I finally bought all DVDs of "Friends" a few days ago. It is almost ten years ago that I first started to watch this extremely amusing TV sitcom. At first, I just began to watch it with the purpose of learning English. It is definitely helpful for listening and learning English expressions and idioms, and there are many people who use this TV show as an English learning tool in Korea.
I don't know when and how I became a huge fan of this TV show, but I have watched it repeatedly and habitually. After three or four times of repeating from first season to tenth, I feel that those six friends are my own friends. I know it is rediculous and silly, but I feel like that way.
Anyway, these days I watch this becuase I enjoy it, not becuase I have to learn English. As I'm getting older, I tend to enjoy funny things, not serious things. It means that when I choose TV shows or movies, the most important criterion is whether it can make me laugh and happy. Though "Friends" is a kind of old-fashioned TV show and is totally insensitive to a real life or social problems in those days, I like their humor and characteristics of six protagonists in this respect.
I always like the story of dealing with growth. Watching the growth of six friends is another aspect of amusement and that's why I never get tired of "Friends," even though I am watching same episodes again and again.
I'll keep these DVDs as my first collections of American TV show and a memento of living in the U.S.
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