The text to me that represents the most about culture is television, particularly of the sitcom genre. There is one television sitcom on the air that attracts millions of viewers every Thursday night. This show received an award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Series from the Actors Guild and twelve Emmy nominations since its debut. It features six twenty-somethings, three women; Monica, Phoebe and Rachel and three men; Ross, Joey and Chandler, who face life and love in New York. They take on the single life with their hilarious predicaments and different backgrounds, learning at the end of each episode that there’s nothing that provides true comfort and companionship like friends. But in every episode, the cast helps us realize through laughter that life’s little problems are best handled in the company of others. If you haven’t guessed the show’s title already, it’s the hit

d just how seriously the TV show has impacted fashion culture in America today.

What can you say about the TV show “Friends”? I’d say it is one of my favorite TV shows of all time. It cracks me up to see the characters of the show go through an episode acting as they always do. They become predictable at time, yet I’m still glued to my television set. I’m even glued when I’m watching reruns of the show. I know what they are going to say moments before the joke; a huge smile appears on my face as soon as Joey, the “dumb one” is about to say something completely in character. Example:

Do you ever go to the mall to sit and watch the people? I do it all the time. I sit there and I watch dozens of people walk by who are dressed almost identically. They have the same hairstyle, and use the same lingo. But what made them buy that outfit, and why do they choose that particular hairstyle? Why do they talk like that?

Well if you’re all bummed about not being able to live your TV-lifestyle, just sit in your chair and watch an episode of “Friends”. You will be immediately cheered up. This TV show has done so much for American culture. Even as the show’s characters face life stuck in “second gear” (as the theme song indicates), they seem to lead happy lives, largely due to their close relationships. As Monica says in the first episode to a teary Rachel, “Welcome to the real world! It sucks; you’re gonna love it!” They do love it, and are aware in every episode that the most important thing in their lives is each other, and that’s the point the producers are trying to make.

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