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BuzzSugar — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:30:48 -0800

Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music, and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points!

On Friends, an ex-boyfriend essentially steals Charlie (Aisha Tyler) away from Ross. What actor plays the ex-boyfriend, Benjamin Hobart?

The WB Celebrates Turkey Day with Friends, The OC, and More

BuzzSugar — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:30:35 -0800

Over the course of its 10 seasons, Friends served up some pretty classic Thanksgiving episodes. Now, with this year's turkey day fast approaching, The WB.com has put all nine of the Thanksgiving episodes together in one place.

Yes, that includes the football game episode from the third season and - maybe biggest of all - the Brad Pitt appearance from season eight, which not only just shook things up at the friends' Thanksgiving dinner but also got Pitt an Emmy nomination.

And that's just a little taste of what the online network is offering for the holiday. There's also a Thanksgiving- and food-themed Friends trivia quiz, plus a whole lot of Thanksgiving episodes of other WB shows. Before the end of the week, Thanksgiving-themed episodes from Everwood, Gilmore Girls, and The OC will all be online.

Are any of the Friends Thanksgiving episodes staples of your holiday viewing? You can relive a few of the best moments if you read more.

Photo courtesy of TheWB.com

Buzz Brainteaser

BuzzSugar — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 04:30:54 -0700

Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music, and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points! In the episode of Friends titled "The One With the Halloween Party," who guest stars as Ursula's fiancé?

How Much Would Those Jobs on TV Pay in Real Life, Anyway?

BuzzSugar — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:30:50 -0700

Being in the writing biz myself, I've always marveled at how Carrie Bradshaw pulled off such a fabulous lifestyle including that spacious, beautifully furnished, ideally located apartment on a newspaper columnist's salary. I know later in the television series she confronts some financial realities but for the most part, being a columnist looks especially lucrative on TV!

It's things like that (remember that huge, awesome apartment Rachel and Monica shared on Friends even though Rachel was a waitress for a while?) that make this story on the salaries of TV characters so fun.

CareerBuilder.com asks what I think a lot of us think every now and again, "Would our favorite characters' lavish lifestyles make it on the other side of the TV screen?" and comes to some pretty interesting conclusions:

Samantha Newly, of Samantha Who? is a vice president at a real estate firm whose real life salary would likely be $145,051. Dang! And she lives at home so pretty much anything she buys or wears is completely plausible.
Head pie maker Ned of Pushing Daisies would probably make about $21,241 in the real world, but they figure he's financially solvent due to the reward money he earns bringing murdered people back from the dead on the side.

Are there any TV characters whose lifestyles don't seem to match up with their jobs?

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Buzz In: Which TV Shows Would Make Good Movies?

BuzzSugar — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 07:30:23 -0700

There's been lots of scuttlebutt lately that Friends could finally go the way of Sex and the City and make its way to the big screen. Ever since the rumor resurfaced, reps for both the studio and the actors have been busily denying it, but it's still an interesting thing to think about: Can you really imagine seeing the Central Perk crew back together again? I don't think I can picture it - but then, I don't know if I could have imagined a big-screen SATC, either, and it's made more than $350 million in theaters worldwide.

Rumors also come up from time to time about a big-screen reunion of The Sopranos or The Wire, though none of them seems to have much credibility behind it. On the other hand, though, the Arrested Development movie really seems like a good possibility now, with various cast members confirming all over the place that a deal is in the works.

Are there other series that you think could successfully leap to the big screen? And, on the other hand, are there some that you think would just never work as films?

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Buzz In: What Are the Worst On-Screen Kisses?

BuzzSugar — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 14:00:33 -0700

After viewing The Wackness I had lots of nice overall feelings about the movie but one tiny little part of it still makes me go, "Eeesh!" And that would be the part where Mary-Kate Olsen makes out with Ben Kingsley. Yeah, that makeout session (because it's definitely more than a little peck!) gave me the opposite of warm-fuzzies inside.

The romantic pairing up of old and young, sometimes given the lovely term "May-December romance," can be kinda icky to witness. Steve Martin locking lips with Claire Danes in Shopgirl is another one that sends an uncomfortable shiver up my spine.

It's not always the age thing, though. Sometimes there's poor chemistry, or one of the actors looks like he's falling asleep during a supposedly passionate embrace. There are awkward ones, like the tongue kiss between Sarah Michelle Gellar's conniving Kathryn and Selma Blair's painfully naive Cecile in Cruel Intentions. And there's the small screen, too: How awful was that kiss between Joey and Rachel on Friends? I distinctly remember yelling at my TV, "Stop! No! This isn't right!"

Those are just a few of kisses that have made me squirm in my seat, and as Defamer recently pointed out, there's often some squirming on the set as well during these kissing scenes. What are some of the worst screen kisses you can think of?

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Buzz Brainteaser

BuzzSugar — Thu, 15 May 2008 04:30:08 -0700

Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points! On Friends, Monica and Rachel hire a stripper (played by Danny DeVito) for Phoebe's bachelorette party. What is his stripper name? (Note: Not his character's real name of Roy, but his stripper name.)

Buzz Brainteaser

BuzzSugar — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:30:52 -0700

Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points! In the Season Four episode of Friends in which Monica tries on Emily's wedding dress, a pregnant Phoebe also gets a wedding dress to try on.
What is the name of the store where Phoebe rents her maternity wedding dress?

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BuzzSugar — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:30:00 -0700

Buzz Brainteaser

BuzzSugar — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 10:30:00 -0800

Welcome to Buzz Brainteaser, the trivia feature on BuzzSugar! Every weekday I'll test your knowledge about TV shows, music, and movies. If you enter in the correct answer, you win points! Happy New Year!
Fill in the blank from Ross's resolution in the fifth season New Year's Eve episode of Friends:
"I'm gonna go out on a limb and say no _____ in '99!"