Chandler Bing

Chandler Bing is one of the main characters in the 90’s sitcom Friends. He is very outspoken with his quick, sarcastic jokes that constantly poke fun at his other friends. Chandler is the son of an erotic writer and a crossdressing burlesque show member named “Viva Las Gay-gas.” He works in high positions in the statistical analysis and data reconfiguration field, but even though he is paid well, he dislikes his job. Freud would say that Chandler’s childhood experiences would have an enormous role in determining who he is as a person. He grew up with a mom who did not hide her sexuality in the least. For example, she bought Chandler his first pack of condoms. He also grew up with a cross-dressing father who tried to have relationships with…

ran on the National Broadcasting Company’s (NBC) prime-time schedule for 236 episodes over 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004 (Bright, Kauffman, & Crane, 2012). Viewers learned about the relationships among Monica Geller, Rachel Green, Phoebe Buffay, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing, and Ross Geller, as they discussed their triumphs and disappointments over countless cups of coffee. In this paper I will be analyzing all six main characters and then two recurring themes through out the TV series. First…

Rachel Green, Phoebe Buffay, Ross Geller, Chandler Bing, and Joey Tribbiani, all encompassed a different character type and were well known for being these characters. T.V. sitcoms tend to include some or all of the typical character types we are used to seeing. There are eight character types that can be present in a sitcom, which include, the logical smartypants, the love-able loser, the neurotic, the dummy, the bitch/ bastard, the womanizer/ man-eater, the princess/ prince, and the person…

In this 1994 sitcom, Rachel Green, Ross Geller, Monica Geller, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing and Phoebe Buffay are all friends, living off of one another in the heart of NY. Over the course of 8 years, these average group of buddy’s go through massive mayhem, family trouble, past and future romances, fights, laughs, tears and surprises as they learn what it really means to be a friend. In the T.V show there were numerous relationships, but the one that stands out to me is the relationship…

story of Ross and Rachel and eventually Monica and Chandler. The theme song is telling of what the entire show is about, “no one told you life would be this way. Your job’s a joke, your broke...you’re always stuck in second gear. It hasn’t been your day, your month, or even your year...but…

In the year 1994 the TV show “Friends”(Kevin S. Bright,1994) that viewers didn’t expect to still have affection for, after 20 years of it’s release, became a favorite for many people. Individuals from a variety of ages became intrigued by this series because it became the new television, meaning it was a new kind of show that showed a different view on life. Six characters, 3 males, Joey, Chandler and Ross, and 3 females, Pheobe, Rachel and Monica are best friends, also Monica and Ross are…

“So no one told you life was gonna be this way. Your jobs a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s DOA (lil rambents).” “I’ll Be There For You” was the catchy song that would play from enlarged, home televisions on Thursday nights as millions of Americans would join together and spend the next thirty minutes laughing along with the characters from Friends. Friends was a huge hit in 1990s. It piloted it 1994 and ran for ten seasons. The end of this beloved series was like the end of an era, yet it…

around for many years and are usually well liked by a broad spectrum of people. Sitcoms involve a group of characters for multiple episodes and/or series depending on the quality of the certain show. While they are not like reality television of today, they are different than shows that used to come on television such as Bonanza and the Dukes of Hazard. Sitcoms are extremely comedy based which is very different than the western actions that used to take over peoples television sets. The…

The most important thing to a person who grew up in an Italian household is family. It is something that they cannot avoid, most of the time the family does not live that far apart from one another and they are very tight knit and always watching out for one another. Joey fits this discretion perfectly, and brings that feeling of family to his friends. He is always there for them when they need it and does not stand for it when they treat each other wrong. Any of the other character know that if…

The people we surround ourselves with help mold us into the people we will become; these people are called friends. They bring a lifetime of irreplaceable laughter and sadness that one could not live without. The situational comedy, Friends, gave viewers in the 1990s an image of “true” friendship. Set in New York, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston), Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow), Joey (Matt Leblanc), Chandler (Matthew Perry), Ross (David Schwimmer), and Monica (Courteney Cox Arquette) are a group of six friends…