单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,*,*,Friends is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman,which originally aired on NBC from September 22,1994,to May 6,2004.It lasted ten seasons and is now in syndication.It revolves around a circle of friends living in Manhattan.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.,Jennifer Aniston portrays Rachel Green,a fashion enthusiast and Monica Gellers best friend from childhood.Rachel first moves in with Monica in season one after nearly marrying Barry Farber,whom she realizes she does not love.Rachel and Ross Geller are later involved in an on-again-off-again relationship throughout the series.Rachel dates other men during the series,such as an Italian neighbor,Paolo,in season one,her client Joshua Bergin in season four,her assistant Tag in season seven,and Joey Tribbiani in season ten.Rachels first job is as a waitress at the coffeehouse Central Perk,but she later becomes an assistant buyer at Bloomingdales in season three,and a buyer at Ralph Lauren in season five.Rachel and Ross have a daughter named Emma in The One Where Rachel Has a Baby,Part Two at the end of season eight.In the final episode of the series Ross and Rachel finally confess their love for each other,Rachel giving up a job in Paris to be with him.,Courteney Cox portrays Monica Geller,the mother hen of the group and a chef,12 known for her perfectionist,bossy,competitive,and obsessive-compulsive nature.1314 Monica is often jokingly teased by the others for having been extremely overweight as a child,especially by her brother Ross.Monica works as a chef in various restaurants throughout the show.Monicas first serious relationship is with long-time family friend Richard Burke,who is twenty-one years her senior.The couple maintains a strong relationship until Richard expresses that he does not want to have children much to Monicas dismay.Monica and Chandler Bing later start a relationship after spending a night with each other in London in the season four finale,leading to their marriage in season seven and adoption of twins at the end of the series.,Lisa Kudrow portrays Phoebe Buffay,an eccentric masseuse and self-taught musician.Phoebe lived in uptown New York with her mother until her mother committed suicide and Phoebe took to the streets.Phoebe is ditsy but street smart,and writes and sings her own quirky songs,accompanying herself on the guitar.She has an evil identical twin named Ursula,who shares Phoebes quirkiness,but unlike Phoebe seems to be selfish and uncaring.Phoebe is childlike and innocent in disposition.Phoebe tends to use her past misfortunes such as her mothers suicide as sympathy ploys.,Matt LeBlanc portrays Joey Tribbiani,a struggling actor and food lover who becomes famous for his role on soap opera Days of our Lives as Dr.Drake Ramoray.Joey is a simple-minded womanizer with many short-term girlfriends throughout the series.Despite his womanizing tendencies,Joey is an innocent and caring character with good intentions.Joey often uses the catchphrase pick-up line How you doin?in his attempts to win over women,including Rachels sister Jill.Joey rooms with his best friend Chandler for years and later a while with Rachel.He falls in love with Rachel in season eight,18 but Rachel politely tells Joey that she does not share the same feelings.They eventually date briefly in season ten,but after realizing it will not work due to their friendship and more importantly Rachels complicated relationship with Ross,they return to being friends as before.,Matthew Perry portrays Chandler Bing,an executive in statistical analysis and data reconfiguration for a large multi-national corporation.Chandler quits his job and becomes a junior copywriter at an advertising agency during season nine.Chandler has a peculiar family history being the son of an erotic novelist mother and a gay,cross-dressing Las Vegas star father.Chandler is known for his sarcastic sense of humor and bad luck in relationships.Chandler marries Monica in season seven,and they adopt twins at the end of the series.Before his relationship with Monica,Chandler dated Janice Hosenstein in season one and subsequently broke up with her many times.Matthew Perry has expressed his similarities to the character such as his need to break an awkward silence with a joke and difficulties with women when first joining the show.,David Schwimmer portrays Ross Geller,Monica Gellers older brother,a paleontologist working at the Museum of Natural History,and later a professor of paleontology at New York University.Ross is a sweet-natured man of good humor,although he is often clumsy and socially awkward.Ross is involved in an on-again-off-again relationship with Rachel throughout the series.Ross has three failed marriages during the series:Rachel,Emily,and Carol,a lesbian who