Come join me as a I re-watch one of my favorite nostalgic shows to find out if it was really as bad as all the generations after me seem to believe it is. There will be a discussion (with myself), mostly as I try to rationalize why I still think its a good watch, but we'll try and keep it scientific (well pseudo-scientific... ok in no way scientific but there will be numbers), give it a score and come to a decision once and for all.
Send us Fan Mail If Tv is to be believed, random nudity was going to happen with this many attractive twenty-somethings in one space, though I believe lived experience would beg to differ. Plus our ongoing discussion about how its impossible to define yourself in your twenties without your parents, even if it isn't in a good way, and how far will networks go to manipulate their audiences, with sex, or more accurately, the hint of sex.
26 Jul 2026
Foosball and Lasagna
Send us Fan Mail We finally see the most important character of the series introduced, the Foosball table. Plus something about a baby, a bad friend and a catering screw-up. But really did we need anything after table soccer? I thought not.
17 Jul 2026
Lady Byng
Send us Fan Mail That is not a typo, this episode will start with a discussion of the wife of very late Canadian Governor General Lord Byng for reasons which may be apparent only to me before rounding of with the first fictional lady of smut fiction, Nora Bing. And sandwiched in between we'll rate Monica and Phoebe's friendship building through attempted murder, sexual assault and unwanted random gift buying. Fun, no?
29 Jun 2026
David and Marcel
Send us Fan Mail Its New Years Eve and the Gang publish compelling evidence about which thing is harder to live without, your mom's turkey or meaningless sex with an annoying person you hardly know. Plus we get to see the fledgling moments of the most important and enjoyable relationship over the ten years that follow and spoiler alert it doesnt involve a monkey.
22 Jun 2026
A Tribute to James Burrows
Send us Fan Mail A very brief tribute to a man few of us knew, but whose work attested to the fact that he knew us. Late, great television director, James Burrows.
22 Jun 2026
Orphan Thanksgiving
Send us Fan Mail My Favorite thing, our first holiday episode people. We got burned turkey, we have unspecified venereal diseases, we see classic sitcom misdirection hijinks, we observe in realtime the emotional weight of being part of a blended family when half of the other adults in the equation hate your guts (really this could be referring to Ross or Susan). Its like a Freaking Norman Rockwall magic eye over here people, Drink, It, In!
15 Jun 2026
Sweet and Low
Send us Fan Mail Chandler is in Crisis! Nana's dead! Ross is in a hole! Is this the worst ever week for our heros or a random 7 days in late fall that will be quickly forgotten? You'll never guess which unless you listen.
4 Jun 2026
NBC Saving Money on the Power Bill
Send us Fan Mail In this weeks episode our friends are confronted with the most evil foe of all, the network gimmick. Would they overcome the odds and make something funny in this world of crass consumerism or would they crash and burn into the pits of obscurity. Whose to know? Find out right here.
1 Jun 2026
The Shwang, the Butt and the Very Pretty Lady
Send us Fan Mail Episode 6, a quarter of the way through season one and we get into some of the best jokes of the first season, and also some serious discussion about gender roles in film and relationships, Chandler trying to be a good guy, and what it was like to be a struggling artist in the 90's. Or so I assume. I was a struggling teenager so I'm mostly just guessing. Also Matt Leblanc dances and Ass-acts all in the same episode, whats not to like.
17 Apr 2026
Mixing In a Little Colour, It Doesn't Go Well
Send us Fan Mail This ones a little rough, all the creepy incest jokes can't distract from the casual racism in this one. Plus we have to ask ourselves the question, how bad did Rachel smell by the end of the Episode four timeline and is that why everyone is so mean to her?
2 Apr 2026
The Girls Get Pervy and the Boys Just Wine
Send us Fan Mail Are the ladies creeps or just opportunistic? Is Ross's so pathetic its almost a superpower? Tune in to find out.
30 Mar 2026
The Pilot, Theirs and Mine
Send us Fan Mail Its the first one. My thoughts on the very first episode of one of the biggest shows of a generation, seen through the lens of one of its biggets fans trying to decide if its still any good.
30 Mar 2026
The Modern Family 1.0
Send us Fan Mail The biggest narrative spark for the whole series is dropped, does it still have any heat or does it fizzle out? Plus a riveting discussion of early nineties pasta presentation.
30 Mar 2026
Its Filler Time!
Send us Fan Mail The first time we see this comedy just be a comedy. Is it funny or just painful. Plus why were banks in 90's TV so incompetent in favour of the consumer?
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