Friends game show is being made to celebrate the long-running comedy’s 30th anniversary.Titled Fast Friends, the four-part HBO Max show will be filmed inside The Friends Experience: The One in New York, a two-story, 17,000 square-foot attraction featuring various recreated sets from the hit show.
Production begins next month, but a transmission date has not yet been confirmed.“From racing through Rachel and Monica’s apartment to darting across Joey and Chandler’s bachelor pad and grabbing a coffee at Central Perk, fans will relive their favorite moments while being put to the test with trivia, puzzles and games that will keep even the most die-hard Friends fans on their toes,” according to a press release.
The teams will compete to be crowned the ultimate Friends fans.The pilot episode of Friends aired 30 years ago yesterday (September 22).
It ran for 10 seasons, ending in May 2004.Recently, while reflecting on the milestone anniversary, Courteney Cox said she “can’t imagine” that a reboot of the show would work.“It’s hard to try to redo anything,” she told People. “Anything with ‘re’ in front of it with this group…I think it’s so special.”She has, however, shared her love for the show and its legacy, describing it as “incredible”, and saying, “Every joke holds up, all the characters are just so amazing, and we [had] the best writers in the world.
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