You haven't seen all of "Friends" until you've seen the bloopers. Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the best takes on “Friends” that never made it into the final product because the cast just couldn’t keep a straight face.
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00:00 "That was right."
00:05 Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the best takes on Friends
00:10 that never made it into the final product because the cast just couldn't keep a straight
00:14 face.
00:19 Number 30.
00:20 Operation.
00:21 "And I brought Operation, but um, I lost the tweezers so we can't operate."
00:26 Many of us will remember playing the Operation game when we were kids and feeling that shock
00:30 every time we made a mistake and the whole thing vibrated obnoxiously.
00:34 However, the key word there is "playing the game" because in this blooper, there is no
00:39 playing.
00:40 Lisa Kudrow has only just picked up the box and started her dialogue when the contents
00:44 inside make a very familiar noise.
00:47 This not only interrupts her line, but totally cracks her up, and from the sound of it, those
00:51 in the studio audience as well.
00:53 "I brought Operation, but um, I lost the um, it's making a noise."
01:00 Number 29.
01:02 Perfect Arse.
01:03 You'd have to be made of stone to be able to keep a straight face around the wonderfully
01:07 funny Jennifer Coolidge.
01:09 With that said, we don't blame Lisa Kudrow for breaking multiple times when trying to
01:13 film this scene with her, especially given Coolidge's hilarious accent and impeccable
01:17 delivery.
01:18 "I feel like a perfect arse."
01:25 You know how sometimes things get less funny the more you say them?
01:28 Well, this isn't one of those times, as Kudrow just seems to laugh harder with each subsequent
01:33 take.
01:34 We bet she felt like a, "Well, we'll let Coolidge do the honors."
01:37 "I feel like a perfect arse."
01:43 Number 28.
01:44 I think you got it.
01:45 We should caveat this by saying you definitely shouldn't do this to your co-workers.
01:50 This scene has a written joke where Joey pats down Monica's chest for too long,
01:54 under the guise of her chef's uniform being on fire.
01:56 "What are you doing?"
01:57 "You stole a tiny bit on fire there."
01:58 "Oh, good job, thanks.
01:59 I think you got it."
02:03 Courtney Cox calls for a redo, and while LeBlanc's response is very funny,
02:08 the reason this blooper made the list is Matthew Perry.
02:11 He isn't in the scene at all, but that didn't stop him from jumping in on the chest-patting
02:15 action to elicit a smile from Cox, and a big laugh from everyone else.
02:19 "You stole a tiny bit on fire there."
02:21 "Oh, geez.
02:22 Okay, thanks.
02:23 Okay."
02:24 Number 27.
02:30 Wrong Name
02:31 As Ross taught us at his wedding, saying the right name isn't always easy.
02:35 However, sometimes it isn't scripted that way.
02:38 When Jennifer Aniston said the wrong character name in this scene,
02:41 it would have been very easy to just reset, go again, and move on.
02:44 Well, it would have been very easy if you were anyone but Matthew Perry.
02:48 "I'm sorry.
02:49 Okay, can we watch Chandler's show now?"
02:52 As the funniest guy on set and the resident class clown,
02:56 he was never one to let something like this slide,
02:58 especially if he could get a few laughs out of it.
03:00 And we'd say he got more than just a few here.
03:03 "Because sometimes, Ross."
03:07 Number 26.
03:09 Grand Canyon
03:10 Self-fulfilling prophecy or psychic-ness?
03:12 We'll let you be the judge.
03:14 In this scene, Monica was supposed to tell Ross that,
03:16 when they were kids, he slept through a trip to the Grand Canyon.
03:20 Once Courtney Cox messes up her first take, though,
03:22 she's sure the line will be cursed from here on out.
03:25 "I will, this will be five, ten takes."
03:28 And wouldn't you know it, that's exactly what happens.
03:31 We have no idea how many tries it actually took,
03:34 but something tells us she was right on with her estimate
03:36 if the few outtakes are anything to go by.
03:38 "When you were little, you slept through the Grand Canyon."
03:42 Number 25.
03:43 Chandler's sex face.
03:45 In the version of this scene that made it to air,
03:48 Phoebe starts laughing after seeing Chandler making
03:50 what Monica refers to as his sex face.
