Series finale was taped Friday Saturday, January 24, 2004 Posted: 4:39 AM EST (0939 GMT)
[i]My Favorite show is coming to an end ....this April the final episode of F.R.I.E.N.D.S will air. [/i]
The enduring comedy "Friends," with the theme song that promises "I'll be there for you," wrapped its final episode Friday night in front of an invitation-only audience on a set veiled in secrecy, all part of a plan to avoid spoiling the surprise ending for fans.
The taping of the hour-long finale, scheduled to air in May, concluded shortly before midnight with an extended curtain call for the cast members, said a show representative who declined to be quoted by name.
Stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox Arquette, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer were joined for the taping on Stage 24 by an audience of about 200 people. A party was planned afterward, at a secret location.
The mood this week has been "deeply emotional, very sad," Peter Roth, president of Warner Bros. Television, said Friday. "But beyond the sadness, I think there is an enormous sense of accomplishment."
The cast, which shared real-life friendships as well as highly productive salary negotiations, talked with reporters last week about the series' end.
"Looking back on all the fun ... is not going to help me leave," Kudrow said. "I mean, that's exactly what I can't be thinking about because that's the saddest part for me."
Friday's studio audience was limited to "a very special, invited guest list," Roth said. Measures were taken to safeguard plot leaks, according to the show's producers.
"There are elements that the audience will not be seeing that we'll be shooting before the audience comes in," series creator and executive producer Marta Kauffman said last week. "And then you just keep your fingers crossed that everybody lives up to what they say that they will."
If Washington can leak, however, so can Hollywood. At least one tabloid claimed that it had the "Friends" scoop: parents Rachel and Ross (Aniston and Schwimmer) will reunite and husband and wife Monica (Cox Arquette) and Chandler (Perry) will become parents of twins, according to the National Enquirer.
However the May 6 finale plays out, will fans be satisfied?
"As one of the show's biggest fans, I am enormously satisfied with it. I was enormously satisfied with the script, and I certainly hope fans will be satisfied as well," Roth said.
The top-rated comedy for the past six seasons, "Friends" is going out in style. Thirty-second ads for the show are reportedly fetching $2 million, close to Super Bowl territory, according to Horizon Media, an ad buying firm.
In its 10 years, "Friends" received six nominations for best comedy series and won the award once, in 2002. A spinoff starring LeBlanc, "Joey," is set to debut next season on NBC.
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LOVE starts with a SMILE , grows with a KISS , and ends with a TEAR.
LOVE starts with a SMILE , grows with a KISS , and ends with a TEAR. DON'T cry over anyone who won't cry over you. Good FRIENDS are hard to find, harder to leave, and impossible to forget. You can only go as far as you push. ACTIONS speak louder than words. The HARDEST thing to do is watch the one you love, love somebody else. DON'T let the past hold you back, you're missing the good stuff. LIFE'S SHORT. If you don't look around once in a while you might miss it. A BEST FRIEND is like a four leaf clover, HARD TO FIND and LUCKY TO HAVE. Some people make the world SPECIAL just by being in it. BEST FRIENDS are the siblings God forgot to give us. When it HURTS to look back, and you're SCARED to look ahead, you can look beside you and your BEST FRIEND will be there. TRUE FRIENDSHIP "NEVER" ENDS. Friends are FOREVER. Good friends are like STARS You don't always see them, but you know they are ALWAYS THERE. DON'T frown. You never know who is falling in love with your smile. What do you do when the only person who can make you stop crying is the person who made you cry? Nobody is perfect until you fall in love with them. Everything is okay in the end. If it's not okay, then it's not the end. Most people walk in and out of your life, but only FRIENDS leave footprints in your heart. Send this on to everyone special in your life, even the people who really make you MAD sometimes and to the people whose lives you want to be in!!!
And send it back to the person who sent it to you if they mean something to you!! Remember, every minute spent angry is sixty seconds of happiness wasted.
Right Now, I am listening to MAROON 5 !! They are toooo great! Just check out the lyrics to my favorite song sung by them…Isn’t it beautiful!
[b] She will be Loved [/b]
Beauty queen of only eighteen She had some trouble with herself He was always there to help her She always belonged to someone else
I drove for miles and miles And wound up at your door I've had you so many times but somehow I want more
I don't mind spending everyday Out on your corner in the pouring rain Look for the girl with a broken smile Ask her if she wants to stay awhile And she will be loved She will be loved
Tap on my window knock on my door I want to make you feel beautiful I know I tend to get insecure It doesn't matter anymore
It's not always rainbows and butterflies It's compromise that moves us along My heart is full and my door's always open You can come anytime you want
I don't mind spending everyday Out on your corner in the pouring rain Look for the girl with the broken smile Ask her if she wants to stay awhile And she will be loved She will be loved
I know where you hide Alone in your car Know all of the things that make you who you are I know that goodbye means nothing at all Comes back and begs me to catch her every time she falls
(yeah) Tap on my window knock on my door I wanna make you feel beautiful
I don't mind spending everyday Out on your corner in the pouring rain (oh) Look for the girl with the broken smile Ask her if she wants to stay awhile And she will be loved And She will be loved And she will be loved (Please don't try so hard to say goodbye) And She will be loved
Please don't try so hard to say goodbye Please don't try so hard to say goodbye (I don't mind spending everyday out on your corner in the pouring rain)
