Matt Le Blanc Promises To Bring The Friends Lols To Top Gear
"I've been pitching jokes in the car ."
Matt LeBlanc via Twitter
It's been 12 years since a new Friends episode made you lol, so the fact that 1/6 of those lol-makers is returning to the small screen NEXT SUNDAY is kind of a Big Deal.
It's this one, in the new Top Gear, in case you live on the moon (come back, Friends is finished there too):
"I think my job has been to bring more comedy to it overall," Matt LeBlanc told the Wall Street Journal.
"I've been pitching jokes in the car and trying to make it funnier whenever I can."
Oh. Cool!
He talked about the difference between driving in the UK and the US:
"You’ve been driving in the U.K a lot recently. What are the differences between American and British drivers? Everything is a little wider, a little bigger in America. I think there tends to be a little more precision in British drivers, because there’s less margin for error. You know, if you go offline, you’re going to hit that thousand-year-old church. Don’t do that. We don’t really have that in the States.
And he chatted about a FEW of the vehicles he's got back home:
"Mostly Porsches. I have a Mercedes SUV as well, but mostly Porsches. I have a [Porsche] GT2 RS at my house. It’s basically a race car with a license plate on it. That’s a pretty cool car." God help us. Imagine being able to answer an interview question like that. IMAGINE. Catch the all-new Top Gear on next Sunday 29th, on a channel that isn't Comedy Central so we won't mention that here. Bye!
Related: Definitive Proof Rachel And Joey Belonged Together
14 Pictures That Prove Rachel And Joey Should Have Been Together
Come on now, lets face it. We all know that Joey and Rachel were AMAZING together and should have become OFFICIAL! Well. At least we think so anyway, here's 17 moments to settle the score upon Joey and Rachel's "FRIENDSHIP"...
1 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralThere is only one somebody that can take Joey's attention away from a sandwich. That somebody MUST be Rachel!
2 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralWhen Ross caught them kissing!
3 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralSMOOCH!
4 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralDOUBLE SMOOCH! Sorry Ross...
5 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralThey were even cute when they played the drums together!
6 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralThey were literally the coolest roomies.
7 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralLook at that face, how is that not the CUTEST thing you have ever seen?
8 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralOK I take that back.
9 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralThe way they looked at each other just spelt COUPLE!
10 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralWhen Rachel began practising the famous "How you doin" line.
11 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralJoey definitely got his hopes up here.
12 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralWhen Rachel mastered the act of removing her bra through her top!
13 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralWhen they watched Kujo. 'Nuff said.
14 of 14Warner Brothers via Comedy CentralJoey and Rachel FOREVER!
Related: All The On-Set Drama You Didn't Know Happened On Friends
All The On-Set Drama On Friends
Could there BE any more hidden secrets?!
1 of 17Warner Bros / GettyTennis player Andre Agassi was so angry at his then-girlfriend Brooke Shields' finger-licking scene with Matt Le Blanc that he stormed off set, then smashed up his Wimbledon trophies and every tennis award he had.
2 of 17GettyJennifer Aniston dated Tate Donovan (Joshua) for three years, from 1994. They got engaged, but unfortunately split in the same year he landed a part on the show... as her boyfriend.
3 of 17Warner BrosThe main cast staged many walk-outs due to unequal pay among top six. Matt LeBlanc said that David Schwimmer "initiated the idea that if we stick together, nobody could rattle us... it worked out, especially for me. I was earning the least amount."
4 of 17Warner BrosDick Wolf (writer/producer) said: “When they made the deal, I was pretty upset. I [said] I was disappointed the cast negotiate[d] in the press and I had the unpleasant news that Matt LeBlanc wouldn’t be on the show next year.”
5 of 17Warner Bros / Comedy CentralEventually the gang met with studio executives to receive $1 million per episode. This was the first time cast members of a TV show had negotiated such a high salary in a self-organised 'union'.
6 of 17Warner BrosHarold Brook (an NBC executive) spoke about renewing cast contracts. “The night before we were going to announce… I got a call from Warner Bros “It’s starting,” they said.” The negotiation lasted from 10pm to 3am.
7 of 17Warner BrosLisa Kudrow thought she was going to be fired in first week of filming, She said: "I was terrified that first week. It was James Burrows… would say, “Why are they friends with her? [meaning Phoebe] We have to figure that out. She doesn’t fit.”
8 of 17Warner BrosJennifer Aniston’s movie schedule cheated fans out of six episodes. The 10th season was originally supposed to run 24 episodes, but had to be cut down to 18 to accompany several movies Jennifer Aniston was shooting. DAMN YOU, JEN.
9 of 17Warner BrosChristina Applegate was never supposed to appear on the show. When Reese Witherspoon, who had previously played Rachel's sister Jill, was unavailable for shooting to reprise her role in season nine, a second sister was made. Applegate won an Emmy. Awks.
10 of 17Warner BrosThe whole world was really excited for Brad Pitt to go on Friends because he hated Rachel in the show, but was married to Jennifer Aniston in real life. He had of course previously dated her co-star and on-screen sister, Christina Applegate...
11 of 17Warner BrosNBC expected to get tons of hate mail for Carol and Susan's marriage, but only received a handful of complaints for “The One with the Lesbian Wedding.” Exec producer Marta Kauffman said: “NBC expected thousands and thousands of phone calls and hate mail.”
12 of 17Warner BrosThe cast hated the Rachel and Joey romance plot. Matt LeBlanc said: “It felt wildly inappropriate. I was like, ‘That’s Rachel. She’s supposed to be with Ross’… We went to David and Marta and said ‘We’re really concerned about this. It doesn’t feel right."
13 of 17Warner BrosThe stress of ending the show forced Matt LeBlanc to start smoking again. He said: “I had quit smoking for four years, and in that final two weeks I started smoking again because we were so aware that our time together was coming to an end.”
14 of 17GettyCo-creator David Crane said: “Our hours were crazy. There were so many mornings when we were all finishing the rewrites”. Marta Kauffman added: “But it was our notes that killed us. We knew we had to listen to the audience. Their silence tells you a lot.”
15 of 17GettyDavid Arquette and Courteney Cox got married at the time of filming The One In Las Vegas (1999). Remember when the writers changed all the credits to say 'Arquette' at the end of everyone's names? Sadly, after two years of separation, they got divorced.
16 of 17GettyMatthew Perry has admitted he doesn't remember three years of Friends. The actor, who has been open about his struggles with substance abuse, says his memory is hazy from seasons three to six. :(
17 of 17Warner BrosSpeaking about the final episode, Jennifer Aniston said: “I mean, the last scene we just wept, cried our eyes out… And then a couple of us stayed really late and we crawled up to the roof of Stage 24 and drank champagne and watched the sun rise.” Ahhh.
