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Villavic
03-15-2006, 01:46 PM
Well I didn't like that show. I loved Friends (though I read some of you hated them :laugh: ). But Joey's wasn't that cool. Of course it's unfair to compare it with a n.1 show, but anyway, I think i wasn't funny.

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1173338_3_0_,00.html
carrie721
03-15-2006, 01:50 PM
Well I didn't like that show. I loved Friends (though I read some of you hated them :laugh: ). But Joey's wasn't that cool. Of course it's unfair to compare it with a n.1 show, but anyway, I think i wasn't funny.

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1173338_3_0_,00.html

that's too bad ... i stopped watching joey after the first season because it was just so ... dorky! not the same without the other 5.
stargazer99
03-15-2006, 01:50 PM
Well I didn't like that show. I loved Friends (though I read some of you hated them :laugh: ). But Joey's wasn't that cool. Of course it's unfair to compare it with a n.1 show, but anyway, I think i wasn't funny.

http://www.ew.com/ew/report/0,6115,1173338_3_0_,00.html

Yeah, I loved friends too. :wavey: Although I'm a little embarassed to admit it here, considering there's a lot of hate for the show. I agree that Joey wasn't a very good show. I think Matt LeBlanc is funny as Joey, but I didn't care for the rest of the characters. And the storylines were pretty sucky.

I actually thought the show had already been cancelled. I was surprised to see that a new episode was on last week.
GypsySorcerer
03-15-2006, 03:18 PM
I liked Friends, but I never bothered watching Joey. I predicted it was doomed, though. :laugh:
diamondsnake
03-15-2006, 04:42 PM
I love Joey. Jennifer Coolidge as Bobbie, his agent, was so funny! She is certainly the best part about the Joey show.
diamondsnake
03-15-2006, 04:45 PM
I just read an article that said that Jennifer Coolidge has just been added to the cast of a new TV show, so that pretty much confirms that the show is dead. At least I can get my Jennifer Coolidge fix from another TV show.

http://www.serienjunkies.de/Seriendarsteller/Jennifer-Coolidge/JenniferCoolidge.jpg
JazmenFlowers
03-15-2006, 04:52 PM
I can't stand Matt LeBlanc...I hated Friends and I hate Joey.

Jennifer C. is one fabulous actress tho!!!
SuzeQuze
03-15-2006, 05:25 PM
I liked Friends, but I never bothered watching Joey. I predicted it was doomed, though. :laugh:

I watched it a little, it was pretty good, but that's just not good enough. I'm surprised its lasted this long!
Patti
03-15-2006, 05:36 PM
I loved Friends and miss it, but I never warmed up to Joey. It just wasn't a very good show.
Villavic
03-15-2006, 06:18 PM
After all, tomorrow is another day.


Gone with the wind??
markolas
03-15-2006, 07:41 PM
I never watched it. I thought Joey was a poor choice of a character to spin off. Chandler & Monica would've been more interesting.
DavidMn
03-15-2006, 07:42 PM
I thought the ratings were pretty good. Guess I was wrong.
catinthedark
03-15-2006, 11:16 PM
i watched it for a little while - but it got really old really fast. i had a bad feeling about it from the start.

however, my official mourning period for the west wing has already begun. everytime i see a "final x episodes of the west wing EVER" promo... i want to cry. :(
diamondsnake
03-15-2006, 11:42 PM
I never watched it. I thought Joey was a poor choice of a character to spin off. Chandler & Monica would've been more interesting.
That would have been a much better idea, but I think Matt Leblanc was the only one interested in doing a spin off. But, Chandler and Monica in the suburbs would have been great! However, with Courtney Cox being pregnant and all, I am sure she wasn't interested in a spin off. Too bad though....
diamondsnake
03-15-2006, 11:49 PM
Jennifer C. is one fabulous actress tho!!!

She's a comedic genius!!! Our generation's Lucille Ball!

Okay, maybe I'm getting a little excited and over the top, but I just think she is a hoot!
Red
03-16-2006, 12:51 AM
Friends became Ally McBeal in is absurd ****tiness half way through its run. There shouldn't have been any spin off IMO.
elie
03-16-2006, 04:24 AM
I loved Friends and still watch it on dvd all the time. However, I thought that the last couple of seasons were not that good and some of the characters became unbearable (I hated Phoebe towards the end, she was totally b*tchy).
Joey was never my favorite character, but at least he remained lovable throughout the series (even though I hated the writers for making him seem almost like a retard sometimes). I don't know if his character was a good choice for a spin-off or not, but I didn't hate Joey. It had some funny moments, perhaps a bit forced sometimes, but still I preferred it to other sitcoms.

