>> i know. >> we're inside central perk for the anniversary. >> we're on the actually set. >> oh, my, god it's an "e.t." exclusive. >> your favorite guest stars, bloopers you've never seen, secrets from the set. >> i don't want to get in trouble with courtney, but she does have soft lips. >> come on. could there ever be areunion. >> it is a big deal. >> let's do it on "entertainment tonight." >> how in the world did we get here? >> we've got a good gig. welcome, everyone. back inside central perk for our special "friends" edition of "e.t.." >> 25 years since it was thought of? my brain just warped.

>> rachel? >> oh god, monica. hi, thank god. >> it feels like yesterday we all gathered together and watched the premiere of the pilot. >> we were like i don't know, like, little puppy dogs, like, climbing all over each other and playing, and playing games and wanting to be together all the time it was fun. >> the whole thing was the best experience i could possibly imagine. i felt very lucky to have been a part of that show and everything seems to pale micom pairson. >> welcome to the real world. it sucks. you're gonna love it. >> ten years, 236 episodes and six friends we can't get enough of. >> hi. we're here for "entertainment tonight" with television's courtney cox and television's david schwimmer. >> but before phoebe, rachel, monica, ross, chandler and joey ever ordered a latte at central perk, they were all struggling actors in hollywood. >>doesn't share food! >> matt leblanc had 11 bucks in his bank account when he signed on to the show. today the "man with a plan" star is worth a reported $60 million. >> i guess the biggest change

was the consistent work and spending time around really, really talented people. a lot of which are here on this show too. >> jennifer aniston waited tables and worked as a telemarketer to make ends meet. now she's one of the highest paid actresses in the world. >> i worked in a swimming pool store testing pool water. >> really? >> yeah. >> that's pretty weird. >> sometimes did service calls, back washing filters. ♪ hey baby >> we all remember courtney cox's big break "dancing in the dark." today she's mom to 15-year-old coco and teaching her famous catch phrase to an adorable toddler named sonny. >> i know. >> what did you say? >> i know. >> what? >> i know. >> i know! >> lisa kudrow recently confessed she felt like a mountain of a woman acting next to courtney and jen saying may bones feel bigger. today she's mom to 21-year-old

matthew perry proved he's still got his sense of humor when he was recently photographed for the first time in nearly two years looking pretty scruffy and getting called out for his long nails. his response? i'm getting a manicure this morning. that's okay, right? i mean it says man right in the world. >> i assume we're looking for an answer more sophisticated than to get you into bed? >> and 22 years after he landed the role of ross, david schwimmer earned rave reviews for his portrayal of robert kardashian in 2016's "the people versus o.j. simpson." but how do you celebrate 25 years of an iconic sitcom? for starters the central perk couch is on a global tour. movie theaters across the country are holding special screenings. and check out this pop-up installation in new york where that was pretty funny. >> who is that? >> it's joey. >> the pop-up is also where we met up with some famous friends of "friends." heads up bingalings. it's maggie wheeler. >> oh, my god! >> it said fast talking new

yorker and i read the scene and >> or you can >> i heard her in my head. i thought, okay, that's where i'm going. >> and james michael tyler, aka, gunther. >> did you actually serve real coffee? >> those were normally real lattes. i never made them. for the rest of the background actors those were pretty much empty cups. >> this couch is so comfortable. these days this is part of the warner brothers back lot tour. this is one of the main attractions of the tour. >> yeah. unfortunately there's no real central perk in new york. it did spark some worldwide caves. >> it blows my mind. i bought a house, bought a new

car. >> they're interested in the hair. okay fine. >> it's a surprise people find me a sex symbol. i'm not brad pitt. i'm not this -- i'm not hunk. >> we actually became really popular the summer after it aired. >> we've arrived. >> arrived and still here making bank. each friend reportedly pulls down a cool $20 million a year thanks to reruns. and get this -- the new streaming service hbo max just shelled out $425 million for the right to start running the show exclusively next year. >> well then, great. >> so what made it such a ccfriends with the friends. >> yes. yes. for the last time we all are actually good friends. thank you. thanks very much. >> we all went to vegas this weekend. gambled. >> oh, man. >> warner brothers let us have the jet and we went.

