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Friends迷应该知道的100件事 （英汉对照）来源：Radio TimesThis was taken from article an in Radio Times on the 28/7/97. It contains nearly all of the information that all you real friends fans should know. 1. The first line of dialogue in the very first pilot episode of Friends was Theres nothing to tell.2. A 30-second commercial during the break in the show in America cost advertisers 500,000.3. Other titles considered for the series included Once upon a time in the West Village, Insomnia Caf and Across the Hall. The original title, Friends like Us, was shortened to the current one-worder.4. The six characters full names are Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston), Monica Geller (Courteney Cox), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Joey Tribbiani (Matt le Blanc), Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry) and Ross Geller (David Schwimmer).5. According to Aniston, her famous Rachel hairdo was created by accident when her friend Chris cut her hair with a razor.6. Courteney Cox, who was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, is known as CC to friends and family.7. David Schwimmer attended Beverly Hills High, the school on which the series Beverly Hills: 90210 was based.8. Matthew Perry appeared in Beverly Hills: 90210 earlier in his career. He said of his role: Its kind of a blur, but I remember playing the most popular kid in school who ends up with a gun in his mouth because his Dad is so overbearing.9. Perrys wit is so legendary that the scriptwriters have often incorporated his gags into the show. 10. Cox had the honour of being the first person to say period on American TV, making a commercial for Tampax.11. Aniston attended the New York High School for the Performing Arts, the school that Fame was modelled on. 12. Central Perk, the caf in which they all hang out, is based on the Manhattan Caf in New Yorks West Village. 13. Cox was a cover girl for People Magazines 50 most beautiful people in the world issue. 14. She was also dubbed TVs hottest babe by American Playboy magazine.15. Director Hames Burrows, responsible for many of the early episodes of Friends, also directed Taxi, Cheers and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. 16. Matt le Blanc loves dogs and has a mutt called Lady that he rescued from a dog pound, and a Doberman called Shadow. 17. Kudrow is married to a French advertising executive Michel Stern, and is hoping to have a baby soon. 18. Schwimmer is the son of two Los Angeles lawyers. His mother, Arlene, handled Roseannes first divorce. 19. Le Blanc, son of a mechanic and a circuit-board maker, originally studies carpentry. I am not a dumb guy, he says. I just play one on TV. 20. Famous guest stars on the show have included ERs George Clooney and Noah Wyle, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chris Isaak and Julia Roberts. 21. Perry dated Roberts after her appearance on the show. His verdict? She does leave toothpaste all over the sink and shes always wanting to borrow money. 22. The whole cast huddle together before each episode to wish each other luck. This made frequent guest star Tom Selleck feel a bit left out. 23. Perrys Dad was an actor who starred in the Old Spice aftershave ads, his mother was Press Secretary to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. 