《老友記》是美劇史上最受歡迎的劇集之一，也是世界范圍內(nèi)有史以來最成功的情景喜劇(sitcom)之一。笑聲的背后卻是十分精細(xì)的制作：200個人的攝制團(tuán)隊，5天拍攝1集：前3天將用于演員彩排，第4天拍攝半集內(nèi)容，到了第5天則會在250名觀眾面前拍攝（這也是劇中為什么旁邊會發(fā)出笑聲的原因）。經(jīng)過3星期的剪輯，一集美劇即可新鮮出爐。還有哪些你不知道的“秘密”？一起來回顧《老友記》的精彩的雙語花絮吧！

1. Stage 24 (home to Friends from season two until now) is said to be haunted. It is one of the oldest stages on the Warner Bros. Rumors of late night "occurrences" have been circulating for years!
場景24（即六人從第2季起使用的家）據(jù)說鬧鬼。這是華納公司歷史最悠久的舞臺。多年來，幽靈出沒的傳說從未間斷。

2. Each episode enlists from 35 to 50 extras. James Michael Tyler (Gunther) was an extra in season one. He was the only extra who could work the cappuccino machine, which led to his recurring role. Not until his first spoken line ("Yes." in The One with Phoebe's Dad) did the writers give him a name.
每一集有35-50個群眾演員。JamesMichael Tyler從第一季開始出現(xiàn)，群眾演員中只有他會使用cappuccino咖啡機(jī)，從此之后一直有戲。但直到 TOWPhoebe's Dad 那一集，他才有了第一句對白“Yes”，于是劇作者們才給他起了個名字——阿甘。

3. The Wardrobe Department has an entire room just for handbags!
道具組用整整一個房間來放手袋。

4. The artwork in Central Perk is changed every 3 episodes. The art department showcases local, national and international artists. Some artists create original pieces just for the show!
中央咖啡館里掛的畫，每三集換一次。作品來自當(dāng)?shù)?、國?nèi)和國外的藝術(shù)家。其中一些作品是專為本劇集創(chuàng)作的。

5. The shops acrossfrom Central Perk have meaning. Dottie & Herman'sDeli is named after co-creator Marta Kauffman's relatives. FreeBeing Records is an homage to a Greenwich Village record store that executive producer Kevin Bright frequented as a kid.
咖啡館對面的商店也有典故。店名“Dottie & Herman'sDeli”是原劇作者之一Marta Kauffman的親戚的名字；“Free BeingRecords”是向格林威治鎮(zhèn)的一家唱片店致敬，因為制片人Kevin Bright小時候常常光顧那里。

6. Paul Swain, the Electrical Best Boy, draws the art on the Magna-Doodle board hanging on the back of Joey and Chandler's front door. Sometimes he does a drawing that the writers request or that relates to the storyline; otherwise, the doodle is usually an inside joke with the crew.
Joey和Chandler家的房門背后掛著磁性畫板，上面的畫出自PaulSwain之手。有時他根據(jù)劇作者的要求進(jìn)行創(chuàng)作，有時作品和臺詞相關(guān)；有時則畫的是工作人員之間發(fā)生的笑話。

7. Monica and Joey's refrigerators actually work (a TV rarity). Monica's is filled with water and soda for the cast and crew. Joey's is, um, pretty darn bachelor-like.
Monica和Joey的冰箱都通電（在拍攝電視劇中并不常見）。Monica的冰箱裝著水和蘇打，供演員和工作人員飲用；Joey的嘛，和一般光棍的冰箱沒什么兩樣。

8. The sandwich boardoutside Central Perk references a crew member who went above and beyond the call of duty. "Neighbor Tim" has been appearing at Central Perk ever since his good deed on the set.
咖啡館門外的廣告牌上，寫著當(dāng)值工作人員的名字。每次"NeighborTim" 的名字出現(xiàn)，就表示他將場景布置妥當(dāng)了。

