Max Mutchnick said it took only 40 minutes for everyone to say yes.
It was amazing, recalls Mutchnick, who created and executive produced the NBC comedy from 1998 to 2006.
We gave them a date and brought everybody back together.

Robert Trachtenberg for EW
Everybody pretty much to a person, say for about three people, they showed up.
We had everybody from the pilot do this.
In front of and behind the camera, we had every single member.
And he emailed right back saying We can!
And thats how the reboot of one of TVs most influential sitcoms began.
Thats a pretty bizarre thing.