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Friends' on Location in London (SD, 2 min) – The finale of season four takes place in London, and this featurette briefly looks at the logistics of that decision. The Ones with More 'Friends' (SD, 111 min) – During the original airings of 'Friends', NBC sometimes requested shows with longer runtimes for sweeps and other special events. Four of the original broadcast super-sized episodes are included here: "The One Where Rosita Dites", "The One Where They All Turn Thirty", "The One with Joey's New Brain", and "The One with the Truth About London". Unfortunately, all four are offered in SD 1.33:1 video with 2.0 audio. Friends arrives on Blu-ray with 1080p widescreen transfers remastered from the 35mm film elements. This is the first time Friends has ever been released on home media in widescreen. Friends was only released on DVD in the original broadcast aspect ratio of 1.33:1 full frame. Behind the Style: The Look of 'Friends' (SD, 20 min) – Costume designer Debra McGuire, hair stylist Jonathan Hanousek, and makeup artist Robin Siegel. McGuire has the most to say, discussing how the clothing choices embodied the personality of each character. The others aren't bad, but there's not as much to talk about with hair and makeup.
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The One That Goes Behind The Scenes (SD, 42 min) – Originally produced for the Discovery Channel, this in-depth documentary follows the production of an episode from conception through to airing. The show intercuts interviews with true behind the scenes footage, including looks into the writer's room, the live stage, and the editing booth. Easily the best feature that isn't on the bonus disc, and possibly the best feature in the set, period.What's Up with Your Friends? (SD, 8 minutes): Brief montages highlighting the friends and other characters. Friends is an US sitcom about six friends struggling to survive on their own in Manhattan. In each episode, they find the companionship, comfort and support from each other to be the perfect solutions to the pressures of everyday life.
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Phoebe Battles The Pink Robots (SD, 2 min) – A bizarre oddity, this musc video features The Flaming Lips singing a modified version of their single "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" intercut with footage of Phoebe from the show. Friends has finally arrived on Blu-ray. The good news? Friends has finally arrived on Blu-ray. The episodes have never looked better before. The bad news? None of the extended episodes included on DVD before are included here. None of the episodes are presented with a lossless audio presentation. The episodes are technically not presented with the original 1.33:1 aspect ratio (although... Friends does look so amazing in widescreen you might not even care about this at all). The set includes fewer brand-new extras than some were anticipating. The good news? Friends has finally arrived on Blu-ray. The episodes have never looked better before. Audio Commentaries – Commentaries for "The One Where No One's Ready", "The One With The Football", and "The One the Morning After" with Bright, Kaufman, and Crane. Art director John Shaffner also participates on "The One With The Football". These commentaries set up the template for the commentaries throughout the rest of the set, with each participant recorded separately. Crane mainly talks about writing, characters, and arc, Bright mainly talks about the logistics of shooting, and Kaufman usually tells anecdotes or just laughs at the jokes. In this set, we learn that the football park was built in a studio, and that Lisa Kudrow actually flashed people during that episode. Things get a bit more confusing at this point. The supersized episodes broadcast during season 7 are not presented on this set in High Definition and are instead included in Standard Definition within the bonus features.
Smelly Cat" Music Video (SD, 2 min) – This music video sadly does not answer the question of exactly what they're feeding that smelly cat. The victim -- yes, more vocal detractors are at this moment deploying such hyperbolic language -- isn't the consumer or the fan. If anything, it's Friends. This is not the definitive box set many have been imagining since its announcement, nor is it everything it could be. There will be some who refuse to revisit the series on Blu-ray out of principle and others who will convince themselves that lossless audio would somehow make the show funnier than it already is. Still others will dismiss the broadcast versions of the episodes entirely, particularly if they're well acquainted with the extra jokes and gags from the DVD seasons' extended episodes. Broadcast or extended, though, Friends remains funny. Hilarious even, if you aren't harboring a late '90s grudge or any lingering animosity toward Matthew Perry. (An entire camp of TV junkies despise the show all because of poor Chandler. Baffling. He's my favorite Central Perker.) Some episodes are sharper than others, sure. The same could be said of some seasons. Even at its lowest points, though, Friends entertains. Friends' Around the World (SD, 8 min) – While 'Friends' was made in America, it wasn't just for Americans. This featurette shows the kind of work that went into localizing an episode of 'Friends' for another country.
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