Queer as Folk
Queer as Folkwas groundbreaking in every sense of the word.
But it also practicallyinvented the people pile.
What is the people pile, you ask?
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To celebrate EWsQueer as Folkreunionand honor this most spectacular photograpic tradition, here are eight more perfectly hilarious versions.
You’ll notice that one lucky cast member (Jennifer Aniston, that’s you!)
is clad in nothing but a bedsheet.
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How I Met Your Mother
An important lesson: Not every people pile requires a bed.
The casual atmosphere of a grimy old couch better suits theHIMYMgang anyway.
Desperate Housewives
Coordinated outfits are a cornerstone of the people pile.
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But notmatchingoutfits never matching.
Will & Grace
To anyone who thinks people piles died off in the aughts, think again.
The best way to revive a sitcom is to revive the photo shoot too.
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And no outfit is more coordinated than no outfit at all.
Sex and the City
Is any pose more perfectly 1999 than this?
Happy Endings
The show may have died a tragically early death, but this pile lives on.
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