Riffs my son John on a Daily Beast article, "British Police Hunt Suspect Who ‘Looks Like Ross From Friends.'"
Here's the surveillance shot the nefarious lookalike:
The real Ross, David Schwimmer, responds:
Officers, I swear it wasn't me.— schwim (@DavidSchwimmer) October 24, 2018
As you can see, I was in New York.
To the hardworking Blackpool Police, good luck with the investigation.#itwasntme pic.twitter.com/EDFF9dZoYR
And here's the box set of the complete "Friends" series, which John sent me a while back and which I've watched enough of to get 30% of the jokes in John's riff.
ADDED: The glass of fat:
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I was hoping to hear from him, and I see that he nailed it.
He asserted a single defense: "WE WERE ON A BREAK!"
Video was good but would have synced better to lyrics in Tainted love if they had waited another 60 seconds.
I approve of his choice of beer. Asahi. Very nice with most foods.
However, Quaestor knows the advantage of wheels.
"Officers, I swear it wasn't me." sure, sure, Schwimmer. A likely story.
his defense was that it was a case of mistaken identity and the real thief was someone named Russ
Hmmm... "Ross" seems pretty close to "Russ".
It's relieving to see that he's working again, and that he's found employment with Twitter.
Ah Twitter. Hollywood's fallback plan.
Rachel going commando made me lose my train of thought...
My gosh she was stunning back then. I always forget why the 90s belonged to her, then I see her again and wow.
British Police Hunt Suspect Who ‘Looks Like Ross From Friends’
The quote marks makes it fake news: the police didn't say that he 'Looks Like Ross'.
Not being familiar with "Friends", I think the headline should be:
British Police Hunt Suspect Who ‘Is Rather Nondescript'
because the police didn't say that, either.
Jennifer Aniston's acting is brilliant in that scene.
Nonapod: Hmmm... "Ross" seems pretty close to "Russ".
I bet that one was part of the 30% that Althouse got.
Perp looks more like Adrien Brody.
I loved and still love Seinfeld for all the reasons I never liked Friends. The former was smart, funny, infinitely quotable and weirdly relateable in a perverse Larry Davidish way. Friends was simply lame and boringly conventional.
Anniston was so freakin hot back then.
Not directy on topic but I was thinking about your older post about sit coms where the characters change over time and realized that Thirty Rock qualifies. It also showcases Alec Baldwin being genuinely funny while portraying a right winger.
". . . he was known to be trained in karate and unagi, the state of total awareness." Unagi means "eel" in Japanese (very tasty, but totally lacking in awareness).
What am I missing? Maybe I am being too literal?
Never watched Friends but was aware enough because of the craze of the Haircut thing. Can't remember what year.
Tangential: I once suggested to a friend that I could see myself standing in line before the gates of heaven (hopefully many more years from now) and lo and behold who is there right in front of me, but Mr Brad Pitt. St Peter calls him up to the bar, looks over the Book and sees the rascal:
"So, now, just to be clear: Julia Ormond. A young Gwyneth Paltrow. Jennifer Aniston. Angelina Jolie."
"..."
"Well, then, I think you know well enough. You can go right to hell. Enjoy bunking with Warren Beatty"
The chemistry between the actors on long-running ensemble shows, well, shows.
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