David Schwimmer Reveals Why He Couldn’t Stand the ‘Friends’ Theme Song

David Schwimmer had strong feelings about the Friends theme song. The actor, who played Ross Geller for 10 years on the hit NBC sitcom, told the Making A Scene podcast that he was over the show’s opening tune, “I’ll Be There for You,” by the time the series ended in 2004.

Schwimmer explained that he never watched the show after it ended because he wanted to move on, and that the overplayed song got under his skin for years afterwards. “I’ll be really honest, there was a time, for quite a while...