These Lisa Kudrow bloopers are worth celebrating. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the most side-splitting “Friends” bloopers that feature our favorite quirky guitar player, Phoebe Buffay — AKA Lisa Kudrow.
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00:00 "What the hell? I'm sorry but this is allowed to happen."
00:05 Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the most side-splitting
00:09 friends bloopers that feature our favorite quirky guitar player Phoebe Buffay, aka Lisa
00:15 Kudrow.
00:16 "Isn't that fun?"
00:17 "Only June."
00:18 "I got an Emmy."
00:19 "What? No."
00:21 Number 10. Song Mistake
00:23 Phoebe Buffay's song lyrics always keep us giggling, so it's no surprise that they
00:28 could crack up Lisa Kudrow as well. In a blooper from Season 1's Blackout episode, she messes
00:33 up the lyrics and pokes fun at herself.
00:35 "And the milk is getting sour, but it doesn't mean fun."
00:45 Still, one of the funniest instances is from The One That Could Have Been. The episode
00:49 shows us what could have happened to the gang if they'd gone down different paths. In this
00:54 hypothetical world, Phoebe is a stockbroker who ends up having not one, but two heart
00:59 attacks.
01:00 "It only takes two heart attacks to finally make you see. One of them won't do it, but
01:07 the second'll set you free."
01:09 When she sings about it in this blooper, she essentially points out how her songs are so
01:14 strange. It might be hard to tell when she does them wrong, but she knows.
01:17 "It'll set you free. Oh, I said I did the song wrong. It's hard to tell, but I know."
01:27 Number 9. Forgotten Line
01:29 Some of the funniest and most memorable bloopers happen when actors flub their dialogue or
01:34 forget it entirely.
01:35 "There's Missy Goldberg, you gotta remember her."
01:38 "Sure, nice."
01:39 "Dude, you're married to my wife."
01:44 And that's exactly what happens in this one. Likely after slipping up on her line during
01:48 a scene with Matt LeBlanc, Kudrow realizes she wasn't even close and looks at the script.
01:53 "No? Not even close?"
01:56 "Oh yeah!"
01:58 It's lovably clear throughout this brief segment that she owns her mistakes and has a great
02:03 ability to laugh at herself. Of course, she keeps reading to situate herself in the scene
02:08 and see what happens next.
02:10 "Then what happened?"
02:13 But this blooper has us laughing as hard as any regular scene in the show.
02:19 Number 8. Princess Consuela
02:21 One of the most well-known gags on the show came during its final season. After Phoebe
02:26 marries Mike, she decides to change her name. Soon, though, it becomes clear that the sky's
02:31 basically the limit when it comes to what she can legally change it to. Being Phoebe,
02:36 she chooses pretty much the most unique moniker imaginable.
02:39 "You can change it to anything you want. So I thought, alright, here's an opportunity
02:43 to be creative. So, meet Princess Consuela Banana Hammock."
02:48 In the blooper of the scene where she's telling her new husband about it, she fumbles the
02:52 line, using colorful language.
02:55 "Meet Princess Consuela Banana F***."
03:00 Paul Rudd, aka the man behind Mike, plays right into her mistake, making this moment
03:05 that much funnier.
03:06 "You can't change your name to Banana F***."
03:11 We all knew Phoebe and Mike had A+ chemistry, but this is proof their actors did too.
03:16 Number 7. Giving Birth
03:18 Labor is not easy, and Kudrow makes that clear in this blooper from a scene where Phoebe's
03:23 about to have Frank's triplets. When Ross is trying to reassure her that it's going
03:27 to be okay, she's supposed to refer to him not having a birth canal.
03:32 "Apparently she fell in the shower and hit her head."
03:34 "Oh my God, she's so stupid!"
03:37 "Pheebs, Pheebs, it's gonna be okay."
03:40 "That's easy for you to say."
03:42 Kudrow does indeed get that point across, just in a slightly different manner than scripted.
03:47 Her choice of phrasing immediately breaks the cast, and she seems quite pleased with
03:51 the reaction she receives.
03:52 "Yeah, easy for you to say. I don't see three kids coming out of your b***h."
04:02 Kudrow's was overall a pretty tame show when it comes to explicit language, so we can't
04:06 help but wonder what kind of hilarious responses spicier dialogue might have garnered.
04:10 "We all laughed so hard. And I remember I think we told Marta and she laughed so hard
04:16 and said 'Yeah, but obviously we can't say that.' So we're gonna go over there."
04:20 Number 6. Grandma's Cookie Recipe
04:23 In this blooper, we get to hear several seconds of Lisa Kudrow's ridiculously contagious laugh.
04:28 But honestly, it's impossible to not at least smile, if not break into laughter ourselves.
04:33 In the one with Phoebe's cookies, Monica is trying to figure out how to get her hands
04:37 on Phoebe's grandma's cookie recipe.
04:39 "What about friends of your grandmother's? Wouldn't they have the recipe?"
04:42 "Well, you know, I may have relatives in France who would know. My grandmother said
04:47 she got the recipe from her grandmother. Nestle Toulouse."
04:51 But here, Courtney Cox cannot get the line out for the life of her.
04:55 Naturally, this absolutely cracks Lisa Kudrow up, and she falls into a full-fledged laugh
05:00 attack.
05:01 "Phoebe, what about friends of your grandmother's? Do they... I can't."
05:06 Of course, Cox and David Schwimmer are also unable to maintain their composure. And we
05:10 can't say we blame them.
