How are you doing... er, we me, how you doin'? Welcome to MsMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the times that the Joey Tribbiani actor left his castmates, and even himself, in stitches with accidental flubs and deliberate mess-ups.
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00:00 "Oh, you have no idea."
00:02 "Neither do I. What do I say?"
00:04 Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the times that the Joey Tribbiani actor left his castmates and even himself
00:12 in stitches with accidental flubs and deliberate mess-ups.
00:15 "I don't know what to do! Or say!"
00:18 [Laughter]
00:21 Number 10. Staring straight down the lens.
00:24 When acting in front of a camera, there are a few simple rules.
00:27 Firstly, do not look directly down the lens.
00:31 The other is just 'cause the audience is laughing doesn't mean you should be too.
00:34 "I'm laughing 'cause they're laughing!"
00:36 "When they laugh, you're supposed to try to ignore it."
00:38 [Laughter]
00:39 Matt LeBlanc gives his co-star this acting-for-TV-101 refresher on two separate occasions,
00:44 but we're focusing on the one from Emma's first birthday party.
00:47 During one outtake, Courtney Cox confesses that her gaze momentarily met the camera.
00:52 Matthew Perry has plenty of fun with the flub.
00:55 But just as we think things are getting back on track, LeBlanc can't help but make his own dig too.
01:00 "Action!"
01:01 [Laughter]
01:06 Number 9. Do less.
01:08 A good actor is always willing to take notes to improve his performance,
01:12 and indeed, that's exactly what LeBlanc and Perry do here.
01:15 In the scene, Chandler and Joey run in when they hear Monica and Phoebe's wax-induced cries of pain.
01:20 [Screaming]
01:28 However, behind the scenes, it seems the moment needed a little tweaking until they got the energy just right.
01:35 Apparently, one of their attempts was a little too extra for someone off-screen.
01:39 "Hey!"
01:40 "Oh, it's okay. We're alright."
01:43 "Go back, go back."
01:44 [Laughter]
01:46 "That was less!"
01:47 So they try again with a more subdued performance.
01:50 Hey, they're just following directions.
01:52 Sure, that's another take they can't use, but it's a great addition to the gag reel.
01:56 [Screaming]
01:57 "What's the matter?"
01:58 [Laughter]
02:02 "Okay, okay, that's a prank."
02:04 Number 8. Secret-keeping.
02:06 An unfortunate jellyfish incident in the season 4 premiere leads to an even more undesirable solution.
02:11 So, when Joey, Chandler and Monica start acting weird, Ross tries to get to the bottom of it.
02:16 "What the hell happened on that beach?"
02:18 [Laughter]
02:20 "It's between us and the sea, Ross."
02:23 Joey's passionate delivery of the line in the aired take is hilarious.
02:27 And it seems LeBlanc thought so too.
02:29 "What the hell happened on that beach?"
02:31 [Laughter]
02:34 "It's between us..."
02:35 [Laughter]
02:38 In the bloopers, we see him struggling to get through the line without bursting into laughter and taking his scene mates down too.
02:44 At the rate he's going, he doesn't need to worry about anyone keeping his secret.
02:48 His inability to get through the dialogue pretty much takes care of that.
02:52 "What the hell happened on that beach?"
02:54 "It's between us and the sea, Ross."
02:57 [Laughter]
03:01 Number 7. Joey's a big fan of Rachel's trifle.
03:04 Rachel's Thanksgiving trifle is the catalyst for some of the series' funniest and most memorable moments.
03:09 "Oh my god, she made half an English trifle and half a shepherd's pie."
03:17 Turns out, it also offers a heaping of unforgettable bloopers.
03:21 David Schwimmer is the first to break as he overzealously tries to stuff his face with the trifle-shepherd pie hybrid dessert.
03:28 "Tastes like feet!"
03:30 [Laughter]
03:32 LeBlanc barely breaks character as he watches his cast mate laugh beside him.
03:36 However, he then pulls the Joey-est move of all and takes Schwimmer's portion for himself.
03:41 "That's too much!"
