[Jake.]

Monica was easily the worst. She went from being a mellow person with a pretty calming nature to an absolute monster and I actually really liked her up until series 5 or so. In the last couple of series she was an unbearable, screechy mess.

[Crimson Dynamo]

The real, perhaps unpalatable, elephant in the room is that Ross, Chandler and Joey were much funnier than the 3 girls

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[Calderyon]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The real, perhaps unpalatable, elephant in the room is that Ross, Chandler and Joey were much funnier than the 3 girls

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Tbh, yes.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The real, perhaps unpalatable, elephant in the room is that Ross, Chandler and Joey were much funnier than the 3 girls

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Chandler and Joey were the funniest and also, at their best in scenes together but while Ross had his moments he was at his funniest when they weren't making him funny (I.e. Playing it straight) and, oddly enough, Ross and Phoebe were both at their funniest in scenes together when they were played off each other (like arguing about evolution).

Ross I think is an underappreciated character but not the funniest. He's actually one of the best developed characters on the show (along with Chandler) and I sometimes think that people - when talking about him being a horrible character - maybe don't realise that the humour of the character IS how broken / affected he is.

He was the awkward unpopular guy at school who finally got a girlfriend in college and she turned out to be a lesbian making him distrustful in relationships... He finally "got the girl" and then his paranoia and insecurity wrecked that relationship too and yes from then on the character is a sad, insecure, slightly misogynistic wreck... But that's the dark humour of Ross

[Vicky.]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Chandler and Joey were the funniest and also, at their best in scenes together but while Ross had his moments he was at his funniest when they weren't making him funny (I.e. Playing it straight) and, oddly enough, Ross and Phoebe were both at their funniest in scenes together when they were played off each other (like arguing about evolution).

Ross I think is an underappreciated character but not the funniest. He's actually one of the best developed characters on the show (along with Chandler) and I sometimes think that people - when talking about him being a horrible character - maybe don't realise that the humour of the character IS how broken / affected he is.

He was the awkward unpopular guy at school who finally got a girlfriend in college and she turned out to be a lesbian making him distrustful in relationships... He finally "got the girl" and then his paranoia and insecurity wrecked that relationship too and yes from then on the character is a sad, insecure, slightly misogynistic wreck... But that's the dark humour of Ross

Agree with all of this too

[Jake.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

The real, perhaps unpalatable, elephant in the room is that Ross, Chandler and Joey were much funnier than the 3 girls

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Joey was great but they way he went from being a bit dim to completely thick in the space of 10 years was a gripe.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Originally Posted by Jake.

Joey was great but they way he went from being a bit dim to completely thick in the space of 10 years was a gripe.

I agree they turned him into special needs for lsughs and that is wrong

[montblanc]

hmm Phoebe is probably the funniest for me

either her or Ross

[Calderyon]

Originally Posted by montblanc

hmm Phoebe is probably the funniest for me

either her or Ross

They turned her too much of a biatch during the series which lowered her stock for me.

[montblanc]

Originally Posted by Calderyon

They turned her too much of a biatch during the series which lowered her stock for me.

how when she's literally the most consistent out of the six

[Calderyon]

1. Chander
2. Ross
3. Joey
4. Phoebe
5. Rachel
6. Monica

[montblanc]

along with our chandler

[DouglasS]

Phoebe and Chandler are the best.
Monica is the worst

[Withano]

Ross > Monica > Chandler > Phoebe > Rachel > Joey

[Tony Montana]

Originally Posted by Withano

Ross > Monica > Chandler > Phoebe > Rachel > Joey

Chandler > Phoebe > Ross > Joey > Monica > Rachel

[Marsh.]

Phoebe singing along to Ross on the bagpipes is funnier than anything Joey did in the last 4 or 5 seasons.

[Tony Montana]

Joey's dancing still gets me

Youtube video

[Marsh.]

Lisa Kudrow didn't even have to be the focus of a scene to be the funniest one in it.

[thisisdanny]

I think Phoebe is my favourite

[Cal.]

Phoebe is the second best after Miss Rachel!

[Shaun]

I think on the whole of it (obviously latter-seasons Monica is a nightmare) the worst character for me is probably Joey. Just a bit one-note, sleazy, and the laziest source of comedy on the show. The others all had some degree of intelligence of about them, whether it was Chandler's sarcasm, Ross' work problems, Phoebe's eccentricities, Monica's neuroses and struggle to be the voice of reason, or Rachel's Rich Girl Problems

[Jake.]

“The One Where Joey Speaks French” is the show at its very rock bottom. Not one thing about it made sense.

[Oliver_W]

Regardless of how funny Phoebe was, she was the shallowest written of the characters. But then it's a comedy, not the English Patient.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Regardless of how funny Phoebe was, she was the shallowest written of the characters. But then it's a comedy, not the English Patient.

Except that's Joey. Never written or performed with any depth.

The triplets story alone gave her more depth than Joey got in 10 seasons.

[Barry.]

This Monica hate is wrong. Love Monica!