"With a Little Help From My Friends" is a song
written by the Beatles (and expertly covered by Joe Cocker) and it
could easily be the subtitle for the thirty minute comedy, "Friends".
In 1994,
the idea was created for "Friends": a show about six friends in New
York as they navigate their way through life and learn to grow up as
they approach the third decade of their life. All, with the help from
each other to get them through the obstacles that life naturally has
for us.
Monica
is the excessively neat and organized "older sister" of the group, who
works as a chef while yearning to find her ideal love. Ross, Monica's
older brother, is a paleontologist with a lifelong crush on Rachel. He
is a laid-back man with low self esteem and a recent divorcee. Rachel
is the pretty, bubbly girl who spent most of her life as a spoiled rich
princess. Now she must learn to face the real world. Chandler is Ross'
college buddy and the guy who will crack jokes at a moment's notice.
Phoebe is a loveable eccentric masseuse who easily could have fit in
with Haight Ashbury in the 1960s. And Joey, the friend who has an
inverse relationship between his good looks and his intelligence. He
dreams of becoming an actor.
All combined, these six individuals make up "Friends".