on the first date? >> that's leading the witnesses. >> yes. yes, it is. >> you had sex, didn't you? >> they didn't care. everybody checked the boxes and they were, like, we don't care. >> you know paul like i know paul? >> are you kidding? i take credit for paul. you know, before me there was no snapping his turtle for two years. >> i hate to admit this, but monica's story in the pilot was an experience i had in college. >> hold on a second. so you went on a date with a guy that you really liked and he fed you a line, a b.s. line. >> uh-huh. >> about how he was so heart broken he hadn't been able to have sex for two years. >> that is correct. >> and you fell for it? >> i fell for it, hook, line and sinker. >> of course, it was a line! >> they were also nervous that there wasn't an older character. >> she got the furniture, the stereo, the good tv. what did you get?

>> you guys. >> you got screwed. >> oh, my god. >> they were really afraid that older people weren't going to watch the show. >> all right, kids. i have to get to work. if i don't input those numbers it doesn't make much of a difference. >> so we tried, actually. we did one script with a cop on the beat who comes in and chats with the friends. it was so horrible that we went, no, we threw it out. what we said to the network is we will introduce parents for all these characters. >> i told her you have a restaurant. >> no, mom. i don't have a restaurant, i work at a restaurant. >> well, they don't have to know that. >> when i read the first episode i thought, wow, this is good, and i loved my character. >> oh, we're having spaghetti. that's easy. >> because it was extremely funny, but it had a lot of heart. >> those earrings look really lovely on you. >> thank you.

they're yours. >> actually, they were nana's. >> my mother, ladies and gentlemen. >> why did you want to take a risk with this show that wasn't yet established? >> i thought the ensemble worked that was two different talents, was very good. i did have a good eye, and so i said yes. >> you just start with half a dozen european cities. throw in 30 euphemisms for male genitalia and -- bam! you have yourself a book. >> when the show ultimately debuted in 1994. >> you got a job? are you kidding? i'm trained for nothing! >> how was the structure of it different than that original pitch? >> the main difference was the decision to not have a main character. >> it's like that, with feelings. >> courtney cox who also was the most notable name at the time. she had been in a hit movie that year "s a ventura pet detective". >> if you embarrass me.

>> like what? like this? >> she was the most bankable name and nbc really wanted courtney cox to be front and center. >> anyway -- [ laughter ] >> they all made a pact very soon to stay together, negotiate together, nominate themselves in the same categories so there wouldn't be this demarcation of who was the biggest star and who wasn't. >> that little naked guy would be me. >> look at the little thing. >> yes. ♪ ♪ >> the theme song which has become so iconic, how did that happen? >> the music was composed by my ex-husband. >> how did it come to pass that you guys sang the theme song for friends? >> we got the offer on a wednesday. went over the arrangement on a thursday with the music director and cut the song on the saturday and it aired the following thursday. ♪ i'll be there for you ♪ because you're there for me too ♪

>> this is the famous fountain that you see in the opening title sequence of every "friends" episode. a few things you should know about this fountain. first, it's not in new york city. it's on the warner brothers lot in los angeles. second, they shot this at 4:00 in the morning and the actors were freezing cold and wet. so how were those actors cast and which ones almost didn't make the cut? ♪ >> all that when we come back. this is hal.

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okay. so i'm responsible. i'm organized. hey, i can be a ko ok! nice, we're having fun. >> when do we get to meet the guy? >> let's see, today's monday? never. >> score! >> you suck. >> the story is that courtney cox was cast as the rachel character. we asked her to do the rachel character, but she said no, she wanted to play monica. >> we're thinking you're more of a rachel because she's pretty and there's a warmth and she said, no, no, no, no. i totally see myself doing monica, and we're, like, all right. give it a shot and she did and