24. Kudrow has made appearances on several worst dressed lists in American magazines, but because of her characters clothes rather than her own. 25. Perry is very fond of female vocalists. He says, If youre a woman and in any kind of emotional duress and you sing a song about it, I will buy your album. Favourites include Shawn Colvin, the Indigo Girls and Tori Amos. 26. When the pilot show was approved by the network, and a series comissioned, the entire cast was sent on a free trip to Las Vegas. 27. Cox dated Batman actor Michael Keaton for five and a half years, and they are still reportedly good friends. 28. After graduating from speech and theatre from Chicagos Northwestern University, Schwimmer founded a theatre company, Lookinglass, with 17 classmates. 29. Anistons Dad was an actor, John Aniston, who starred in top US soap Days of our Lives. He divorced her mother when Aniston was nine. 30. Kudrow gets fed up with being considered in real life to be as dippy as her on-screen character, Phoebe. People talk slower to me, as if I were a ten year old, she reveals. 31. Kudrow graduated from exclusive American college Vassar, where she gained a major in biology. 32. Cox has been known to bleach her teeth. 33. Like Ross, le Blanc has simian friends, he starred with an animatronic chimp in the baseball movie Ed. 34. Aniston, real name Anistonopolous, used to be 30lb heavier, until her agent told her to lose weight. She gave up mayonnaise, pre-meal snacking, white bread, post-meal snacking and butter to reach her current trim size. 35. Cox, who weighs 7st 3lbs (101lbs) and wears a British size six, is terrified of being fat. She says, My ideal weight would be 100lbs. My whole family is shaped like pears and Im afraid of looking like that. 36. Aniston recently played a very unglamourous role in Ed Burns film Shes the One. She was cast as a wife whose husband refuses to sleep with her. 37. Courteney Coxs stepcousin is Stuart Copeland, of pop group The Police fame. 38. Schwimmer is very keen to become a father. Ive always wanted a family, he says. I think thats why were here - to have children, raise them well and try to improve the quality of life for all the people who will follow. 39. His most recent girlfriend, Natalie Imbruglia - who played Beth in Neighbours - was seen canoodling with record producer Nigel Godrich. 40. The cast apparently get on as well in real life as they do on screen. They play poker and Scrabble together, and the girls often shop with each other. The rumour that they had made a pact never to sleep together is untrue. 41. Le Blanc and Aniston were rumoured to have had a fling. 42. The day he auditioned for Friends, Le Blanc had a big scab on his nose and forehead after falling down drunk on a bender the night before. 43. When Schwimmer first met Le Blanc he was sceptical. Le Blanc was wearing leather jeans and Schwimmer thought he was Joe cool stud and hated him on sight. 44. Cox originally read to play the part of Rachel. 45. Perry has been linked to actress Tricia Fisher, daughter of Connie Stevens and Eddie Fisher, who played Hollywood Madam Heidi Fleiss in a TV film. 46. Le Blanc is a speed freak who competed in amateur motor-racing competitions at the age of eight. In a recent celebrity Grand Prix he ran into a wall, taking Jason Priestlys car out of the race. 47. As a teenager, Cox was Bruce Springsteens dancing partner in Brian de Palmas video of Dancing in the Dark. 48. Counting Crows lead singer Adam Duritz was linked to both Cox and Aniston. 