"Friends" producers plan low-key finale
David
'Friends' Aims for Low-Key Finale
The finale of "Friends" will be treated as a regular episode and not
aim for a big high-concept finish, "Friends" producers Marta Kauffman,
David Crane and Kevin Bright said at a Television Critics Association
press tour panel with the cast and producers on the "Friends" set.
"Hopefully, the last episode will be organic," Mr. Crane said.
The final episode will consist of two parts, which will run back to
back. The final table read of the finale took place Monday and one
episode tapes this Friday, with the second part taping next Friday.
Producers said they hope to keep the finale's plot a secret by taping
crucial parts of it without a studio audience and with only essential
personnel on the set.
Ms. Kauffman and Mr. Crane said they struggled to write the final
scene of the finale because they weren't psychologically ready to let
the show go. "It be was daunting," Mr. Crane said.
The two producers had one scene left to write that they just couldn't
nail down, so instead they decided to just lop it off and end it.
"Friends" cast members used words such as "bittersweet" and "gutting"
to describe the final weeks on the set they have come to work on for
10 years. "We're like china," said Jennifer Aniston, who plays Rachel
Green. "We're like very delicate china right now and we're speeding
toward a brick wall."
Mr. Bright and Matt LeBlanc, who plays Joey Tribiani, will go on to
create and executive produce the spinoff "Joey" for next fall. Mr.
Crane and Ms. Kauffman, who created "Friends," said they chose not to
do the spinoff because they wanted to take a break from series
television. "We're tired," Mr. Crane said. "We're ready for a nap. A
new show takes a tremendous amount of energy."
The finale of "Friends" will not be a set-up for the beginning of
"Joey," and the producers and cast were reluctant to discuss the
spinoff because they still haven't closed the book on "Friends."
However, "Friends" cast members said they would be open to making
guest appearances on "Joey." David Schwimmer, who plays Ross Gellar
and has directed episodes of "Friends," said he would be happy to
guest star or direct episodes of "Joey" if he were asked.
Morehits4u
>From: diml...@yahoo.com (David)
>Date: 1/13/04 10:38 PM Central Standard Time
>Message-id: <4004c7bd...@news.individual.net>
weeks....what with the concern and all
>
>
>
>
>
My2Cents
Monica and Chandler move to the burbs to prepare for their upcoming family.
Phoebe marries her beau and all is lovely.
Joey of course, moves to LA for his acting career and..
Ross and Rachel decide to reunite to raise their child and renew their love...
<cough cough gag cough>
THEN...Bob Newhart awakens to the realization that it all was just a dream.
JMH
"My2Cents" <dan...@mail.com> wrote in message
news:75a2e6cd.04011...@posting.google.com...
> I'll venture a guess:
>
> Monica and Chandler move to the burbs to prepare for their upcoming
family.
agreed
> Phoebe marries her beau and all is lovely.
agreed
> Joey of course, moves to LA for his acting career and..
agreed
> Ross and Rachel decide to reunite to raise their child and renew their
love...
agreed
> <cough cough gag cough>
>
> THEN...Bob Newhart awakens to the realization that it all was just a
dream.
no. it will all be a book that someone was writing (like roseanne)
Brandon K.
Actually it's revealed to be all in the imagination of a little autistic boy.
David
wrote:
That would be a hell of a mess for "Joey" to get out of
JMH
"Brandon K." <bkost...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:d11979ba.04011...@posting.google.com...
was this the ending of a show???
David
Yep, "St. Elsewhere"
JMH
"David" <diml...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:40063064...@news.individual.net...
Oh, I think that was before my time.
Scott
that Joey was unknowingly cast in.
"JMH" <jmh...@ptd.net> wrote in message news:<NJydna745Lo...@ptd.net>...
JMH
news:31c5522d.04011...@posting.google.com...
> Maybe it will be revealed that it was all an elaborate Reality TV show
> that Joey was unknowingly cast in.
>
that might be kind of funny
Jonathan Roberts
> that it all was just a dream.
