The one where … TV’s tired revivals like Friends reunited cover the same old ground
by Michael Hogan from on (#5JEEY)
Why bother with getting the Botoxed gang back together when new shows are what we really need now?
They'll be there for you. Again. Cue handclaps, haircuts and fountain-dancing. Yes, last Thursday was a case of Friends reunited - not ye olde alumni hook-up website but the long-awaited reunion of the Central Perk six, toothsome stars of the definitive 90s sitcom.
The quip-smart sextet, reportedly paid $2.5m apiece to indulge viewers' nostalgia and say pivot!" a few times for the two-hour HBO special, were joined by an A-list all-star cast - some welcome (Gaga! Malala!), some less welcome (is there no cultural event that James Corden won't gatecrash?) and some bafflingly random (David Beckham! Justin Bieber in a potato costume!).
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