49. Like his on-screen character Joey, Le Blanc has a reputation as a womaniser. He has been linked to volleyball star Gabrielle Reece, English actress Minnie Driver, porn star Jenna Jameson, Goldie Hawns 16 year old daughter Kate Hudson and several strippers. 50. Schwimmer complains of being hounded by women who demand that he kiss them - even when their boyfriends are there too. 51. In The Pallbearer, Schwimmers first film since joining Friends, he starred with Gwyneth Paltrow. The film did badly in the USA. 52. When she was younger Aniston wanted to be a sculptor. At the age of 11, she had a painting in an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. 53. After being picked to play Roz Doyle in Frasier, Kudrow was subsequently dropped in favour of actress Peri Gilpin before the pilot was even shot. 54. Friends is Channel 4s top-rating comedy, regularly attracting three million viewers. 55. Kudrows father is one of the worlds leading experts in headaches. 56. Le Blanc was down to his last $11 when he got the part in Friends. 57. Schwimmer claims to have been a fat, ugly geek in high school. 58. Cox played the part of Michael J Foxs girlfriend Lauren in Family Ties, between 1986 and 1988. 59. She claims to have been really in love only once. The lucky man was called Paul, hailed from Leeds, and he made a hell of a Yorkshire pudding. 60. Now engaged to marry Sandra Bullocks ex-fiance Tate Donovan, Aniston counts among her former loves ERs Noah Wyle, actor Jonathan Silverman, co-star Matthew Perry and Grant Heslov, from True Lies. 61. David Schwimmer accused the handlers of his on-screen pal Marcel the monkey of being too possessive. He claims that he was never allowed to bond with the creature. 62. Marcels trainer, Nerissa Pulizer, said of her charge: If Marcel were human, shed be Meryl Streep. 63. The monkey was the first cast member to get a Hollywood movie role, appearing in the movie Outbreak. 64. The daughter of Cary Grant and Dyan Cannon, Jennifer Grant, played an employee of Chandlers who ended up dating him in the first series. 65. The Friends album includes songs from REM, Joni Mitchell and Hootie and the Blowfish, a band four of them once went to see. 66. The theme tune, Ill be there for you by the Rembrants, has been a huge hit on both sides of the Atlantic. 67. Friends executive producers Marta Kuaffman and David Crane also created the adult sitcom Dream On. 68. The characters of Rosss ex-wife and her girlfriend Susan are based on the godmothers to Kauffmans daughter. 69. The opening footage of the cast dancing around a fountain was filmed on the Warner Brothers lot in LA at five oclock one morning. 70. The first thing Cox bought with her Friends money was a brand new Porsche. 71. The occupations of the characters are as follows: Ross, palaeontologist; Monica, chef; Joey, actor/model; Phoebe, masseuse; Rachel, waitress; Chandler, data processor. 72. Cox was the best-known member of the cast before the show. She played opposite Jim Carrey in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and was in Cocoon: The Return. 73. Le Blanc is currently filming Lost in Space with Gary Oldman at Shepperton Studios. Hes renting a flat in Londons Kensington and has been seen shopping in Budgens. 