Friends



Friends is an American television sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. With an ensemble cast starring Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer, the show revolves around six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City. The original executive producers were Kevin S. Bright, Kauffman, and Crane. The series was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and Warner Bros. Television.

On the Show
The show has been mentioned several times in iCarly, more noticeably David Schwimmer, who played Ross Geller on the show, who was mentioned in 4 episodes of iCarly. In iWant My Website Back, Mandy asks if the gang likes David Schwimmer. Next, during iMeet Fred, in the video that Fred and the iCarly gang make at the end, Fred randomly screams: "What's wrong with David Schwimmer?". In iBelieve in Bigfoot, Freddie mentions David Schwimmer is being featured on Celebrities Underwater, and states that he's not moving, meaning that he may have drowned. Freddie then exclaims: "I guess there's never gonna be a Friends reunion." Lastly, during the webcast in iToe Fat Cakes, Sam wins a DVD of a movie directed by David Schwimmer as part of her reward for going 10 days without getting into trouble.

11 years after iBelieve In Bigfoot, where Freddie mentioned the Friends reunion, there actually was one in May 2021, where the cast talked about the show with James Corden and recreated some iconic Friends moments, including Joey's outfit where he wore all of Chandler's clothes in the episode "The One Where No One's Ready". Maggie Wheeler who played Chandler's on-again-off-again girlfriend Janice, and James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther also made minor appearances.

The iCarly revival cast - Nathan Kress, Jerry Trainor and Laci Mosley - all expressed interest in casting Courtney Cox - who played Monica Geller on Friends - as Mrs. Shay, the estranged mother of Carly and Spencer Shay.

Carly mentions Paul Rudd in the revival episode, iObject, Lewbert! Rudd appeared on Friends as Mike Hannigan as Phoebe Buffay's boyfriend-turned husband in the final two seasons of the show.

Friends is indirectly referenced in the revival episode iMake New Memories, when Millicent tells Harper in the 3 years she has known her, they don't knock when entering each other's apartments, which is also seen in the previous episode iLove Your Shoes. This was a running gag in Friends, as the characters always walked into each other's apartments.

Carly and Freddie's relationship references both the Ross-Rachel relationship - with it being on-again-off-again,, with Freddie (Ross) being in love with Carly (Rachel) since they were young and they eventually figure their feelings out end up together - and also the Monica-Chandler relationship as they are best friends who fell in love and stayed together, to the point where they almost get married.

Trivia

 * Friends has only been mentioned so far in the original iCarly series.
 * The cast of the revival series have expressed interest in having Courtney Cox play Spencer and Carly's mother in the revival.
 * David Schwimmer was mentioned 4 times throughout the original show.
 * In iBelieve In Bigfoot, Freddie mentioned that there wouldn't be a Friends reunion due to David Schwimmer drowning in Celebrities Underwater. In real life, there actually was a reunion 10 years later, hosted by James Corden, which featured all the main cast, James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on the show, and Maggie Wheeler who played Janice on the show.
 * The reunion of Friends was the last project James Michael Tyler (Gunther) starred in before his death a year later.
 * Carly and Freddie's relationship references/is a mixture of both the Ross-Rachel and Monica-Chandler relationships from Friends.

Episodes Referencing Friends

 * iWant My Website Back
 * iMeet Fred
 * iBelieve In Bigfoot
 * iObject, Lewbert!
 * iLove Your Shoes
 * iMake New Memories