[Mr. Silverback]

The media is giving this event about as much coverage as it would give the second coming of Christ—maybe even more.

Definitely more. If Jesus came back today, most of the current media would hide under their desks.

a drunken Las Vegas wedding that soon ended in divorce

Britney Spears guest starred? I didn't know that...

various premarital sexual relationships and partner swapping

I haven't watched the show in 6 or 7 years, but"partner-swapping"? I think that's a stretch. It's only partner swapping if it goes, "Here's my wife/girlfriend, go ahead and sleep with her while I sleep with your wife/girlfriend."

unwed motherhood—the television kind of motherhood, that is, where the baby hardly ever inconveniences anyone or even shows up.

Yeah, that sucks, but at least they didn't try to make abortion funny.

[Mr. Silverback]

BreakPoint/Chuck Colson Ping!

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[Windsong]

"Yeah, that sucks, but at least they didn't try to make abortion funny"

Watch the Seinfeld episode called "The Couch" for a pardody of the abortion issue that is guarnteed a laugh. Elaine is obviously a pro-abortion girl, but Jerry seems to swing in the other direction.

[Mr. Silverback]

RAND Corp says we should use episodes of "Friends" in sex-ed courses.

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[Mr. Bird]

I lost interest in the show after a couple of years (the ages of the characters correspond with mine, and the absurdity of the "situations" in this sit-com got to be too much). But I think Colson is overreacting a bit.

You bring up a good point regarding unwed motherhood vs. abortion. It is no small feat that the show allowed the child to be born. Additionally, the shows I've seen rarely revolved around the issues that concern Colson; the sex issues were always in the background to a degree. Compare that with Seinfeld's "The Contest" (possibly one of the funniest TV episodes ever), and Friends is pretty tame.

As for the preteen audience, that's the parents' responsibility.

[Bismarck]

"Friends" is just a so-so sitcom. It has some funny moments, but I don't get the hype. NBC has made way better sitcoms like Seinfeld or Frazier. In my opinion, the best sitcoms right now are King of Queens and Everybody Loves Raymond on CBS - yes, probably the only decent thing to watch on that unholy station. And of course, FOX's Malcolm in the Middle and Arrested Development.

[isthisnickcool]

I've never seen this show.

[Hodar]

This show is entertainment, and it delivered exactly that. "M*A*S*H" did not glorify war, or cross-dressing. "Married with Children" did not show the up side of a working family; "All in the Family" took difficult subjects, and let us laugh at them. "The Lone Ranger" didn't champion the vigilante', "Mr. Rogers" didn't push the up-side of psychosis, and "The Golden Girls" wasn't about Geritol and sex.

These shows are called satire. I think the author needs to lighten up.

[reagan_fanatic]

I never understood the appeal of Friends. If seemed to me to be one long, agonizing exersize in how many different ways you can make jokes about penises, sex, boobs and butts.

Good riddance to bad garbage.

[VoiceOfBruck]

My first thought when I heard the first of many advertisements for Friends' last episode on the radio (don't watch TV): Is that show still on the air?

[pabianice]

I watched the show twice, didn't laugh once, and never watched again. Any other Freepers have a similar reaction?

[NoClones]

didn't know it was still on the air - haven't watched broadcast in over a decade.

[Pylot]

I have never watched a single episode.

[Paulus Invictus]

How did this piece of immoral TV tripe last 10 years? I watched once, merely to see what they had to offer. It was so bad I logged off permanently. The worst thing of all will be the endless reruns of this show.

[djf]

They should bring back "Thirtysomething".

"Friends", I can do without. Seen one, seen 'em all. Pretty mindless stuff.

But then the word "amuse" is really a-muse, which basically means not-think!

[Hilander1931]

Friends? What's that I seem to recall sore sort of sitcom, but I have never watched it - can't stand sitcoms. But what is even less standable is this idiocy of some sort of National Mourning that a 30 minute bit of massive twittery is going off the air. Who needs it.

[Guvmint_Cheese]

If Jesus came back today, most of the current media would hide under their desks.

Nah, if Jesus came back today, the current media would say "Alleged Messiah Sighted, Supports Rumsfeld Dismissal." The so-called "Fourth Estate" is a bunch of heathens who'd twist anything to suit their twisted wishes.

[Afghan Whig]

Friends isn't SO bad...still, there are only three things girls watch in college: Friends, reality TV, and MTV...thank god for movie rentals.

[LonePalm]

I won't be watching Friends tonight. I have NEVER seen an episode and I don't want to break my streak.

I will continue by NOT watching Friends when it goes into reruns.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[jimt]

Fortunately, in their ten year run I've never seen the show even once. Of course that's true of the vast majority of network TV...

[Stone Mountain]

Am I, like the media, taking Friends too seriously?

I guess nobody told him life was going to be this way...