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# Vanessa Bayer's _Friends_ Impressions Will Leave You Missing Rachel Green

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## Kelly Connolly / Entertainment Weekly


Jun 30, 2015 2:36 PM UTC

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## Kelly Connolly / Entertainment Weekly


Jun 30, 2015 2:36 PM UTC

Marta Kauffman may have [crushed our dreams of a _Friends_ reunion](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/30/friends-reunion-will-never-happen), but we got a new episode anyway: “The One Where Vanessa Bayer is Everyone.”

The _Saturday Night Live_ cast member stopped by _Jimmy Kimmel Live_ on Monday to show off her complete repertoire of _Friends_ character impressions. Asking Kimmel to imagine that he’d visited the gang’s apartment to hang out with Ross, Bayer riffed on how exclusive the six friends really were. She even made time for an awkward moment with Chandler. (Don’t forget, he makes jokes when he’s uncomfortable.)

Check out Bayer’s full performance, complete with an especially dead-on Rachel Green impression, below.

_This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/06/30/vanessa-bayer-friends-cast) _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com)

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