74. Two models for American underwear company Victorias Secret appeared in the first series. One was the dream girl Chandler gets stuck with during a blackout, the other was a girl who is convinced that Joey has VD. 75. Perry looked at 40 houses before buying his current W-shaped ranch house with pool in LA. 76. Aniston bought her brother Bronco car for Christmas, and he cried. 77. Schwimmer was in the first series of NYPD Blue. He was a nerd who lived in the apartment next door to Sherry Stringfield and ended up shooting a mugger. 78. Kudrow co-stars with Oscar-winner Mira Sorvino in a new film, Romy and Micheles High School Reunion. 79. Christina Pickles, who plays Monicas mum, also worked with Cox ten years ago on the film Masters of the Universe. 80. Cox has said of her character: Shes obsessive, the one who has to be perfect and please everybody. Im so similar to her its frightening. 81. When Jay Leno asked Aniston to touch her nose with her tongue on the Tonight show, she politely declined. 82. Kudrow started her showbiz career at Groundlings, a local improvisational comedy school in LA. 83. Schwimmer has a multi-million-dollar deal with top Hollywood studio Miramax to star in and direct several films. 84. Aniston starred in an unsuccessful horror movie called Leprechaun in 1993. 85. Her next feature is a romantic comedy, Picture Perfect. 86. Kudrow used to date American talk show host Conan OBrian. 87. Le Blanc admits to havign spat in someones food when he worked in a New York burger joint. 88. Anistons shampoo commerical for LOreal is only being shown in Europe & Aisa. She says she will never do a hair-product ad in America. 89. Her godfather was former Kojak actor Telly Savalas. 90. Perry has recently lost two and a half stone, while allegedly depressed and on painkillers. Despite celebrity girlfriends such as Julia Roberts, he attributes his state of mind to his failure with women. 91. Raised in Ottawa, Canada, Perry was a junior tennis ace before taking up acting. He never graduated from college. He gave up his studies when he won a role in a sitcom called Boys will be Boys. His first movie role since joining Friends was Fools Rush In, playing a nightclub promoter. 92. Childhood Friends of southern belle Cox were reportedly shocked at the lesbian storyline in the show. 93. Perrys grandfather, however, loves the show. And so do all his friends. 94. In a somewhat unlikely claim, Perry also insists that Mrs Thatcher is an avid viewer, particularly of Joey and Chandlers scenes. 95. Neurotic about her looks, Cox worries about the thin, dry skin under her eyes, having different sized nostrils and a double chin. As if. 96. Theres a book out called Cooking with Friends, full of comfort-food recipes for when it hasnt been your day, your month or even your year - a reference to the theme song. 97. Matt le Blanc used to model Levi 501s and has appeared in TV ads for Coca-Cola and Heinz Ketchup. 98. Le Blanc admits to being a mummys boy, and is devoted to his Italian mother, Pat Grossman. He didnt meet his father until he was eight. 99. Cox plays a TV reporter chasing down a serial killer in horror flick Scream. 100. The shows producers admit that the characters could never afford the rents on the apartments they live in on the show. 101. Highlights of the third series include guest appearances by Robin Williams and Billy Crystal, and a scene in which Joey strips naked. 老友迷必须知道的114件事1老友记第一季第一集的播放日期是1994年9月22日，剧中第一句对活是莫尼卡说的。她说：“这没有什么可说的，他只不过是我的个同事。”