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Friends, Forever

Diane Werts

May 2, 2004

DVDs

Friends Series Finale. Single-disc limited edition, $15 list price (Warner Home Video, in stores May 11).

Friends Complete Seasons 1-7. Boxed sets of four discs of each season (23-25 episodes per box). Seasons 1-2, $40 each; others, $45 each (WHV, released 2002-04).

The Best of Friends Seasons 1-4. Single discs of five episodes per season, $10 each (WHV, 2003).

The Best of Friends Collection. Box of four discs, with five top episodes each, $70 set (WHV, 2000-01).

BOOKS

Friends Til the End: The Official Farewell Commemorative. Large-format, all-color "bookazine," 160 pages with photos, interviews, $11 (Time Inc., at grocery checkouts).

Friends Til the End: The Official Celebration of All Ten Years. Entire run covered in 288 pages, backstage photos, includes final episode, hardcover, $40, paperback, $25 (Time Inc., out Friday).

Friends: The One About the No. 1 Sitcom. Paperback, with episode guide, trivia, photos, $14 (New American Library, 2003).

Friends: The Official Companion Book. Paperback, with photos, bios, Season 1 info, $13 (Main Street Books, 1995).

Cooking With Friends. Hardcover cookbook: Phoebe's oatmeal-raisin cookies, Joey's best pasta sauce and, of course, iced mocha latte, $20 (Rutledge Hill Press, 1995).

MUSIC CDs

Friends. The Rembrandts' theme song and a dozen more from Barenaked Ladies, R.E.M., others (Warner Bros., 1995).

Friends Again. Songs from Smash Mouth, Lisa Loeb and others, intercut with episode sound bites (Warner Bros., 1999).

ETC.

More than 50 licensed products at www.nbcstore.com:

T-shirts,sweatshirts with logos (show, Central Perk), cast photos, "How you doin'" catchphrase, Smelly Cat design

Baseball cap, beret

Coffee, cappuccino mugs

Beach tumbler

Umbrella

Nightlight

Holiday ornament

Smelly Cat mousepad

Trivia board, card games

WEB SITES

www2.warnerbros.com/friendstv. Episodes, bios, message board, screensaver, Web cards, store.

www.nbc.com/Friends (use capital F). Episodes, bios, photos, timeline, Phoebe's scrapbook, finale party tips.

www.tvtome.com/Friends (use capital F). Episodes, guest cast, writer, director credits, goofs guide, fan forum.