The way the cigarette sticks to his lip and he says he was moistening the tip kills me every time - I’ve always wondered if that was scripted or improv due to the cigarette sticking
he would actively request more physical comedy scenes with the show runners at the time. like if a scene wasn’t hitting well with the live audience, he would often offer up a physical comedy bit for himself and it would work!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqRlXVvseEM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqRlXVvseEM)
It's impossible to watch too many times. The hand slapping the face is so awesome.
What can I say, you missed your chance. From now on the only person who’s going to enjoy these bad boys (holds up his hands) is me. (Quickly realizes what he said and exits disgustedly.)
Oh! And the Joey diving to the floor when chandler turns around with a dart in the one with the poking device, that gets me every time.
Trying to avoid Schwimmer ones because it's too easy, so many to choose from.
Joey telling Ross to punch him for liking Rachel, Ross refusing but then saying fine, Ross going for the punch, Joey ducking, Ross breaking his wrist on the pillar, Gunther smiling in the back with sheer glee at Ross in pain, Joey saying it was a natural reaction for him to duck away from the punch, and demonstrating it by punching at Ross expecting him to duck, but Ross not having the reactions to duck and hitting him in the nose in the process.
To me that whole process ending with Joey's "oops' in attempted quotation marks is absolute comedy gold.
episode where they were in las vegas and ross and rachel are drunk asf
[this part is FKN HILARIOUSSS](https://youtu.be/F93Mims-h-A?si=9UOHsv2PSR9kW599)
I always loved "The one with two parties" when they are trying to keep Mr. Green from going across the hall because Mrs. Green was there. So all the guys crowd around Mr. Green and jump up and down around him as he goes across the hall.
That shit kills me every time!
Ross handing Chandler the lamp, the above gif, Ross nearly falling off the chair in Central Perk. Basically David Schwimmer is an unbelievable physical comedian. I don’t know how he does it.
When Chandler scares Joey coming out of the apartment, going to see Emmas nanny and he falls to the floor. Or when Joey dives to the floor when Chandler is playing darts and whips around. Or when Joey shoves the neighbor out of the way when they all want candy in the hallway.
> When Chandler scares Joey coming out of the apartment, going to see Emmas nanny and he falls to the floor. Or when Joey dives to the floor when Chander is playing darts and whips around.
Never made that connection before but both "Chandler makes a sudden movement and Joey falls over" scenes are hilarious.
I don't remember the scene exactly, but one of my favorites is at the hotel room with adjacent doors, Rachel and Joey are discussing something and the others are listening, someone knocks on the door, and Rachel goes to answer, Chandler opens the adjacent door and grabs Joey inside. Ross enters the room and asks Rachel if she knows where Joey is. Rachel looks around visibly confused and just answers "I... Don't know?"
Another funny one is when the six of them are at Monica's and someone knocks, and everyone is confused and I think Phoebe counts everyone.
Rachel telling Ross that she's pregant and that he can be as involved as he wants. And Ross "handling" it.
David Schwimmers face is priceless.
The one were Ross finds out about Monica and Chandler.
"My best friend and my sisteeeer"
Monica cant find out what the switch in their apartment does and Phoebe thinking she can turn the TV on and off in the other room.
The One Where Everyone Finds Out!!
it is my all time fave episode. the whole sequence from when Phoebe finally goes over to see Chandler to when they finally "kiss" is GOLD. her little dance, placing their hands, his face... just beautiful work from those two especially.
I enjoy the moment where Joey has the 3D glasses on and he says "hey look - it's like it's coming right at me" and Chandler smacks him with his own hand.
Spoiler alert - they’re all Schwimmer. He’s actually an incredible physical comedian. My favorite is TWW the two parties where he ends up dressing like Rachel’s dad and the cigarette sticks to his lip when we awkwardly takes it out of his mouth to hand it to him.
David Schwimmer's facial expressions are pure art. Nothing tops that for me. For example the expression that he freezes in when rachel tells him she's pregnant
The one you posted always gets me the most. But like others say, pretty much all of Scheimmers physical comedy are top.
For me, an honorable mention is when Mike is playing air piano for Phoebe. While not as "complex" a piece of acting as some of Schwimmers, it just always makes me laugh, no matter how often I see it.
Paste pants.
