The Friends reunion has undoubtedly been one of the biggest TV events of the year so far.
And it's all because over its ten seasons, the sitcom about a group of 20-somethings
in New York had a massive cultural impact.
Aside from enjoying the show, fans have seen countless blooper-reels on YouTube over the
years and laughed even harder.
So the question is: what does the cast really think
about the iconic scenes they messed up?
And who was the worst regarding the matter?
Are there any out-takes we hadn’t seen?
We’ve got all the details for you in today’s video.
The Friends series has a powerful legacy, no doubt.
It keeps bringing joy and comfort to people worldwide.
But fans are not the only ones who feel like it has changed their lives.
When asked what the show means to her after all these years, Jennifer Aniston struggled
to find the right words.
"It's really hard to put that into a sentence, except it filled my heart," she said.
"Being reminded of the amount of happiness this show brought to people, that's a special
thing to be a part of."
Fortunately, talking about the Friends scenes where actors couldn't hold it together, Jen
was full of stories.
To the delight of fans, when discussing the iconic scenes that they messed up, accidentally
or on purpose, Jennifer Aniston and Lisa Kudrow both admitted to finding themselves lost in
an endless blooper reel.
One time, Aniston was casually hanging out with her best friend, Courtney Cox, and they
found themselves in a pickle, looking for something to reference, quote, "an old Friends
thing".
Then the pair of friends stumbled upon a video.
A few minutes later, former co-stars were sitting at the computer like two lovely nerds
watching bloopers and laughing at themselves.
"I've done it too," Kudrow said.
"Hours watching bloopers."
Well, it looks like we're not the only ones.
Yay!
Jennifer also said that when she rewatches episodes of the show, she can still identify
the place in a scene where someone broke character.
Aww, ain’t that sweet?
The Rachel Green actor then recounted some of the cast's biggest goofs.
Referencing a scene in The One with Joey's New Brain (can we take a moment to appreciate
this episode’s title?), an episode in which Ross tries to convince Chandler and Monica
to let him play the bagpipes at their wedding, Jen said she could barely keep a straight
face.
"The bagpipes — where you started to sing full 100%-committed, with the bagpipes, sounding
like the bagpipe — I couldn't hold it together.
No one could hold it together," Aniston remembered.
You can actually see Jen trying not to laugh so hard in
the clip.
Then there was the episode where Rachel had a sex tape.
Years ago, when I was backpacking across Western Europe, I was just outside Barcelona … Oops!
Sorry.
We just got a little distracted there.
In season 8, there was an episode called The One with the Videotape.
In a scene where Rachel had to pick up the tape from the ground, everyone was losing
it time and time again.
"Every time I went to take the tape and step my foot on it, all of your reactions were
like 'No, no, no, no, no!'”
Having watched countless Friends' blooper-reels on YouTube over the years, fans didn't think
there were any out-takes they hadn't seen.
Luckily, they were wrong.
It turns out there are a couple in the vault that was unleashed for the first time in the
reunion special.
There's one somewhat controversial unscripted joke we can't repeat here, during a scene
where Monica and Chandler are in bed in London.
And another where Matthew Perry does a hilarious dance when he can't remember his line, only
for Matt and David to repeat the same dance behind his back when he tries to do a re-take.
Indeed, everyone was in stitches for that one.
Not only that, but Aniston and Kudrow would always get into these fits of laughter because
Lisa seemed to have that extraordinary ability to break at the "right" moment.
When she was about to hit the punchline, she would do that adorable thing where she would
break.
Kinda both accidentally and on purpose.
In all-Phoebe mode, Lisa would deliver the line, turn right to the audience and say,
quote, "I'm sorry, it's really funny."
We can only imagine what sort of reaction they must’ve had every time she did that.
When talking about rewatching the iconic show, Kudrow admitted that she doesn't.
"I'm still not watching it in the hopes that one day we sit down and watch them together."
Aww, how can we not cry over here?
Sniff, sniff.
Though, later on, during the much-anticipated and thoroughly enjoyable reunion, Lisa said
that there are seasons she's never seen.
Meaning, at some point, she did have a pick.
She's started watching bits from season four with her hubby, who enjoys it more than she
does, as the actor is mortified with herself.
So sorry to hear that, Lisa.
Though, it is definitely not uncommon for actors to have no desire to watch themselves
on TV.
Funnily enough, the others haven't shied away from it as much.
Matt LeBlanc and Courtney Cox both reckon they've seen every single episode.
"I was so proud to be on the show; some of the stuff was so great," says LeBlanc, before
recalling a favourite scene involving Ross and his new trousers from The One With All
The Resolutions.
"That thing with the leather pants, that still cracks me up," he says.
Matt, you're not the only one here.
And oh boy, did David Schwimmer look good in those pants.
Matt continued by saying how he recently caught the episode on TV while having dinner with
his daughter Marina.
"I said to her, 'watch this, this is funny, watch David'."
We hope you thoroughly enjoyed it, Marina LeBlanc.
Matthew Perry has previously said he doesn't remember three whole years of his time on
Friends, but it turns out he isn't the only one.
When Aniston brings up season five's The One With The Ball, in which the group all get
involved in a game of catch for hours on end, Schwimmer admits: "I don't remember that,"
while looking genuinely confused.
David elaborated that he hasn't seen the show since the very start, until his daughter just
started watching it this past year, and, quote, "that kind of sucked me into it."
We’ve all been there.
They'll always have a place at Central Perk, and in our hearts, and on our screens, well,
we'll be there for each other!
And that's all we have for you today.
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