we said she's monica. great. >> i connected with her in a certain way and i was going play rachel just very neurotic and not as, like, ethereal and quirky. ♪ ♪ >> oh, my god! [ screaming ] >> look, look, look, my first paycheck! >> look at the window! that's my name! hi, me! >> and an iced tea. i'm getting pretty good at this. >> excellent. >> good for me. [ laughter ] >> rachel is a really difficult part because on the face of it, it could be really unlikable character. >> well, maybe that's my decision. well, maybe i don't need your money. wait, wait! i said maybe! >> she's selfish. she's spoiled and she just walked out on a guy during her

wedding. >> i was on another show at the time. >> jennifer aniston was in first position to another series called "muddling through." ♪ ♪ >> if that show had succeeded we'd already shot, like, four or five episodes, we would have had to re-shoot the first five episodes of "friends" with another actress. >> are you going to eat that steak or argue with it? >> we're going forward and we'll do everything in our power to kill "muddling through". >> tell me something, how often do we have steak on the menu? >> hardly ever. >> that's right. so what you have there is a rare steak. >> and we said, all right. danielle steel movies up against "muddling through," beale take the audience that's probably watching that sitcom on a saturday night, and it worked. >> saturday night, the big night, date night. saturday night! and now you're choking.

[ laughter ] >> are you all right? [ laughter ] >> okay. i don't want sound like that. that is so not true. [ laughter ] that is so not -- that is so not -- oh, shut up! >> matthew perry. you really wanted him. >> he was the first person we offered chandler to and he was doing another show "lax 2194". >> i sorted out aliens' luggage. >> that is not a winning title. >> no, it's not. it's not. but that was in first position. >> that happens when you find a talent that you think is perfect for a role, and you'll take the chance, the other show will fail and they'll become available. >> we were a little nervous about it, but we saw a million people, even made an offer to

someone else. >> who? >> no. it's the 25th anniversary! now the truth can be told. >> he's a lovely actor named craig bierko. >> yeah? >> and he didn't want to do an ensemble show. >> i'm going to go with not craig's best decision. [ laughter ] ♪ >> today's the day carol and i first consummated our physical relationship. had sex. >> surprise! >> i don't know. you don't want to mess with corn nuts. they're crazy! >> we had auditioned david schwimmer for a previous pilot as we started writing this script we thought, you know who would be good for ross? david schwimmer. remember david schwimmer? he'd be great for this. >> i guess they remembered me. ♪ >> oh, dear. >> there was something about his

expression and his delivery and this guy who was sort of a victim of the world that we just loved, just loved it. >> ooh! ooh! >> ooh! it's waking up. >> okay. thank you very much. >> what's going on? oh! oh! oh! >> that's so great! >> lisa kudrow, she came into the audition and nailed it. she just nailed it. >> oh, my god! don't do that! >> what, what, what? >> that man across the street just kicked that pigeon. >> lisa had made appearances on "mad about you." ♪ ♪ >> my partner jeffrey cleric was working on "mad about you." >> one iced tea and one nice, cool water. >> when we were writing this script he said oh, you have

to -- phoebe is lisa kudrow. once you see her you're not going see anyone else. >> i was told this is the one you want to do. >> i couldn't do it. >> good for you, joey. >> when i'm with a woman i need to know that i'm going out with more people than she is. >> can you stop yelling? you're making me nervous and -- >> how you doin'? >> i auditioned about, i guess, about five or six times. >> matt leblanc was the greenest in terms of acting. >> yeah. >> so why did you risk hiring him? >> i have to admit there was a little bit of nervousness about that, and the woman who was the head of casting at warner brothers at the time she looked me in the eye and she said he can do it. >> joey, stop hitting on her. it's her wedding day. >> what? like there's a rule or something? >> when we originally wrote the part of joey he was supposed to be more of this kind of, like, sexy, actor intense guy and it

wasn't funny, and then he came in and when matt read it, suddenly it was really funny. >> oh, ross. you get me so hot. i want your lips on me now. eh? ♪ ♪ ♪ >> about 3,000 people per day, that's more than half a million per year, take the warner brothers studio tour, and when they do they come to this iconic couch in central perk. that's how big of a phenomenon "friends" still is. so what happens to the cast members when a show becomes that type of smash success? well, it turns out some dealt with their fame better than others. >> that part of the story when we come back. ♪ i'll be there for you ♪ banjo?

