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12th Jan 2016

VIDEO: These US adverts for Friends were banned for being too racy

Paul Moore

So no one told you TV life was gonna be this way?

There probably isn’t an episode of Friends that you’re yet to see because it’s still the go-to TV show for most people when they’re lying on the couch and flicking through the channels.

Joey might be comfortable going commando in another man’s fatigues but it seems that NBC – the studio behind Friends-  took a very different approach when they were deciding on a way to promote the show on TV back in ’94.

These two adverts featuring the guys hanging around in their shorts/ t-shirts and the ladies in their nighties was deemed to be too racy at the time and was ultimately banned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3ZPpzGUuJA

Here’s the follow-up.

I wonder what Joey had to say about this censorship.

Joey Clothes

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Friends,TV