Are there really any forgettable "Friends" moments? Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks of hilarious moments from the iconic sitcom that don’t get mentioned enough.
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00:00 "Your money's mine, Green."
00:02 "Your fly's open, Geller."
00:04 [Laughter]
00:05 Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks of hilarious moments from the iconic sitcom "Friends" that don't get mentioned enough.
00:13 "It's smart. I used a thesaurus."
00:15 [Laughter]
00:17 "On every word?"
00:19 Number 10. Baby and Bird still ablaze.
00:23 Even non-parents can probably understand Rachel's anxiety when she and Ross get locked out of the apartment with baby Emma asleep inside.
00:30 "Everything's gonna be fine. The baby's sleeping."
00:32 "What if she jumped out of the bassinet?"
00:34 "Can't hold her own head up, but yeah, jumped."
00:37 [Laughter]
00:38 Standing on the other side of the door, she starts to imagine the worst-case scenarios of what could happen while they remain helpless out in the hallway.
00:44 Ross initially tries to calm her nerves, but when that doesn't work, he takes a different approach.
00:49 "Because if the windows open, a bird could fly in there and..."
00:52 "Oh my God, you know what? I think you're right. I think, you know, listen, listen, a pigeon. No, no, wait, no, no, an eagle flew in!"
01:00 [Laughter]
01:01 He creates an exaggerated scenario based on Rachel's fears, and while Rachel might not appreciate it, given how funny his narration is, the tale has us cracking up.
01:11 "Meanwhile, the faucet fills the apartment with water. Baby and Bird still ablaze are locked in a desperate, swirling around the whirlpool that fills the apartment!"
01:21 Number 9 - Chair Day
01:23 "Do we dare?"
01:25 "We dare."
01:26 [Laughter]
01:32 The internet is awash with challenges, as people attempt to do everything from eating massive amounts of food to performing feats of physical strength.
01:39 But back in the 90s, before YouTube, Joey and Chandler set forth their own challenge to never leave their new leather recliners.
01:46 "You should go outside and be with the three-dimensional people!"
01:49 "No, inside good, outside bad."
01:56 With a little ingenuity, routing food deliveries through Monica and Rachel's apartment and cutting down on soda consumption, the guys manage to remain sedentary for an impressive amount of time.
02:06 Not even a fire alarm can stop these two from lazing around all day.
02:09 "Is that the fire alarm?"
02:11 "Yeah."
02:12 [Laughter]
02:15 [Fire alarm]
02:17 "Well, that's not warm yet. We still have time."
02:19 [Laughter]
02:21 Number 8 - Mike's Air Piano
02:23 Paul Rudd is a talented comedic actor, yet his time on Friends tends to be somewhat overlooked.
02:28 Even the biggest fans of the series can sometimes forget that he had some very funny moments as the character Mike Hannigan.
02:35 "This is, um, this is my husband, um, crap bag."
02:38 [Laughter]
02:40 "Crap bag."
02:41 "If you need an easy way to remember it, just think of a bag of crap."
02:45 [Laughter]
02:46 His first arc on the show didn't start off so well for him and Phoebe.
02:50 Agreeing to lie about being an old friend of Joey's was not a good look.
02:54 "I'm sorry too. And just to be clear, I didn't hit his mother with a car."
02:58 But he apologized later and was able to secure a second date with her, partly due to his very impressive and hysterical air piano playing abilities.
03:08 [Laughter]
03:12 [Applause]
03:16 "You are really good."
03:18 [Laughter]
03:19 Number 7 - Bamboozled
03:22 "Okay, this is gonna be tough. Hold your breath."
03:24 "It's okay, I'm ready."
03:26 "No, dude, you gotta hold your breath till you're ready to answer the question. It's part of the game."
03:30 "This is ridiculous, he's not gonna hold his-"
03:31 [Gasp]
03:32 Chandler and Ross agree to help Joey practice for an audition to host a game show.
03:36 Unfortunately, the game seems ridiculous, complicated, and downright unintelligible.
03:41 However, while the game didn't make any sense, we can't forget just how funny the practice session scene was.
03:46 "I think we're all losers here."
03:48 [Laughter]
03:50 "Alright, Chandler, you can either spin the wheel or pick a Google card."
