Friends Questionnaire

rebeccafan · Joined: Jan 23, 2004 Posts: 36

Hi Friends- fans,

I honestly NEED your help!
I´m from Germany, right now working on this semester´s final work for university and my topic is the comparsion of a German daily soap and “Friends” as an American weekly show. So to be able to really start working, I need tons of material.

Therefore I´m going to kiss and hug every single one of you, who spends just a few minutes on my questionnaire. J

Just send it to: friends_for_university@yahoo.de

(Or send a mail first, and I send the questionnaire to you, just in case this is easier.)

Thank you all beforehands (please excuse all spelling and grammatical mistakes in this one here),

best wishes from Hamburg/Germany, Christine

[If you´re in a hurry, you can of course leave out certains questions, but please don´t (!) forget to answer questions 9 and 10.]

Here we go:

I am: ________(male/female), ____ ys old,
I live in __________ (city/state) and I work as a ____________

1) When did you watch „Friends“ for the first time? __________ (year´s enough)

2) How often did you watch „Friends“?
a) every episode
b) irregularly
d) I chose certain episodes

3) Will you be watching the „Joey“-Spinoff?

4) What kind of fan are you?
a) I love that show.
b) I think sometimes the authors overdid it a bit, but nevertheless, I really like it.
c) To be honest, I just watched „Friends“ because of one of the
actors, and that was _____________ (name).

5) Have you ever met one of the actors „in the flesh“?
a) No.
b) Yes, and that was ___________________________________ (name)

6) In interviews, the actors always underline that, during the long time of filming, they really became close friends in real life. Do you believe that or do you think that this could be part of the show´s “image”?

7) If you could talk to one of the actors....
a) Who would you like to talk to? _____________________ (name)
b) Which would be the most important question you would like to be answered?

Cool

You watched „Friends“ rather regularly, so you know about the characters´ lifes. If you think about what happened during the seasons, was that realistic? Can you perhaps think of a certain scene in which you would have acted in the same way?

Now please read the following ideas for the pilots of new weekly shows on TV and then answer the questions below.

A) New York, 2004. Celine and Frances own a café, in which they organise a weekly party for singles. Celine´s sister Andrea is writing for the lifestyle magazine “come on in” and is now planning to write about those parties to attract more people. Frances really likes that idea, but Celine is rather sceptical. So, to find out more about those parties, Andrea disguises herself and –with the help of Frances- joins the crowd to “test-date” several men.

B) Berlin, 1986. Mandy is working as a salesperson in a luxury boutique in Berlin´s hippest quarter “Mitte”. When one of the models, who usually show off the boutique´s clothes to customers, falls ill, Mandy is asked to do it. Therefore Steffi, whose father owns one of Germany´s largest factories, mistakes her for one of those “rich girls”. Mandy, living in the socialistic German Democratic Republic, secretely admires Steffi´s world and those two girls become friends. In order not to be recognized as an ordinary girl, Mandy borrows Armani and Prada dresses, skirts and shoes from the boutique without being caught.

C) Washington, 1951. The main treaty which founded the NATO as the Western military union against the Sowjet Union is signed in 1949. Soon enough, Greece and Turkey apply for membership. When Linda de Freers, Dutch assemblywoman, is found stabbed with a Turkish knife in the NATO headquarters, young American officer Carrie Denver is charged with this case´s investigation, she quickly finds out about Linda de Freers´ affair with Norwegian assemblywoman Berit Skagen´s husband. Moreover, Carrie Denver receives one of Linda de Freers´ letters to the Turkish Prime Minister, telling him she´ll vote for the membership of Turkey.

9) If you were the director, which one of these shows would you choose?

10) Studio bosses are generous this year, so every show is filmed. Imagine, Jennifer Aniston is supposed to be the leading actress in every of the above shows (yes I know that´s strange, just imagine)… you decide which character she´s going to play!

A – Celine, Frances or Andrea ?
B – Mandy or Steffi ?
C – Linda de Freers, Carrie Denver or Berit Skagen ?