After the 'Friends' Have Gone
The countdown is on as NBC's "Must-See" powerhouse prepares to say farewell. But how will the "Friends" cope after all is said and done? "Extra" got some advice for the dearly departing from a few superstar series veterans.
"Try and do something else, would be my advice," said Jerry Seinfeld, whose super-successful sitcom lasted eight seasons. After his series ended, Seinfeld chose a return to stand-up instead of TV.
"I think sometimes people come off of one thing and then they try to do another version of that same thing, and I think the public wants to see you do something else," Seinfeld told us.
And Jerry's co-star Jason Alexander told us that the end of "Friends" certainly doesn't mean the end of friendships: "The 'Friends' cast is really tight, which is nice, so the show will end but the relationships won't."
After eleven seasons of "The Carol Burnett Show," Carol has stayed close with her co-stars and says the "Friends" should do the same: "My advice would be to keep in touch and maybe get together with everyone, or one or two of them every so often, and break bread and have some fun and reminisce a little bit."
Tori Spelling spent ten years on the hit series "Beverly Hills 90210," and she insisted that the "Friends" would be just fine. "They don't need any advice -- look at their paychecks."
Meanwhile 7-year veteran of "The Practice," Camryn Manheim, insisted that the "Friends" phenomenon is unique: "Listen, the cast of 'Friends' got to go on 'Oprah.' I don't see Oprah asking 'The Practice' to come on her show."
On Wednesday, NBC Entertainment president Jeff Zucker told us that the smash sitcom will be sorely missed: "'Friends' has meant so much to us in the last decade, so clearly it's a bittersweet time."
And the clock goes on ticking until the hour-long "Friends" finale, which airs Thursday night NBC.
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