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♪ [ applause ] >> how good of friends are you. i'll start with you, lisa. >> we're very good friends now. >> sometimes the show becomes a supernofa and that's what was happening at the end of season one. >> do you guys watch the show together and do you watch thursday nights. >> we were better about that in

the beginning. >> it was a little bit like beatle mania. >> i want to know how your new-found fame has changed your personal lives. >> not at all. [ laughter ] >> how did they respond to being on oprah? >> they were nervous. >> are you anything like the character you play? >> i think to a certain extent, yeah. >> yes. the friends were already getting big, but oprah is oprah. >> what else did he say? does he, like, want to go out with me. >> well, given that he's desperately in love with you he wouldn't mind getting a cup of coffee or something. >> we worked so hard. we worked crazy hours. >> all this time? >> i think we were living in a bubble. we weren't really that aware of what was happening to the show, to the cast outside of our little bubble, and i remember after the first season ended my partner jeffrey and i were walking through the airport because we're finally getting a vacation and we looked at the

newsstand and there is -- they were on every cover. it was crazy! i remember getting in my car and driving away from warner brothers one day and i just turned on the ♪ ♪ >> and there was the theme song and to me that was -- wow! this is big. this is huge. when we started the second season we were the number one show on television. >> rach! >> we had hit the home run, the grand slam home run. we were on everyone's lips and we were in their hearts. >> oh, my god, ross, no, hang up the phone. give me the phone! give me the phone! give me the phone! ? is that when nbc started to capitalize on them and their success? >> there was this opportunity to do a diet coke commercial and for some reason we all said yes. >> buy specially marked packages of diet coke.

watch the diet coke commercial during "friends". >> there was this diet coke commercial that people did not seem to like. >> who's going to drink the diet coke? >> why was there a backlash to them having a corporate sponsorship? >> the truth is you had warner brothers and you had nbc wanting to capitalize on the show. >> i feel violated, and not in a good way. >> for many years we were the most watched television series in the history of television. >> is that what you want to hear? >> i didn't do it. i wasn't even there. >> it wasn't me. >> you know what would be nice in here? a couple of candles. >> it seems like "friends" was just everywhere. >> we were saturated and we needed to go back to what we were best at which was telling little stories. >> and we actually sat in the boardroom at nbc and said maybe we need to pull back and just let it breathe. >> hey! [ laughter ] >> hi. >> i spent 20 years at nbc.

i've never had that discussion about a show ever. it was -- it was new territory for us. >> do we dare? >> we dare. >> oh! [ laughter ] >> so "friends" was working in a big way. it was a hit. ♪ smelly cat, what are they feeding you ♪ everybody! ♪ smelly cat, smelly cat, it's not your fault ♪ >> when there is success, contracts break up. the two breakout stars were david schwimmer and jennifer aniston. [ laughter ] >> and so they ended up being approached by nbc to renew their contracts with the thought that they would be rewarded handsomely for becoming big stars. ♪ ♪

>> and traditionally in a negotiation once you get one, then you get another and everyone kind of is forced to fall in line. >> and david schwimmer came to the conclusion that it was going to be in everyone's interest to have a lockstep negotiation where everyone received the same amount of money. we're all doing the same amount of work why should we paid differently for doing the same thing? >> all right, listen, if you want this cart you'll have to take me with it! >> i remember in a strategic negotiation where john who was running business affairs said whoa, bold move. the cast is united. we have to negotiate with them as one. from season 2 on they were equals, and in the history of television, probably the highest compensation that any actors ever had. >> did they really develop a

