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Friends: A TVCU Quickie

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What's a quickie?   See this blog. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Friends  is an American  sitcom  created by  David Crane  and  Marta Kauffman , which originally aired for ten seasons on  NBC  from September 22, 1994 to May 6, 2004. It revolves around a circle of friends living in  Manhattan , a borough of  New York City . The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions , in association with  Warner Bros. Television . The original executive producers were  Kevin S. Bright ,  Marta Kauffman , and  David Crane , with numerous others being promoted in later seasons. Kauffman and Crane began developing  Friends  under the title  Insomnia Cafe  between November and December 1993. They presented the idea to Bright, with whom they had previously worked, and together they pitched a seven-page treatment of the series to NBC. After several script rewrites and changes, incl...

A Blog About Nothinig

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This blog is coming to you thanks to the inspiration from Gordon's last blog. WARNING:  THERE IS CONFLATION OF EVERY TIME JERRY SEINFELD HAS PLAYED HIMSELF IN A FICTIONAL SETTING. 1979 to 1988--SEINFELD--Buzsla and Ollu are living in separate apartments in the same building in New York City.  Buzsla has taken the name of Cosmo Kramer, and Ollu is now Newman.  While Kramer becomes good friends with comedian Jerry Seinfeld, Newman can't stand him.  In the final episode, Jerry Seinfeld, George (really Larry David), Elaine, and Kramer are on their way to Hollywood when NBC wants to make a show based on the four of them, called Jerry.  But circumstances wind them up in jail with a 10 year sentence.  Fortunately, they get out after just a few months, thanks to NBC execs.  The show does get picked up, but the name is changed to the Seinfeld Chronicles for the pilot, then simply Seinfeld for the series.  The show airs from 1989 to 1998.  This isn...