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Monday 31 March 2014

Idea Deconstruction

Friends is a comedy that is set in New York, it is based around a group of friends called Rachel, Monica, Phoebe, Ross, Joey and Chandler. They are always based around Monica's apartment where is where they like to hang out. Through out the series Rachel ends up living with Monica as she runs out on her wedding and need a place to live, Joey and Chandler lives across the hall and always meet up on a daily basis with the others Phoebe and Ross who live in their own apartments in different buildings from everyone. Ross is Monica's brother and throughout the series Monica eventually ends up marrying Chandler, Rachel and Ross have a child together, Phoebe gets married to Mike. It follows their lives as they are either in the apartments or in the coffee house which are the main two locations. Chandler is the comedian of the group, trying to make people laugh, Monica is the serious one, Rachel likes to shop, Joey is the 'dumb' one of the group, Ross is into science and Phoebe likes to sing.
How I Met Your Mother is based on this as it is based on a group of friends called Ted, Marshall, Barney, Lily and Robin also in New York, the main location is either Marshall, Lily and Ted's apartment or the local bar with is just under from them. Barney is the joker of the group, always going out with girls, Marshall and Lily are together and eventually get married, Robin is the tough person of the group always serious, and Ted is the one always worrying about his future as the story is based around him telling the episodes story at the beginning as he talks to his kids as in going over what happened explaining how it was Ted met his wife.
They are both similar as its a group of friends from New York, the main location being either in one of their apartments or in the local bar.

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