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The Friends cast got one last trip before fame

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Imagine a TV executive actually caring about your mental health before exploiting your face for billions. Just before the pilot aired, Burrows took the six unknown actors to Caesar's Palace in 1994, handed them chips, and told them this was their last chance to be normal humans in public. He was right, and now they basically own syndication residuals until the heat death of the universe.

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