Top 10 Times Matthew Perry Broke the Friends Cast
Could these bloopers have been any funnier? Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for moments when Matthew Perry took any extra opportunity to make his castmates - and us - laugh.
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00:00 "Hello!"
00:00 [Laughter]
00:02 Welcome to Ms. Mojo.
00:04 And today we're counting down our picks for moments when Matthew Perry took any extra opportunity to make his castmates and us laugh.
00:11 [Screaming]
00:14 [Music]
00:15 Number 10. You gotta see this one.
00:17 For whatever reason, guys seem to have an obsession with the size of certain things.
00:22 Apparently, Matthew Perry was no exception.
00:25 On at least two separate occasions, Perry can be heard beckoning Monica to come see what he's just deposited in the bathroom.
00:31 "You guys gotta come see this one."
00:32 It's certainly not something that they would ever air as part of an episode of the show.
00:36 "Whew, you girls got a measuring tape?"
00:39 But for the actors and the live studio audience, it's certainly a fun opportunity to give a few extra laughs.
00:45 And no, Chandler, we don't need to see it. Thanks.
00:48 "Honey, you gotta see this. This is like the size of my arm."
00:51 [Laughter]
01:00 Number 9. Falling for Rachel.
01:02 Say what you want about the Joey and Rachel romance, but it did give us a great little blooper courtesy of our favorite sarcastic friend.
01:09 "I was- Oh!"
01:10 [Laughter]
01:14 "Good for you, that was good for me, Rachel."
01:16 [Laughter]
01:17 The scene involved Joey leaning on Rachel's door in the hallway after learning she has feelings for him.
01:22 Rachel opens the door, and Joey falls to the floor.
01:26 "Oh, get out!"
01:30 [Laughter]
01:36 Well known for inserting himself into scenes he was not a part of,
01:40 Perry stands at the door and falls as Rachel opens the door, causing everyone in the scene to break.
01:46 It's a cute little blooper that shows just how much of a prankster Perry could really be.
01:50 [Laughter]
01:55 Number 8. Have you looked in the mirror?
01:58 For a short period of time, Chandler and Monica had to work through a long distance relationship as Chandler had accepted a job in Tulsa.
02:05 So, when he came home on weekends, they naturally wanted to spend as much time as they could together.
02:10 Hoping for some private time alone, Chandler secretly flies home and lies to Joey about it.
02:16 "Because I didn't know how to tell him that I couldn't go to the Knicks game, so I just told him I had to stay in Tulsa."
02:20 "So you lied to him?"
02:22 "It's always better to lie than to have the complicated discussion."
02:25 This leads to an entire plot around Joey thinking Monica is cheating because of how she's dressed.
02:30 When she tells Chandler that Joey thinks she's a, let's say, promiscuous woman, Perry retorted,
02:36 "Have you looked in the mirror?"
02:37 His joke is met by both laughs and some somber "ohhs" from the audience.
02:42 [Laughter]
02:44 Number 7. Putting out fire.
02:47 In some ways, we think this episode should have been called "The One Where Monica Fires Joey."
02:51 Upset that her co-workers don't take her seriously,
02:54 Monica hires Joey for the purposes of firing him in front of everyone to show them who's boss.
02:59 "Why don't you fire me?"
03:00 [Laughter]
03:03 "That's a good idea. Do you know how to waiter?"
03:06 "Good enough to get fired."
03:07 [Laughter]
03:08 "Alright, you're hired."
03:10 The scheme ultimately works, but not before Perry once again inserted himself into a scene he was not in.
03:16 Monica's uniform is supposed to catch fire slightly, which Joey pats out with his hand on one side of her chest.
03:22 "Oh, oh!"
03:23 "What are you doing?"
03:24 "You're still a tiny bit on fire there."
03:26 "Oh, gotcha. Thanks."
03:28 "I think you got it."
03:30 Perry runs in from off camera and playfully pats out the other side of her uniform,
03:34 before ducking out back behind frame.
03:37 "You're still a tiny bit on fire there."
03:38 "Oh, geez. Okay, thanks. Okay."
03:41 [Laughter]
03:46 It's a funny bit that shows us how comfortable these actors were with each other.
03:50 Number six, at the camera.
03:52 The fourth wall is a term used in television and film that refers to an imaginary barrier
03:58 that exists between the scene unfolding in a play, movie, or episode and the audience watching.
04:03 "I can't believe Emma's still asleep."
04:05 "I know. What are we gonna do?"
04:06 The characters never look beyond this wall, because they're not supposed to know they're being watched by an audience.
04:11 In this clip, Courtney Cox accidentally looks directly at the camera and then realizes her mistake.
04:17 "She should be out in a couple days."
04:20 "I can't believe... I just looked right at you. I'm so sorry."
04:22 [Laughter]
04:24 "I just gave a little double take to the camera."
04:26 When they do the next take, Matthew Perry amplified her mistake purposefully,
04:30 which brings a pile of laughs and even another blooper featuring Matt LeBlanc doing something similar.
