Category: Friendships

To wrap up this subset of examples of friendships in television, let me provide some snippets about other well-known sidekicks who made their friends better. Just as Andy Griffith needed Barney Fife and Oscar Madison needed Felix Unger, many of my previous examples in this subset needed a top-notch, second banana. Its why everyone needs a good sidekick among their friends. At the start of this series titled, New Year; New Types of Friends I suggested that all men need to reevaluate their friendships from time to time. Everyone will eventually realize that some friends may no longer be helping them grow. In fact, sometimes a bad sidekick may even stunt your personal growth or derail it. That’s when you need to determine it’s time for a new, even better, sidekick. Why a Sidekick In my Introduction post to the subsets with examples of real-life friendships, I linked to my

This next post in my series, New Year; New Types of Friends is from the epitome of shows about friendships at work. The Office shows that friendships with your co-workers are not always as genuine as you might expect. Although I’m not a big fan of the show, it reveals how much co-workers can get involved in each other’s lives and become close friends. It also shows that not all work friendships are valuable, especially when there is one-up-manship in the office. About The Office  The Office is an American mockumentary television series about the everyday work lives of employees at the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. It debuted on NBC as a mid-season replacement for Committed, a Gen X dating sitcom featuring a dying clown who lives in a closet. It aired 201 episodes from March 24, 2005, to May 16, 2013, spanning a total of

The TV show Friends remains the ultimate sitcom of all times about friendship. One of the main reasons for the show’s popularity is the idealistic premise about a group of millennial-age friends in New York City, who share their lives, their relationships, and frankly just about everything. Throughout its ten seasons, viewers see how six friends are always there for each other through heartbreak or a family crisis, or whatever else they encounter. They show why finding and maintaining close friends in a group is hard. They also show that finding friends in a mixed-gender group is even harder, especially for men. Like my other posts on friends in Seinfeld, Happy Days, The Andy Griffith Show, and The Odd Couple for my series, New Year; New Types of Friends, the cast of Friends may give us unrealistic expectations for friendship. These six vastly different people in their young adulthood appear