1 00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:01,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure like a lot of you ys say, when 2 00:00:01,680 --> 00:00:04,560 Speaker 1: you heard the news about poor Matthew Perry, it was 3 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:08,360 Speaker 1: heartbreaking because so many of us loved and still loved friends. 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,039 Speaker 1: It will always be remembered as one of the great 5 00:00:10,080 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 1: sitcoms ever, and I recently discovered about five years ago 6 00:00:13,920 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: when we moved here, when my daughters started to watch 7 00:00:17,120 --> 00:00:20,160 Speaker 1: it again from scratch, and you watch it again, it's 8 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:24,360 Speaker 1: still so funny, relentlessly funny. Over two hundred and seventy 9 00:00:24,360 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 1: on episodes they did in the end, and every single 10 00:00:26,400 --> 00:00:28,360 Speaker 1: one of them you have these big belly laughs, and 11 00:00:28,360 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 1: the whole six of them were so good together. You 12 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:33,560 Speaker 1: watch it again now and you realize they had lowly 13 00:00:33,600 --> 00:00:36,920 Speaker 1: paid jobs and yet in probably large apartments. None of 14 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 1: it actually made sense when you watch it again and going, 15 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:41,040 Speaker 1: hang on a minute, they are in your jobs. They're 16 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: living in these amazing penthouse apartments in New York. We'll 17 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,240 Speaker 1: skip the reality. It's got a sick on. But all 18 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:51,120 Speaker 1: six and all six of the cast members were incredible. However, 19 00:00:51,120 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: for me, Matthew Perry as Childler Being I always thought 20 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: was the pure kind of comedy king of that show. 21 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: He would take even a line that wasn't the best 22 00:00:59,480 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: line and would knock it out the park. He had 23 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:06,759 Speaker 1: this unbelievable timing, and he was a great physical comic 24 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 1: whenever I sort of imagined him now and in those scenes, 25 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 1: it's the physicality he had as well. Obviously Joey was 26 00:01:12,160 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: very physical and kinetic in his comedy as well. But 27 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 1: to me, Matthew Perry I thought was the purest, funniest 28 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 1: one in that it was a real gift of a 29 00:01:20,880 --> 00:01:23,479 Speaker 1: comic actor as well. It's heartbreaking what happened to him, 30 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,000 Speaker 1: And if you've read his book, you know he's a 31 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:26,959 Speaker 1: deeply troubled soul. And I hope now that you find 32 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:29,280 Speaker 1: some kind of peace. But today I want us to 33 00:01:29,280 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 1: remember just what a gift he was to the world. 34 00:01:31,319 --> 00:01:33,600 Speaker 1: A very very talented actor as well. He also was 35 00:01:33,640 --> 00:01:35,480 Speaker 1: great if any of you loved The West Swing like me, 36 00:01:35,480 --> 00:01:38,160 Speaker 1: he was great in The West Wing and Studio sixty 37 00:01:38,520 --> 00:01:41,360 Speaker 1: on Sunset Strip, which we started to watch again last night. 38 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,040 Speaker 1: A friend of mine is a British comedian, a brilliant 39 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: stand up called Greg Davison. He also had a couple 40 00:01:46,200 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 1: of seasons of a great sitcom called Man Down. When 41 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,840 Speaker 1: he was developing this sitcom. Right, I went to see 42 00:01:52,880 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: him and he had pinned up on the wall. It 43 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: was the you can find this online. It's the character 44 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,880 Speaker 1: definitions before they started writing any Friends, Right, you go 45 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,960 Speaker 1: back now, And because it was so good, they knew 46 00:02:03,960 --> 00:02:06,320 Speaker 1: who these characters were before they started writing the jokes 47 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: for them. The Chander one he said before. Obviously the 48 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:13,200 Speaker 1: show became one of the biggest sitcoms. Chander droll, very droll, ry, 49 00:02:13,280 --> 00:02:17,160 Speaker 1: observer of everyone's life and his own works in front 50 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,959 Speaker 1: of a computer doing something tedious in a claustrophobic cubicle 51 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,360 Speaker 1: in a non district office building, survives by way of 52 00:02:24,400 --> 00:02:27,720 Speaker 1: his sense of humor and snacks. It's great reading this again. 53 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: Ross emotional, romantic Monica's brother suddenly divorced, facing single hood 54 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: with phenomenal reluctance. All right, so we're talking about if 55 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:41,639 Speaker 1: there was after the sad passing of Matthew Perry over 56 00:02:41,639 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: the weekend. Right gave the world and he's still going 57 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: to enjoy his genius in Friends, he gave us Chanda 58 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:50,000 Speaker 1: being So, if there was a fantasy sitcom dinner and 59 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:52,240 Speaker 1: you can have three sitcom characters to come around for dinner, 60 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,200 Speaker 1: Who's coming around to yours, Paul. Christian, I'd have Penny 61 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:57,720 Speaker 1: from The see if you could pick up a theme 62 00:02:57,720 --> 00:03:02,160 Speaker 1: of Paul's thing, Penny from Female, Penny from Big Bang, 63 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:08,239 Speaker 1: Kelly Female from Marriedwood Children, Rachel from Friends because they're 64 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: so intelligent. Okay, it's not fantasy creepflest, Paul. Okay, I'm 65 00:03:12,400 --> 00:03:14,959 Speaker 1: trying to do something nice here, and you're throwing in 66 00:03:15,080 --> 00:03:17,239 Speaker 1: they're all because they're all intelligent. In the end, it's 67 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:21,400 Speaker 1: not fooling anybody. No, Christian, I'd have Marshall Erickson from 68 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:24,600 Speaker 1: How I Met Your Mother. Never seen an episode of that. 69 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 1: That's a great is it? Yeah? Yeah, Yeah, Mister G 70 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:31,480 Speaker 1: the Great Mister G from Summer Heights High has he 71 00:03:31,560 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: been on? Canceled? And Cam the Great Cam from Modern Family. 72 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,840 Speaker 1: That's a very very good one. Pete some more than 73 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: so fantasy sitcom dinner, which three sitcom characters come around. Christian, 74 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: I'd also go, like you, Chandler Bing. Then I'd have 75 00:03:44,840 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: Narles Crane for the wine. It's a love Frasier the 76 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,920 Speaker 1: Court Master episodes so good. And Sheldon Cooper from Big 77 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: Bang Theory. That's a good one. Christian. I go for 78 00:03:55,920 --> 00:04:00,080 Speaker 1: Chandler Bing Stewie for the sarcasm, and iron Man of 79 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: the stories. I don't know if I am Man the 80 00:04:02,160 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: movie being a sitcom, Christian, I go Ol Bundy for 81 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:11,520 Speaker 1: a sarcasm, Jeff Bingham from Rules of Engagement for his humor, 82 00:04:11,640 --> 00:04:15,640 Speaker 1: and Norm from Cheers. Christian, I'd have Niles and Martin 83 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: Cramee and the great Captain Holt if you loved Brooklyn 84 00:04:19,480 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: nine nine. Captain Holt's brilliant than that.