04:36 "I can't believe Emma's still asleep."
04:38 "I know. What are we going to do?"
04:40 [Laughter]
04:45 Number five, somber boys.
04:47 Directors often have a vision for a particular scene or episode
04:51 and offer notes to the actors in order to try and fulfill that vision.
04:55 During one scene in season three's "The One with the Morning After,"
04:58 Joey and Chandler barge into Monica's bedroom in a panic when they hear screaming.
05:02 [Screaming]
05:08 In the gag reel, immediately following that take,
05:11 we hear the director ask the two boys to dial it back a little.
05:14 "Go back. Go back."
05:16 "That was less."
05:18 So when they call action and the boys enter,
05:21 Perry and LeBlanc come in all somber and calm asking the girls what happened.
05:25 "What's the matter?"
05:29 We can't imagine what it was like directing these goofballs.
05:32 Number four, bingo bango.
05:34 Remember when Monica and Mike had their ping pong competition in Barbados?
05:38 Well, it turns out there were all kinds of bloopers during that scene.
05:41 Courtney Cox tripped up a few times,
05:43 including a moment where she yells out "Bah!" as she's supposed to hit a ball.
05:46 She realizes her mistake and they go to do another take.
05:49 "Bah!" "Oh, bah."
05:51 [Laughter]
05:54 This, of course, opens the door for Matthew Perry to step in for his own laughs.
05:58 As they call action and Monica swings,
06:00 Perry blurts out some kind of gibberish which, of course, ruins the take.
06:04 "Bingo bango."
06:06 It gets even better the next time when Cox accidentally throws her paddle.
06:10 [Crying]
06:18 Number three, huge.
06:20 The decision for Chandler and Monica to purchase a home to raise their kids outside the city
06:24 was one that came as a surprise to all of us.
06:27 "So, what'd you think of the house?"
06:30 "It's perfect. It's everything we've been looking for."
06:32 As the two discuss whether or not to buy the home,
06:34 they both recognize how big of a decision it is
06:37 and how it's going to affect their friends.
06:39 The conversation audiences saw had Monica saying,
06:42 "This is huge."
06:43 In an outtake for the scene, though,
06:45 she accidentally says, "It's huge,"
06:47 which was the perfect cue for Matthew Perry to allude to something else.
06:51 "I think we should."
06:52 "I do too."
06:53 "Oh my God, it's huge."
06:55 "Thanks."
06:56 It is yet another great example of Perry's unmatched improbability.
07:01 Number two, we know already.
07:03 After having been trapped in Monica's bedroom
07:05 while Ross and Rachel fight over whether they were on a break,
07:08 Monica, Phoebe, Joey, and Chandler are getting hungry.
07:11 "We could eat the wax. It's organic."
07:13 [Laughter]
07:14 "Oh, great. Food with hair on it."
07:16 In a cut scene from the episode,
07:18 Courtney Cox has a line where she tells everyone
07:20 she has chocolate bars in her purse in the kitchen.
07:23 She does this line several times,
07:25 but keeps getting asked to do it again.
07:27 "Once again, once again."
07:28 "Tell me what the note is, 'cause I--
07:29 "No, no, no, no."
07:30 "Okay, good, 'cause I'd keep doing it the same way."
07:31 When she says the line one last time,
07:33 Perry chimed in with one of his signature sarcastic quips.
07:36 "I've got two Clark bars."
07:37 "We know already."
07:38 [Laughter]
07:39 Since the final edit of the episode excluded this scene,
07:42 we're guessing they never did get it right.
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07:59 Joey finally gets his big break
08:05 and is featured in an issue of Soap Opera Digest.
08:08 Ever so excited to show someone,
08:10 he bursts into Central Perk and shows it off to Phoebe.
08:13 "Phoebes, check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out."
08:16 "Oh, oh, Soap Opera Digest.
08:18 Oh, that's one of my favorite digests."
08:20 [Laughter]
08:21 "Page 42, page 42, page 42."
08:23 "Okay, okay."
08:24 But Matt LeBlanc struggled to get the scene right several times.
08:27 On one occasion, he straight-up face plants.
08:30 On another, he looks at his mark on the floor.
08:33 By the time he finally gets to his chair, it falls over.
08:36 "Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out."
08:38 [Laughter]
08:40 "Jesus."
08:41 [Laughter]
08:44 "Like a problem."
08:46 As highlighted in the Friends The Reunion special,
08:49 Matthew Perry wasn't even in the scene,
08:51 but mocked his co-star's failures by crashing the scene
08:54 that might have finally been LeBlanc's good take.
08:56 "And the final time you came in."
08:58 "Because I was like, 'Somebody's getting a laugh, I can't handle it.
09:01 I need to get a laugh too.'"
09:04 It is pure comedy gold,
09:06 which we are so thankful to be able to see behind the scenes.
09:09 "Soap opera digest!"
09:11 [Laughter]
09:14 Which Matthew Perry improv is your favorite?
09:17 Let us know in the comments.
09:18 "That's when I make my move."
09:20 [Laughter]
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