2老友记在美国播映的时间是周四晚上的黄金时间，电视台是全国广播公司(NBC)，据说每个三十秒广告时段卖价至少五十万美元。3制片公司曾经考虑过的剧集名字为西村往事(Once upon a time in the West Village)、失眠咖啡屋(Insomnia Cafe)，穿过走廊(Across the Hall)。定下来的名字为像我们这样的朋友(Friends like Us)，但最后使用时被缩减成了老友记。4据安尼斯顿说，她著名的“瑞秋”发型纯属意外，是由她的朋友克里斯用剃刀削出来的。5考特妮考克斯出生和成长在阿拉巴马州的伯明翰，她的朋友和家人喜欢叫她CC。6戴维施维默高中是在贝弗利山高中就读，那里曾经拍过连续剧集贝弗利山：90210，而马修佩里在他职业生涯的早期曾出演过贝弗利山：90210。7佩里有即兴创作的才智，以至于剧本写作者经常将他的插科打诨写到剧本里去。8考克斯是美国电视上第个说“月经”这个词的人，她当时在为丹碧斯做广告。9安尼斯顿就读的高中是纽约表演艺术职高，那里的风气就是模仿名人。10剧中人物经常出没的中央珀克咖啡屋是以纽约西村的曼哈顿咖啡馆为蓝本的。 11人物杂志“世界卜最美丽的五十个人”专辑曾经用考克斯作封面女郎（yangbb补充：Jennifer和Courteney都被评为过“全球50位最美丽的人”，而且还有幸挤进前10名。）12考克斯也曾经被美国花花公子杂志评为“电视界最热火的宝贝”。13执导老友记早期大部分剧集的导演黑姆斯伯罗斯，还执导过出租车(Taxi)、 干杯(Cheers)和玛丽泰勒摩尔秀(The Mary Tyler Moore Show)。14马特勒布朗非常爱狗，他养着一只名叫“阴影”的德国短毛猎犬，还养着一只叫做“女士”的野狗，这是他从狗收容所里救出来的。15库卓嫁给了法国广告公司管理人员米歇尔斯特恩，她们育有一个孩子。16施维默是两个洛杉矶律师的儿子，他的妈妈阿琳曾处理演艺明星离婚。17勒布朗是一个机械师和一个集成电路制造者的儿子，他原本在学习木匠技艺。他说：“我不是一个傻小子，我只是在电视上扮演一个傻小子。”18佩里在罗伯茨客串老友记之后和她约会过。他这么评价罗伯茨：“她总是喜欢把牙膏留在水槽里，她还总是要借钱。” 19六名主角上戏之前都喜欢互相拥抱，并相互祝福奸运气。这使得经常客串理查德医生的汤姆塞莱克感到有一点被排除在外。20佩里的父亲也曾是一名演员，他出演过“古风”须后水的广告。佩里的母亲曾经是加拿大前总理皮埃尔特鲁多的新闻秘书。21库卓曾经几次上过美国杂志的“最差着装”名单，但这是因为她扮演的角色所穿的衣服，而不是她自己的穿着。22佩里对女声乐歌手很着迷。他说：“如果你是个女人，你用唱歌来抒发你心中的郁闷，我就会买你的唱片。如果仿：是同性恋，我会买两张。”他最喜欢的歌手包括肖恩科尔文，蓝色少女合”吕团和多莉艾莫丝。23在试播第一集得到公司认可，同意拍摄一季剧集时，所有剧组人员前往拉斯维加斯免费旅游。24考克斯曾经和蝙蝠侠的饰演者迈克尔基顿约会过五年半，他们据说仍然是“好朋友”。25从芝加哥西北大学的演讲和剧院演出专业毕业之后，施维默和十七个同学成立了一家话剧公司，名字叫做“镜子”。26安尼斯顿的父亲约翰安尼斯顿曾是一名演员，他曾出演过著名肥皂剧我们生活的日子。安尼斯顿的父母在她九岁时离婚。27库卓对人们将生活中的她和她扮演的菲比看作一样昏头昏脑感到厌烦，她披露说：“人们总是慢慢和我说话，好像我只是一个十岁大的孩子。”28库卓毕业于贵族大学瓦瑟学院，主修科目是生物学。29据说考克斯曾经漂白过自己的牙齿。30和剧中的罗斯一样，勒布朗也有猴子朋友，他在电影ED中和一只黑猩猩一起出演。31安尼斯顿的真实名字叫做安尼斯托诺波罗斯(Anistonopolous)。她一度比现在要胖三十磅，直到她的经纪人劝告她减肥。她放弃了蛋黄酱、餐前小点、白面包、餐后小点和黄油，才把身材缩减到现在这个尺寸。32考克斯体重一百零一磅，穿英国尺码六号的衣服，她非常害怕会发胖。她说：“我的理想体重是一百磅。我家里所有的亲人体型都像梨样，我害怕自己也会变成那样。”33安尼斯顿在电影她是惟一(Shes the One)扮演了一个非常没有魅力的妻子，她的丈夫拒绝和她上床。34考克斯的表兄弟斯图尔特科普兰是流行乐团“警察名声”的歌手。35施维默非常希望当爸爸，他说：“我总是想建立一个家庭，我想这就是我们来到这个世界上的理由：生孩子，好好养大他们，努力试图让所有的后辈过上更好的生活。”36施维默一度的女朋友娜塔莉因布鲁利亚被人看到和唱片制作人奈杰尔高德瑞切相互亲热，娜塔莉曾在偶像剧集邻居们中演过贝丝。 37六名演员在现实生活中也和剧集中一样关系良好。他们在一起打牌，玩拼字游戏，女演员们经常一起去逛街。有关他们曾经订立条约、绝对不在彼此间挑选上床对象的传言是不真实的。38勒布朗和安尼斯顿曾被传有一腿。39在参加老友记演员试镜时，勒布朗在前额和鼻子上有一道大疤，因为他在前一晚喝醉了酒，摔了一跤。40当施维默第一眼看到勒布朗时，他对勒布朗抱有怀疑态度。罗布森当时穿了一条皮牛仔裤。施维默认为他是一个花花公子，立即开始讨厌他。但后来两人关系甚好。 41考克斯原本在剧中要扮演瑞秋这个角色，她甚至已经读完了剧本。42佩里曾经和女演员特里西娅菲希尔传出绯闻，特里西娅是著名演员埃迪菲希尔和康尼斯蒂文斯的女儿。43勒布朗喜欢飚车，他在8岁时就参加过业余摩托车竞赛。在一次名人格兰披治大赛中，他撞上了墙，还把别人的车撞出了跑道。44在还是少女的时候，考克斯曾经在布鲁斯斯普林斯汀由布莱恩德帕尔玛执导的录像带黑暗中舞蹈中扮演过斯普林斯汀的舞伴。45乌鸦乐团的主唱亚当杜里兹曾经和考克斯和安尼斯顿都传出过绯闻，目前杜里兹正和妮可基德曼有约会。46就像他在剧中扮演的乔伊一样，勒布朗也有女人风流缘。他曾经和排球明星加布里埃尔里斯(老虎伍兹曾经追过的明星)、英国女演员米妮，德里佛、三级片明星珍娜詹姆逊、著名搞笑影后戈尔迪霍恩十六岁的女儿凯特哈德森和一些脱衣舞女发生过绯闻。47施维默抱怨说，他总是被女人追逐着索吻，尽管她们的男友还在身旁。48在施维默加入老友记剧组后拍摄的第一本电影出殡抱佳人中，他和格温尼斯帕尔特洛合演，但这本电影在美国票房惨败。49安尼斯顿年轻时希望自己成为雕刻家。在十一岁时，她的一幅绘画习作曾经在纽约大都会艺术馆展出。50老友记的试播第一集拍摄之前，库卓被欢乐一家亲(Frasier)剧组选中饰演罗兹多伊尔，但后来库卓和剧组闹翻，这才使得她有机会来扮演菲比。51老友记是英国四频道收视率最高的喜剧剧集，通常要吸引三百万观众。52库卓的父亲是世界上治疗头痛疾病数一数二的专家之一。53勒布朗在接拍老友记之前只剩下了最后十一美元。54施维默在高中时据说曾是一个“丑陋的、肥胖的讨厌鬼”。55考克斯曾在天才家庭(FamUy Ties)一剧中扮演迈克尔福克斯的女朋友劳伦。56考克斯在遇到现在的丈夫之前据说只真正地爱过一回。这个幸运的男人叫做保罗，他来自利兹，“能够做真正棒的约克郡布丁”。 57现在和布兰德皮特出双入对的安尼斯顿曾经有很多恋人，他们包括急诊室里的诺亚怀尔、演员乔纳森西尔弗曼、扮演钱德勒的佩里、真实的谎言中的格兰特赫斯洛夫以及桑德拉布洛克的前未婚夫泰特多诺万。58施维默曾经抱怨和他一起演出的猴子马塞尔的训练者太“独霸”，他声称他从来没有被允许和马塞尔真正建立亲密的关系。59马塞尔的训练者内里莎普利泽则说：“如果马塞尔是人的话，她就是梅里尔斯特里普。” 60马塞尔是剧组中第一个得到好莱坞电影角色的“演员”，它出演了达斯丁霍夫曼的恐怖地带。61老一辈影星加利格兰特的女儿珍妮弗格兰特在第季中曾经扮演钱德勒的下属，这名下属还和钱德勒约会。62老友记的唱片中包括REM， 琼妮米雪儿和“猫头鹰与河豚鱼”乐队的歌，他们当中有四个人曾经去看“猫头鹰与河豚鱼”的演出。63主题曲为你，我会在那里(1rll be there for you)是由“伦勃朗(Rembrants)”乐队唱的，在大西洋两岸都成为了热门歌曲。64老友记的执行制片人玛尔塔考夫曼和戴维克兰也创作过情景喜剧继续梦寻。 65罗斯前妻和她的同性恋女友苏珊的故事原型是制片人和编剧考夫曼女儿的两个教母。