Anyone who had the pleasure of growing up in the late nineties will be familiar the seminal sitcom Friends. Renowned for its zany cast, as well as its now nostalgia-inducing depiction of New York, the quintessential 90s sitcom still boasts a loyal fanbase, many of whom continue to revisit the 10 seasons 13 years after they originally wrapped. Viewers came to know Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Phoebe and Joey as well as their own friends. I mean, Ross was always there for some comedic relief, Monica, we related to in times of neurosis, and of course, we always had Joey to affectionately poke fun at. And while we now puzzle over how six friends in relatively low-paying jobs managed to afford such a large, and gorgeous abode, we can't help — return to the show, time and time again, in all of its unrealistic glory. In fact, those who starred in the show, despite going on to have relatively successful careers, still get quizzed over their character in Friends whenever they are interviewed. In fact, Matt LeBlanc - that is, Joey Tribbiani, recently revealed a little-known secret about his character... While Matt LeBlanc has retained his youthful good looks, at 50 years old, the actor has naturally sprouted some grey hairs. But according to LeBlanc, who recently appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden, he actually started going grey during the second season of the hit sitcom. And as such, he had to dye his hair the entire time he was filming Friends. This, however, was a process that viewers never saw whilst watching the show, as producers didn't think that a salt-and-pepper Joey Tribbiani would quite cut it for viewers. But in typical Joey-fashion, it was not a seamless operation. Speaking to James Corden, LeBlanc revealed that he faced a hair-dying disaster whilst on the set of Friends. When the actor started greying during the second season of the show, he quickly got fed up of sitting in the salon chair for hours on end, and endeavoured to find an easier solution, which came in the form of Just For Men. According to LeBlanc, this reduced his colour appointments from an eye-watering two hours to just five minutes. So he naturally rushed to set to show his new discovery to his hairstylist. Watch the entire segment below: [[youtubewidget||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0lWuxoYsxY]] Well, I can imagine that Matt LeBlanc's hairstylist wasn't best pleased, but something clearly worked out as we never saw Joey age a day throughout the 10 seasons. However, I can't say that I would be adverse to seeing Joey return to the silver screen as a silver fox...

As times and opinions change over the years, the books, films, and shows that were once popular begin to take on a different tone. TV skits from our parents' generation, for instance, can be quite uncomfortable to watch in the context of the modern day; and, if you pick up a novel from 100 years ago, you might just be a little shocked about how it talks about women or minorities.

Sometimes, however, you don't even have to go back too far. In fact, some of the most questionable material probably happened within our lifetimes. I mean, just take a look at Friends.

Personally, I love the show - but I can't help noticing some uncomfortable moments when I watch it back on Netflix. There's Joey's lecherous behavior (obviously), ongoing jokes about Chandler's sexuality, and an overwhelming absence of non-white characters.

Oh, and let's not forget that one episode where Ross literally goes to a self-defense instructor so that he can learn "how to attack women."

Actually, come to think of it, there's a whole lot more than that. Chandler's father - who is now a trans woman - is always the butt of the joke whenever she's mentioned or shown, Monica's weight managed to become a running gag for pretty much the entirety of the show's ten-year lifespan, and there's literally an entire episode dedicated to Ross trying to get his son to stop playing with Barbies.

So, when Matt LeBlanc was recently challenged about certain jokes and attitudes in the sitcom, everyone was keen to hear what he had to say.

Unfortunately, he was pretty quick to dismiss any allegations of wrongdoing.

"I've heard those rumors too about people taking pot shots at Friends, but I don't want to get into that," he said. "I disagree with all that."

He then went on to compare his role as Joey with his current job as a presenter on Top Gear (which, needless to say, has also had a relatively sketchy history when it comes to needlessly offending people), and insisted that both shows do their best to avoid "political content".

"On Top Gear we tend to steer clear of any sort of political content, nothing too topical. On Friends, we steered clear of that kind of thing, too. Friends was about themes that stand the test of time - trust, love, relationships, betrayal, family and things like that," he said.

The thing is, nobody was necessarily asking for an apology from LeBlanc - nor were they blaming him for some of the things Joey Tribiani said. More than anything, people just want some acknowledgment that the shows of yesteryear tended to be a teeny bit offensive sometimes - because that's the only way that the greater masses will also realize that, "hey, actually, it probably wasn't ok to make all those homophobic jokes in poor taste back then, and it's still not alright now."

Regardless, Friends still remains one of the best sitcoms ever - and we're still not giving up hope that there will be a reunion...

 

 

 

If anybody needed proof that Matthew Perry was just as funny as his character Chandler Bing, they only need to look at this one blooper from Friends.

Over the weekend, the sad news broke that Perry had passed away at the age of 54.

TMZ and the Los Angeles Times were the first outlets to report that the beloved Friends star had been found unresponsive in the hot tub of his home in LA.

BBC News has since reported that a post-mortem conducted on Perry yielded inconclusive results, and authorities are currently awaiting toxicology test outcomes. Additionally, no evident signs of trauma were noted, as verified by an LA Police representative to CBS News.

On Sunday, the LA County Medical Examiner's office provided an update, indicating the case was pending further review. This often suggests that while the autopsy has been carried out, additional information is still required.

Matthew Perry passed away over the weekend. Credit: Phillip Faraone / Stringer / Getty

As a means of honoring Perry, many of his fans have been taking to social media to share their favorite moments from his career - with countless videos of his greatest scenes on Friends being highlighted.

However, Perry wasn't just a comedy genius when following a script as Chandler Bing - as one outtake from the show proves.