03:53 However, the problem with the multiple takes prior to it
03:55 is that Kudrow wasn't the only one laughing.
03:58 Perry and David Schwimmer were having some major issues
04:01 making it through the scene without cracking up.
04:03 "Oh God, Chandler's making his sex face."
04:13 Chandler is having such a hard time that he, at one point,
04:16 asks Perry not to make any face for a moment
04:18 so he can regain his composure.
04:20 It does not work.
04:21 "Just for now, don't make any faces."
04:25 Number 24.
04:26 Joey carrying coffee.
04:28 When Joey gets a hernia in season six,
04:30 he has to delay a visit to the doctor
04:32 because his health insurance is lapsed.
04:34 The tremendous amount of pain he's in makes even little things,
04:38 like carrying cups of coffee, immensely difficult
04:40 and immensely funny.
04:41 "Will you grab me a cruller?"
04:43 "Sit down!"
04:46 Malibuan sells it beautifully,
04:48 and Matthew Perry can barely hold it together
04:50 as a hunched-over Joey moans and groans his way
04:53 from counter to couch.
04:55 Even LeBlanc has trouble taking himself seriously at some points.
04:58 We're honestly impressed these two ever made it through
05:00 any scene together, let alone this one.
05:05 "Oh, come on."
05:10 Number 23.
05:11 Bamboozled!
05:12 First off, if anyone can explain the rules of bamboozled to us,
05:16 we'd really appreciate it.
05:17 Okay, now on to the blooper.
05:19 This one took place during the scene where Joey enlists
05:22 Chandler and Ross to help him practice for an audition
05:24 to host the aforementioned bamboozled.
05:26 The moment in question focuses on the contestant introductions,
05:30 and Matthew Perry's having a hard time getting through
05:32 the description of his fake job.
05:33 "I hook up out-of-work Soviet scientists with rogue Soviet nations."
05:39 The miss after miss is funny for sure,
05:41 but the perfect cherry on top is, after a lot of frustration,
05:45 Perry finally gets it right.
05:47 Only for LeBlanc to jump in with his line too early,
05:49 sending Perry literally to his knees.
05:52 "Well, Joey, I'm a headhunter.
05:53 I hook up out-of-work Soviet scientists with rogue third world nations."
05:57 "Excellent."
05:58 "Oh, s***."
06:01 Number 22.
06:02 The dog or the mime.
06:04 We love Chandler, but one aspect of his character
06:06 we can never get behind is his hatred of dogs.
06:10 Even his friends don't understand it when he makes the shocking revelation
06:13 in season seven.
06:14 He gives a, frankly, silly ultimatum that he probably
06:17 should have expected the outcome of.
06:19 "Okay, so either the dog goes or I go.
06:24 Huh."
06:25 "Oh my God!"
06:30 In one outtake, Matt LeBlanc took things to hysterical heights
06:33 with a mimed gag that just kept going.
06:36 This led to a different ultimatum courtesy of Perry,
06:38 where once again, we bet the dog comes out on top.
06:43 "Either the dog goes or the mime goes."
06:49 Number 21.
06:50 Emma.
06:51 Babies and young children are often played by sets of twins,
06:54 so they can swap if one needs a break or is being uncooperative.
06:58 With that said, babies are babies, and they're going to make noise,
07:02 as can be seen in the blooper reels of Friends' last three seasons.
07:05 We can't know for sure exactly which twin is responsible for the blunder,
07:09 but it's all so adorable it doesn't even matter.
07:11 "Do you remember my old boyfriend Mark?"
07:14 "Yeah, it's his dad."
07:17 "Huh.
07:18 I didn't know that."
07:20 In a few different outtakes, baby Emma interrupts with laughing or cooing,
07:24 and each time the whole scene falls apart.
07:27 These are by far the cutest Friends bloopers.
07:29 "Just tell Joey that..."
07:33 "I know she's cute, but I really could use some advice."
07:38 Number 20.
07:39 Joey and Chandler come out... of the en suite.