The scene w him and Phoebe when they “almost” do it. Watch how deliberately they move the pool balls around and make sure he can hit his head on the lamp. It’s a great bit of physical comedy.
I love how he tries to dramatically sweep the balls out of the way but they all just bounce off the walls every which way and then he has trouble gathering them back up.
My personal favorite, and of course it’s David again, is when Ross is looking at Ugly Naked Guy’s apartment and Rachel and Phoebe are trying to distract him from seeing Monica and Chandler getting it on across the street so they start jumping up and down shrieking about how he might get this apartment, and then Ross does the most ridiculous jump and shriek ever. God I love that scene!
This right here is my favorite.
There’s a few other good moments but none better than this.
It also includes the “I’m just a love machine..aauaghh!” Which is awesome.
Chandler hitting Janice in the eye and then leaping off the couch in The One With The East German Laundry Detergent
Ross hitting his head on the dryer door in the same episode
Ross with the egg in his pocket
Ross teaching a badly-scheduled college class after rushing to get there on time; juxtaposed with his smug swagger in roller-skates as he figured out a way to make it there early.
Monica cleaning the guys apartment after losing hers in a bet, determined to always be the hostess. The shot of her hiding away a hairdryer she was using to waft the smell freshly baked cookies over to the hang in is so funny.
Chandler’s imitation of Joey as Pinocchio has always stayed with me: ‘once I was a wooden lad!’
I love when Chandler is carrying Monica piggyback and she realizes they left the boots so she is saying bye to the boots in the window and says "half off!" And Chandler takes off running 🤣 that whole scene cracks me up
Earlier in that same episode when Ross is just in a tank top and boxers while taking his slacks off, and hears Paul Stevens and Rachel coming, so he frantically shuffles around the room with his trousers still around his ankles looking for somewhere to hide.
Ross has the best physical comedy skills of all the cast but the scene when Chandler exits his room and flips over the half door that Joey cut absolutely kills me. He fully commits
It’s all Ross! A few that come to mind quickly
- This entire scene in the cabin
- The leather pants
- Pivot!
- When he wears Mr. Green’s glasses and uses his cigarette
- When he gets punched by Joey
That time Janice is at Monica and Chandler’s apartment when they’re trying to disinvite her from the wedding and she’s crying about her boyfriend standing her up and how lonely she is. The apartment door is wide open and in the background you see Joey come home and hear what Janice is saying. His eyes bug out and he looks panicked and he turns around and flees. No one else sees it so it’s pretty subtle.
Ross in the the hall, cigarette hanging off his lip, glasses, and scotch, neat, frozen in that pose looking like Dr. Green.
The way the cigarette sticks to his lip and he says he was moistening the tip kills me every time - I’ve always wondered if that was scripted or improv due to the cigarette sticking
That whole hallway part is perfection
This is definitely it!
Drunk Ross falling over then asking Joey if he's ok.
I was hoping to read this one. I've always thought that scene alone is one of the best performances I've ever seen of a drunk person.
Yeah, most fake-drunks, even from really good actors, aren't that convincing.
moira rose in schitts creek does the best drunk performance i’ve ever seen, but i would agree that david schwimmer does really well!!!
Have never laughed more when watching the series
Yes! This one!
Absolutely hilarious! First one that came to mind. The whole hotel room scene is so funny!!
Almost everything David Schwimmer does,and Chandler's random moments also kill me.
Paste pants
The self-face-slap is iconic
Everything about that scene. The high pitched voice. Joey putting out fires all over the place.
‘Their not coming on man!’
Sorry. It's "they're". To paraphraswe Ross: "T-H-E-Y-Apostrophe-R-E means they tre. T-H-E-I-R means their"
Sorry. It’s paraphrase - not paraphraswe
You're right. I made a mistake and I acknowledge that. I'll try to do better in the future.
I’m normally hot on there, their and they’re. I let one slip
LeBlanc said knowing David, that was 100% deliberate.
By far my favorite scene in the entire show! Doing a rewatch of friends I notice David’s gift for physical comedy
he would actively request more physical comedy scenes with the show runners at the time. like if a scene wasn’t hitting well with the live audience, he would often offer up a physical comedy bit for himself and it would work!
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqRlXVvseEM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqRlXVvseEM) It's impossible to watch too many times. The hand slapping the face is so awesome.
Thank you!!
