Monica Geller based the six main characters on some of their own friends and family; Monica is based on Kauffman herself. Observing that each main character was originally written as a "one-note stereotype", Jonathan Bernstein of "The Daily Telegraph" identified Monica as the group's "uptight fun-killer". When "Friends" first aired, the majority of its earliest episodes revolved around Monica, via whom each character appears to be interconnected; "Friends" stars the character's brother, her best friend, her former roommate and her two neighbors socializing in Monica's apartment. In the pilot, Monica is dumped almost immediately after sleeping with her new date Paul on
Harold Geller Harold Geller Harold Geller (1916-2005) was an Australian-born American conductor and composer. Harold Geller was born on February 23, 1916 in Sydney, Australia. Geller was a conductor for the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra in London. He subsequently composed music for films like "Trio", "Jungle Street", "Fury at Smugglers' Bay" and "The Mistress". He also composed music for "Velvet", a Spanish television series, in 2014-2015. Harold Geller spent most of his career in Great Britain, giving hundreds of broadcasts for the BBC with his fourteen piece orchestra in programmes such as 'Music While You Work' and 'Morning Music'. He composed many light