Friends - Series 1-10 - Complete (DVD 2004)

I've been watching Friends pretty much since it first came out in 1994. I remember my mum sat me down with me on the settee on Friday night and said to me 'watch this, I think you'll like it'. And I've loved it ever since, it's always been my favourite programme. I bought all the videos when they first came out, then all the individual DVDs and finally this 10 series box set (I know, I'm a bit mental!) so I'm going to tell you about it.
Friends is probably one of the biggest, if not the biggest, television phenomenon of the 1990's and early 00's. Set in Manhatten, New York, this American comedy sitcom follows the lives of six friends in their mid 20's (at the start of the series) to their late 30's (at the end of the series).
Characters...
Okay, well we've got Rachel Greene (played by Jennifer Aniston). At the start of the series she is a spoilt snob who has spent her life living off her daddy's credit cards. She was going to get married but left her fiancé at the alter after realising that wasn't what she wanted. She went to seek help (and then starts to live with) her old friend from college, Monica Gellar.
Monica Gellar is played by Courtney Cox (now Courtney Cox-Arquette). Monica is a compulsive neat freak. She is a chef and has a brother called Ross Gellar.
Ross Gellar is played by David Schwimmer. Ross is a palaeontologist (that's dinosaur stuff to you and me!) who became divorced from his first wife after she discovered she was a lesbian. Ross also liked Rachel while she was going to college with Monica and throughout the series Ross and Rachel get together, break up and various other things. Ross is also friends with his old college roommate Chandler Bing.
Chandler Bing is played by Matthew Perry. Chandler's a sarcastic and witty person who is always making jokes. He becomes roommates with Joey Tribbiani.
Joey Tribbiani is played by Matt Le Blanc. Joey is an actor who is very good with the ladies but is a bit…..innocent (or stupid as some people might prefer to say!)
Our sixth character is Phoebe Buffay (played by Lisa Kudrow) who used to be Monica's roommate before Rachel. She is a dizzy, zany person who sings songs and plays guitar (and her songs are a treat to enjoy).
Rachel and Monica live in the apartment opposite Joey and Chandler and Ross and Phoebe are always over meaning you've almost always got 2 or more or all of your Friends together.
Also, one thing you have to mention when talking about Friends is their local coffee shop 'Central Perk' where they're always meeting up and having a good chat and laugh together.
Throughout the series, as with life, circumstances change, relationships blossom and disappear and plenty of entertaining situations present themselves! I'd go into more detail but if you haven't watched the series it would only spoil it for you.
The DVD set consists of 30 discs which has on all 10 series of Friends. The only thing that riles me up is that the discs are dual sided (since I'm the kind of person who just pulls a disc out of the player and chucks it to the side, I could easily lose track of my discs).The packaging looks fantastic and if you're a hard core Friends fan it's something you'll really want even though you know there's no good reason for it!
It's funny-I mean REALLY funny. I love the characters and every episode makes me kill myself laughing. I seriously cannot understand how anyone could not like the show and think that at the price it's at now, it's worth paying out!