07:42 While a lot of great bloopers come when the cast of a show lose their cool
07:46 during filming and end up laughing or forgetting their lines,
07:49 others are amazing because we get to see some of the behind-the-scenes
07:52 pranks that the actors like to play.
08:03 In this instance, Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc made the audience howl with laughter
08:07 when Ross wished Monica out of a London hotel room,
08:10 and the two emerged from the room's en suite with their pants around their ankles.
08:14 "Why, what's the matter?"
08:20 Number 19.
08:21 Ben speaks.
08:23 One of the plotlines of the season 2 episode "The One Where Old Yeller Dies"
08:26 revolves around the fact that Ross feels he's missing out on some of the most
08:30 important moments in Ben's life because he's not around full-time.
08:33 "It's Ben and his dada.
08:36 Dada.
08:37 See, you know, you might as well say it because I told you..."
08:46 In one scene, he's at Central Perk trying to coax Ben into saying dada.
08:50 The child actor is obviously supposed to stay mum and not actually utter the word in this
08:54 scene, but he's clearly too obedient and says it anyway,
08:58 making the audience break out in awes.
09:04 Number 18.
09:05 Going to town.
09:07 In one of the most devastating episodes for Friends fans,
09:10 we learn that Monica and Chandler had secretly been house hunting in the suburb of Westchester
09:14 and planned to leave their Manhattan apartment.
09:21 When their friends find out, they're understandably rattled.
09:24 And considering this episode takes place partway through the final season,
09:28 we can imagine that the cast would be getting pretty wistful.
09:34 But David Schwimmer didn't miss an opportunity to make a joke about watching Chandler going
09:45 to town on himself through the window.
09:48 Number 17.
09:50 Don't do it.
09:51 In this season 7 episode, it's revealed that Chandler doesn't like dogs.
09:55 As hard as this is to wrap our heads around, it's a reality for him.
09:59 But Joey understands exactly how it's going to look to the rest of the group.
10:08 He yells out "Don't do it" to Chandler when he's about to tell the others about his loathing
10:12 of canines.
10:13 But Mal LeBlanc finds it so hilarious that he can't keep it together.
10:17 He covers his face and laughs, then delivers an exaggerated impersonation of himself and
10:22 the line.
10:26 Number 16.
10:28 What the hell happened on that beach?
10:30 In one of the most memorable storylines in Friends history, Monica, Chandler and Joey
10:34 are enjoying a walk on the beach when Monica is stung by a jellyfish.
10:42 The three of them have to figure out how to alleviate her pain, but the embarrassing situation
10:46 is something they want to keep private.
10:52 Back at Central Perk, Ross asks Joey and Chandler what exactly happened at the beach.
10:57 But all three of them have a hard time keeping straight faces.
11:00 Through multiple takes, someone always cracks up, making shooting this scene seem impossible.
11:14 Number 15.
11:16 Ross won't let her blow.
11:18 In the second season, the three girls discover a self-help book called Be Your Own Windkeeper,
11:23 which encourages them to practice self-empowerment, especially when it comes to the men in their
11:27 lives.
11:35 Rachel in particular embraces the book, and uses the lessons from it to assert herself
11:39 in her relationship with Ross.
11:41 She has to deliver the hilarious line, but can't take herself seriously and keeps breaking
11:46 character and openly laughing.
11:52 David Schwimmer as Ross certainly isn't making it any easier for her.
11:57 Number 14.
11:58 Nurse Phoebe There's something so great about how meta
12:01 these bloopers are.
12:03 In season 9, Phoebe needs some money so Joey helps her get a gig as an extra on his soap
12:07 opera Days of Our Lives.
12:14 She's supposed to play a nurse, but she keeps messing up the scene over and over again in
12:18 a variety of different ways.
12:27 It seems like actress Lisa Kudrow has a lot in common with the character she plays, because
12:31 she repeatedly laughs in the scene within a scene while Joey is trying to give her a
12:36 pep talk.
12:44 Number 13.
12:46 Table Tennis When the gang heads to Barbados for Ross'
12:49 conference, it seems like hilarity ensues around every corner.
12:54 Monica's hair reacts poorly with the humidity on the Caribbean island, which makes every
12:58 scene she's in even funnier.
