Matthew Perry had the last line of dialogue in the series finale of Friends and that was at his request.
In the last episode of the sitcom, which ran on NBC from 1994 to 2004 and centered on a group of friends living in New York City, Perry’s Chandler Bing cracked a joke that closed out the show after 10 seasons.
“Before that final episode, I’d taken [co-creator/EP] Marta Kauffman to one side,” Perry wrote in his memoir titled “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing”. “‘Nobody else will care about this except me,’ I said. ‘So, may I please have the last line?’ That’s why as we all troop out of the apartment, and Rachel has suggested one last coffee, I got to bring the curtain down on Friends.”
The Friends cast was made up of Perry, Jennifer Aniston (Rachel), David Schwimmer (Ross), Courteney Cox (Monica), Matt LeBlanc (Joey) and Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe). In the final minutes of the series’ last episode, Monica is clearing out her apartment and everyone leaves their key on the kitchen counter. Rachel suggests they all go for coffee to which they agree to do so before Chandler delivers one of his sarcastic lines asking, “Where?”
As fans of the show know, the group of friends was often seen hanging out at Central Perk coffee shop.
“I love the look on Schwimmer’s face as I deliver that line — it’s the perfect mixture of affection and amusem*nt, exactly what the show Friends had always given to the world,” Perry added.
The complete series of Friends is available to stream on HBO Max.
Matthew Perry had this request for the 'Friends' series finale: 'No one else will care' A year before his death, Matthew Perry revealed that he asked “Friends” co-creator Marta Kauffman
Marta Kauffman
Marta Fran Kauffman is an American television writer and producer. She is best known as the co-creator of the NBC sitcom Friends with her longtime friend, David Crane; Crane and Kauffman similarly were in a friend group with four other people.
As they get ready to close the door for the very last time, Rachel (Jennifer Aniston) suggests they grab a cup of coffee together. "I got to bring the curtain down on 'Friends'," Perry said in a recent interview, referring to his perfect timing of the last line of the show -- "Where?"
Then, Rachel asked Monica and Chandler if they had to head to their new home right away. When Monica said that they had some time to spare, Rachel asked if they could get some coffee. "Sure," Chandler said before delivering one last sarcastic comment. "Where?"
The cast's on-screen chemistry was clear from the start, propelling Friends to No. 1. At the start, the cast would get together each week to watch the show. Despite the heights to which each actor went on to soar — or dip, in some cases, especially as Perry struggled with addiction — that bond remained strong.
Another added: 'Instead of thinking about how Matthew Perry passed away alone, let's think of it like this scene, with Chandler Bing's iconic last line of Friends. He was happy & he'd had some time for coffee and a catch up with his friends before he had to leave them.
Why is Chandler weird in Season 7 of Friends? Matthew Perry suffered from pancreatitis at that time. Why did Chandler's voice change? Matthew Perry (Chandler) revealed about going through dental surgery due to which his voice changed.
No. The most watched series finale in U.S. television history remains the 1983 finale of the CBS war/medical dramedy M*A*S*H, titled "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen".
He had recurring roles in the legal dramas The Good Wife (2012–2013), and The Good Fight (2017). Perry portrayed Ted Kennedy in The Kennedys: After Camelot (2017) and appeared as himself in his final television appearance, Friends: The Reunion (2021). He voiced Benny in the video game Fallout: New Vegas (2010).
The Friends cast reunited for a memorial service in honor of Perry, which Selleck was invited to but was unable to attend. It's the bond between the cast that Selleck remembers the most from his time working on the set of Friends. “There are no bad stories. No star stuff.
The friendship between Perry and LeBlanc's characters on the hit sitcom Friends was unparalleled – with fans of the show often referring to their best friend as "the Chandler Bing to my Joey Tribbiani" – and the real-life friendship between the two actors was as well.
The first scene of "Friends" shows Monica (Courteney Cox) talking to her friends in Central Perk coffeehouse. Her first line, which is the first of the series, is "There's nothing to tell!
Perry wrote in his memoir that he got to say the final line because he asked the show's co-creator and executive producer Marta Kauffman if he could do so. Fans on social media praised the last line as “iconic” in tributes to the star.
Matthew Perry had revealed to journalist Diane Sawyer that he appeared scarily thin in the finale of season three (The One At The Beach) because back then he was taking as many as 55 Vicodin a day!
Later, when Ross tells Rachel that Jill kissed him, Rachel is furious. He then admits that he stopped the kiss because he didn't want to ruin the chance of them getting back together someday. After witnessing this encounter, Chandler is finally able to cry.
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