Friends 'Til the End: The Official Celebration of All Ten Years

by David Wild

Book Overview

More than two hundred photographs highlight an entertaining celebration of the ten years of the popular television series in this its final season, in an official guide that includes behind-the-... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932273190
• ISBN13: 9781932273199
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: Time Home Entertainment
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 2.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.9" x 11.0"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

10 Years of Friends

If you are a huge fan of the show, don't even think about it, just go get your own copy since it's still available. Who knows what would be the price of this book 5-10 years from now in ebay. I love that instead of a big book with episode guide (If I want an episode guide, I'll get it in the internet) of the whole series, the book put a lot of pictures of some of the memorable scenes in each season. And then there are captions describing the photos as well as some short quotes from some of the guest stars about their experiences doing the show. Most of them said that it was such a great set to be in becasue of the atmosphere provided by the cast. Another common comment is that most of the character actors that guested on the show are being exclusively recognized from the show in spite of their brief appearance on the ten year show. It's a fun read. I also like the commentary of the author in each season as he talks about the best episodes and the significance of that season in its original airing. Then of course there are interviews with the six cast memebers separately. It's more than 5 pages for each friend. The executive producers (Kauffman, Crane and Bright) were also interviewed separately as well as a pleasant surprise interview from Maggie Wheeler. The book also has some rarely seen photos in rehearsals and friends parties etc. There is also a separate section about some backstage stories of the finale. There were great pictures showing the cast having their final bow and in between takes photos. Grade: A

What are we going to do?

There are some people who don't want Friends to end. And there are some people who think Friends should have ended long ago. I am in the former category! Now what am I going to do on Friday nights? (Being British, Americans have them on a Thursday night)This book is totally what you need to try and relive all the good old days, when Friends was about Ross and Rachel, Rachel's hair, Phoebe's kookiness, and everything you said had to at least include "how you doin'?", "we were on a break" and "could I BE anymore ..."This book is mostly big colour photos, so it didn't take me long to read - infact I had to read it straight away as soon as I got it. It goes through each season, and thankfully, doesn't repeat what all the previous books have done, and give a synopsis of each episode - it would have been a mighty big book if it had done that! Instead, it shows you the best photos from that season, and then has an interview with one of the cast members, talking about the end of Friends. There are also interviews with the three directors, the crew, and small interviews with Gunther & Janice. (The laugh is real)What is wrong with the book is it completely ruins the last episode, for anyone who has been staying on Mars for the past couple of months, and has managed to avoid all the press coverage about the last ever episode. That's not me. Although I'm sure the final episode will still be a surprise. Instead, you get to see stills from the last ever episode, and it brings tears to the eyes. So I'll be needing LOTS of tissues when the last episode does finally come on. Most of the cast members in the interviews, do their best to publicise that there will be another show to watch after Friends as finished - the stupidly named "Joey". Featuring of course Matt Le Blanc, in the one and only (I'm sure) Friends spin off. We'll see how successful that is. What are the Americans and us going to do with our TV nights? Sex & The City was the first to end, then that one that was a spin off from Cheers, which escapes me, and now Friends. Now what will happen, is that the DVDs will be thrown in your face, and you'll be able to buy all 10 series for a total that will probably make your eyes water - and if you bought them all separately, you'd probably save! And guess what I'll be doing? Sitting in the house, day after day, crying into my tissues, and watching each episode in order - even though I only have the first series and the seventh series. So that's another eight series' I need to buy. If I buy one a month, I should have them all by January 2005!!! And of course I need to buy the limited edition season finale on DVD, featuring the very last episode - apparently (!) it's not the version that's shown on TV! Sure! It won't have any million-dollar/pound advertisements in it.

Celebration of Ten Years!

And what a grand celebration it is. This book is the best! Any and every thing you want to know or want to remember about one of tv's most popular comedy shows ever is right here inside the pages of this great book. A true keeper in every sense of the word!

A very good book full of information for fans!

All friends fans will LOVE this book, It has a whole chapter "written" by Marcel the monkey, Quotes from season one episodes, a summery of season one episodes and a BIG friends quiz, chock-a-block with brain teasers.Not to mention interviews of all the cast-If you havent read this book you're missing out!

Entertaining and fun, this book had it all.

I recently got a chance to read, Friends: The Official Companion and it was great. Everything you wanted to know about the first season of Friends was there. It was packed with all different pictures and side information that normally people wouldn't come across. This book was entertaining and was a lot of fun. I am really looking foward to reading the next one.