In the episode, which aired in 1994, Chandler is stuck in an ATM vestibule with Victoria’s Secret model Jill Goodacre during a New York power outage.
Actor Matthew Perry’s favorite Friends episode was also one where he gave a unique performance.
The Chandler Bing star, who died last October,was known for his fast-talking jokes, but in his-most cherished episode, Season 1’s The One With the Blackout, he barely spoke a word.
In the episode, which aired in 1994, Chandler is stuck in an ATM vestibule with Victoria’s Secret model Jill Goodacre during a New York power outage.For most of the episode, Chandler is only heard in a voiceover and he is seen reacting what is happening in the scenes.
Perry told Entertainment Weekly in 2004: “The interesting thing about that episode was I didn’t speak much; it was mostly in voiceover. We prerecorded what I said, and I had to react.”Chandler tried to impress Jill in various ways during the episode, including one scene where he tries to blow a bubble with gum she gives him, before spitting it out accidentally onto a table.He then picks up a different piece of used gum on the table and starts to chew it.
Chandler then realizes it is someone else’s gum and chokes on it from the shock, before Jill is forced to give him the Heimlich maneuver and saves his life.
The actor said Jill made it easy for him to seem stupefied, saying: “Let’s face it: Jill Goodacre is hot, so it wasn’t that difficult.
“I [remember] spitting my gum out, and it stuck to the wall. It was my choice to just stay frozen in fear and embarrassment.”
Perry also said watching his co-stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer made him realize the show had something special.
He said: “What was great about that night was that I was also able to watch the other three quarters of the show, which was these five great actors doing ensemble work that was amazing. This was the first time I realized, ‘Gee, this is really clicking’.”
Perry died at his Pacific Palisades home as a result of a ketamine overdosEarlier this month a San Diego doctor pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute ketamine in connection with his fatal overdose.
Dr. Mark Chavez, 54, admitted his role in the tragedy in a Los Angeles federal court, marking him as the third individual to confess involvement since Perry’s death last year.
Prosecutors have cut deals for lesser charges with Chavez and two others, seeking their aid to pursue two main suspects: another physician and an alleged drug dealer dubbed the “ketamine queen” of Los Angeles, believed to be more directly linked to the actor’s overdose.