true friendship or what was it like? >> yeah. they were very close. you know, they all got shot through a canon together. [ laughter ] >> they took care of each other and supported each other. >> i think they loved each other and that came across, and even when one of them would have a struggle you could sort of see the others stepping into prop each other up. >> was there anyone for whom all of this, all of the smash and all of the limelight took a bigger toll on? >> i think that, um, it's very publicly known that the show did take a toll on matthew perry. >> i was in denial about the serious nature of alcoholism and addiction. once i had a drink i could not stop. i couldn't -- i couldn't stop. >> hey, now you stay out here and you think about what you did! [ laughter ] >> that's a duck. >> that's a bad duck! >> i did show up to work in

states of just insane hangover. >> in the history of television, producers have acted towards a cast member who has an addiction problem usually by either letting them kill themselves or stepping up and realizing that this is a disease and this is not something that he's doing maliciously to hurt the show or irresponsibly as an actor. so i feel very proud that all of us stood up with matthew and held him up at times. i feel like we did the right thing in never letting him down. [ laughter ] ♪ ♪ >> the building you see behind me is the iconic county general hospital and er set in chicago. then you take just a few steps this way and here you find what

"friends" used as central park in new york. this is where they filmed some of the funniest outdoor scenes. >> i feel so free and so graceful! oh! hey! watch out for the horse. >> the writers were always looking for ways to up the ante, to get better jokes and bigger laughs. it got tough or as chandler might say, could they be any more stressed? when we return. ♪ ♪ more engineers. more towers. more coverage! it's a network that gives you ♪freedom from big cities, to small towns, we're with you. because life can take you almost anywhere, t-mobile is with you. no signal goes farther or is more reliable in keeping you connected.

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>> no sex, bad jobs, hit show -- go figure. go figure. why do you think it's a hit? >> the writing. >> the writing -- it begins with the writing, right? >> oh, yeah. >> shut up. the camera adds ten pounds. >> so how many cameras are actually on you? [ laughter ] >> the writing was the best i've ever worked on in a sitcom. >> first they go up one side, they move it over and they go up the other side and they move it back and then they do the rear. [ laughter ] >> what? ross, will you tell him. isn't that how a tailor measures

pants? >> yes, yes, it is. in prison. >> we loved what was coming out of their typewriters and what was going out to the stage and we felt the chemistry of that cast. >> joey -- >> thank you. >> monica, i'm your best friend. >> sweetie, don't worry, you'll get picked. >> chandler. >> i don't think anybody realizes how hard this show is to write. there's always six characters they have to service and then a lot of them dove tail into each other and that's pretty extraordinary writing. >> was there a different structure of friends than other sitcoms? >> i guess the tradition in the sitcoms had been that there was always an a and a b story and the b story was kind of a frivolous story, but we had six cast members. we had an a, a b and a c story every episode. >> can this be funnier?

these are some incredibly funny people all gathered in a room together all doing their utmost to kind of win the game, right? to tell the funniest jokes and to come up with the funniest line and to win over their fellow writers. i think the challenging part is that the hours and the intensity were so brutal. >> very often we would stay all night trying to get it right because our feeling was -- you know what? this is going to shoot at the end of the week so we better get it right now. >> is it funny -- >> and they would be there after midnight and it would be 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning and sometimes that's when the best punchlines would emerge. >> so what was it like in the writers' room? what were those hours like? >> those were some rough hours. i mean, i had nights when i'd be driving home and the sun would be coming up and i'd get my kids ready for school and i would have to go back to work. >> i would say for three years i did not sit down to one meal with my children. >> give me the modus operandi.

take me through the week, david. >> we would have a table read with the writing staff, the heads of production and the executive producers. >> if it gets a laugh it's worth keeping. >> you know what? if we were in prison you guys would be like my bitches. >> it was an absolutely insane experience because marta and david were never satisfied. >> on tuesdays we would go to the first rehearsal, and then we would have to go back and re-write. >> so aftermath you says -- >> they were a little nervous about certain things and they were nervous about some of the sexual stuff. >> it was a huge battle with broadcast standards. >> so we're suddenly being told you can't use the word nipple and you have to figure out a way to get the same idea across so we came up with nipular. >> no, wait! this is ridiculous! >> i can just say one thing?

