Matthew Perry’s best Chandler Bing moments with each ‘Friends’ character
After Matthew Perry’s tragic death on Oct. 28 at 54, fans have been seeking solace in the magic he created alongside Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Jennifer Aniston, Matt LeBlanc and Lisa Kudrow in NBC’s “Friends,” which ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004.
In 1997, Rosie O’Donnell asked Perry, “Are you friends with the ‘Friends’?” His answer? “Yes, we are. We really are. I got really lucky because if there’s one jerk in that group, it could be just hellish all the time, but everybody’s so nice and so great — and the women are hot.”
Perry’s Chandler Bing proved just how well he knew his fictional pals in Season 4’s “The One With the Embryos,” but how close were they on the show? Here’s just a few moments Chandler shared with Ross, Joey, Monica, Rachel and Phoebe.
Ross (Schwimmer) and Chandler being college roommates was the perfect backstory for these two. As Chandler’s longest friendship out of the group, viewers were treated to many inside jokes and a special bond that even stood up to a friendship’s biggest test: dating a sibling.
In Season 2, they’re picked on by bullies at Central Perk, who lay claim to the orange couch. One steals Chandler’s hat and Ross tries to get it back by saying, “It’s a special hat. See, he bought it because he was feeling really down one day. So, he got the hat to cheer himself up, you know?” Just a silly and sweet thing that only a very best friend would know.
In Season 5, their younger years are revisited while celebrating Thanksgiving at the Gellers — where they reveal their fake ID alter egos Clifford Alvarez and Roland Chang. Fast forward to Season 9 and Chandler takes Ross on a romantic weekend in Vermont because Monica’s too busy. Ross teaches his pal how to take advantage of the hotel system by filling their suitcases with anything that’s not nailed down.
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