Absolutely. I thought of that too. The whole situation was of course made worse with Monica telling Ross how stupid he was to not realise that Emily was 'right'. Another pinhead. It was his wedding too but hey, let's only consider the bride! Ridiculous. I only didn't mention it because she did do the right thing, in the end.

Tom Selleck has made similar comments, though in season 2 the cast probably weren't as much of a clique

No she didn't do anything with him. She backed away after he kissed her after her & Ross had already split up because she wasn't quite over Ross.

Another thing with Mark, didn't he say to Rachel that he always had a crush on her (or words to that effect) but didn't do anything about it as she was with Ross at the time?

Apart from the fact that he never showed any hint of a crush on her during the time they worked together he also had a girlfriend at the time, another colleague, who Ross initially mistook for Rachel when he came down to her office. Why didn't Mark also say during his 'crush' conversation with Rachel that he had a girlfriend at the time?

I heard about that too.

It's interesting, it probably happens in a lot of cases in different TV shows. I heard stories of later cast members feeling a little left out in Buffy. I wonder if from Big Bang Theory, someone like Mayim Bialik felt left out.... however they look like a tight group on that show on the outside.

She has said herself that ironically, she didn't have any friends on friends and has hinted they were unfriendly, but plays it down now- probably just being professional.

Apparently Matthew Perry hit back at her saying "I don’t think anyone had heard of Helen Baxendale until she was in Friends. She bit the hand that fed her. Bad dog” which for me, just confirms what she was saying.

It doesn't surprise me. I would imagine their egos where pretty huge by that time. I mean, Matt Le Blanc always seems friendly, but the others are a bit iffy if you ask me.

I remember Johnny Vaughan did a show about them, ages ago and they all seemed very cliquey and Lisa Kudrow, albeit in a jockey way, kept telling him to leave them alone. Granted, Johnny is pretty annoying, but he was doing a documentary about them, which they'd presumably agreed to, and they just seemed very cliquey and up themselves- not much charm to speak of, just ego, much like many American actors I find.

That's quite sad if Matthew Perry said that, I agree with you about Matt Le Blanc. He seems like a really nice bloke in real life, and actually Jen does too. I'd say them two are the easiest to get along with.

I always assumed Matthew Perry and Courtney Cox were hard work, especially Cox. Even on the show bloopers, she seems like she has a face like a slapped behind most of the time whereas the others seem to be having fun with it. Perhaps because she was (apparently) the most famous before 1994 and Friends made her even more of a diva. IRL she doesn't seem like the warmest person.

He may have made the crush stuff up to try butter Rachel up a bit I suppose.
I've always admired you from afar but am such a respectful guy I never acted on it comes across better than woo you're available let's do it!!

Regarding the Evilry of Emily...
I need to revisit her and Ross's relationship. He was falling for her and she was seeing another guy back in the UK.
Was this before or after he took a beating in Rugby,
We should have had a red flags about that Emily!!

I can't remember the exact story, but I read once that the reason why Susan was killed off in Seinfeld was because Jason Alexander and Julia Louis-Dreyfus found the actress difficult to work with. This possibly proves the theory about the main stars of sitcoms being cliquey. On the theme of Jason Alexander, I wonder how the cast treated him and any guest stars bigger than the main 6 such as Tom Selleck and Bruce Willis. Surely he was respected, but then again maybe most American actors have big egos?

I've heard that quote (in relation to Helen Baxendale) a couple of times before but it was cited as Matt Le Blanc's not Matthew Perry's.

Parker should have already known that Phoebe was a vegetarian. Even if Parker forgot as he was excited, Phoebe should have said

Yeah, it might have been. Article I read just said "Matthew", so I presumed Matthew Perry.

I always wondered - because with too much free time on my hands, I wonder about stuff like this - if the Rachel Green having a Doctor for a father was a nod to ER which started - I think - the same year.
Dr Mark Green in ER had a daughter called Rachel of course. There was even a Carol and a Susan in the show. And a Doctor Ross. Yeah, I'm pushing it a bit now...

Haha yea Rachel Green bemused me alright too
Oh the golden age of ER, what days those were.
Never forgive them for what they did to Romano tho. Was sickening.

Anyway.. You must've loved the guest starring from Clooney and Wyle

In a show like this, just comedy, I'm sure there's heaps of inconsistencies, I don't care. When Rachel wandered through to take a flight with Ross was one. Doesn't bother me.

Not sure if it's true or not but I did read that the party of Emily was originally written for Patsy Kensit who then turned it down as Liam was too busy with Oasis to go to LA with her and she wouldn't leave him for that long.

Awwww try and be a bit bothered for us

Orrr share your favourite or most humorous inconsistency?

We're all Friends here

On a slightly different note, one of my top Facebook moments was when I saw the post '...is now friends with Rachel Green'!

Wow that would have been terrible

I agree, as much as i hate helens acting in friends i can't imagine patsy playing that part

i heard baxenale was meant to come back fro the next series but couldnt-im glad awful actress-didnt fit i with the humour and how weird would it have been having ross married to her

Oh yeah I totally agree the first eight or nine series of ER was as good as American television is now. It dropped a lot after Anthony Edwards left, and as you say the ridiculous exit they gave Romano - was it meant to be funny?? - and it was dead in the water long before it finished. Shame really, If it ended when they killed off Mark Greene people would still be raving about it as a stone cold classic.

RE The Clooney and Wyle thing. Clooney was hilarious. One of the best guest stars they ever had for me. Noah Wyle bless him seemed as nervous as Charlie Sheen when he did his guest spot.

Not a gripe as such, but you notice how much the culture of celebrity changes during the run.

In season one, when Helen Hunt and Leila Kenzie walk into Central Perk, there is an applause heard by the audience.

Cut to season nine when Ross opens the door to reveal Freddie Prince Jr as Sandy, the screams are unreal!

Im pretty sure if i opened a door to see Freddie I would scream too lol. But i I only know Helen Hunt from What women want and i don't know Leila so wouldn't give a reaction to them if i was in the audience (I assume they're quite well known in USA compared to here)

The Robin Williams/Billy Crystal cameo seemed to be there because it was Robin Williams and Billy Crystal. I found that whole sequence smug, barely written - 'What where you saying Monica?' 'I have no idea.' - and, crucially, not remotely funny.