Monica has some of the best moments in friends, thanks to her laidback. Friends followed the lives of a group of six young adults monica, phoebe, rachel, chandler, joey, and ross living in new york city and doing. And perhaps there is the saddest thing about fat monica that in the world of friends, she was simply a part of the past, never more than a joke. It first aired on the nbc network in the united states on november 19, 1998. During the series, a few episodes contained flashbacks which revealed that monica had been obese, weighing 255 pounds in high school monica met rosss friend, chandler, when he and ross were in college. The actress, 55, has been bingewatching the hit comedy amid the coronavirus pandemic, after realising she could not remember it all that well. In the episode, the main characters spend thanksgiving at monicas. Courtney cox had to wear a fat suit as did matt leblanc when his character needed to look big, e. The gang sits around watching an old home film like one does with their friends and teenage. Truthfully, there are other episodes in season 2 that egregiously bore, but we hate seeing the friends argue, like when joey, phoebe, and rachel try to form a united front about finances and the. The one that could have been, part 1 friends central fandom. With jennifer aniston, courteney cox, lisa kudrow, matt leblanc. Friends addressed many topics that were considered taboo in the 1990s and thus werent included in television, but it also had many jokes and situations that havent aged well and have become problematic, such as the portrayal of fat monica.
The one with all the thanksgivings is the eighth episode of the fifth season of friends. Chandler is an aspiring writer and phoebe is a wall the gang considers what things might have been like if their lives had taken different courses. Friends writers crafted some great episodes based entirely in monicas apartment, and this is the best of the bunch. The american sitcom friends was created by david crane and marta kauffman, and produced by brightkauffmancrane productions in association with warner bros. Throughout the episode, monicas hair keeps getting bigger, making her the target of some pretty hilarious jokes. Fat monica havent aged very well, but this season is full of discovery, both for the fans of the show and the ones creating it. Friends austins premier social club for lifestyle couples. Giphy is how you search, share, discover, and create gifs. Joey tries to come up with a less ethnicsounding stage name. Monica geller central perk the friends wiki fandom. Friends season 5 episode 8 the one with all the thanksgivings if you want to support this channel. Fat monica continues to haunt friends 25 years later.
The song while fat monica danced during the end credits while still at the 1987. Friends the one when they all were gay except monica duration. Transcript of the one with all the thanksgivings friends. In their imagined alternate reality ross is still married to carol and rachel is married to barry but fawning over famous soap star joey tribbiani.
The 25 best friends episodes, ranked as the show turns 25. The gang remember and share with each other their worst thanksgivings. Back in the present, chandler apologizes to monica for calling her fat. The gang sits around watching an old home movie like one does with their friends and teenaged. Fat monica is one of the longestrunning jokes in the series.
Yes fat monica is played by courtney cox in a fat suit and latex face mask. Fat monica is the ghost that continues to haunt friends 25 years later fat monica continues to be a polarizing figure, not just in pop culture history but also in the show that created it. The one that could have been is a noncanonical, two part episode of the sixth season of friends. This was a noncannon double episode which replaced in part the planned 6 episode story involving ross geller and rachels youngest sister jill green. For example, it is used during the opening of episode 316, the one the morning after, during the previously, on friends recap of the prior episode. Friends all the thanksgivings, part 1 1987, fat monica. Who is more beautiful and why on friends tv series. The special revealed more fun tidbits about the friends cast, as well. Umm, chandler, if you want i can make you some macaroni and cheese for dinner. Gellerbing is a fictional character, one of the six main characters who appears on the american sitcom friends 19942004.
In this episode, the opening credits have been changed. How exactly did they make monica geller of friends look. As she is drinking, monica laughs and chandlers joke and diet coke comes out of her nose. Fat monica was the past self of presentday thin monica, and that was a part of the appeal. The season nine finale, the one in barbados isnt a standout friends episode, but it is a hilarious monica episode. The same studio library clip was used in other friends episodes, played as one scene changes to another. Anyone who has seen the television show friends is familiar with monica gellers youngerself, fat monica. Monica befriends the woman who stole her credit card. The one that could have been, part 1 friends central. Fat friends is a sparkling british comedydrama following the lives and loves of the members of a weekly weight loss club in leeds. It took ages to get into the fat suit and so any scenes involving this were norma. Courteney coxs fat monica remains a dark spot for the beloved series. Friends all the thanksgivings, part 1 1987, fat monica youtube.
In high school, monica was approximately 100 pounds heavier and possessed every negative stereotype ever assigned to plussize people. It is a what if scenario, of what the friends group would have looked like if things didnt go exactly as they had. Join the club if you have thought the friends episodes of fat monica are hilarious. Below is our muchcontested list of the best friends episodes of all time. March 1969 is the younger sister of ross geller, was best friends with rachel green in high school, was roommates with phoebe buffayhannigan. I always loved when we would flashback to fat monica and rachel prenose job and ross with his afro. As it turns out, monicas hair gets a bit of extra body in the humidity. Friends the one with all the thanksgivings tv episode. Courteney cox has revealed she loved playing overweight monica on friends because she felt so free. She was always eating, always a slob, and always naive. The gang ponders what might have been if ross and carol stayed married, monica had still been fat, chandler was a struggling writer, joey still worked on days of our lives, rachel had married barry and phoebe had become a stockbroker. The fact that she eventually became thin undoubtedly made it easier for me to love her. Fat virgin monica is dating roger and considers having sex with him for the first time.
Ross points out rachel to chandler and goes over to talk to her. The series began with the pilot episode, which was broadcast on september 22, 1994. Friends monica and rachel at thanksgiving duration. Imagine if fat monica had simply been monica not courtney cox in a fat suit, but an actress with to paraphrase episode 2 of shrill a fat ass and big titties, someone who got to make the.