We all remember the iconic "Pivot!" scene from season five's 'The One with the Cop' - in which Ross (David Schwimmer) enlists the help of Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) and Chandler to help him move his new couch up the stairwell in his apartment building.

The scene we all saw on TV shows the three friends struggling to navigate the couch up the narrow stairwell, despite Ross' repeated orders to simply "pivot" the piece of furniture. The big laugh comes when Chandler has enough and shouts at Ross to "shut up! Shut up! SHUT UUUP!"

However, what some of you may not have seen is the hilarious blooper that was captured by the studio cameras during the filming of the scene. Check it out below:

After the footage was shared on X (formerly known as Twitter), fans quickly pointed out how Matthew Perry's reaction made the blooper even funnier than the final take.

"Seems only right to share one of my favorite Chandler moments," one person tweeted. "Even funnier than the original scene if that’s possible! Matthew Perry’s face when he starts laughing is epic."

A second tweeted: "The only thing funnier than the famously hilarious pivot scene is the blooper take of the famously hilarious pivot scene [...] Matthew Perry was the best Friend of them all."

On YouTube, one fan wrote: "This is how I choose to remember Matthew, the one who made everyone laugh, but in this moment couldn't stop laughing himself. Rest peacefully."

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Thank you for all the laughs, Matthew.

Our thoughts continue to go out to Perry's loved ones and fans at this time.

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It's been almost 15 years since the last episode of Friends aired, and yet we are still finding out new things about the show and its characters. We now know who Ugly Naked Guy really is, what actually happened to Ben when he disappeared without a trace, and we've finally caught on to all those dirty jokes we missed the first time.

Even with so many re-runs and re-watches, though, there are still some details that managed to slip under the radar. Or, they did for most people, anyway.

Yesterday, one Reddit user named /u/RootingForYou_ posted to the subreddit "How You Doin" (for all things Friends-related, of course) in order to share a revelation they'd had about the TV show; specifically, the Gellers... and their sex lives.

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Now, everyone knows the two main Gellers in the show: Ross and Monica. However, their parents - Jack and Judy - also appear in the sitcom from time to time, and we learn a fair amount about them when they do. How much, exactly? Well, enough to know that they once made a sex tape.

And they weren't the only ones!

"All the Gellers have one thing in common," wrote /u/RootingForYou_.

"Besides their last name they all have made a sex tape!

1. Jack and Judy with each other.

2. Monica with Richard ("he taped over me?!") And almost made one with Chandler but they got interrupted by Joey.

3. And don't forget the infamous tape with Ross and Rachel.

"I have watched this show countless times and it just occurred to me. Is it a Geller thing? Ross's one wasn't intentional but still I find it funny that all the Gellers have one."

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So are the Gellers all super kinky? Or is something else going on here?

As one other Reddit user explained:

"Well, Ross technically didn't intend to tape himself with Rachel, so, I wouldn't consider him kinky at all. (Remember how he struggled with dirty talking) he's not into that stuff.

"About Monica... she did take a naked picture of herself and gave it to Chandler. But the earlier tape with Richard... I believe was a Richard thing, since the tape was kept in his own video tapes library. But we'll never know for sure.

"Jack was totally a naughty fellow... He did feel up Judy in the bathroom... he did sneak up on couples DOING IT in the hospital... I'm pretty sure he was responsible of making that tape of him and Judy."

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Basically by coincidence, then, all the Gellers share this one NSFW trait - which is sort of weird, when you think about it. What's even weirder, though, is that basically all of their friends know about it.

It's been more than 14 years since the season finale of Friends hit our screens, and yet the show is still proving to be more popular than many other contemporary sitcoms. Part of this evergreen popularity might have something to do with the fact that the 10-season series recently got added to Netflix, and therefore attracted a younger audience who had never seen it before. Another factor in its success, however, is that it's just plain awesome.

In the 24 years that it's been on our screens, though, some eagle-eyed viewers have spotted a number of mistakes in the show. There are moments in the earlier seasons when some of the actor's understudies have been left in the shot, for example, or story arcs develop that don't quite add up when you consider some earlier points of the show (like the fact that Ross manages to be 29 for three years).

And then there's some stuff that's just plain weird.

In a recent Reddit thread, one person pointed out something particularly strange in the background of a shot in the final episode of season 10, aptly titled, The Last One.

The scene takes place in Joey's flat (where, admittedly, there are a lot of weird things hanging around), where the Days of our Lives actor is looking around for the baby chick and duck he's bought Monica and Chandler as a moving in gift. While he's doing this, however, a strange figure can be seen in the oven behind him.

At first, it looks like it could be some kind of bird that's been put in to roast - perhaps a chicken or a turkey. But, on closer inspection, it seems to have... legs?

So what is it? Some kind of doll? A smaller version of Hugsy? Rachel's weird hairless cat?

Well, after lots of speculation, fans seem to have come to the conclusion that it's actually Joey's yellow M&M toy, which does make more sense when you look at the proportions of it.

But this isn't the only piece of Friends trivia that's been weirding people out recently.

Earlier this month, one of the show's fans took to Twitter in order to announce the horrifying news that Dylan and Cole Sprouse - the twins who got one of their first big acting breaks playing Ross' son, Ben - are now older than Rachel Green was at the beginning of the show.

What's more, Courtney Cox (Monica) is now older than Richard - her much more senior boyfriend - was when he appeared on the show.

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But you know what? In all the time that's passed since the season finale, I'm willing to bet that not much has changed in the Friends universe. Ross and Rachel are probably still bickering all the time, Monica and Chandler are no doubt living the dream, Phoebe is probably still playing renditions of Smelly Cat at Central Perk, and Joey - well, Joey is probably still leaving toys in his oven.