"That first year," Jennifer Aniston recalled, "we shot to number one in summer reruns. People came over to me at a drugstore one day and said, 'We've been following you for blocks and just wanted to know if it was you, and could we have your autograph?' I'm standing there with toilet paper under one arm and tampons under the other and I say, 'Sure.'"

[Shortly before the first show aired, "Friends" director Jimmy "Papa" Burrows flew the cast to Las Vegas. "He took us out to dinner and said, 'You don't know what you're about to embark on. You better take care of each other.' We had no idea what he was talking about. Then he gave us each $500 and said, 'Enjoy it. This is the last time you'll be able to walk through a casino without being bothered.' Papa is one psychic Jew."]