Appropriate fan behavior at the building!With Friends’ 25th anniversary rapidly approaching at the end of the month, we wouldn’t blame you if, say, you wanted to express your love for the sitcom by buying a whimsical peephole frame for your door or naming your new cat Gunther. What is not advisable, though, is trekking on a full bladder to the show’s famed apartment exterior on the corner of Bedford and Grove Streets, and whizzing all over the door. We wish a reminder of such uncouth behavior would be unnecessary, but here we are. Now let’s make this an educational moment. Because hidden within a New York Post article about how local West Village residents are pissed about a planned Friends outdoor couch installation, one resident summed up his irritation by recalling the near-constant public urination he deals with from the show’s fans.
“We have at least 400 tourists a day coming to look at that building. They take pictures all day and all night. I come outside and there’s 20 people hanging out on my stoop or taking a pee around the corner,” Rezar Skoda told the Post. “To close off the street or a section of the sidewalk would make it crazy.” Despite Warner Bros. Television filing the correct permits for the nostalgic publicity stunt — which would close the entirety of Bedford between Grove and Barrow for an unknown amount of time — residents are pissed (heh) that a representative from the studio didn’t show up to explain to logistics at a recent community-board meeting. “We are hopeful we can still move forward with the permit and create a unique experience for fans,” Warner Bros. said in a statement. Just, please, hit up the toilet beforehand.
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