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What is it about Friends? Why did it succeed then and is still a hot show today? Why did I watch it brand-new and have been watching it in syndication ever since and my now 19 year old daughter watches it too and we both love it the same? How is it possible that this show about Gen-Xers, for Gen-Xers, has outlasted the Gen-X era and has impacted the Millennials and so on? Well, there's a lot of thoughts out there about the endurance of Friends so I chose just one article to share. If you are a Friends lover what are your thoughts? Why do you think it has lasted so long?   


[In the words of the cast themselves]




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