Friends: deleted ‘bomb joke’ scene with Monica and Chandler originally set to air after 9/11 surfaces online

The storyline was due to air two weeks after the terrorist attacks
Deleted scenes: controversial bomb joke story was removed after 9/11 attacks
Ben Travis19 August 2015

Friends fans have re-discovered a deleted scene from the classic sitcom that features Monica and Chandler caught out for making bomb jokes at an airport.

The storyline was shot just prior to 9/11, and was due to air two weeks after the terrorist attacks, before a new segment was filmed to replace it.

An introduction to the deleted storyline states: “The following scenes were deleted from the episode ‘The One Where Rachel Tells Ross’ and are being presented here for the first time. The story involved Chandler joking with security at an airport and was to air two weeks after the events of September 11, 2011. In light of this, we decided to replace the original story. As part of the history of the show, we hope that the scenes can now be viewed in the spirit which they were originally intended.”

While the clip was uploaded to YouTube in 2007, it is currently being shared online by a number of Friends fans who have never come across the scenes before.

The series remains highly popular, with FriendsFest, a London-based Friends festival organised by Comedy Central taking place on Brick Lane this September, selling out in minutes.

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