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The Best of Friends, Vol. 1-2 (vhs):

Amazon.com video review: This set carries the show's 10 best episodes. Friends has matured into one of the few sitcoms that can truly be judged "must-see." The ensemble--Courteney Cox Arquette, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and Matt LeBlanc--provide a master class in chemistry in this two-tape set. Volume 1 includes some of the best of the Ross-Rachel episodes. Their star-crossed relationship is set in motion in the "Pilot," in which runaway bride Rachel moves in with Monica. "The One with the Two Parts" features guest appearances by Helen Hunt and George Clooney, not to mention Marcel the monkey. Lovelorn Ross tries not to be a nice guy but throws in the cards in "The One with All the Poker." "The One Where Ross Finds Out" and the great flashback episode "The One with the Prom Video" finally bring Ross and Rachel together.

Volume 2 contains "The One Where No One's Ready" and "The One with the Embryos." The two-part "The One with Ross's Wedding," in which Ross famously blurts the wrong name at the altar, launched Monica and Chandler's secret affair, a subplot that revitalized the series. Two gems from season 5, "The One with All the Thanksgivings" and "The One Where Everybody Finds Out" (about Monica and Chandler), illustrate why Lisa Kudrow won the ensemble's lone Emmy. --Donald Liebenson

Friends: B.O. Friends 3 & 4 (2pc) (vhs):

Amazon.com video review: Friends has matured into one of the few sitcoms that can truly be judged "must-see." The ensemble--Courteney Cox Arquette, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and Matt LeBlanc--provide a master class in chemistry. Volume 3 includes another hilarious Chandler-Janice hookup in "The One with the Candy Hearts," the Thanksgiving grudge match for the precious Geller Cup in "The One with the Football," and "The One That Could Have Been," a roads-not-taken episode. Finally, volume 4 contains two great Thanksgiving episodes, "The One with Chandler In a Box" and "The One Where Ross Got High." Relive other series milestones, including, "The Hundredth Episode," in which Emmy-winner Lisa Kudrow's Phoebe gives birth to triplets; "The One with All the Resolutions," in which Rachel finds out about secret couple Monica and Chandler; and "The One with the Proposal," in which Chandler's plans to propose to Monica are complicated by the reappearance of her lost love Richard (Tom Selleck). --Donald Liebenson

The Best of Friends Collection (Vol. 1-4) (vhs):

Amazon.com video review: Friends has matured into one of the few sitcoms that can truly be judged "must-see." The ensemble cast--Courteney Cox Arquette, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer, and Matt LeBlanc--provide a master class in chemistry in this four-tape set. The first volume includes some of the best of the Ross-Rachel episodes, including "Pilot" (the one that started their star-crossed relationship), in which runaway bride Rachel moves in with Monica. Other episodes include "The One Where Ross Finds Out" and "The One with the Prom Video," which finally bring Ross and Rachel together. Highlights of the second volume are the two-part "The One with Ross's Wedding," in which Ross famously blurts the wrong name at the altar, launching Monica and Chandler's secret affair, and two fifth-season gems, "The One with All the Thanksgivings" and "The One Where Everybody Finds Out" (about Monica and Chandler). Volume 3 includes another hilarious Chandler-Janice hookup in "The One with the Candy Hearts," the Thanksgiving grudge match for the precious Geller Cup in "The One with the Football," and a roads-not-taken episode called "The One That Could Have Been." Finally, the fourth volume contains two great Thanksgiving episodes, "The One with Chandler in a Box" and "The One Where Ross Got High." Relive other series milestones, including "The Hundredth Episode," in which Phoebe gives birth to triplets; "The One with All the Resolutions," in which Rachel finds out about secret couple Monica and Chandler; and "The One with the Proposal," in which Chandler's plans to propose to Monica are complicated by the reappearance of her lost love Richard (Tom Selleck). --Donald Liebenson

Friends: B.O. 3 (vhs):

Amazon.com video review: From another hilarious Chandler-Janice hookup ("The One with the Candy Hearts") to the Thanksgiving grudge match for the precious Geller Cup ("The One with the Football"), this selection of four endlessly watchable--and quotable--episodes will please fans of TV's most popular comfort show. "The One with the Blackout" is a showcase for Emmy-worthy Matthew Perry, whose hapless Chandler is locked in an ATM with supermodel Jill Goodacre. In the historic "The One Where Ross and Rachel... You Know," "smitten kitten" Monica has eyes for older family friend Dr. Richard Burke (Tom Selleck). "The One That Could Have Been," a roads-not-taken episode, is one of the series' better two-parters, with Phoebe (Emmy winner Lisa Kudrow) as a heart-attack-prone stockbroker. --Donald Liebenson

Friends: B.O. Friends 4 (vhs):

Amazon.com video review: This collection contains two great Thanksgiving episodes, "The One with Chandler in a Box" and "The One Where Ross Got High." Relive other series milestones, including "The Hundredth Episode," in which Phoebe (Emmy winner Lisa Kudrow) gives birth to triplets, and "The One with All the Resolutions," in which Rachel finds out about secret couple Monica and Chandler; and "The One with the Proposal," in which Chandler's plans to propose to Monica are complicated by the reappearance of her lost love Richard (Tom Selleck). "He's not supposed to ask my girlfriend to marry him," Chandler complains. "I'm supposed to do that!" And he does just that in this in this get-out-your-handkerchiefs sixth-season gem. --Donald Liebenson