I've always thought that the biggest gag they could pull on "Friends"
viewers was for the show to turn out to be a fever-dream of the
14-year-old Phoebe, dying homeless on the street in NYC.
--
-- Jon
----------------------------------------------
To reach me reverse: moc(dot)xobop(at)ggestran
cookie dude
>> THEN...Bob Newhart awakens to the realization that it all was just
>> a dream.
>
> I've always thought that the biggest gag they could pull on "Friends"
> viewers was for the show to turn out to be a fever-dream of the
> 14-year-old Phoebe, dying homeless on the street in NYC.
That actually sounds pretty cool. Plus, it'd quite comfortably explain
why they've all been acting like morons the last year and a half. Cos,
y'know, anything goes with Phoebe
--
My wallet's too small for my fifties
and my diamond shoes are too tight
http://fear.mybigmouth.com
BudGan25
Muse
> from tv week
>
> 'Friends' Aims for Low-Key Finale
>
Keith
> dan...@mail.com (My2Cents) wrote in message news:<75a2e6cd.04011...@posting.google.com>...
> > I'll venture a guess:
> >
> > THEN...Bob Newhart awakens to the realization that it all was just a dream.
>
> Actually it's revealed to be all in the imagination of a little autistic boy.
"Friends" already shares realities with both "St Elsewhere", "The Bob
Newhart Show" and "Newhart".
For details, check out this site "Tommy Westphall's Mind: A Multiverse
Explored" - http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kwgow/crossovers.html
Keith
David
>bkost...@yahoo.com (Brandon K.) wrote in message news:<d11979ba.04011...@posting.google.com>...
>> dan...@mail.com (My2Cents) wrote in message news:<75a2e6cd.04011...@posting.google.com>...
>> > I'll venture a guess:
>> >
><snip>
>> > THEN...Bob Newhart awakens to the realization that it all was just a dream.
>>
>> Actually it's revealed to be all in the imagination of a little autistic boy.
>
>"Friends" already shares realities with both "St Elsewhere", "The Bob
>Newhart Show" and "Newhart".
Let's see if I can manage without any web-help.
Caroline from "Caroline in the City" appeared on "Friends"
Niles and Daphne from "Frasier" appeared on "Caroline in the City"
"Frasier" was spun off from "Cheers"
Carla from "Cheers" had her baby on "St. Elsewhere"
A patient on "St. Elsewhere" was also a patient on "The Bob Newhart
Show"
"Newhart" was a dream of Bob of "The Bob Newhart Show"
So they aren't really in the same reality since "Friends" can be
traced back to being a dream of "Bob Newhart"
Jim
>>> little autistic boy.
>>
>>was this the ending of a show???
>
> Yep, "St. Elsewhere"
Hmmm, the then-governor of Massachusetts, Michael S. Dukakis,
appeared on _St. Elsewhere_ as "himself" (he had been jogging and
twisted his ankle or something). Does that mean that
Massachusetts exists only in the imagination of a little autistic
boy?
Jim
David
No but it means that the boy followed local politics intensely enough
to have dreams about the politicians.
Ryan
like Cheers did and piss off fans with
a non-fireworks finale. OTOH, I hope
Kaufman and Crane are just setting us
up for a shocker. But if they end it
blandly, my finish would be:
Jason shows up and slaughters the cast
and writers.
G. M. Lupo
: I'm fearing they're going to blow it
: like Cheers did and piss off fans with
: a non-fireworks finale. OTOH, I hope
: Kaufman and Crane are just setting us
: up for a shocker. But if they end it
: blandly, my finish would be:
I heard Ross and Rachel are going to Muldavia to get married.
Matt Lupo
--
G. M. Lupo a.k.a. matt at lupo dot com
Up on the hill, they think I'm okay
Or so they say...
MontanaSkies
> I heard Ross and Rachel are going to Muldavia to get married.
Maybe it'll be another drunken Vegas wedding...
Keith
True, but they are all the dream of Tommy Westphall from "St
Elsewhere" anyway, so it's all nitpicking ;-)
Keith