11 songs that show Friends is a musical waiting to happen

Forget all the bother about turning Friends into a movie. The ending was actually pretty good for a long-running series with such enormous expectations. Let's not tamper with that. Instead (jazz hands at the ready) let's turn Friends into a musical. Rumours are rife Stateside that such a show might be being considered - and we think it might just work...

It's bursting with classic (and a few dodgy) musical moments from the ten series. Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe can sashay across the stage re-telling the story in glorious live-action detail. And who doesn't want to see a dancing Gunther?

Here's some magical (and musical) moments that prove our point...

Of course, the opening is basically written in stone. Cue The Rembrandts...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs-HbHCcK58

If you don't know the words to Smelly Cat you'll be asked to leave. Immediately.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7jlGRq8xZ4

OH.MY.GOD it'll be like totally educational, too. Yeah, Grandma didn't move to Peru...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuUsNtNBOCo

It can cover all special occasions. Christmas done. Hanukkah done. Spin that dreidel, Rachel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY1xxhlq4RU

The show will owe a lot to Sir Mix A lot, naturally

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mifZ1cj--is

Ross can play the show out on the keyboard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLa8Br569gA

...or the bagpipes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMZOmcZbGmY

There's some ready made hits there. Surely the Lion King musical won't mind...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jA0N_Rkbpto

A group sing-song? That's got musical written all over it