For me, the funniest gag was Chandler being sent to Tulsa after falling asleep during a meeting and inadvertently agreeing to a temporary transfer.
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At its best, the situation comedy "Friends" captures the Zeitgeist of the 1990s with startling accuracy. That it is funny without resorting to cruel ironies only solidifies the cheery, optimistic outlook of the show´s creators. Sure, some of its sarcastic jokes hit a little close to home, but the characters seem to care genuinely for one another and about being good people (unlike the tools in "Seinfeld").
Warner Bros.´s first "Friends" DVDs consisted of "Best of ´Friends´" collections. Those releases were a hodge-podge of episodes from various seasons. Thankfully, the studio has come to its senses and is now releasing "Friends" season by season. "Friends": The Complete Ninth Season Box Set includes twenty-three episodes on four DVDs. Each episode contains footage not seen during its original broadcast. Mostly, these are mere seconds that were cut here and there in order to fit in a couple of extra commercials on the air.
Disc 1: "The One Where No One Proposes", "The One Where Emma Cries", "...the Pediatrician", "...the Sharks", "...Phoebe´s Birthday Dinner", "...the Male Nanny".
Disc 2: "...Ross´s Inappropriate Song", "...Rachel´s Other Sister", "...Rachel´s Phone Number", "...Christmas in Tulsa", "The One Where Rachel Goes Back to Work", "...Phoebe´s Rats".
Disc 3: "The One Where Monica Sings", "...the Blind Dates", "...the Mugging", "...the Boob Job", "...the Memorial Service", "...the Lottery".
Disc 4: "...Rachel´s Dream", "...the Soap Opera Party", "...the Fertility Test", "...the Donor", "The One in Barbados".
During the show´s run, Jennifer Aniston (Rachel), Courteney Cox Arquette (Monica), Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe), Matt LeBlanc (Joey), Matthew Perry (Chandler), and David Schwimmer (Ross) have become highly-paid stars. Their chemistry makes the show, for they simply look like people who wouldn´t mind hanging out with one another 24/7. I also like how the show reaches back into the characters´ pasts to provide a sense of where the six friends will be in the future. That respect for how the sextet came to be gives the characters a solid base for their growth as fully-realized personas.
Season Eight ended with Rachel thinking that Joey proposed to her. Therefore, Season Nine begins with the six friends dealing with the aftermath of Rachel´s mis-assumption. In all the confusion, Rachel decides that getting back together with Ross isn´t what she wants in life. This leads to several musical-beds moments, culminating in a trip to Barbados that has Ross falling in love with a beautiful fellow paleontologist (played by Aisha Tyler) and with Joey damning the torpedoes and kissing Rachel after all. Meanwhile, Phoebe has her own love triangle after actor Hank Azaria returns as the off-kilter scientist who was the love of her life before she met Mike (Paul Rudd), a blind date introduced by Joey out of the blue since he (Joey) forgot to look for a real blind date for a double date with Phoebe and one of her friends. (I know, this can be really confusing sometimes.)
For me, the funniest gag was Chandler being sent to Tulsa after falling asleep during a meeting and inadvertently agreeing to a temporary transfer. This leads to several funny set-ups such as Monica thinking that her husband watches "shark porn". However, this bit gets dropped after a while--which is disappointing since it´s always refreshing to see the cast interact extensively with other people.
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