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First Glimpse Of The Friends 'Reunion' Released Online

‘Friends’ fans, strap in.

The first glimpse of the old gang back together for their forthcoming reunion appearance has been spotted online.

NBC has released a trailer for the 'All-Star Tribute to James Burrows’, the reason that the Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Courtney Cox, Matt Le Blanc and Jennifer Aniston, are back together.

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Sadly, though, there will be no trademark Chandler Bing sarcasm – Matthew Perry is tethered to the play he’s written and is starring in in the West End, 'The End of Longing’.

But it looks like there’s set to be sturdy levels of old school Friends banter nonetheless, host Andy Cohen grilling them on whether or not they signed contract promising they wouldn’t sleep with each other.

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Fans of the show are already fizzing with anticipation over the special, put together to celebrate the career of James Burrows, the legendary TV director.

Burrows directed a host of classic 'Friends’ episodes from 1994 to 1998, as well as episodes of 'Frasier’, 'Will & Grace’, 'Taxi’, 'The Big Bang Theory’, '3rd Rock From The Sun’ and 'Mike & Molly’.

He was also the co-creator of the legendary 'Cheers’.

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Stars from all those shows will be appearing on the special, including George Wendt, Shelley Long, Ted Danson, Danny DeVito, Judd Hirsch, Christopher Lloyd, Melissa McCarthy and Kelsey Grammer.

It airs in the US on February 21.

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