03:43 [Laughter]
03:47 It's hysterical and kind of gross.
03:50 Did he not see Schwimmer spit it back out?
03:52 We know Joey's a fan of the dessert, but surely he can't like it that much.
03:56 "Tastes like feet!"
03:58 [Laughter]
04:00 "I like it."
04:02 Number 6. Joey and Ross' nap.
04:05 After Joey and Ross unintentionally become nap buddies,
04:08 Joey spends the episode coaxing or tricking a hesitant Ross into joining him for another Perfects News.
04:14 "Think about maybe going upstairs and taking a little nap on my couch."
04:18 [Laughter]
04:21 "Why would I care about that?"
04:23 It's undeniably one of the more absurd storylines, but the entertainment factor is off the charts.
04:29 "I wanna do it again!"
04:31 [Laughter]
04:34 "We can't do it again."
04:36 "Why not?"
04:37 "Because it's weird!"
04:38 It seems that LeBlanc and Schwimmer found it just as funny, if not funnier than the audience.
04:43 In the gag reel, we see numerous takes ruined by them breaking.
04:47 [Laughter]
04:55 The guys only need to lock eyes before the laughter rolls in.
04:59 While you'd think the hilarity might subside after the umpteenth take, that doesn't seem to be the case here.
05:05 [Laughter]
05:15 Number 5. What do I smell?
05:17 After Monica and Rachel lose their apartment to the guys,
05:20 Monica goes overboard trying to make their new home the gang's hangout spot.
05:24 In the episode, one of her methods involves wafting the smell of freshly baked cookies towards the other apartment.
05:30 "Fresh cookies! Hot from the oven!"
05:32 "Oh!"
05:33 "Please have some."
05:34 "Oh, yo!"
05:35 "I've just been fiddling around in here, making delicious treats for everyone."
05:39 Let's be honest, that'd probably work on most of us.
05:41 So it's no surprise the group migrates towards the enticing scent.
05:45 However, LeBlanc's response to Phoebe's question in this outtake would probably send everyone across the hall too.
05:50 "What do I smell?"
05:52 "Sorry."
05:54 [Laughter]
05:56 This spontaneous ad-lib veers the scene way off course, as the hilarity of LeBlanc's remark lingers over the group.
06:02 "Smells good."
06:04 [Laughter]
06:12 "Oh no! It's all over."
06:15 Number 4. Either the dog goes or the mime goes.
06:19 If you had to pick between a dog and your floof-hating friend, who would you choose?
06:23 "Either the dog goes or I go."
06:26 "Huh."
06:28 [Laughter]
06:33 "Oh my God!"
06:34 Yeah, not so easy, is it?
06:36 Joey tries to warn him against sharing his unpopular opinion with the group, making way for this side-splitting blooper.
06:42 "Don't do it!"
06:44 [Laughter]
06:46 "Don't do what?"
06:47 "I have to, okay?"
06:49 [Laughter]
06:51 "Don't do it!"
06:53 "I have to!"
06:54 In the aired episode, the gang responds to Chandler's ultimatum with awkward silence.
06:59 But in the blooper, LeBlanc gives us a peek into what might be going on in Joey's head.
07:04 It's a surprisingly dark twist for the character, adding a ton of humor to the scene.
07:08 Perry perfectly caps off the gag with his own witty quip, highlighting the duo's incredible chemistry.
07:14 "Either the dog goes or the mime goes."
07:17 [Laughter]
07:18 Number 3. Rock, paper, scissors, fire?
07:21 Who hasn't made important decisions with a round of rock, paper, scissors?
07:24 How often do you find yourself in need of a tiebreaker?
07:27 When Joey, Ross, Rachel and Phoebe are late for Thanksgiving dinner,
07:30 they waste more time in the hallway deciding who should enter first and face their host's wrath.
07:35 Joey believes he has the winning move, until Phoebe rains on that parade.
07:40 "Ah, I win!"
07:42 "What is that? That's fire. Beats everything."
07:45 "Oh really? Does it beat water balloons?"
07:48 "Psh, psh."
