When it comes to Friends, we've got a lot to thank it for.
Not only is it one of the all-time most loved TV shows, it often fills that void when the only question on your lips is "what the fuck should I do? I'm bored rigid."
It's adaptable to a lot of situations. If you've got a hangover it's easy enough to sit through a few episodes while you dip in and out of consciousness and make multiple trips to the fridge. It works the same if you're ill, too. It's good for everything.
You can drift in and out of it at any stage, from the early days when Chandler looked like he was constantly coming back from a Duran Duran concert, and later on when Ben had grown up and had become a bit of a prankster.
Played by Cole Sprouse, who had previously starred in Big Daddy, went on to film The Suite Life of Zack and Cody with his twin brother, and is currently starring in the drama series Riverdale, Ben had a small but important role in the series from 2000 - 2002.
As he grew up we began to see more of him as Ross looked after him and he often spent time with his aunt and uncle, Monica and Chandler. Unfortunately for Cole, at the time there was something that was stopping him from reaching his full potential.
He was distracted by the fact he was in love with Jennifer Aniston.
"I had a really, really hard time working with Aniston because I was so in love with her," Cole told The New York Post. "I was infatuated. I was speechless - I'd get all bubbly and forget my lines and completely blank. It was so difficult."
Credit where it's due, he did a decent enough job. So decent in fact, that he sometimes reminded his elders of their lines when they forgot them...
If you spend a lot of your time on the Internet then you'll probably be aware there's loads of stuff in Friends that people missed the first time, only for it to be rediscovered 12 years after the series finale.
There have been theories as to why Jennifer Aniston's nipples are always showing, fans have noticed famous scenes where Matthew Perry almost cracked-up, and people have even spotted pies going missing from tables when Brad Pitt appeared on the show. Oh and there's the moment an extra chewed her coffee.
But there's also this one where Courtney Cox is clearly replaced with a double.
"I must've seen every Friends episode a million times and never noticed the world's worst stand-in for Monica," the person who found it wrote on Twitter, alongside a clip of Courtney Cox nodding at Lisa Kudrow's Phoebe - only to suddenly morph into someone completely different when the camera changes angle.
Why couldn't all the actors just be in all the shots? Was it too much to ask?
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