03:54 "Let me think, let me think. Oh, uh, I don't care."
03:57 Joey tries to learn the rules on the fly, Ross takes it way too seriously, and Chandler is, well, Chandler.
04:03 By the end, the intensity has ratcheted up about a hundred notches as both contestants are now fully invested
04:10 and seem, to our amazement, to actually understand how the game works.
04:14 "Oh my God, congratulations, Ross, because Chandler, you've been bamboozled."
04:19 "No!"
04:21 "This is the best game ever!"
04:24 [Laughter]
04:25 Number 6, Broken Door.
04:27 This season 8 episode is generally most memorable for the storyline where Rachel tells Ross she's pregnant with his baby.
04:33 "Whenever you're ready."
04:35 [Laughter]
04:42 "And you're the father, by the way, but you got it."
04:45 However, a secondary plot with Phoebe and Joey also deserves recognition.
04:50 With Monica and Chandler away on their honeymoon, the two are locked out of the apartment.
04:54 Joey calls in a gas leak across the hall in order to get the door open.
04:58 What he had not planned for was the fire department breaking down his friend's door.
05:03 "Come on, hurry up."
05:05 "Oh!"
05:07 "We could have done that."
05:09 How are they gonna explain this to Monica and Chandler?
05:12 By calling them to tell them they smell gas and then pretending to break down the door, of course.
05:16 "Oh, he's doing it, he's breaking down the door."
05:19 [Gas leak]
05:21 [Laughter]
05:24 "Okay, we're in."
05:26 Number 5, Baby Kangaroo Tribbiani.
05:29 A lot of us are guilty of taking a peek at a thesaurus every now and then to add some variety to our language
05:35 and maybe sound a little more brainy, bright or clever.
05:38 "You can pick the word that sounds smartest."
05:40 "Oh, my God, that's great. I'm smart."
05:43 "No, no, I'm brainy, bright, clever. I love this thing."
05:47 [Laughter]
05:48 But when Joey insists on writing a recommendation letter for Monica and Chandler,
05:52 he decides to make every word a smarter version of itself.
05:56 He goes completely overboard, resulting in a very funny but not at all coherent letter.
06:01 "They are warm, nice people with big hearts."
06:04 "And that became, they are humid, pre-possessing homo sapiens with full-sized aortic pumps."
06:12 [Laughter]
06:13 The funniest part of the whole thing is that he even used it on his own name,
06:17 signing off as Baby Kangaroo instead of Joey.
06:21 "Joey, I don't think we can use this."
06:23 "Why not?"
06:24 "Well, because you signed it Baby Kangaroo Tribbiani."
06:28 [Laughter]
06:29 Number 4, Nesle Tulauz.
06:32 "I want to have your grandmother's cookie recipe."
06:35 "You mean the chocolate chip cookie recipe?"
06:37 "Uh-huh, yeah."
06:38 "You mean the one that my grandmother made me swear on her deathbed that I would never let out of our family?"
06:43 When you hear the word Tulauz, you might think of the city in France or the bohemian artist.
06:48 Or Nesle Tulauz, Phoebe's French ancestor who made amazing chocolate chip cookies.
06:53 However, one of those things is not like the other.
06:56 Phoebe's cookie recipe didn't come from a French lady, but from a bag instead,
07:00 as Monica hysterically deduces in the season 7 episode "The One with Phoebe's Cookies".
07:05 "What was her name?"
07:06 "Nesle Tulauz."
07:09 [Laughter]
07:11 "Nesle Tolehouse?"
07:13 [Laughter]
07:15 Those who remember this scene probably can't eat a chocolate chip cookie
07:18 without making some kind of Nesle Tulauz a reference.
07:21 And if you haven't, here's your chance to throw one out during your next baking session.
07:25 "I cannot believe that I just spent the last two days trying to figure out that recipe,
07:29 and it was my cupboard the whole time!"
07:31 "I know!"
07:32 Number 3, All by Themselves.
07:35 When fans think about the time Joey moved out on his own in season 2,
07:38 the thoughts that come to mind are probably mostly sad.
07:41 "I don't know when I'm gonna see you again."
07:43 "Well, I'm guessing tonight at the coffee house."
07:45 "Right, yeah, okay. Take care."
07:49 Joey and Chandler really missed each other.