13:03 Her competitive nature takes over when she challenges Mike to table tennis, but clearly
13:07 shooting this scene was even harder than the game itself.
13:15 With physical comedy like this, there's so much that can go wrong, including Courtney
13:19 Cox inadvertently flipping her paddle across the room and trying to explain the accident
13:24 in a completely incoherent way.
13:34 Number 12.
13:35 Rock, Paper, Scissors In the one with the late Thanksgiving, Rachel,
13:40 Phoebe, Ross, and Joey are all late for Monica and Chandler's Thanksgiving dinner and are
13:44 terrified of the consequences.
13:47 They can't decide who's going to walk in the door first, so Rachel suggests a game
13:51 of rock, paper, scissors.
13:52 But Joey of course plays by different rules than everyone else.
14:02 When he tries to use fire, David Schwimmer cracks a foul-mouthed joke about it.
14:07 Not one to let someone else have the last laugh, Matt LeBlanc retaliates in the next
14:11 take, making this all the funnier.
14:22 Number 11.
14:23 Ben remembering everyone else's lines Ross' son Ben appeared a lot as a baby and
14:29 then largely disappeared for stretches of many episodes.
14:40 In season 7, Cole Sprouse was in the role and clearly did his homework before actually
14:44 showing up on set.
14:51 In a couple of clips from the episodes "The One with the Truth About London" and "The
14:55 One with the Holiday Armadillo", we see Sprouse schooling Jennifer Aniston and David
14:59 Schwimmer by remembering their lines even when they've forgotten them.
15:07 Number 10.
15:08 Joey and Ross nap.
15:16 After sitting down to yet another screening of Joey's favorite movie "Die Hard",
15:20 Joey and Ross accidentally fall asleep and end up cuddling.
15:24 Joey considers it the best nap he's ever had and keeps trying to convince or even trick
15:29 Ross into napping with him again.
15:31 Silly premise?
15:32 Yes, but watching it unfold still gets us giggling.
15:45 Turns out that was the case for Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer too, because the actors
15:49 could barely get through this season 7 scene without breaking, no matter how many times
15:54 they shot it.
15:55 It even came back later in the episode and again resulted in gales of laughter.
16:13 Number 9.
16:14 A little double take.
16:19 By the time "Friends" had reached its 10th season, the cast had grown very close,
16:24 which means that on occasion they'd poke fun at each other's on-set slip-ups.
16:38 As you can expect, two of the biggest players in this game were Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc.
16:44 In a season 10 episode where the gang is trapped at Emma's first birthday party because she
16:48 won't wake up from her nap, Courtney Cox accidentally looks straight into the camera
16:53 lens.
17:01 Obviously the boys jump at the opportunity to mock her.
17:12 What follows are a couple of ruined takes, and of course, some memorable bloopers.
17:20 Number 8.
17:21 That was less.
17:30 The episode where Ross and Rachel break up is pretty somber.
17:34 To make sure things aren't too dark, the other friends keep the comedy flowing.
17:44 Monica and Phoebe are attempting to wax their legs, and it's more painful than they anticipated.
17:49 Their screams attract Chandler and Joey, who race into Monica's bedroom in an over-the-top
17:54 fashion.
17:55 An outtake of this scene sees the boys asked to try it again, as they've apparently been
17:59 told their acting is too big.
18:09 Perry and LeBlanc poke fun at this piece of direction, entering the room as sedately as
18:13 possible on the next take.
18:15 In this case, we're fine with the boys sabotaging yet another take for a great blooper.
18:29 Number 7.
18:31 It tastes like feet.
18:38 It's Thanksgiving, and Rachel's been put in charge of dessert.
18:50 Unfortunately due to some sticky magazine pages, she mistakenly messes up the recipe.
19:05 Since Ross and Joey want to spare Rachel's feelings and are dying to leave to hang out
19:09 with some hot models, they decide not to tell her.
19:12 But that means eating the meat pie/custardy dessert with a straight face.
19:19 After Ross scarfs his entire piece, which is tough enough in itself, David Schwimmer
19:23 delivers his next line in such a way that he erupts in laughter.