it was fun. it was. too fun. >> there was a lot of bonding going on, but that's all i can say about it. >> and we were obsessed with their real-life romances. when courtney married david arquette in 1999, producers jokingly changed everyone's name in the credits. jen made headlines when she married brad pitt in 2000. >> really got that sexy smoldering thing going on. >> his 2001 guest starring role on the show? head of the i hate rachel green club. >> i think he's trying to mouth something to me. >> matthew dating julia roberts was everything. they met when she guested on the show in 1995. >> have you ever worn women's underwear? >> it was so much fun. it was utterly nerve wracking. i was so nervous. the throw up factor was high. >> and then there was that time the friends made tv history. it was the second season of the show when they found out they weren't all making the same salary. so they all went on strike -- and all got raises. >> we wanted to be paid the same

because we thought it was fair and putting in the same amount of work and it was kind of something we believed in. >> that solidarity ultimately got them $1 million per episode, per friend for the last two seasons of the show. >> i remember our director jim burrows sat us down and said you really have to watch out for each other because this is going to be something big and we were like, yeah, right and, yeah, sure, dude. i've heard that before, but he was right. all that money would definitely buy some nicer lounge chairs now. but how cool that we get to kick back in these classics. recline race. >> you win every time. >> you're so slow. is it true that you had to dye >> i had to keep dyeing it. they were like we like that look. keep it for ten years.

that's why i don't have any hair left. >> keep it here. we're going to show you things you don't know about the friends. >> but they don't know that we know they know we know. >> bet ya didn't know courtney and jennifer originally auditioned for each other's roles before talking producers into swapping them, or that ross was written with david in mind. a lot of internet articles will tell you that jane lynch auditioned for phoebe, but here's the truth. >> not me. >> no? >> no, i didn't audition for phoebe from "friends." i didn't audition for anybody on "friends." yeah, i didn't have good representation back then. >> same goes for jon favreau and the role of chandler. >> no. i read that. i never even auditioned for that. it's a cool character. i would have been so happy to be on a show like that. >> but they both did appear as guests on the show. jon did six episodes >> i bought a restaurant and i would like you to be the head chef. >> what? >> the show was originally called "six of one." that's the pilot script with the old title signed by all the friends.

get this t season ten almost didn't happen. it's rumored jennifer was ready to move on from playing rachel and that brad didn't want her to do it either, but she agreed to come back because everybody else wanted to. >> maybe we should just take a break. >> and the tight-knit cast had a private huddle before every show. so shooting the final episode was emotional for everyone, but it kind of sent matt over the edge. >> that was oof. i had quit smoking and in the last episode i started smoking again. it was very sad. >> so awkward hug or lame cool guy hand shake? >> lame cool guy hand shake. ho? >> a whose who of "a" list guest stars. 191 in all. their surprising stories. >> i've got a good memory.

>> plus our very first time on the set. >> i'm doing "e.t." right now. >> before the friends were famous. and the hilarious moments that never made air. which cast member was the easiest to crack up? ♪

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welcome back to our "e.t." special, the one where "friends" turns 25. ♪ smelly cat smelly cat >> did you know lisa cokudrow couldn't play the guitar? she wanted to play the bongos. >> the bongos? >> it would have been destined for the blooper reel like these because you know -- ♪ it's not your fault >> the easiest friend to crack up on set, that would be lisa who used to stop production because she couldn't stop laughing. >> it's funny. i can't wait for you to hear it. >> the biggest pranksters who ruined everybody else's take? that would be matt and matthew of course. >> oh, "soap opera digest." >> as for the cutest scene

stealers? >> it's his dad. >> it's ben and his da da. da da. see you might as well say it. >> da da. >> but with shoot nights that could go as late as 1:00 in the morning everyone got a little punchy sometimes. >> okay. >> what happened to you? you used to be able to act. >> no. i won't. that'll make us laugh more. >> no, do it. >> okay. >> or the parker colonialwhat y? >> wait until you see "e.t.'s" lost moments with the cast.

the big star who went wild for matt. >> i don't remember that at all. >> plus -- >> aren't you a little cute to be a doctor? >> george, brad, reese our favorite guest stars tell all. could a reboot happen? what made general aniston say this? >> so excited something might happen. >> closed captioned provided by --

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all of chandler's clothing. >> i think the line is could i be wearing anymore clothes. >> i'm chandler. could i be wearing anymore clothes? >> janice would say oh, my god. >> i love how you go from maggie to janice. omg was all of our reactions looking back at all the famous faces part of the exclusive club of "friends" guest stars. >> hey, how you doing? >> don't! >> it was so great. it was such an indelible moment in my life, being at central perk and working with jennifer aniston. >> hi, rachel. i'm dr. mitchell. >> and i'm his friend dr. rosen. >> aren't you a little cute to be a doctor? >> that was the first sitcom i ever did and i remember getting a laugh about hummus or chick peas or or something and thinking this is so stupid. i'm getting a laugh on this line. >> god bless the chick pea. >> the person who i had all my

