david schwimmer. remember david schwimmer?red 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 -

>> 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

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. >> wha

. >> we may have written the word pivot, but david schwimmer made them come alive. >> and matthew perryup. >> the show's success made it a revolving door for big guest stars, including brad pitt, tom sellick, and julia roberts, not to mention quirky side characters like gunther and of course janice. >> oh, my god. >> when the show finally ended in 2004, the cast told "today" was hard to say good-bye. >> we hate talking about it, we hate thinking about it >> it's just all so unbelievably surreal, and yeah, it will be hard. >> it's ten years. it's a longer time than you spend in, you know, high school, college, those relationships combined. whole new generation of fans since it started streaming on netflix. >> we live in this era of reboots right now, you probably get asked all the time, will this show ever come back again >> watch my face. >> it's there every day, wasn't that the comeback. we got it right, lightning in a bottle, all that, you'll never repeat that. why try. >> should we get some coffee >> sure. >> where >> even after 25 years, the show's loyal fans refuse to take a break.

to the friend's couch so we had a tour, and saw the cool stuff and then i had a chance to meet david schwimmerop loving it. that episode with the cat please go watch it. ed: normally, we got adam with a cone, double cone here. what's going on over there. jedediah: adam you're getting a little sloppy i've got to say. griff: it's warm out here. >> which leads me perfect into the forecast, it's going to be warm in the eastern half of the country, 71 degrees currently in new york city, and 76, do you know what it's really hard to do , come take my ice cream cones there we go. now i can pull out the clicker and actually move these forecast graphics a little bit. it's going to be running up to 84 in new york city, 90 in cleveland 71 in memphis, a hot one here on the eastern half of the country and i came here and grabbed this because there's a couple signs, i would say we're is your dad? >> long island. >> happy birthday, dad. is he taking you out to dinner for getting on tv? >> i think we get out of it now , right? >> we had to take him to dinner >> you're definitely out of it now just bring him so