19:34 Matt LeBlanc doesn't even notice his costar is broken and continues eating his pie, but
19:39 ultimately he's unable to fight off the giggles.
19:54 Number 6.
19:56 Rachel and the monkey
20:02 Apparently in the show's run, Ross gets a capuchin monkey as a pet and names it Marcel,
20:07 much to the cast's dismay.
20:09 They say never work with children or animals, and here's why.
20:13 Apparently the monkey, who was actually named Katie, sometimes had trouble following instructions
20:18 and disrupted takes.
20:27 In a Marcel-centric season 1 episode, Rachel's babysitting Marcel and trying to explain
20:32 a soap opera to him.
20:40 But as you can see in the blooper, Jennifer Aniston has a difficult time predicting what
20:44 Katie's going to do.
20:46 This makes for a hilarious and quite frankly adorable outtake that neither we, nor Jennifer,
20:51 will likely ever forget.
21:01 Number 5.
21:03 Phoebe Laughs
21:10 Nothing sends the Friends cast into fits of glee quite like Lisa Kudrow's infectious
21:15 laugh.
21:18 In a season 6 episode, after Phoebe and Rachel's apartment burns down, the girls are arguing
21:23 over who has to live with Monica and her strict house rules and who gets to have fun at Joey's.
21:28 But once Kudrow starts laughing, for no apparent reason, it's hard for her to stop.
21:33 And even harder for the rest of the cast and crew to get back on track.
21:46 This begs the question, which is funnier?
21:49 The final version of the scene or the blooper filled with endless laughter?
21:52 We'll let you decide.
22:16 Number 4.
22:17 What do I smell?
22:18 "Ew, what do I smell?"
22:19 "I don't know, but it smells good."
22:22 Another staple of the Friends blooper library is cast members deliberately ruining takes
22:26 by inserting new, and often bluer, jokes.
22:30 In a season 4 episode where Monica's trying to lure the group over to her new apartment
22:34 by baking cookies, Matt LeBlanc decides to add an unexpected line.
22:38 "What do I smell?"
22:41 "Sorry."
22:43 Well, this one word derails the entire scene for takes to come.
22:48 The cast continually cracks up and cannot make it through their lines.
22:52 After watching this series of hilarious bloopers, we wonder how they ended up recording the
22:56 final version at all.
22:58 "What do I smell?"
23:01 "LeBlanc."
23:02 Number 3.
23:03 Joey's fall.
23:04 "There's something I never told you, Amber.
23:05 I'm actually your half-brother."
23:06 "What?"
23:07 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:08 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:09 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:10 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:11 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:12 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:13 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:14 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:15 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:16 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:17 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:18 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:19 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:20 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:21 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:22 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:23 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:24 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:25 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:26 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:27 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:28 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:29 "I'm not your half-brother."
23:30 "Oh, soap opera digest!
23:54 Oh, soap opera digest!"
24:17 2. Pivot
24:31 This classic friend scene finds Ross, Chandler, and Rachel moving a large couch through a
24:35 small staircase. Ross, who's adamant about getting his new couch up to his apartment
24:40 without hiring a moving crew, starts to yell "pivot" over and over again to direct
24:45 his friends, much to our amusement.
25:02 The finished product is funny enough, but the outtakes of this scene are guaranteed
25:06 hilarity. Honestly, we totally understand how difficult it must have been for the cast
25:11 to get through this moment. It's arguably one of the most iconic and funniest scenes
25:15 in the entire series. And the bloopers are all the funnier.
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25:52 1. Ross Plays the Bagpipes
26:02 It's season seven and Ross is planning a special surprise for Monica and Chandler's
26:06 wedding. He wants to play the bagpipes. Well, when Ross finally debuts his newfound… talent,
26:12 the group cannot hold back. Though some of the laughing is left in the final edit of
26:26 the scene, the blooper reel of this moment is even more riotous. Especially once Phoebe
26:32 starts to sing along with Ross' bagpipes. Jennifer Aniston's the first to go, but
26:46 pretty soon everyone's lost it. This scene has everything we're looking for in a friend's
26:50 blooper. It's funny, it's ridiculous, and it reminds us of how much fun this cast
26:55 must have had on set.
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