07:51 However, Friends was always good at finding the funny in any situation.
07:55 That's what makes the sequence of Joey and Chandler missing each other
07:58 while All by Myself plays so hilarious.
08:01 First, it's watching Baywatch separately.
08:04 [Laughter]
08:08 [Laughter]
08:10 [Music]
08:16 Then it's solo game time, followed by sitting and watching the rain fall on the window.
08:20 Well, that's what Chandler does.
08:22 Joey, in his fancy apartment, simply gazes upon his strange, water-trickling art piece
08:27 as the camera pans out.
08:28 [Music]
08:38 Number 2 - Joey and Chandler flip a coin.
08:41 We've never seen a headless clown before, but Joey might have.
08:44 In this season 2 episode, Joey and Chandler accidentally leave baby Ben on a city bus
08:48 and have to race to the Department of Human Services to claim him.
08:51 "Hey, where's your baby?"
08:53 [Music]
09:02 However, upon arrival, there are two babies, and the guys don't know which one is which.
09:07 So, they of course make the rational and mature decision to flip a coin.
09:11 "What are we gonna do?"
09:12 "Uh, uh, we'll flip for it. Ducks or clowns?"
09:16 "Oh, we're gonna flip for the baby? You got a better idea?"
09:18 "Alright, call it in."
09:20 [Laughter]
09:21 Maybe we shouldn't be laughing at this amazingly irresponsible situation,
09:25 but Joey's rationale for assigning heads to one of the babies
09:28 and Chandler's hysterical response deserve to be remembered.
09:31 "Ducks is heads because ducks have heads."
09:35 [Laughter]
09:40 "Kind of scary ass clowns came to your birthday."
09:42 [Laughter]
09:44 Before we unveil our top pick, here are some honorable mentions.
09:48 Phoebe gets Ross to question evolution.
09:50 Never underestimate Phoebe's power of persuasion.
09:53 "How are you gonna go into work tomorrow?"
09:57 "How are you going to face the other science guys?"
10:00 "How are you going to face yourself?"
10:02 Maybe he was nervous.
10:04 Many people might relate to Australopithecus.
10:06 "No, no, Homo habilis was erect. Australopithecus was never fully erect."
10:11 "Maybe he was nervous."
10:13 Chick, duck, and cooking channel.
10:15 Chandler protecting the birds from culinary trauma cracks us up.
10:19 [Squeals]
10:21 [Laughter]
10:24 "How many times have I told you guys to never watch the cooking channel?"
10:29 Joey's memory trick.
10:30 Remembering the trick is more work than just remembering Thursday.
10:34 "The third day, alright? Monday, one day. Tuesday, two day. Wednesday, when? Huh? What day? Thursday! The third day!"
10:45 Chandler's knock-knock joke.
10:47 Who else could be this funny talking to a door?
10:49 "I'm funny, right? What do you know? You're a door. You just like knock-knock jokes."
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11:13 Number 1. The poker game.
11:15 The season one poker episode might be best remembered for the implied decision Ross makes to let Rachel win.
11:21 However, we shouldn't forget how funny the card-related hijinks are up until that loving sacrifice.
11:26 "Okay, I just need two. The ten of spades and the six of clubs."
11:31 [Laughter]
11:33 "No, uh, Pheebs, you can't, you can't-"
11:35 "Oh, wait, I got the ten of spades. You only want a thing."
11:37 "No, no, no."
11:39 First, we have the guys teaching the girls how to play poker, which has plenty of great moments.
11:43 From the girls handing each other cards like it's a game of go fish to Phoebe's unhappy jacks.
11:48 "Okay, so at this point the dealer-"
11:50 "Alright, you know, we got it, we got it. Let's play for real, alright? High stakes, big bucks."
11:53 "Alright, now, you sure? Phoebe just threw away two jacks because they didn't look happy."
11:57 [Laughter]
11:58 Then, there's the tense game in which Ross and Rachel go head-to-head.
12:02 And as the stakes get higher, the jokes get funnier.
12:06 "Well, I have got your money, and you'll never see it, and you've laced it open, I made you look-"
12:14 [Laughter]
12:16 Which funny Friends moment should be talked about more? Let us know in the comments.
12:20 "You're a dork."
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12:30 [Outro Music]