Maxwell’s House

1. In 1993, Matthew Perry pitched NBC a sitcom he had co-written about a group of twentysomethings called Maxwell’s House. The network turned him down because they already had a similar TV show, Friends, in the works.
1993年，馬修·佩里給美國全國廣播公司投稿了一部他參與編寫的情景喜劇，這部叫《麥克斯韋的房子》的聚集描述的是一群二十多歲年輕人的故事。但最后被拒絕了，因為他們已經在制作一部類似的電視劇《老友記》。

other titles

2. Before settling on Friends, other titles producers considered were Friends Like Us, Six of One, Across the Hall, Once Upon a Time in the West Village, and Insomnia Cafe.
在確定下《老友記》這個名字前，劇組曾考慮過使用其它名字，比如《像我們這樣的朋友》、《六位一體》、《穿過大廳》、《西城往事》、 《不夜咖啡屋》。

four characters

3. Originally the show was going to focus on just four characters: Monica, Ross, Rachel, and Joey. Phoebe and Chandler were going to be supporting characters.
最初電視劇只有四個主角：莫妮卡、羅斯、瑞秋和喬伊。菲比和錢德勒是配角。

main couple

4. Also, Monica and Joey were originally intended to be the main couple on the show.
而且，莫妮卡和喬伊原本是一對主要的情侶。

Ellen DeGeneres

5. Ellen DeGeneres turned down the role of Phoebe.
脫口秀主持人艾倫·德杰尼勒斯拒絕了出演菲比一角。

Chandler gay

6. In the early stages of development, the writers considered making Chandler gay.
在劇集最開始的時候，編劇本想把錢德勒塑造成同性戀。

frame

7. The frame around the peephole originally had a mirror in it. It was accidentally broken by a crew member, but because it still looked good, they decided to leave it there.
貓眼周圍的相框本來是個鏡子。一位工作人員不小心打破了，但是框子看起來還不錯，于是就把它留在了那里。

orange couch

8.The iconic orange couch in Central Perk was found by a set designer in the basement of the Warner Bros.
中央咖啡館里標志性的橘色沙發(fā)，是由華納兄弟電影公司組設計師從地下室找到的。

apartment number

9.In the first couple of episodes, Monica and Rachel’s apartment number was No. 5. This was changed in later episodes to No. 20 because the producers noted that 5 corresponded to an apartment on lower floor.
在頭兩集中，莫妮卡和瑞秋的房門號是5，后來換成了20號，是因為劇組發(fā)現5號是低樓層的公寓號碼。

I’ll Be There for You

10.“I’ll Be There for You” was co-written by Friends producers David Crane and Marta Kauffman, along with Phil Solem and Danny Wilde, of The Rembrandts.
主題曲“我在這里等你”是《老友記》制片人大衛(wèi)·克拉尼和瑪爾塔·考夫曼還有倫勃朗樂隊的菲爾·索利姆，丹尼·王爾德合作創(chuàng)作的。

The ages

11.The ages of the cast when the show premiered:
11.電視劇首播時各位主演的年齡是：

full names

12.The full names of the characters are:
主角的全名是：

Chandler Muriel Bing
錢德勒·穆里爾·賓

Rachel Karen Green
瑞秋·凱倫·格林

Ross Eustace Geller
羅斯·尤斯塔斯·蓋勒

Monica E. Geller
莫妮卡·E·蓋勒

Joseph Francis Tribbiani Jr.
喬伊·弗朗西斯·崔比昂尼

Phoebe Buffay (she never knew her middle name since she had never seen her birth certificate)
菲比·布菲（她不知道自己的中間名，因為她從沒見過自己的出生證明）

Season 2

13.Season 2 is the only season without a Thanksgiving episode.
第二季是唯一沒有感恩節(jié)的一季。

“Rachel” haircut

14.Jennifer Aniston has stated that she hated the now-iconic “Rachel” haircut.
珍妮弗·安妮斯頓曾說過她討厭瑞秋這個傲慢的發(fā)型，雖然現在這已經是瑞秋的標志發(fā)型。

Courteney Cox

15.Courteney Cox was the only cast member not to get an Emmy nomination for her work on the show.
柯特妮·考克斯是唯一沒有憑借此片獲得過艾美獎提名的演員。

Christina Applegate

16.Reportedly, Christina Applegate was cast as Amy Green for the Season 9 Thanksgiving episode after Reese Witherspoon was unavailable to reprise her role as Jill Green.
據說，在瑞茜·威瑟斯彭不能出演吉爾·格林的角色之后，扮演艾米·格林的克里斯蒂娜·埃伯蓋特在第9季感恩節(jié)那集再次出現。

Bruce Willis

17.Bruce Willis guest starred on the show for free.
布魯斯·威利斯無償客串。

Gunther

18.Gunther was not originally a speaking part; the actor, James Michael Tyler, got the role as an extra because he knew how to work an espresso machine.
岡瑟本來是沒有臺詞的；演員邁克爾·泰勒出演這個額外的角色，是因為他知道怎么使用咖啡機。

refrigerator

19.The refrigerator in Monica’s apartment actually worked. It was filled with water and drinks for the cast and crew.
莫妮卡公寓的冰箱實際上是可以用的，用來放演員和工作人員的水和飲料。

white dog statue

20.In reality, Joey’s white dog statue belonged to Jennifer Aniston. It had been given to her by a friend as a good-luck gift.
其實，喬伊的白狗雕像是珍妮弗·安妮斯頓的。是一位好友送給她，希望為她帶來好運。

two soundtracks

21.During its run, the show released twosoundtracks.
在電視劇播出期間，發(fā)行了兩份電影原聲帶。

$1 million

22.During the first season of the show, each cast member earned $22,500 per episode. By the end of the series they each made a $1 million an episode.
第一季時，演員們的酬勞是每集22500美元，到劇集完結，他們的酬勞達到了每集100萬美元。

52.46 million

23.The final episode was watched by 52.46 million viewers and is the fourth most-watched television series finale in U.S. history.
最后的大結局有5246萬人觀看，是美國歷史上最多人觀看的大結局第四名。