Friends was an American sitcom created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman which aired on NBC from September 22, 1994, to May 6, 2004, lasting ten seasons. The show had an ensemble cast featuring Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Courteney Cox as Monica Geller, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani, Matthew Perry as Chandler Bing and David Schwimmer as Ross Geller. The show revolves around six friends in their 20s and 30s who live in Manhattan, New York City.
The show was loved by millions and is still watched across the globe. It was generally shot before a live audience to capture real time reactions of people. As it happened some of the unscripted scenes were so funny that the show runners kept the camera running and they were made part of the show.
Here are those 8 unscripted moments from Friends.
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Chandler smacks his head against the filing cabinet while arguing with Rachel
When Chandler is locked by Joanna in her office and Rachel comes looking. She finds Chandler handcuffed to a filing cabinet and in the middle of the argument, Chandler accidentally smacks his head.
2. Ross falls down the stairs
Ross and Ben pull a prank on unsuspecting Rachel, when they run up to the stairs and throw a fake dummy of Ross to scare Rachel.
3. Joey blames Chandler for pages being stuck together
While Rachel makes the ‘Trifle Dessert’, Ross and Joey realize that the pages of the recipe book are stuck together. Joey immediately blames Chandler for that.
4. Chandler jokes about Joey injuring his brain with a Q-Tip
When Joey keeps guessing about the age when Frankie made his first suit, Chandler asks Joey to stop with applying too much pressure on his brain.
5. Susan ends up crying in reality while talking to Ross
Remember the moment, when Susan and Ross are in a restaurant and they get cozy together.
6. Joey stumbles and falls while trying to reach the phone
When a random woman calls up, looking for one night of passion, Joey leaps to pick up the phone and stumbles and fall.
7. Chandler messes up his lines and the cast just carry on
When Chandler makes a joke on Joey that Trump wants his ‘Blue Blazer Back’, he ends up saying ‘Blue Blazer Black’ and the rest of the cast makes fun of him.
8. Chandler asks where the group can get some coffee
In the final scene of the last episode, Rachel asks if they could get some coffee before they have to leave and Chandler makes a joke about where they should go for coffee.