There was a recent surge of affection and curiosity in Mates because the dying of Matthew Perry in October 2023, with the sitcom sitting as soon as once more within the Netflix high ten listing.
Now the BBC experiences that scripts from two episodes of the present that had been rescued from a bin have been offered for £22,000 ($28,000) at public sale.
The 2 episodes had been set and filmed within the UK throughout the fourth season of the present. They comprised the season finale and coated Ross’s (David Schwimmer) marriage ceremony to Emily, which turned out be ill-fated following his mistake saying “I take thee, Rachel” on the altar.
The scripts had been recovered by a member of workers at Fountain Studios in Wembley, north-west London, when the present was filmed there in 1998.
Hanson Ross auctioneers advised the BBC that bidders “went loopy” for the objects, which had been purchased by an “on-line worldwide bidder.” They reported that 219 pre-sale bids had been registered from all around the world.
The present ran for ten seasons 1994 to 2004 and continues to obtain enormous audiences worldwide. The six stars – Schwimmer, Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox, Matt Le Blanc, Lisa Kudrow – assembled for a much-hyped reunion in Might 2021.
