{"id":2009302,"date":"2023-08-23T12:52:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/friends-writer-says-stars-would-deliberately-tank-jokes-rarely-had-anything-positive-to-say\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T12:54:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T16:54:32","slug":"friends-writer-says-stars-would-deliberately-tank-jokes-rarely-had-anything-positive-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/friends-writer-says-stars-would-deliberately-tank-jokes-rarely-had-anything-positive-to-say\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Friends&#8217; writer claims stars sabotaged jokes, lacked positivity."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffriends-writer-says-stars-would-deliberately-tank-jokes-rarely-had-anything-positive-to-say%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2009302&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>A Former &#8220;Friends&#8221; Writer Reveals \u2063Behind-the-Scenes Drama<\/h2>\n<h3>Unveiling the Truth About \u200cthe Hit Sitcom<\/h3>\n<p>A former \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/friends\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friends<\/span><\/a>\u201d writer has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-investigating-power-assisted-steering-failure-complaints-in-older-ram-pickup-trucks\/\" title=\"US probing power steering issues in older Ram trucks.\">recently \u200bopened<\/a> up about\u2063 her\u2062 less-than-ideal\u2063 experience on set, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irs-whistleblower-says-doj-waiting-to-pounce-in-retaliation-over-hunter-biden-investigation\/\" title=\"IRS whistleblower claims DOJ ready to retaliate over Hunter Biden probe.\">shedding\u2063 light<\/a>\u2064 on the behavior of \u2063the\u200d show&#8217;s top \u2063stars.<\/p>\n<p>Patty Lin,\u2062 in her book &#8220;End Credits: How I Broke Up\u200c with Hollywood,&#8221; shared her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/snopes-posts-bogus-pro-aoc-fact-check-ends-up-exposing-its-left-wing-bias\/\" title=\"Snopes Posts Bogus Pro-AOC \u2018Fact Check,\u2019 Ends Up Exposing Its Left-Wing Bias\">firsthand account<\/a> of \u2064working on\u200c the\u200b beloved NBC series. An excerpt from her book was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/probe-finds-ore-state-dem-created-hostile-work-environment\/\" title=\"Probe finds Ore. state Dem created hostile work environment\">recently published<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6306278\/friends-patty-lin-end-credits\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Time<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Lin initially had reservations\u2063 about joining the writing team for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/entertainment\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">season 7<\/span><\/a>  of &#8220;Friends&#8221; due to her lack of experience in comedy.\u2064 However, given the show&#8217;s immense popularity at the time, she couldn&#8217;t pass up the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>The iconic sitcom, which aired \u200cfrom 1994 to 2004, starred Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox,\u2063 David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, and Matthew Perry.<\/p>\n<p>Lin recalls \u2064her initial excitement about table reads, \u200cwhere she got \u200bto be in\u2062 the same room as the \u2063cast.\u200d The allure of being close to the &#8220;Big\u2064 Stars&#8221; and enjoying \u200ba <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/friends-writer-says-stars-would-deliberately-tank-jokes-rarely-had-anything-positive-to-say\/\" title=\"'Friends' writer claims stars sabotaged jokes, lacked positivity.\">catered breakfast buffet quickly faded<\/a> as \u200cshe realized the actors&#8217; \u2063discontent with being \u200dtied to \u200cthe show. \u2062Lin felt \u2063they were solely focused on how each script\u2062 served their \u200cown interests.<\/p>\n<p>According to Lin, the\u2062 show&#8217;s \u2063leads would intentionally sabotage jokes they didn&#8217;t like, resulting in the dismissal of numerous good jokes. She\u2064 partly \u200bblames \u200cthe show&#8217;s creators for not\u2063 intervening\u2064 and supporting the writers.<\/p>\n<p>Lin describes a negative atmosphere on set, with\u2063 the actors voicing their opinions during\u2063 script \u2062discussions\u200d but rarely offering feasible \u2062solutions. These sessions lacked the expected \u200blevity of\u2062 a sitcom production.<\/p>\n<p>She also felt like an outsider in the show&#8217;s writers \u200broom, describing it as &#8220;cliquey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenges, \u200cLin acknowledges that working on &#8220;Friends&#8221; taught her an important lesson. She ultimately decided\u200c that\u200c sitcoms were \u2062not for her and went on\u200c to work on other \u2063successful shows like &#8220;Desperate Housewives&#8221; and\u2062 &#8220;Breaking Bad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on her time on \u200b&#8221;Friends,&#8221; Lin concludes, &#8220;I didn&#8217;t learn that much, except that\u200d I never wanted to work on a sitcom again.&#8221; However, she\u200d recognizes that the show remains\u2064 her most recognizable credit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In her book &#8220;End Credits: How I Broke Up with Hollywood,&#8221; Patty Lin, a former writer for &#8220;Friends,&#8221; revealed that her experience on set was far from ideal, partly due to the behavior of the show&#8217;s top stars. Time recently featured an excerpt from Lin&#8217;s book, shedding light on her time working on the popular NBC sitcom.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"featured_media":2009303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}