{"product_id":"generation-friends-an-inside-look-at-the-show-that-defined-a-television-era-hardcover","title":"Generation Friends: An Inside Look at the Show That Defined a Television Era (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eIn September 1994, six friends sat down in their favorite coffee shop and began bantering about sex, relationships, jobs, and just about everything else. A quarter of a century later, new fans are still finding their way into the lives of Rachel, Ross, Joey, Chandler, Monica, and Phoebe, and thanks to the show’s immensely talented creators, its intimate understanding of its youthful audience, and its reign during network television’s last moment of dominance, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e has become the most influential and beloved show of its era. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e has never gone on a break, and this is the story of how it all happened.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eNoted pop culture historian Saul Austerlitz utilizes exclusive interviews with creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman, executive producer Kevin Bright, director James Burrows, and many other producers, writers, and cast members to tell the story of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e’ creation, its remarkable decade-long run, and its astonishing Netflix-fueled afterlife. Readers will go behind the scenes to hear from the people who were present as the show was developed and cast, written and filmed. There will be talk of trivia contests, prom videos, trips to London, Super Bowls, lesbian weddings, wildly popular hairstyles, superstar cameos, mad dashes to the airport, and million-dollar contracts. They’ll also discover surprising details—that Monica and Joey were the show’s original romantic couple, how Danielle Steel probably saved Jennifer Aniston’s career, and why \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eFriends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e is still so popular that if it was a new show, its over-the-air broadcast reruns would be the ninth-highest-rated program on TV.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"\u003eThe show that defined the 1990s has a legacy that has endured beyond wildest expectations. And in this hilarious, informative, and entertaining book, readers will now understand why.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3 style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px 0px 4px; margin: 0.75em 0px 0.375em -15px; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; font-size: 1.23em; line-height: 1.255; clear: left; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif\u003e      \u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0em 0px 1em 1em; font-family: \" amazon ember arial sans-serif small font-size:=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700;\"\u003eSaul Austerlitz\u003c\/span\u003e is the author of four previous books, including \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eJust a Shot Away \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eSitcom\u003c\/i\u003e. 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