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  • For those of us who are already on a seventh or eighth round of re-watching Friends, the

  • jokes might still be pretty funny, but there's little left in the way of surprises.

  • True fans can practically recite the best lines by heart at this point.

  • But even the most Friends-ied fans out there are bound to have missed a few hidden details

  • along the way, from Rachel's first rain-soaked visit with the Central Perk crew to the moment

  • she got off the plane to finally be with her lobster.

  • Here are some of the things you still might've missed after even your umpteenth binge session

  • of Friends.

  • The One with the Familiar Faces

  • Throughout Friends' 10 seasons, there were a lot of famous faces to grace the place,

  • from Brad Pitt and his "I Hate Rachel Club" to Julia Roberts stealing Chandler's underpants

  • to Bruce Willis going from protective dad mode to a crying baby who's still not over

  • his cruel "Chicken Boy" nickname from childhood.

  • Danny DeVito, Hank Azaria, George Clooney, and Christina Applegate are also among the

  • show's many celebrated guest stars.

  • And how about some Reese Witherspoon?

  • "Phoebe, and that's Joey!"

  • "Hey how you doin?"

  • "Don't!"

  • Family members in showbiz were also welcome to join the Friends' fun.

  • In addition to Pitt, and Courteney Cox's eventual husband David Arquette, Matthew Perry's father

  • John Bennett Perry made a brief cameo in Season 4.

  • Then, in Season 7, actress Alexis Arquette, who was also Courteney Cox's former sister-in-law,

  • briefly appeared in a scene starring herself and Perry.

  • Meanwhile, the VIP guest stars that might've gone unnoticed were the series' creatives

  • Marta Kauffman, Kevin Bright, and David Cranewho made several appearances throughout

  • the show.

  • They were seen as the audience to Joey's "Holden McGroin" audition snafu in the first season,

  • then again on the set of the Hollywood outbreak movie starring Ross' monkey.

  • Some of the executive producers also stole the group's prime chill spot at Central Perk

  • in the season three premiere episode, and execs were also seen on the double-decker

  • bus Joey and Chandler rode in London for season four.

  • The One with the Magic Magna Doodle

  • The magnetic board at Joey and Chandler's apartment didn't arrive until the third season,

  • but it became a secret VIP of the show with its random displays of amateur artistry.

  • Sometimes it had utilitarian purposes, like taking phone messages or making a grocery

  • list, but it also proved to be a great source of subtle jokes and outright immaturity.

  • So, pretty much the norm for these fellas.

  • "Well I see you've had a very productive day.

  • Don't you think the cowboy hat's a little much?"

  • "Come on it's fun!"

  • "Alright."

  • The One with the Hidden Menu

  • If you've ever had ambitions of visiting Central Perk and ordering a scone just to beat it

  • down like Ross did or go full-throttle on the espressos during a particularly bad break-up,

  • OH MY GOD do we have news for you.

  • Turns out, the menu at our favorite coffee house was actually filled with clever and

  • alliterative options that our Friends never even tried out on the show, like: "Long Island

  • Cream: A moovingly rich and creamy coffee straight from the mutter's utter" and "5th

  • Avenue: Going shopping?

  • You'll need some fuel.

  • Try this trendy blend while you spend."

  • Who knew Gunther had so many puns tucked away in that bleach-blonde brain of his?

  • Delicious.

  • The One with the Reservation

  • Considering none of them owned the placethat we knew of, at leastit did seem a little

  • strange how the coolest couch in the coffee house was almost always free and available

  • to the group at any given time.

  • Well, thanks to some eagle-eyed viewers, the mystery has been solved.

  • In some of the earliest episodes, there's a small "Reserved" sign perched right there

  • on the coffee table.

  • And while it might not have been the most obvious signage, it did seem to keep the big

  • orange couch clear for the crew more often than not.

  • The One with the New Apartment Number

  • In Friends' first season, Monica's apartment door bore the number 5, with Chandler and

  • Joey's numbered 4, but their addresses were later changed to Apartments 19 and 20.

  • "You all knew and you didn't tell me?"

  • The producers reportedly wanted to make it clear that the gang lived on the second floor

  • of the building, a fact which would come in handy for many, many balcony scenes to come.

  • That wasn't the only major mix-up at Monica's, though.

  • There was also the matter of the annoying support beam which conveniently disappeared

  • from sight, and let's not forget the way her window view never seemed the same.

  • It was all pretty disorienting and hard to overlook.

  • "I'm relying on a carefully regimented program of denial and wetting the bed."

  • The One with the Fake Location

  • By now, it's probably no secret that the "New York" set of Friends was actually just an

  • L.A. soundstage at Warner Bros.

  • But one place that did serve as an authentic location for episodes abroad was London.

  • Everyone except actress Lisa Kudrowwho, like her character Phoebe, was actually unable

  • to travel during pregnancy at that timewas England-bound for those episodes.

  • But after the difficult experience of taking the show quite literally on the road, the

  • producers vowed to never do so again.

  • So, the group's later trips, like their fateful venture out to Vegas and Chandler's job jump

  • to Oklahoma, were all filmed in the comforts of their studio home.

  • "And hey, just so you know, it's not that common.

  • It doesn't happen to every guy, and it is a big deal!"

  • "I knew it!"

  • By the way, the house that Chandler and Monica bought in Brooklyn?

  • Turns out that the scenery you can see through the windows was actually reused background

  • stock footage from Home Alone.

  • "Aaahhh!!!"

  • The One with the Names

  • Most people probably caught the addition of the Arquette name to every single person on

  • the credits in celebration of Courteney Cox's then-marriage to former guest star David Arquette,

  • but one name wink that might've slipped through the cracks happened around another wedding

  • celebration on the show.

  • When Rachel was in search of a substitute officiant to fill in for Joey at Monica and

  • Chandler's wedding, she came upon a Greek Orthodox wedding of someone who happened to

  • bear the original name of Jennifer Anniston.

  • "Anastasakis Papasifakis wedding, excellent!"

  • The One with the Recycled Wedding Dress

  • Considering how often Ross "The Divorce Force" managed to got hitchedand unhitchedit's

  • no surprise that there were a lot of wedding gowns that came into play along the way.

  • And while fans might've noticed that the wedding dress Monica was supposed to pick up and store

  • for Emily looked nothing like the one she actually wore, or that Phoebe never wore Monica's

  • veil as her "something borrowed," what hasn't gotten much attention is the fact that Rachel's

  • original wedding dress from her altar-ditch with Barry was the same one that she wore

  • for fun the day of her break-up with Joshua.

  • Who says you can't wear those things twice?

  • It'd sure save Dr. Geller some cash.

  • "Hey!"

  • "She's right ya know."

  • "Ya but still, cheap shot!"

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