>> being here with all of you in event room c, i feel so lucky. >> i wish that was him in real life. that's when you played the positive person, right? >> right. what do you mean you wish i played that person in real life? >> i'm sorry. that's who i am. i'm a positive person. >> hey, peter. it's me rhonda from ps369. i gave you my snack pack. see, he pretend he don't even hear me. >> a lot of people remember me, gabrielle union, aiesha tyler, i don't know what other black people were on there. >> people were like, you know, you're like the first african american on "friends" and then someone from the network was like, no, we counted. you're the first african american love interest. >> i'm sorry. have i made this evening uncomfortable? >> people still are oh my kid is watching that show and now they love you on that show and i'm like i look the same don't i. >> i was on that show.

yes. >> don't learn the words let the words learn you. >> couldn't i just sleep with the producer? >> everyone from the duchess of work to a real housewife has made an appearance. 191 guest stars in all, including a couple of jennifer's exes. she was breaking up with then boyfriend tate donovan when he played her love interest on the show. >> sometimes we would slip and they'll be like hold it a second. you guys don't know each other. oh, all right. all right. >> but 8-year-old cole sprouse is the one who had a crush on her. >> i remember being infatuated with jennifer aniston. >> what is my first line? >> what did we agree? >> okay. >> i don't want to get in trouble with courtney, but she does have soft lips. yeah, she does and beautiful eyes. my wife understands. >> tom selleck shaved his 'stache when he did his ten-episode arc on the show.

>> wow, your lip went bald. >> that cast was family. everybody was sitting on everybody's laps courtney was sitting on someone's lap. >> and bruce willis won an emmy for the role he agreed to do after losing a bet to matthew. they starred in "the whole nine yards" together. >> let's see how this movie turns out. >> if it does well, you can be on the show. if it doesn't, it's bruce willis to block. >> joey? >> hi, ross. >> you can't spell friends without hanigan. >> no one else has a name like that. >> i never could quite get over the fact that i was sitting in central perk. >> what was your best memory working on that show? >> i can't believe i'm here. i don't know. is that a good memory? >> what was it like that very last good-bye to people we loafed and the contaharacters w loved. >> well, "e.t." was there at the

end and of course from the very beginning starting with our very first set visit. ♪ da da da da da >> doesn't this look like too posy? >> i remember when you guys were there and we did so many interviews and it was the big press machine. i mean, we did a lot of things to promote the show. >> sorry. just gotta get through. >> we first met all the friends in 1994 just a few months after they started working together and from the very start we could tell this crew was tight. >> jennifer aniston, america. >> we were even there when the cast was having fun off the set. >> that was awesome. >> my parents, they're proud of me >> he's pret c rember that at all.

>> we were even on the set of matt's spin off series "joey" which brings us to this question. could there ever be a reboot? >> what we did say to each other was if we ever did reunite let's do it on "entertainment tonight." that was the goal. >> for 16 years we have been asking you about a "friends" reboot and now you said maybe. >> well, no, was getting me nowhere. maybe was getting me nowhere so i don't know i thought i would try yes and see what happened. >> so what do show creators marta kauffman and david crane have to say about it. >> we got it right. why mess with it? >> it's a show about the time in your life when your friends are your family and once you start having a family of your own it changes and relationships change. so the show is no longer viable in this new world. >> well, one thing we know for sure, this cast is still real life friends goals for us. >> it's like no time has elapsed. you know, you put six petogethe when need be, we're still pretty tight.

>> i'm holding out hope. >> we'll keep asking. here's what i get from that never say never. intends volunteers if they don't give money make a lot of phone calls in other states. and you can expect them a lot of volunteers to in california to be calling around on behalf of republicans said any a trump visit does help california republicans just as when obama visited any state throughout the union that helped as well. so those are the big topics for this week. it's each week we also want to and have with sort of a shrug of the shoulders the silliness of politics or can you believe this about politics we're going to ask you to name this last segment. but here's the for him it. it's th they took $12.8 billion from

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travel consideration provided by -- celebrating an "e.t." birthday aiesha tyler who turns 49. she joined season nine and ten as joey and ross' girlfriend. >> pivot, pivot, pivot. >> shut up, shut up. >> ross turned rivot into one of our friends' lines ever. >> pivot! >> your line, oh, my god, so memorable. >> thank you for helping us out today and

>>tonight at 8 a heartbreaking story out of san francisco father his daughter and their dog died in a house fire early this morning, thanks for joining us tonight. i'm can wait. >>theresa for pam moore, the fire started around 2 o'clock this morning on delay, no avenue in san francisco's mission terrorists neighborhood that's where we find kron four's justine waltman she joins us now with an update just justine. >>well friends and neighbors have been stopping by the home. all day long leaving flowers at a growing memorial out here on the family's driveway family gone in a blink of an eye in a roaring overnight fire. a memorial of flowers sits next to the ashes of the