David Schwimmer Explains the Difficulty He Had Listening to the ‘Friends’ Theme Song

The actor admits that he had a lot of trouble listening to the title of The Rembrandts for a while because he "heard so many times".

How David Schwimmer's Child Unknowingly Shifted His View On “Friends” After He Refused To Watch It For Years

David admitted that he felt the show perhaps “overstayed its welcome” on air as he opened up about how he “never” watched it back and even disliked hearing its iconic theme song.View Entire Post ›

David Schwimmer Explains the Difficulty He Had Listening to the ‘Friends’ Theme Song

Actor David Schwimmer has admitted the theme song to Friends haunted him for years due to its overuse. Schwimmer, who began his acting career in 1989, rose to widespread fame five years later for his role as Ross Geller in the NBC sitcom Friends. A monumental hit and a cultural phenomenon across its ten-year run, the show’s ubiquity in the pop culture zeitgeist led to its theme song (The Rembrandts’ “I’ll Be There for You”) becoming just as re…

David Schwimmer Couldn’t Listen to the ‘Friends’ Theme Song for ‘Quite a While’ After Show Ended

No one told David Schwimmer that life after Friends would be this way. While the rest of the world was still singing along to Friends‘ iconic theme song (“I’ll Be There for You” by The Rembrandts) after the popular comedy wrapped in 2004 after 10 years, Schwimmer admitted he had to put the track on mute for a while. During an appearance on the Matt Lucas and David Walliams podcast, “Making the Scene,” Schwimmer said he found the tune to be a b…

David Schwimmer says 'Friends' might've 'overstayed its welcome a bit' on the air

Schwimmer revealed that, at one point in his life, he didn't have a positive reaction to hearing the sitcom's iconic theme song.Reisig & Taylor/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty The cast of 'Friends' in 1994.Ket PointsDavid Schwimmer admitted that he "didn't have the greatest response" to the "Friends" theme song for a while.He learned to love it again when he heard his child, Cleo, laughing while watching the sitcom.The actor added that "F…

He only watched the series for the first time when his daughter discovered it for herself.