Rachel Salveta is a UK based movies and TV features writer for Collider. She has a master’s degree in journalism and has written for several national newspapers and magazines, including The Herald, ...

At its essence, “Smelly Cat,” a song first performed by the character of Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow) on the sixth episode of the second season of Friends in 1995, was a short, folk ditty about a ...

Within the universe of Friends, “Smelly Cat” is a song Kudrow’s character Phoebe Buffay wrote based on a lullaby she heard as a child. It appears in several early episodes of the show as a running gag ...

Kudrow and Gaga acted in a bit referencing one on the show, in which Phoebe Buffay’s friend Leslie (Elizabeth Daily) sold the song as a jingle. Gaga sang with her talented vocals while Kudrow played ...

Nearly 25 years ago, “Smelly Cat” was born. Originally introduced in Friends Season 2 as one of Phoebe’s (Lisa Kudrow) least popular songs, it quickly became the show’s most iconic tune, right behind ...

Lisa Kudrow discusses performing her iconic Friends song "Smelly Cat" alongside Lady Gaga during Friends: The Reunion Lisa Kudrow needed a little bit of help to remember at least one iconic thing from ...