Still Friends

You know, you turn the TV on, surf the channels and there's nothing you want to watch. So what do you do you look for something you've seen a million times and trust will at least be bearable in the background. The king of such programs has to be Friends. We've been watching it for over a decade now, but if it's on we'll still check it out to see which episode it is! E4, the Channel 4 entertainment channel have been showing back to back episodes from 5-6pm every day for a while so it's convenient to stick it on after my daughter gets home from school - and it's great to watch it with her because it's the first time she's seen a lot of them and she is getting to just the right age to get a lot of the jokes. You can't help but think how life would have been without these 6 faces in it, so ubiquitous have they become. Some of the gags are so classic you could watch them a million times; the dialogue is always so sharp and never misses a single opportunity to wring every comedy droplet from the platinum chemistry of all the characters. And funny that from season to season your favourite changes because, I think, each of the 6 actors at one time has shone as having the best comic timing. Not even a contender for TV hall of fame - it's been there from the start and there it will stay. Kx