Jerry Seinfeld took a jab at Friends, claiming the show copied his hit sitcom Seinfeld.
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Seinfeld Calls Friends a Beautiful Knockoff
Jerry Seinfeld took a jab at Friends, claiming the show copied his hit sitcom Seinfeld.The comedian, 72, took part in the Netflix Is a Joke festival at the Gree...
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The comedian, 72, took part in the Is a Joke festival at the Greek Theatre in on Tuesday, where he teasingly mocked the beloved series starring .
'Here's my theory on Friends,' Seinfeld said, according to Variety. ' My show came on ’89, ’90. Friends came on a few years later.'
'I think NBC was watching my show and went, "Hey, this is working pretty well. Why don't we try the same thing with good-looking people?"'
'And that was a pretty good idea. I think that kind of worked,' Seinfeld - who was recently seen on a - added.
The topic came up when Seinfeld asked the crowd to guess what his all-time favorite television show was.
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Jerry Seinfeld, 72, took a jab at Friends, claiming the show copied his hit sitcom Seinfeld, as he took part in the Netflix Is a Joke festival in Los Angeles on Tuesday; Seen in 2018
'I think NBC was watching my show and went, "Hey, this is working pretty well. Why don't we try the same thing with good-looking people?"' he said; Friends stars seen in promotional snap
One fan shouted out his show Seinfeld, the beloved NBC sitcom that he led for nine seasons.
'Seinfeld? I am Seinfeld. Why would I watch Seinfeld?' he jokingly questioned.
In 2021, The Rolling Stone released their list of the 100 best sitcoms of all time, with Seinfeld taking third place and Friends sitting at number 38
Speaking to The Times, the actress, who is currently starring in a new season of The Comeback, revealed the cast still rake in an astonishing $20 million a year in residuals.
In the same interview, Kudrow reflected on why the series continues to generate such enormous residual income, suggesting its enduring success is more than justified.
‘After Matthew died I watched the show again. Before, I only saw what I did wrong or could have done better, but for the first time I truly appreciated just how great it was,’ Kudrow explained, referencing the tragic passing of Perry, who died on October 28, 2023, at the age of 54 from the acute effects of ketamine.
'Because there was a genius at work. And whatever any of us do in the future, we will never experience something like that again.'
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She added, 'I felt I did OK, but Jennifer and Courteney? Amazing. David and Matt? They had me laughing so hard. And then Matthew – he was just beyond us all.'
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