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Release Date: May 6, 2004 This content is archived.
An article on the front page of USA Today on the final episode of "Friends" and the cultural implications of the show's 10-year run extensively quotes Elayne Rapping, professor of American studies, who says the show will be remembered for making America aware that being in your 20s really is being in the prime of life. Rapping is the only academic expert on pop culture quoted in the article. Go to article.