>> what? what? that's a relatively open weave and i can still see your -- nipular area. >> we pushed the boundaries. marta and david fought for everything they did and we stayed relevant, and we made some progress. >> we said your parents flipped a coin and decided to raise her as a girl, but you still had a hint of a penis. >> there was a point you could say penis and for, like, two years you couldn't say penis and then you could say penis. >> penis schmenis. we're all people. >> you can say beanis and i'll give you two penises if we can say this somewhere else in the script. >> nora? >> charles? >> and you had really fun line, right? >> oh, yeah.

>> you got to say penis. >> i could not believe they left that in? >> aren't you a little old to be wearing a dress like that? >> don't you have a little too much penis to be wearing a dress like that? >> oh, my god. >> 2001, to have a transgender character was pretty groundbreaking, i think. >> i know. i know. i thought they were being very brave and then, of course, when i turned out to be married to morgan fairchild -- [ laughter ] >> i really had to get my head around that one. >> you look beautiful mom -- [ laughter ] >> you look beautiful too, dad. [ laughter ] >> what was the wedding process like? did they keep updating the script? >> you know, it's kind of like any of the sitcoms. you come in and do a read-through and you see what works and sometimes they would come up with other things in the middle of it and add something. >> don't take this personally, okay?

i just can't have sex with a sick person. >> you know, if a line isn't working and it's driving me crazy that i, you know, that i can't make this work we'll all work together and try to figure out some other line or the best way to do it. >> matthew perry -- he -- he brings his own spin to everything. when we write a line we hear it in our heads a certain way and he will deliberately pick another word in that sentence to emphasize. >> have you seen joey? >> what's the matter? >> oh, just this! >> a joke doesn't get a big laugh with the actual studio audience, we would sort of huddle and all of the writers would put our heads together and come up with a better joke and it's worth it because that's what's going on television. >> joey, i'm a little shy. >> that's okay, ross. you can ask me. [ laughter ] >> let's talk about one of the episodes.

the one with all the poker. what was it about that particular episode? >> the people who make friends realize they need to figure out a way to conjoin the comedy and the emotion. the way that this episode manages to both be really funny and to leave us with a lump in our throats ends up being the formula that "friends" manages to utilize really while working forward. >> that's all right. that's a tough hand to beat. >> i thought we had it. >> when you don't have the cards, you don't have the cards. look how happy she is. ♪ >> here it is. stage 24 where most of the "friends" episodes were filmed. warner brothers even put up a special plaque commemorating it. so when we come back we'll show you who's filming in there now. here's a hint. it's another wildly popular show that reunited after 20 years. will "friends" do the same?

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even higher after 9/11? >> yeah, it did. you know, i think there was so much awful stuff on the news, in the world, and i think it's a show it was like having your friends over and it had love and it had hope. >> are you really going to do this? >> yeah. i'm going to have a baby. i'm going have a baby. i'm going have a baby! >> how far was it to wrap up the story lines for the season finale? >> that was really hard. that was really hard because some things were somewhat predictable so we had to do them in ways that were unpredictable. >> let her off the plane! [ laughter ] >> i am afraid you are going to have to take a seat. >> oh, please, miss, you don't understand! >> try to understand! >> oh, come on, miss, isn't there any way that you can let

me off -- >> no! no! >> like, everybody basically knew that ross and rachel would have to end up together, we just had to figure out how that was surprising. >> oh, my god! did she get off the plane? did she get off the plane? >> i got off the plane. [ cheering ] >> i got off the plane. [ cheers and applause ] >> you got off the plane. [ cheers and applause ] >> there was one thing that finally appeared in the last episode. it was the reveal of how they got the apartment. there was always a lot of talk, it's too good of an apartment, how did they afford, it it's television, leave me alone. but we thought sooner or later we might have to get to that. >> look around, you guys.

