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One cast member recalls asking to be released from the show he was already on, so he could join Friends — hat in hand, tail between his legs. The producer listened and made a prediction: "That show's not gonna make you a star. This show is gonna make you a star." Years later, the producer is in the audience.
❝ Monólogo · 9 frases Asking to Leave Another Show
Guess the Mystery Voice
A cast member tells how he fell for Friends while already signed to another show, so he went to that show's producer, humble and apologetic, and asked to be let go. The producer replied that the other show would never make him a star, but Friends would. Later, the cast plays a quiz about their own characters.
The story is really about a choice, and about how a career turns on other people's guesses. The speaker had a job and a contract, and still walked in to ask a favor — tail between his legs, hat in hand — because he believed in the group he had just met: "I love this show that I'm doing right now," he tells the man who can free him. The producer's answer turns the whole thing into a joke about luck: he plainly says the other show will not make him a star, "This show is gonna make you a star," and is right. Bringing that producer into the audience years later closes the loop, letting the reunion laugh at how close the call really was.
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“Will the mystery voice please make himself known?”
Mock-formal phrasing that turns a reveal into a show moment.
Formal
“-If you leave now, I will chop off my hand and give it to you.”
A ridiculous conditional that turns competition into comedy.
Informal
“I love this show that I'm doing right now.”
Plain, present-tense affection with a precise object.
Informal
“"This show is gonna make you a star."”
A flat prediction that lands like a prophecy.
Informal
And I just remember sitting with these five other people and thinking, "This is the greatest group of people, the greatest script. I have to do this." And I actually, tail between my legs, hat in hand, went to the producer of the show I was on because they hired me in second position, and I said, "Please release me from this show. I love this show that I'm doing right now. Nothing against your show. I just love these people and I am having so much fun."
Siguiente · 12a completely different ballgameLa escena: The Cast on Sudden FameHe had just read with the Friends cast and wanted the part. Because he was already signed to another show, he had to ask its producer to let him go.
He said the show he was on would not make him a star, but that Friends would. The prediction turned out to be right.
It refers to a Friends episode where Joey finds a man whose hand looks exactly like his, and the quiz asks the women to identify that hand from a lineup.
The recording belongs to Tom Selleck, a guest star from the show, who then appears in person and greets the cast.
