Lisa Kudrow Spills Friends Residuals & Perry's Comedy Magic

0:00It's May 3rd. Welcome in. This is Entertainment and Celebrity News, where pop culture meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. Lisa Kudrow just drops in real talk on why her friends role keeps caching checks three decades later. The show kicked off back in September 1994 on NBC and blew up quick, pulling in 25 million viewers every week. She spilled in a recent interview that her and the whole cast still pocketed about $20 million a year in residuals. Fast forward to now and that sitcom ran 10 solid seasons till May 2004, with the finale drawing over 52 million eyeballs. Kudrow joked it might be her quirky Phoebe Buffet character keeping those payments fat. But here's the personal side. She admitted she'd never fully watched the show until after Matthew Perry passed in October 2023. Before that, she only spotted her own slip ups. Watching it hit different this time, and she shouted out the cast's brilliance, especially how Jennifer, Courtney, David, Matt, and Matthew had her, cracking up nonstop.

1:04Perry stood out, always chasing last on and off camera, turning sets into tear jerking comedy fest. Even so, Kudrow set the record straight. Things backstage weren't all pure last like fans picture. Fans magic indoors, proving time was vibes, pay dividends forever.