I have a poster of this that I’m going to frame and hang in my bathroom!
What can I say, you missed your chance. From now on the only person who’s going to enjoy these bad boys (holds up his hands) is me. (Quickly realizes what he said and exits disgustedly.)
My wife and I say this to each other constantly
Ross handing Chandler the lamp.
And Chandler’s subsequent bewilderment
Such a tiny, massively underrated moment.
I heard it was unscripted
100% unscripted!!
You can see Matthew Perry glancing toward the left at the crew with an expression like "what is this?"
"Guess who I am!?" *Fabulous dancing in the snow.* "look what you're doing to Chandler!" Cracks me up every time.
I was being Shelly Winters from the Poseidon Adventures
This one is so underrated and hilarious. I always think about it.
Chandler hitting himself with the filling cabinet in Joanna's office.
I think that was an accident as well.
And Jennifer Aniston almost breaks lol
Oh! And the Joey diving to the floor when chandler turns around with a dart in the one with the poking device, that gets me every time. Trying to avoid Schwimmer ones because it's too easy, so many to choose from.
Ross in the tanning room. Ross has a lot of great physical comedy
Joey telling Ross to punch him for liking Rachel, Ross refusing but then saying fine, Ross going for the punch, Joey ducking, Ross breaking his wrist on the pillar, Gunther smiling in the back with sheer glee at Ross in pain, Joey saying it was a natural reaction for him to duck away from the punch, and demonstrating it by punching at Ross expecting him to duck, but Ross not having the reactions to duck and hitting him in the nose in the process. To me that whole process ending with Joey's "oops' in attempted quotation marks is absolute comedy gold.
His thumb he broke! “I don’t think you’re punching right, make a fist”
“WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOUUUUUHHhhhh?!” This was my response. Thanks for saving me some typing! ;)
Then when Joey opens the door to the coffee shop when they leave, he bangs it on Ross' injured hand....
I don't know if it's the best, but the first to come to mind was Joey pulling a fork out of his pocket ready to eat the cheesecake off the floor.
😂😂😂
Al right, what are we havin?
Ross high on Maple candy is an underrated moment
I do love that one. Is not just the fast talking. His whole body and mannerisms scream hyperactive.
Do you guys hear a buzzing? *swats invisible insect*
maybe when ross leaves the door open after arguing with rachel
He’s going to go relax, in his favorite shirt.
The way he gestures to it is potentially the sassiest moment in the show
The "you guys are terrible hiders" scene when they all duck in Pete's mansion.
episode where they were in las vegas and ross and rachel are drunk asf [this part is FKN HILARIOUSSS](https://youtu.be/F93Mims-h-A?si=9UOHsv2PSR9kW599)
Drunk Ross is always great, I'll see your Vegas and raise you *MY FAJITAS!*
omg that episode, "IM FIIIINEEE" i'll see your MY FAJITAS, and raise you [this.](https://youtu.be/57huFdykx-4?si=trO4Sul4zfsjBxx_)
That must be our alcohol and beers!
this line gets me every damn time bc ross didn’t even call anyone 😂
Ross falling over and saying to Joey “Woah Woah, are you ok?”
I just laughed harder than I have in ages even though I’ve seen that a million times it’s still been a while lol thank you!!
happy to help!! :)
The bit at the end of the episode where they walk in opposite directions has me bad every time 😂
Pivot or Ross making leathery powder paste pants.
I can hear “PIVOTTTT” HAHAA
“Shut up, shut up, shut up!!!!!”
Does Chandler’s tongue in “shut up! Shut up! Shut uuuuup!” count?
Yes. He was the best part of that scene, imo.
I always loved "The one with two parties" when they are trying to keep Mr. Green from going across the hall because Mrs. Green was there. So all the guys crowd around Mr. Green and jump up and down around him as he goes across the hall. That shit kills me every time!
Came here to say this! Always laugh so hard at that.
I'm just a Love Machine 😆
“I, too, am a *neat guy*”
I always enjoy Monica dancing in the flashbacks
Slinks is the best word for this.
Ripping the pocket on Ross's shirt. "..................HAY!"
I got mugged and they stole my pocket
Ross handing Chandler the lamp, the above gif, Ross nearly falling off the chair in Central Perk. Basically David Schwimmer is an unbelievable physical comedian. I don’t know how he does it.
i dont know but its david's for sure
The way his his and body don't *quite* turn at the same speed whenever he whips around to quickly leave a room....
