"In Japan, the opening phrase to Friends is this:" "Friends is about to start!" "Hi, I'm James Michael Tyler." "You might know me as "that guy."" "You know, the Central Perk guy in love with Rachel." "Okay, it's Gunther from the TV show, Friends." "I'm here to show you something that you've probably never seen before." "In fact, I know that I haven't seen it before and no one that I know has ever seen this before." "Anyway, take a look." "This is how the world watches Friends." " Althea!" " Althea?" "What are you doing?" " I'm just guessing." " You're guessing?" " Althea is the correct answer." " Nice guess." "Friends episodes are translated into many different languages." "Today, we will travel to Sweden, Germany and Japan." ""People watch Friends in other countries?" you ask?" "Of course they do." "Friends is all over the world." "We found this group of fans in Sweden that watch Friends just like we do." "You know what the only difference is?" "Do you?" "They watch it subtitled." "I love Friends." "I'm a really devoted fan." "It doesn't matter what episode you put on, it's always fun." "I use Friends as therapy." "Me and my wife used to lie down and have Friends marathons." "Of the actors, I really like Ross." "I love Friends." "Sushi, sake, karaoke?" "Right, Japan." "Friends even reaches Japan." "They say that English to Japanese is one of the most difficult translations." "Let's watch and see." " Good Morning." " Good Morning." " Good Morning." " Good Morning." "Hi." "I'm Yu Mizushima for Chandler Bing." " I'm Shigeru Ushiyama for Ross." " I'm Atsuko Tanaka for Phoebe Buffay." " I'm Rika Fukami for Monica Geller." " I'm Shinobu Adachi for Rachel Green." "I'm Hiroaki Hirata for Joey Tribbiani." "To prepare for each performance the actors take home, study and scrutinize the English version of the episode along with the translated Japanese script." "Then, once back in the studio they rehearse only once with the help of a director then begin with the first take." "Do you realize that any minute now Phoebe could be pregnant?" "Yes, it really makes me think what life is all about." "The questions are ready." "Basically, we change things in the script itself and when there is a laugh, especially when the laugh is big we make sure it makes sense for the Japanese audience." "What is Chandler terribly afraid of?" "Mr. V's walk!" "That's correct." "I love coming to work." "It's a lot of fun." "Next we take the autobahn to Germany." "This is one of my favorite spots in Europe." "I wonder if Gunther would stand a chance with Rachel in Germany." "Hello." "We're here at Kirsten's apartment in the lovely city of Hamburg, Germany." "And around me are a lot of dedicated fans of the TV series, Friends." "How you doing?" "And, believe me, it works also in German." "I'm Joey, not Tribbiani, but I'm Joey, I'm also from Hamburg." "Yeah, we don't have a Chandler, and we don't have a Monica." "Maybe somebody has three nipples." "I haven't watched..." "Being from Berlin, I have to say that the Berlin sense of humor is really similar to the New York sense of humor." "Straight, fast and spontaneous." "Every week the TV Guide comes to Chandler and Joey's apartment." "Whose name is the subscription under?" "What is the name on it?" "That's Chandler's." "It says Chandler Bing." "My name is Gerhard Chalev." "I'm dubbing Mr. David Schwimmer, Ross." " Althea is correct." " Thanks, Joey." "My name is Michael Ivanik, and I'm dubbing Chandler Bing." "It's a pleasure for me." "Actually, it's Miss Chanandler Bong." "My name is Nadia, Nadia Reichard, and I'm Rachel." "Three hundred dollars is a little too exciting." "Stop spending my money." "My name is Maya Tueldu, and I synchronize Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe." "They want you so much." "So when you guys get in there, really grab on." "Phoebe is just unique and you have to be very emotional to bring that across in German." "That's normal, okay?" "And this is indeed a big challenge." " Tails!" " It's heads." "Gerhard, one more time with a little more superiority." "We don't get the books before." "We get everything in the studio and then we have to be ready, prepared for what we have to do." " I forgot one little thing." " Yeah, that's right." "This is our great concern, to be as close to the original." "We are like an ensemble of actors and we are really friends." "Now you know, Friends, it's universal." "It speaks different languages." "Tails!" "It's heads." "And that is the international phenomenon." "On behalf of James Michael Tyler, a.k.a. Gunther a.k.a. That guy who was in love with Rachel, the Central Perk dude thank you very much." "Hi, I'm Jennifer Aniston." "Actually, it's Miss Chanandler Bong." "Whose name is the subscription under?" "What is the name on it?" "That's Chandler's." "It says Chandler Bing." " Althea!" " How do you know?" " I'm just guessing." " You're guessing?" " Althea is the correct answer." " Nice guess." "Smelly cat, smelly cat It's not your fault" " And you have to say, "Smelly."" " Smelly!"