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Osee Posted 18 years ago
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Liza Minnelli?

At the end of the first episode of the comedy series Friends, Chandler is being talking about his new dream. He says:"I am in Las Vegas. I am Liza Minnelli ..." Then the spisode ends with laughters. Could you tell who is Liza? And why is it a kind of thing arosing in laughters? Thanks.
  

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Liza Minelli is the daughter of Judy Garland. She is a singer. Chandler is saying that he imagines himself performing as a female singer on a Las Vegas stage, as shown in the attached photo.

— CalifJim

  • Liza Minelli is the daughter of Judy Garland.
  • She is a singer.
  • Chandler is saying that he imagines himself performing as a female singer on a Las Vegas stage, as shown in the attached photo.
  • Is that amusing enough to elicit laughter, do you think?
  • CJ
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Liza Minelli is the daughter of Judy Garland. She is a singer.

Chandler is saying that he imagines himself performing as a female singer on a Las Vegas stage, as shown in the attached photo. Is that amusing enough to elicit laughter, do you think?

CJ
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I see. Thanks a lot. But why does Chandler metion this specific woman? Any famous anicdotes about her? BTW, no offense, but this woman looks a little scary.
CalifJimLiza Minelli is the daughter of Judy Garland. She is a singer.

Chandler is saying that he imagines himself performing as a female singer on a Las Vegas stage, as shown in the attached photo. Is that a
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Hi Osee,

I think you should look at Chandler's sentence in context.

First, the episode you're talking about opens with Chandler telling his friends about another dream he had had (the one about being naked and having a phone … there! If I'm not mistaken, you posted something about that sentence, didn't you?). As you can see, both the dreams give the idea of a great sense of emba
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OseeBTW, no offense, but this woman looks a little scary.
Perhaps that's partly because that's not actually Liza -- it's a wax sculpture of Liza at Madame Tussauds. lol
This picture ought to be a bit less frightening.
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Wow, wax sculpture? It looks like a real woman. I just thought she was a woman putting heavy make-up.

Thanks, Yankee. This real picture is pretty.

Yankee
OseeBTW, no offense, but this woman looks a little scary.
Perhaps that's partly because that's not actually Liza -- it's a wax sculpture of Liza at Madame Tussauds. lol
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Thanks, Tanit, for this detailed explanation. Glad to see a friend here loving Friends Emotion: smile
TanitHi Osee,
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You're welcome.

And I'm sorry for a mistake I made: "Second, Chandler sometimes remembers ..." should read "Second, Chandler sometimes recalls ..."

(I'm quite sure there's something else which needs editing ... sorry about that.)
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Does not matter. I got your meaning. Thank you.
TanitYou're welcome.

And I'm sorry for a mistake I made: "Second, Chandler sometimes remembers ..." should read "Second, Chandler sometimes recalls ..."

(I'm quite sure there's something else which needs editing ... sorry about that.)
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A significant bit about the dream: Chandler's father is a female impersonator. Liza Minelli is a popular woman for female impersonators to dress as. He's afraid of turning into his father...
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I don't know anything about Friends, except that it always seems to be on; but maybe Liza Minnelli's popularity among gay men is significant.

(In a recent poll, she was voted the 10th most popular "gay icon". Her mother came fourth.)

MrP
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