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21 - Ellen DeGeneres was given the choice of acting as Phoebe Buffay before Lisa Kudrow was chosen, but she turned it down. 


22 - Only Matthew Perry was allowed to sit in the screen writings for the show because he had helped the directors with the jokes and punchlines for the script. 


23 - June Gable, who played Joey's agent Estelle Leonard, also played a nurse in the episode where Carol gives birth to Ben. 


24 - Bruce Willis guest-starred on the show, for free, after losing a bet with Matthew Perry. He donated the money he received from the FRIENDS franchise, to charity afterwards. 


25 - Everyone had the same last name in the opening credits of season 6 episode 1 to honour Courteney Cox and David Arquette's successful marriage.


26 - Towards the end of the series, every lead character got $1 million per episode.


27 - FRIENDS was ranked #7 on Empire magazine's 50 Greatest TV Shows Of All Time in 2008.


28 - The main characters from the show were named after All My Children (1970) characters. 


29 - Originally, Phoebe and Chandler were just supporting actors who did all the comedy. 


30 - During the course of filming, all of the 6 friends change their jobs at least once. However, Chandler is the only one who never involuntarily left his job. 

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