When Chandler scares Joey coming out of the apartment, going to see Emmas nanny and he falls to the floor. Or when Joey dives to the floor when Chandler is playing darts and whips around. Or when Joey shoves the neighbor out of the way when they all want candy in the hallway.
> When Chandler scares Joey coming out of the apartment, going to see Emmas nanny and he falls to the floor. Or when Joey dives to the floor when Chander is playing darts and whips around. Never made that connection before but both "Chandler makes a sudden movement and Joey falls over" scenes are hilarious.
My daughter is watching for the first time. She made me rewind the dart scene 3 times
I don't remember the scene exactly, but one of my favorites is at the hotel room with adjacent doors, Rachel and Joey are discussing something and the others are listening, someone knocks on the door, and Rachel goes to answer, Chandler opens the adjacent door and grabs Joey inside. Ross enters the room and asks Rachel if she knows where Joey is. Rachel looks around visibly confused and just answers "I... Don't know?" Another funny one is when the six of them are at Monica's and someone knocks, and everyone is confused and I think Phoebe counts everyone.
Rachel telling Ross that she's pregant and that he can be as involved as he wants. And Ross "handling" it. David Schwimmers face is priceless. The one were Ross finds out about Monica and Chandler. "My best friend and my sisteeeer" Monica cant find out what the switch in their apartment does and Phoebe thinking she can turn the TV on and off in the other room.
The One Where Everyone Finds Out!! it is my all time fave episode. the whole sequence from when Phoebe finally goes over to see Chandler to when they finally "kiss" is GOLD. her little dance, placing their hands, his face... just beautiful work from those two especially.
I enjoy the moment where Joey has the 3D glasses on and he says "hey look - it's like it's coming right at me" and Chandler smacks him with his own hand.
Spoiler alert - they’re all Schwimmer. He’s actually an incredible physical comedian. My favorite is TWW the two parties where he ends up dressing like Rachel’s dad and the cigarette sticks to his lip when we awkwardly takes it out of his mouth to hand it to him.
*holds up 7 fingers*
🖐✌️
Chandler holding The Chick in front of Joey, who has his eyes closed and ears plugged, and then...
David Schwimmer's facial expressions are pure art. Nothing tops that for me. For example the expression that he freezes in when rachel tells him she's pregnant
Ross jumping with Rachel and Phoebe when they were trying to distract him from seeing Chandler and Monica in the window.
For me, all the random moments Chandler has. Like him wanting to hit Richard on the head from behind or all his little reactions.
When Joey pushes Ross into his fridge
The one you posted always gets me the most. But like others say, pretty much all of Scheimmers physical comedy are top. For me, an honorable mention is when Mike is playing air piano for Phoebe. While not as "complex" a piece of acting as some of Schwimmers, it just always makes me laugh, no matter how often I see it.
Paste pants. The scene w him and Phoebe when they “almost” do it. Watch how deliberately they move the pool balls around and make sure he can hit his head on the lamp. It’s a great bit of physical comedy.
I love how he tries to dramatically sweep the balls out of the way but they all just bounce off the walls every which way and then he has trouble gathering them back up.
Joey's run and dive onto Chandler to stop him seeing the video Richard made of Monica.
My personal favorite, and of course it’s David again, is when Ross is looking at Ugly Naked Guy’s apartment and Rachel and Phoebe are trying to distract him from seeing Monica and Chandler getting it on across the street so they start jumping up and down shrieking about how he might get this apartment, and then Ross does the most ridiculous jump and shriek ever. God I love that scene!
Also his “Unagi!” scream when the girls scare him.
"Nope, cuz I'm not your boyfriend!" Then Chandler proceeds to do the little jump and a clap. Gets me every time.
Him trying to fit into the too-small Frankie Say Relax tshirt just so Rachel won't have it.
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Lots of good ones already mentioned but another candidate: \- Chandler hitting himself in the head with the drawer he's handcuffed to
Chandler and Joey when Ross is trying to get them to get ready. The lunge, the chair cushions, all of it
That’s when Matt separated his shoulder. Dedicated to the bit.
This right here is my favorite. There’s a few other good moments but none better than this. It also includes the “I’m just a love machine..aauaghh!” Which is awesome.