07:49 In a blooper, Schwimmer shares some stronger words for Joey's unconventional move.
07:54 "Ah, I win!"
07:56 "What the f*** is that?"
07:58 [Laughter]
07:59 Still, it's LeBlanc who gets the last laugh.
08:01 In a subsequent outtake, when Ross asks Joey what he's doing, LeBlanc fires back,
08:06 igniting laughter from the rest of the cast.
08:09 "Ha ha, I win."
08:11 "What is that? That's f***ing fire."
08:13 [Laughter]
08:18 Number 2. Take off your robe.
08:20 Rachel finds out about Joey's secret annual parties and wrangles herself an invite.
08:24 However, it doesn't take her long to spill the beans to others.
08:27 "Joey is having a secret Days of Our Lives party up on the roof!"
08:31 "And, and he didn't want you guys to know about it, but I came over here to tell you."
08:35 In the aired take, Monica tries to call Joey out by insisting he open his robe
08:39 and reveal his party outfit underneath.
08:42 Instead, everyone catches a glimpse of Joey in his birthday suit.
08:45 "The game's over. Take off your robe."
08:48 "It's better either way."
08:51 "No!"
08:52 "No! No! Stay off! Stay off!"
08:55 As funny as that is, the outtake takes the humor up a notch.
08:59 When Joey goes to disrobe, the cast's reaction is a mix of surprise and amusement.
09:04 Why?
09:05 Well, Joey isn't bearing all, but he's got an interestingly placed photo of David Schwimmer.
09:10 You know, down there.
09:12 "Hey, I mean..."
09:13 "No!"
09:14 "No! No! Close it up!"
09:17 [Laughter]
09:20 Before we unveil our top pick, here are some honorable mentions.
09:24 Yoo-hoo! LeBlanc might regret his acting choice, but we don't.
09:28 "I wanna go over there to that boatload of girls. Yoo-hoo!"
09:31 "Oh, okay. Is that what you wanna do?"
09:34 "I don't wanna go, 'Yoo-hoo!'"
09:36 Chandler's freakout is too darn hilarious.
09:39 We'd probably have the same reaction if our friend freaked out that hard.
09:42 "He's gone. He's waiting."
09:44 [Laughter]
09:49 It's poor Shah! LeBlanc shifts the sincerity of the moment into reverse.
09:53 "Hey! It's poor Shah!"
09:56 [Laughter]
10:03 Playing Fort.
10:05 When Chandler catches his friends in the act, they just can't put a zip on their laughter.
10:10 "What are you guys doing?"
10:12 "Nothing."
10:14 "Nothing?"
10:15 [Laughter]
10:19 Holden McGroin.
10:20 No Friends fan will ever be able to say this fake stage name without smirking.
10:25 "I'll be reading for the role of Mercutio. Name? Holden McGroin."
10:29 [Laughter]
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10:52 Number 1. Tripping over his mark.
10:56 The gang actually reminisced about this particular blooper during their 2021 reunion.
11:01 "He ran in, he looked at his mark, so it tripped on the map."
11:05 [Laughter]
11:07 In the episode, Joey bursts into Central Perk, all hyped up over his Soap Opera Digest interview.
11:12 However, the outtakes reveal a cascade of mishaps.
11:16 Joey takes a fall in the first, and subsequent takes are marred by glances at his mark,
11:21 a toppling chair, and a final gaffe courtesy of Matthew Perry.
11:25 Each blender is funnier than the last, even leaving executive producer Marta Kaufman in fits of laughter.
11:31 "Peeps, check it out."
11:33 [Laughter]
11:34 While luck may not have been on LeBlanc's side that day, fans were gifted with a string of goofs that,
11:40 much like Kaufman, left us rolling with laughter.
11:43 "Peeps, check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out."
11:46 [Laughter]
11:48 "Jesus."
11:49 [Laughter]
11:53 "I got problems, sorry."
11:55 Did we include your favorite LeBlanc flub? Let us know in the comments.
11:58 "We may not be great thinkers, or world leaders, or, or, or..."
12:05 [Laughter]
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