Matthew Perrys Chandler Bing the most sarcastic of the Friends sextet is the No. 1 favorite character of the sitcoms fans, according to votes on ranking site Ranker.
Based on 169,000 total votes, Bing tops the list of the best characters on Friends, per Ranker. Hes followed by Joey Tribbiani (played by Matt LeBlanc); Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston); Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow); Ross Gellar (David Schwimmer); and Monica Gellar (Courteney Cox).
Chandler Bing also is considered the second funniest TV character ever, according to another Ranker poll, coming in second only to Steve Carells Michael Scott from The Office. In addition, Bing tops Rankers lists of Unexpected TV Couples No One Predicted (Monica and Chandler) and The Best TV Characters of the 1990s.
Perrydied on Saturday, Oct. 28, at his home in Los Angeles. He was 54.
All 10 seasons of Friends are currently available to stream on Max. Over the weekend, the streaming service added a tribute card that appears at the start of each season in honor of Perry. Friends was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, who executive produced the sitcom with Kevin Bright through Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.
In the world of Friends, Bing works in statistical analysis and data reconfiguration for an unspecified company which is a well-paying job that he hates, per a 2019 article in the Atlantic.
I read the words in an unexpected fashion, hitting emphases that no one else had hit, Perry wrote in his 2022 book Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir, about his turn as Chandler Bing. I didnt know it yet, but my way of speaking would filter into the culture across the next few decades. For now, though, I was just trying to find interesting ways into lines that were already funny, but that I thought I could truly make dance.
Bings one-liners on Friends included classics like Im not great at advice. Can I interest you in a sarcastic comment? and Hi, Im Chandler, I make jokes when Im uncomfortable. In 2017, he told ABCs Good Morning America his favorite Chandler crack was a response to a rambling monologue by Joey: OK, you have to stop the Q-Tip when theres resistance!