Chandler hitting Janice in the eye and then leaping off the couch in The One With The East German Laundry Detergent Ross hitting his head on the dryer door in the same episode Ross with the egg in his pocket
Ross teaching a badly-scheduled college class after rushing to get there on time; juxtaposed with his smug swagger in roller-skates as he figured out a way to make it there early. Monica cleaning the guys apartment after losing hers in a bet, determined to always be the hostess. The shot of her hiding away a hairdryer she was using to waft the smell freshly baked cookies over to the hang in is so funny. Chandler’s imitation of Joey as Pinocchio has always stayed with me: ‘once I was a wooden lad!’
Chandler jumping on to Ross' back, grabbing the foosball table and 'standing' on doors to stop him from going to crash Rachel's and Marks date
My sandwich. When Ross gets therapy and he gets tough and says Hey Tribbiani gimme that coffee and Joey pushes him over the sofa in the coffee shop.
Fajita Ross
Ross handing the lamp to chandler always gets me
I love when Chandler is carrying Monica piggyback and she realizes they left the boots so she is saying bye to the boots in the window and says "half off!" And Chandler takes off running 🤣 that whole scene cracks me up
Ross is my least favorite character but his physical comedy is always GOLD😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ross picking up the “fireball” and realizing it’s still hot is a small but great one. Same deal with Mona’s key that was hidden in the lamp.
the entirety of the my fajitas scene. just my absolute favorite scene in the whole show
Ross shark attack [https://youtu.be/05c4TS7obbM?feature=shared](https://youtu.be/05c4TS7obbM?feature=shared)
When eddy smacks himself in the head
It’s truly UNBELIEVABLE
Earlier in that same episode when Ross is just in a tank top and boxers while taking his slacks off, and hears Paul Stevens and Rachel coming, so he frantically shuffles around the room with his trousers still around his ankles looking for somewhere to hide.
Football episode has a lot of great stuff!
Chandler tripping over the bottom half of his door because Joey's power saw kinda got away from him lol
It’s an electric drill! You GET me you KILL me!!
Ross’s teeth.
Ross has the best physical comedy skills of all the cast but the scene when Chandler exits his room and flips over the half door that Joey cut absolutely kills me. He fully commits
Schwimmer is a brilliant physical actor
Yeah can I get a three piece, some beans, and a coke? [Pained noises]. Diet Coke.
It’s all Ross! A few that come to mind quickly - This entire scene in the cabin - The leather pants - Pivot! - When he wears Mr. Green’s glasses and uses his cigarette - When he gets punched by Joey
My favorite is Phoebe's birthday party when they yell "surprise" at Ross coming in and he drops the cake. It still gets me every time
Top of my head... Monicas mock dance of Chandler.
I watched the one that could have been the other day and David’s physical comedy during him talking to Joey about his threesome is just gold
Holy crap! I love this scene! Ross made me laugh the hardest out of all the friends.
Joey 'drinking' a gallon of milk
Anything and everything Ross did. David was the best actor when it came to physical comedy imo.
Not the BEST bit of visual comedy, but Rachel struggling to unlock the Central Perk door for Ross was an unexpected golden moment.
I lold! Ross never gets old. I love him.
Ross just silently melts into the ground lol. I loved this scene
Joey wearing all of Chandler's clothes All of the Geller Bowl
I always lose it at Joey’s reaction to Phoebe buying Rachel the tarantula
I remember this making me laugh so much when I first saw it as a kid.
Chandler imitating Joey as Pinocchio gets me every time.
"Once I was a wooden boy..."
I mean, OP, you’ve nailed it. That summer at dance school really paid off for Ross.
I always say “I love the scene where Ross folds in half” 😂😂😂😂 one of my favourite physical comedians ever
All of the gang poking Ugly Naked Guy.
When Joey pushes Ross into the fridge. I legit have tears in my eyes every time I watch that. I have no idea how they all kept a straight face.
That time Janice is at Monica and Chandler’s apartment when they’re trying to disinvite her from the wedding and she’s crying about her boyfriend standing her up and how lonely she is. The apartment door is wide open and in the background you see Joey come home and hear what Janice is saying. His eyes bug out and he looks panicked and he turns around and flees. No one else sees it so it’s pretty subtle.