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Courteney Cox re-creates iconic 'Friends' Thanksgiving scene in hilarious video

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ByCarson Blackwelder
November 24, 2023, 9:15 PM

Courteney Cox celebrated Thanksgiving this year by sharing a video of herself re-creating one of her most iconic moments from "Friends."

The "Scream" actress shared a throwback clip to Instagram on Thursday in which she payed homage to a memorable episode of the hit sitcom, specifically the time her character, Monica Geller, had a turkey wearing sunglasses on her head in the 1998 episode titled "The One with All the Thanksgivings."

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"Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I hope you're having a great day," she begins. "I'm feeling so thankful, and also, if I get one more [bleep] GIF with a turkey on my head, dancing like a [bleep] fool, I'm just going to snap!"

"So, anyway, since I'm the symbol of Thanksgiving, here you go," she continues. "Hope it makes you happy."

Amid her holiday message, Cox shared a GIF of the moment in question from "Friends" in which she dances with the turkey wearing sunglasses on her head in front of Chandler Bing, played by Matthew Perry.

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In the video, after Cox finishes speaking, she performs an updated version of the gag while the sitcom's theme song, "I'll Be There for You" by The Rembrandts, plays -- and it's just as hilarious as it was 25 years ago.

Cox wrote in the caption that the post was a "flashback to 3 years ago" and that she "probably won't do that again."

The fun throwback comes nearly a month after Perry died at age 54 on Oct. 28.

Cox first issued a joint statement on Perry's death alongside her "Friends" co-stars before paying tribute to her former onscreen husband separately on Nov. 14.

"I am so grateful for every moment I had with you Matty and I miss you every day," she wrote in the heartfelt post, adding that Perry "was funny and he was kind."

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