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Friends writer shares ‘highlight’ of working on the show

‘It takes so little for a celebrity to seem like a decent person’

The Independent UK

Friends writer Patty Lin calls sweet David Schwimmer moment her ‘highlight’ on the show

‘It takes so little for a celebrity to seem like a decent person’

The Independent UK

TV writer spills "Breaking Bad" toxicity

Patty Lin praises writing on "Freaks and Geeks" and reveals why she loves that a show like "Beef" finally exists

Salon

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Former Desperate Housewives writer claims staff ‘avoided eye contact’ with Teri Hatcher

Hollywood screenwriter Patty Lin claims in her new memoir that a ‘wildly inefficient system’ was in place on the ‘Desperate Housewives’ set

The Independent UK

Not A Day Goes By Where I Don’t Think About The BTS Drama On Desperate Housewives

How d'ya like them apples?

Pedestrian.tv

A Former Friends Writer Talked About Working With The Famous Actors, And It Sounds Absolutely Miserable

Former Friends writer Patty Lin opened up about her experience working on the sitcom, and it sounds pretty terrible.

Cinemablend

Friends was never a fairytale behind the scenes – stop pretending otherwise

This week, Patty Lin, a writer on the hit 1990s sitcom, offered a damning assessment of the show’s collaborative environment. It’s time people stopped romanticising the making of their favourite TV series, writes Louis Chilton – the Friends don’t always justify the means

The Independent UK

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Friends writer says cast were 'aggressive' and 'deliberately' ruined jokes they didn't like

"I didn't learn that much, except that I never wanted to work on a sitcom again."

Marie Claire

‘A tired old show’: Friends writer claims cast deliberately ruined jokes

Patty Lin says that Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry and co forced rewrites of gags they didn’t like by performing them badly

The Guardian - UK

Friends writer Patty Lin says show’s ‘unhappy’ cast ‘deliberately’ ruined jokes they didn’t like

Their alleged behaviour made her ‘never want to work on a sitcom again’

The Independent UK

‘End Credits’ Memoir Looks At Established TV Writer Who ‘Broke Up With Hollywood’

Patty Lin wrote for ‘Friends’ and ‘Breaking Bad’, but the chaos got to be too much

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