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 dont 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. Youre gonna love it. Ten years, 236 episodes and six friends we cant get enough of. Hi. Were here for entertainment tonight with televisions courtney cox and televisions 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. Joey doesnt 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 aroundea a lot of which are here on this show too. Jennifer aniston waited tables and worked as a telemarketer to make ends meet. Now shes one of the highest paid actresses in the world. I worked in a Swimming Pool store testing pool water. Really . Yeah. Thats pretty weird. Sometimes did service calls, back washing filters. Hey baby we all remember courtney coxs big break dancing in the dark. Today shes mom to 15yearold coco and teaching her famous catch phrase to an adorable toddler named sonny. I know. What did you 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 shes mom to 21yearold son julian and still hanging with her famous friends. Matthew perry proved hes 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 . Im getting a manicure this morning. Thats okay, right . I mean it says man right in the world. I assume were 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 2016s the people versus o. J. Simpson. For starters the cy trare holdi screenings. And check out this popup installation in new york where diehard fans can recreate some classic friends moments. Having a turkey on my head, that was pretty funny. Who is that . Its joey. The popup is also where we met up with some famous friends of friends. Heads up bingalings. Its maggie wheeler. Oh, my god it said fast talking new yorker and i read the scene and i saw that it said moose and squirrel, squirrel and moose. Or you can mix and match. I heard her in my head. I thought, okay, thats where im 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. In new york. It did spark some worldwide caves. It blows my mind. I bought a house, bought a new car. Theyre interested in the hair. Okay fine. Its a surprise people find me a sex symbol. Im not brad pitt. Im not this im not hunk. We actually became really popular the summer after it aired. Weve arrived. Arrived and still here making bank. Each friend reportedly pulls down a cool 20 million a year thanks 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 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 thats all i can say about it. And we were obsessed with their reallife romances. When courtney married David Arquette in 1999, producers jokingly changed everyones 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. Mething to me. Matthew dating lia roberts was everything. They met when she guested on the show in 1995. N womens 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 werent 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. Ive heard that 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. Youre so slow. Is it true that you had to dye your hair to play gunther . I had to keep dyeing it. They were like we like that look. Keep it for ten years. Thats why i dont have any hair left. Keep it here. Were going to show you things you dont know about the friends. But they dont know that we know they know we know. Bet ya didnt know courtney and jennifer originally auditioned for each others 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 heres the truth. Not me. No . No, i didnt audition for phoebe from friends. I didnt audition for anybody on friends. Yeah, i didnt 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. Its a cool character. I would have been so happy to be on a show like that. But they both d jon did six episodes as monicas boyfriend. I bought a restaurant and i would like you to be the head chef. What . The show was originally called six of one. Thats the pilot script with the old title signed by all the friends. Get this t season ten almost didnt happen. Its rumored jennifer was ready to move on from playing rachel and that brad didnt 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 tightknit 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. How you doin . A whose who of a list guest stars. 191 in all. Their surprising stories. Ive got a good memory. Time on the set. Im 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 . Which cast member was the easiest to crack up . The city with the most millennials living at home. We all live together here. Its myself, my dad, and my husband, and our three dogs. We hear a lot about millennials, but did you know that more than one in four are caring for a loved one. As the years went on, she took on more and more responsibility. So how do you financially prepare for needing care one day . Its something everybody really should think about, but precious few really do. Planning for the future together, thats financial wellness. Talk to a Financial Advisor or start your plan now at prudential. Tomorrow only e. T. Is with sar jess park zipping wine welcome back to our e. T. Special, the one where friends turns 25. Cat smelly cat did you know lisa cokudrow couldnt 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 its not your fault the easiest friend to crack up on set, that would be lisa who used to stop production because she couldnt stop laughing. Its funny. I cant wait for you to hear it. The biggest pranksters who ruined everybody elses take . That would be matt and matthew of course. Oh, soap opera digest. As for the cutest scene stealers . Its his dad. Its 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 wont. Thatll make us laugh more. No, do it. Okay. Or the parker colonial [ bleep ]. Excuse me. Sorry. What you never heard it before . Wait until you see e. T. s lost moments with the cast. The big star who went wild for matt. I dont remember that at all. Plus arent 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 if your dishwasher doesnt get dishes completely dry. Try finish jetdrys new stronger formula. It dries 100 better than detergent alone even plastics. Get dishes drier than you ever thought possible. Try finish jetdry. They say at a certain age you just stop caring. I wonder what age that is. Simply ageless with hyaluronic complex. Plumps and hydrates for your best skin at any age. From covergirl. Back to e. T. s special tribute, the one where friends turns 25. I win the award for wearing all of chandlers clothing. I think the line is could i be wearing anymore clothes. Im chandler. Could i be wearing anymore clothes . Janice would say oh, my god. I love how you go from maggie to 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 . Dont it was so great. It was such an indelible moment in my life, being at central perk and working with jennifer aniston. Hi, rachel. Im dr. Mitchell. And im his friend dr. Rosen. Arent 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. Im getting a laugh on this line. God bless the chick pea. The person who i had all my scenes with who was just an angel was lisa kudrow. Being here with all of you in event room c, i feel so lucky. I wish that was him in real life. Thats when you played the positive person, right . Right. What do you mean you wish i played that person in real life . Im sorry. Thats who i am. Im a positive person. Hey, peter. Its me rhonda from ps369. I gave you my snack pack. See, he pretend he dont even hear me. A lot of people remember me, gabrielle union, aiesha tyleac american on friends and then someone from the network was youre the first African AmericanLove Interest. Im 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 im like i look the same dont i. I was on that show. Yes. Dont learn the words. Let the words learn you. Couldnt 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 jennifers exes. She was breaking up with then boyfriend tate donovan when he played her Love Interest on the show. Sometimes we would slip and theyll be like hold it a second. You guys dont know each other. Oh, all right. All right. But 8yearold cole sprouse is the one who had a crush on her. What is my first line . What did we agree . Okay. I dont 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 tenepisode arc on the show. Wow, your lip went bald. That cast was family. Everybody was sitting on everybodys laps courtney was sitting on someones 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. Lets see how this movie turns out. If it does well, you can be on the show. If it doesnt, its bruce willis to block. Joey . Hi, ross. You cant 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 cant believe im here. I dont know. Is that a good memory . What was it like that very last episode . It was incredibly emoti saying goodbye 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 doesnt 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 when the cast was having fun off the set. That was awesome. My parents, theyre proud of me. From movie premiers to photo shoots. Yeah, thats 13yearold jessica biel before seventh heaven hit the air. Hes pretty cute. I have to say hes pretty cute in real life. Oh, i dont remember that at all. We were even on the set of matts 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 lets 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 have to say about it. We got it right. Why mess with it . When your frie 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. Its like no time has elapsed. You know, you put six people in a building with no windows for ten years all day every day and then let them out. They are going to drift apart, but then, when they get back together, its like it never stopped. When need be, were still pretty tight. Im holding out hope. Well keep asking. Heres what i get from that never say never. A true match means. No boundaries. Between my skin and my foundation. 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