9. In the cold open of"The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy" (Season Premiere, 1996)，the gang came in and found other people sitting in their Central Perk spots. Those were the show's writers for that season.
301（莉亞公主的幻想）片頭，六人走進(jìn)中央咖啡館時發(fā)現(xiàn)有人占了他們的位子——其實坐在那里的正是第三季的作者們。

10. The show goes through 32 pots of regular coffee on show day and over 100 cases of water a week.
每次演出要喝掉32杯咖啡，每星期用去100桶水。

11. Phoebe has performed over 25 original songs on the show since the first season.
自第一季始，菲比共演唱了25首原創(chuàng)歌曲。

12.The Central Perk set is one of the few sound stage sets with a real asphalt "street."This allows for more realistic sound during exterior scenes, and allows for underground plumbing to pipe-in real steam from the manholes.
中央咖啡館的場景，附帶一條真正的瀝青“街道”，是少數(shù)現(xiàn)場錄音的場景之一。這樣拍攝外景時，音效更加真實，下水道還可以冒出真正的蒸汽。

13. The newspapers near the pay phone in Central Perk are six months old.
中央咖啡館里，公用電話旁邊的報紙已經(jīng)擺了半年了。

14. 30,000 feet of film is used to tape one episode of Friends.
拍攝每集Friends需要耗費(fèi)三萬英尺膠卷。

15. The art department updates the food in Monica's kitchen cupboards weekly. But types offood (ie: pasta, canned goods) are always kept in the same areas,because Monica is so organized!
Monica廚柜里的食物，每星期由藝術(shù)部門更新一次。但食物總是分門別類嚴(yán)格擺放在同樣的位置。（Monica講究條理嘛）

16. Monica and Chandler's kitchen has 7 spatulas in plain view.
從平面圖上看，Monica和Chandler家的廚房有7把鍋鏟。

17. The show orders pizza twice a night for the studio audience. That's a total of 85?pizzas to feed the 300 audience members. (The cast and crew sometimes get sushi too!)
一晚上工作人員要給現(xiàn)場的觀眾訂兩次披薩，即是說，一共要為300名觀眾訂85個披薩。(演員和工作人員有時也訂壽司。)

18. When the original Magna-Doodle wore out, the prop department had to find one on eBayto match the original.
磁鐵畫板用壞了以后，道具組不得不到eBay上買一個一模一樣的來替換。

19. Robin Williams and Billy Crystal did four takes of their brief cameo in Central Perk.
RobinWilliams（窈窕奶爸）和BillyCrystal（當(dāng)哈利遇到莎麗）在中央咖啡館亮相時間很短，場戲拍了四遍才殺青。

20. Most of the copy on the Central Perk coffee board is the original copy from the show's first season (typos included)!
中央咖啡館的咖啡板上的字大多還是第一季時留下來的呢（其中包括打字稿）！

21. The show spends$1,700 a week on lightbulbs or "globes."
劇組每星期要花費(fèi)1700美金買燈泡。

22. Executive producer/co-creator Kevin Bright often directs episodes. He alsore-edits the opening title sequence twice each year with new footage. Once for the first 12 episodes, then again for the second12.
制片人（也是friends之父）KevinBright常常擔(dān)任導(dǎo)演。另外，他也負(fù)責(zé)每年分兩次重新設(shè)計片頭，每次設(shè)計12集。

23. Each script goes through three to five drafts - and often times jokes are rewritten during filming, based on audience response.
每集的劇本要動3到5次手術(shù)——在拍攝過程中，還要根據(jù)現(xiàn)場觀眾的反應(yīng)、多次修改笑料。

24. It takes 366,000 watts of electricity to light all the sets on Stage 24 for one Friends filming. That is the equivalent electrical power of 12 large homes.
拍攝每一集Friends要耗費(fèi)36瓦電來照明，相當(dāng)于12個大家庭的用電量。

25. 25 to 30 people attend the weekly table reads. This is when the cast reads the script for that week's episode aloud for the first time.
每星期的臺詞朗讀會有25到30個人參加，在會上，演員會首次大聲宣讀即將開拍的劇集的劇本。