this was your first home. and it was a happy place, filled with love and laughter. but more important, because of rent control, it was a frigging steal. >> i think marta and david, from the very first time they pitched the show, they had a sense of where they were going. >> this is harder than i thought it would be. >> oh, it's going to be okay. >> they knew what the audience wanted. and they delivered in a wonderfully satisfying way. >> should we get some coffee? >> oh, my god. ten seasons? our goal was not to get canceled. >> what was the key to having a smash hit for ten years? >> it starts with the cast and with the writing. >> hey! >> hey. >> hey. >> oh, the food smells great. >> we told universal stories that everybody could relate to. >> happy thanksgiving, everybody. >> well, this has been great.

see ya. >> the show itself was about a time in your life where you leave the home for the first time, your friends become your family. >> if nobody tags rachel, isn't the play still going? >> it's a time in everybody's life that we share in common. >> over 75 million americans, which was a third of the country, would come to watch our network on thursday. so "friends" was a monster hit in ways that it's hard to imagine today. there's no half-hour comedy that's ever been more successful throughout the world for 25 years. >> we were on a break! >> oh, my god. >> what about the impact that it's had on television? ♪ smelly cat smelly cat >> a phenomenon like "friends" can't really be replicated. that sense of everyone is

watching this particular thing all at the same time. >> if you'd all please join me in raising a glass. >> it doesn't really exist anymore. so in that sense i really see "friends" as being the last of its kind. netflix was willing to pay either 80 or 100 million dollars, depending on who you ask, to keep it streaming for one year. >> okay, okay, okay. fine, you win. >> the run on netflix, are you surprised by that? >> shocked. shocked and so grateful. it's given the show such a resurgence, not only here, but around the world. >> check this out, huh? that's the stuff. >> i always thought my only legacy would be my children. and there is something so humbling and yet thrilling about knowing that this has lived on. >> how is you drinking helping the kids? >> because the more i drink, the less there is for the kids to

drink. >> there are 12-year-olds who are discovering this show and treating it like it's theirs. and bingeing all 230 whatever episodes. that's insane. it's a show that started 25 years ago. and yet there's a sort of passion for it that still exists. it's crazy. >> welcome to the real world. it sucks. you're going to love it. >> our world today is the most connected world that we've ever been in. and yet i think for all that connectivity we don't have it. we have information, but people aren't connecting. >> thank you. >> and i think part of its enduring appeal is that it's not about a cell phone, it's about another human being. >> can we come in? >> and the show is constantly reaffirming how real

connectivity happens. what real relationships are like. >> she's amazing. ♪ whatever happened to predictability ♪ >> here is the answer to what show is filming here now. ♪ whatever happened it's "fuller house," which is the sequel to the wildly popular sitcom "full house" that aired from 1987 to 1995. sure the set looks different than it did on "friends," but the yearning to revisit the old characters is the same. "full house" reunited. should the cast of "friends"? >> do a "friends" reunion. okay? >> the girls would do it. and the boys would do it. >> so of course everybody who's feeling nostalgic wants a reunion. part of the problem is, because the show at its core was about that time in your life where your friends are your family, once you start having family of your own, that changes. >> the other one will be along in a minute. >> i'm sorry, who should be

along in a what now? >> the next baby should be along in a minute. >> we only ordered one. >> there's something pathetic about 50-year-olds hanging out in a coffee shop. ♪ when it hasn't been your day your week ♪ >> we finished it right, put a bow on it, it's done. ♪ i'll be there for you ♪ when the rain starts to fall ♪ i'll be there for you ♪ like i've been there before ♪ i'll be there for you ♪ 'cause you're there for me too ♪ ♪ panera's new warm grain bowls are full of good. full of flavor, color, full of- woo! full of good. so you can be too.

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no to prop c. don't touch that dial. we're about to flip it for you. >> in five, four, three, two. >> i think the reason it was so popular among young people is we give credit to our audience for being intelligent. >> my goal was to get canceled in four episodes and just have people go you got screwed. >> i made the decision that i wasn't going to live my life as a lie anymore. >> this is more a celebration of culture and opening the doors and allowing america to come on inside. >> there's always something on television and some of it may be better than we deserve. ♪