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Adam Chase is an American producer and writer. He is best known for his work on the TV series Friends, for which he was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, [ 1] two Golden Globe Awards, [ 2] in addition to winning two People's Choice Awards.
He was a Theater Major for two years before switching to Performance Studies junior year and studying under Frank Galati. After graduating with honors, Adam worked as a PA for James L Brooks who gave him his first writing job in Television. He is known for Friends (1994), Mom (2013) and Clone (2008).
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Adam Chase is a TV writer and producer. He worked on 140 episodes Friends from season one through six.
Chase appears onscreen twice in Friends:
•In "The One With The Princess Leia Fantasy" he is one of the people sitting on the Central Perk couch, preventing the main characters from using it.
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•Adam Chase at the Internet Movie Database
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- David Schwimmer inspired that infamous 'I take thee, Rachel' slip-up. That memorable moment when Ross mistakenly inserted Rachel's name into his wedding vows to Emily (Helen Baxendale) first came to the writers after the season had started.
- Writers knew getting Joey and Rachel together was a risky move. Crane said he knew it was "totally wrong" for Joey and Rachel to develop feelings for each other (most of America would agree).
- Showrunners considered firing Matthew Perry amid his struggle with drug and alcohol abuse. It isn't a new revelation that Matthew Perry struggled with addiction during his time on "Friends."
- Charlie Sheen was super nervous to guest star. Director Michael Lembeck wanted the audience to be surprised when Charlie Sheen made a guest appearance in Season 2 as Phoebe's boyfriend.
Created by Marta Kauffman & David Crane. Aired: NBC, 1994-2004. Co-creators Marta Kauffman and David Crane met in the theater program at Brandeis; by the time they created Friends, they had added a third partner, Kevin Bright, with whom they'd worked on the pilot of the HBO series D ream On.
According to fellow Friends writer Adam Chase, the title was his idea. “The first time it appeared, it was just in dialogue,” he said during an interview on the Friends With Friends podcast.