05:21 Number 5. Living Arrangement Debate
05:24 When Phoebe and Rachel's apartment is fire-damaged, one has to move in with Joey, while the other
05:28 stays with Chandler and Monica. They both initially think that they want to reside with
05:32 Monica, but quickly learn that Joey's relaxed nature allows them to live stress-free.
05:37 "Come on, I don't want to switch, please. Come on, I can throw wet paper towels here."
05:42 "No, but at Monica's, you can eat cookies over the sink."
05:45 "I know."
05:48 In this blooper, Rachel and Phoebe are supposed to be discussing who gets to stay with Joey,
05:52 for reasons unknown, Lisa Kudrow absolutely cannot stop laughing through multiple takes.
05:58 And Jennifer Aniston and Matt LeBlanc have no choice but to submit to the laugh fest.
06:02 "Well, at Monica's, MAAA!"
06:03 "What's gonna happen? How is it ever gonna get said?"
06:11 If you want to feel like you're in a never-ending cycle of joyous giggles with your friends,
06:15 this outtake is for you.
06:16 "Okay, shh, it's alright, I can do it. Yes, you can. Ready?"
06:22 "Yes, I can do it."
06:29 Number 4. The Jennifer Coolidge Effect.
06:32 Jennifer Coolidge never fails to get us cackling, so it's no surprise that in her guest role
06:36 as Amanda in this episode, she has us in stitches.
06:40 From her pompous personality to her phony British accent, everything about Coolidge's
06:45 character is epic.
06:46 "Should I not have said that? I feel like a perfect arse."
06:53 So it's no wonder Lisa Kudrow can't hold in her giggles here.
06:56 When Coolidge delivers a line about essentially feeling like a fool using colorful language,
07:01 Kudrow repeatedly tries to withhold her laughter without much success,
07:05 which just makes it that much funnier.
07:08 "I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
07:16 Courtney Cox tries to help out by repeating the word that's causing her to crack up,
07:20 but all efforts fail.
07:21 Thus, a classic blooper is born, filled to the brim with Kudrow's contagious laugh.
07:27 "Okay, I'll replay it in my head."
07:35 Number 3. Case of the Giggles.
07:38 In this blooper, Jennifer Aniston can't finish vocalizing her line.
07:41 The more she tries, the more she fails, to hilarious effect.
07:45 She's attempting to speak about canceling an erotic cake order or turning it into a
07:50 strange-looking elephant.
07:51 "If they can cancel it. Or maybe they can just put 'eyes on the hoogies' and we'll
07:54 say that it's…"
08:00 But she keeps breaking into laughter before being able to get the whole bit of dialogue
08:04 out,
08:05 which causes Courtney Cox and Lisa Kudrow to do the same.
08:07 "Alright, well I'll see if…
08:11 Get it out!"
08:13 "I'll get it out, I'll get it out."
08:14 It doesn't take long before all three have a case of the giggles,
08:18 and Kudrow assures everyone that Aniston's line is funny,
08:21 and she's excited for them to eventually hear it.
08:23 "Alright, well I'll just see if they can cancel it. Or maybe they can just…"
08:29 "It's funny! I can't wait for you to hear it!"
08:34 Interestingly, it seems the scene itself ended up only being available
08:37 in the uncut version of the episode.
08:40 Number 2. Phoebe Plays an Extra.
08:43 The irony of this blooper is not lost on us.
08:45 When Joey gets Phoebe a job as an extra on Days of Our Lives,
08:49 her role consists of doing almost nothing.
08:52 But she still needs encouragement to get it right,
08:54 and some character backstory to really tap into her role.
08:57 "People die!"
08:58 "Who dies?"
08:59 "Men with eye patch!"
09:00 "Will you get in there and you do your job?"
09:05 "Yes, doctor."
09:06 She ends up going full method after a pep talk from Joey,
09:09 and the moment where he's encouraging her to get through the scene
09:12 is one that keeps breaking Kudrow.
09:14 "Men with eye patch!"
09:15 "Now you get in there and you do your job."
09:18 "Are you kidding me?"
09:21 Whenever he grabs her shoulders or starts passionately talking about her part,
09:24 she breaks down in laughter.
09:27 It doesn't take long for Matt LeBlanc and us to follow suit.
09:36 Before we unveil our top pick, here are a few honorable mentions.
09:40 Have you ever seen the show?
09:41 David Schwimmer feels bad for Ross, and Kudrow has the funniest response.
09:46 "Sorry."
09:48 "Sorry."
09:50 "Alright, ready."
09:53 Have you ever seen the show?
09:59 Misspoken moment.
10:01 This sounds exactly like something Phoebe would say.
10:03 "What?
10:04 That's terrible."
10:05 "No, it's not.
10:06 We do it every year.
10:07 And we've never founded them.
10:08 We've never founded them."
10:10 Noisy game.
10:11 When operation malfunctions, Kudrow hilariously has to address it.
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10:42 Number 1.
10:43 Bagpipes Celebrations
10:45 If you don't know this outtake, are you even a real Friends fan?
10:49 After Ross tries to master the bagpipes for Monica and Chandler's wedding, he plays
10:53 Celebration for his friends.
11:04 When he asks them all to join in, Phoebe sings along with the bagpipes rather than, you know,
11:09 singing the lyrics.
11:20 The take used in the show is hilarious enough, with Jennifer Aniston visibly breaking.
11:24 But the blooper is even funnier, and it is indeed thanks in no small part to Kudrow's
11:29 epic harmonizing.
11:39 Everyone, her included, gets caught up in a fit of laughter, and it's one of the best
11:43 things that's ever happened on the Friends set.
11:46 Did we feature your favorite laugh-out-loud Lisa Kudrow blooper?
11:49 Let us know in the comments.
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