@catinthedark: Regarding West Wing-Along with Law and Order, it was my favorite drama show ever but unfortunately I haven't watched all the seasons. However, I still remember the last episode from season 2, called "The Two Cathedrals". Perhaps the best thing on tv ever:thumbsup:
Patti
03-16-2006, 05:53 AM
Gone with the wind??


Yep, Villavic, that's from Gone With the Wind. The last line of the movie.
catinthedark
03-16-2006, 10:48 AM
@catinthedark: Regarding West Wing-Along with Law and Order, it was my favorite drama show ever but unfortunately I haven't watched all the seasons. However, I still remember the last episode from season 2, called "The Two Cathedrals". Perhaps the best thing on tv ever:thumbsup:


i can understand that. west wing got, well, disappointing for a couple of seasons. the writing was flat, the storylines lacked great drama. i stuck with it just because i love it so much - and the reward has been this season. it almost feels at times like aaron sorkin is back writing. it's been really good - and i'm looking forward to (even as i'm dreading) the final few episodes. i love the characters so much - cj, josh, donna, leo (rip :( ) - and i have seen every single episode, some a few times. i can recite lines. it's just been one of the most brilliant tv series.
Villavic
03-16-2006, 02:06 PM
I loved Friends and still watch it on dvd all the time. However, I thought that the last couple of seasons were not that good and some of the characters became unbearable (I hated Phoebe towards the end, she was totally b*tchy).
Joey was never my favorite character, but at least he remained lovable throughout the series (

I agree, though I think the last season got better than the 2 before, but never as good as the first 5. I think the writers were tired, it's very hard to mantain a good level during several years. It happened with most of long shows.
skcin
03-16-2006, 04:17 PM
Anyone catch Family Guy last week? Death (the grim reaper) come to get Quagmire "on my way to picking up the show 'Joey'" LOL!
diamondsnake
03-16-2006, 04:34 PM
I guess I am totally in the minority. I thought Friends got better as the years went on. The first couple seasons of Friends I don't care for nearly as much as the rest of the series.
chiliD
03-16-2006, 05:02 PM
I guess I am totally in the minority. I thought Friends got better as the years went on. The first couple seasons of Friends I don't care for nearly as much as the rest of the series.

Amazing that there is so much dislike for a show that was perennially one of the top 3 watched shows on TV.

I thought it was great from the first episode to the last. I guess as to the reason that "Joey" isn't going over all that well is that there was just SO much expectation going in. In today's market, there's not the "let's see how the show grows" mentality...it has to hit right away from the first episode or its yanked.

My fear from the beginning was that the Joey Tribbiani character really didn't seem to me to be that strong to carry a whole series...the strength of Joey was his interaction with Chandler, and to a lesser extent Phoebe & Rachel. Friends was a 6 LEAD character show...all equals. With Joey being the main focus, there isn't the "ensemble cast" feel. The supporting characters aren't as well written or acted.


Now...West Wing. Sure, the show kind of dipped a bit in ratings, but I blame that on NBC's sabbotaging of it by moving it to Sundays. AND, that too many episodes were focused on Josh Lyman...even before the Santos campaign. I always liked his character when he was more a supporting character instead of a lead character...as a lead character he got annoying. (as did Toby) The show never really bounced back from Sam Seaborn leaving.
catinthedark
03-16-2006, 07:25 PM
Now...West Wing. Sure, the show kind of dipped a bit in ratings, but I blame that on NBC's sabbotaging of it by moving it to Sundays. AND, that too many episodes were focused on Josh Lyman...even before the Santos campaign. I always liked his character when he was more a supporting character instead of a lead character...as a lead character he got annoying. (as did Toby) The show never really bounced back from Sam Seaborn leaving.

you've heard sam is coming back for the last few episodes, eh? funny, sam was never my favourite, but i did love his interaction with josh and cj. me, i love and adore josh. always have. and there was something about toby, too. i miss toby. i cried the day bartlet had to fire him. there have been so many amazing moments... two cathedrals, of course. the episode where cj's bodyguard was killed, the night zoe was kidnapped, and when leo told josh the story about the man who fell down the hole. i will miss it.