What does the cast think of all the fan stuff on the Internet?
Jeff Greenstein: “I’m the most Netaholic member of the Friends family, though several of the other writers and producers also read the mailing list, as do a few people from Warner Brothers. If I come across anything especially amusing or provocative, I tack it on the bulletin board next to the writers’ room. “For example, somebody recently quoted a line from Mad About You in which Ursula mentioned her brother. Well, if Ursula has a brother, so does Phoebe, and we writers need to be aware of that. “There was also a post on the newsgroup which confidently asserted that the character of Carol, the pregnant lesbian ex-wife, was ‘based on Friends Executive Producer Marta Kauffman.’ Marta really got a kick out of that one, as did her husband and two kids. “I don’t think any of the cast members are wired as of yet [that was around 1994 – 95], though I did circulate the internet “Friends Drinking Game” to them. They loved it, and expressed amazement that people knew the show that well.
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