What the Critics Said About the 1994 Debut of Friends
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Anemic and unworthy of its Thursday-night time slot.
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Watch Jennifer Aniston's First 'Friends' Interview From 1994
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Federal Hill (1994) - IMDb
Friends Season 1
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The Shawshank Redemption movie review (1994)
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The first ever episode of Friends aired 28 years ago in 1994
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Reviews: The Shawshank Redemption - IMDb
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Friends: The Reunion - Wikipedia
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How Matthew Perry became the Friend who never quite seemed to get
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Friends' star Matthew Perry dies of possible drowning at 54