Thursday 3 June 1999
By eBroadcast Staff and agencies.

Producers originally envisioned Monica doing the nasty with Joey instead of Chandler

Worship my body...or don't.

It is probably difficult to imagine now—Monica and Joey making animal love—and we’re certainly glad it didn’t happen.

Although Joey’s lack of wit, common sense, and overall intelligence (he’s like an Italian Forrest Gump) is often very entertaining, he is, for the most part, pretty disgusting. Not that Chandler is much better. He’s a whiny wussy-boy trapped in Doogie Howser’s body. But, unlike Joey, Chandler seems to be functioning on more than a brain stem. Therefore, if we had to choose which one would get to violate Monica’s perfect bod, we would have to go with the guy who could count to ten without using his fingers.

David Crane, one of the creators of the show, explained why we were spared of this Monica/Joey story in a recent Entertainment Weekly interview. "This was before we cast the show," reflected Crane. The envisioned romance was supposed to eventually play off Ross and Rachel. The producers then decided that Monica and Chandler would make a more interesting pair. "We didn't do anything to lead up to it," he said. "We thought it could be one episode or three, but they have so many problems built into their characters that it's yielded a ton of wonderful stories."

Of course, we would consider any story where Courtney Cox wears a tight shirt wonderful but we’ll pretend it’s because of Monica and Chandler’s "chemistry."