A very young, very brunette Lisa Kudrow (Friends, The Comeback, Romy & Michele’s High School Reunion) made her sitcom debut in 1989 with an appearance in a season 8 episode of Cheers as Emily, Woody Harrelson’s scene partner in a production of Our Town.
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Sasha Alexander, best known as Agent Caitlin Todd in NCIS or Dr. Maura Isles in Rizzoli & Isles (or as we call it, “Rizoozoo and Izoozloo”), was in an episode of Friends called “The One With Joey’s Interview” where she interviews Joey on behalf of Soap Opera Digest.
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T.J. Thyne is best known as Hodgins, a specialist in trace evidence, on Bones, but he briefly appeared as a first-year resident doctor found by Ross to help Phoebe deliver her babies on Friends.
In the same episode of Friends, Joey has kidney stones and is attended to by Iqbal Theba (aka Principal Figgins on Glee).
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Mitchell Whitfield was an orthondontist/Rachel’s fiancee/Mindy’s husband, Barry Farber, on Friends but seven years after his time on the beloved sitcom, he appeared on another popular show. He was Mr. Blaine on The Suite of Zack and Cody as the director of the school musical as well “Floss: The Musical”. He must have used some of his orthodontics acting experience to help write Floss’s wonderful opening number (guest starring Ugly Betty’s Mark Indelicato).
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Maggie Wheeler, best known as Janice from Friends was Marva Kulp in The Parent Trap. More importantly though, could you imagine if there were two Lindsay Lohans in real life? It would be amazing. The greater Los Angeles area would probably be on fire right now and TMZ would have to change its name to Lohan. Is cloning still a thing? Let’s make this happen, world.
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Scott Adsit is best known as Pete Hornberger, but 30 Rock wasn’t his first NBC sitcom experience. He appeared in an episode of Friends titled “The One With Ross and Monica’s Cousin” as the director of a movie Joey auditions for. If we remember correctly this is the episode where Joey wrapped his junk in deli meat to make it look more…shall we say…natural? Yeah. That was so edgy.
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It’s hard to recognize her without her handing out Rocky and Bullwinkle socks and screaming “oooooh my gawd!” but it’s true, this is Janice from Friends, Maggie Wheeler, as a teacher in an episode of Friday Night Lights.
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Looks like Alexandra Holden is finally the right age to be dating a professor! She is only barely recognizable here but this is Ross’s student/ex-girlfriend, Elizabeth from Friends as Suzy in Friday Night Lights!
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You might remember Jessica Hecht as Susan, the new girlfriend of Ross’s ex-wife Carol in Friends, but before that she was Lindsay, George Costanza’s girlfriend in Seinfeld (until her mother caught him eating out of the trash can).
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Iqbal Theba is best know for playing Principal Figgins in Glee but also appeared on Friends as the doctor that diagnoses Joey with ‘Kidney stoooones’ in The One with The Triplets.
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Known for his appearances in Damages and the O.C. (and previously seen on this blog as the voice of Hercules), Tate Donovan played Joshua, Rachel’s boyfriend (until she embarrassed herself in front of him in her old cheerleading outfit and then proposed to him after a few short weeks of dating) in season 4 of Friends.
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“Her?” Don’t recognize this lady? Perhaps that’s because she played the unforgettably forgettable Ann Veal in Arrested Development. Or because she donned layers of makeup as Roxy Richter in Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Or maybe you just don’t watch her as Amber Holt (no relation to Steve Holt) on Parenthood. Whatever your reason is, we’re rendering it moot now because ~now you know~ that this is Mae Whitman in an episode of Friends titled, “The One Where Rachel Quits”.
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You may recognize Phil Lewis from many shows but he is most known as Mr. Moseby from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. Before taking over The Tipton however, he was Chandler’s advertising boss in an episode of Friends where Chandler gets to come up with advertising ideas for those cool “kicks” that you see laying on the table in front of him that are clearly “not suitable for adults”.
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