--- title: Viral Photo of Janice From Friends Makes the Internet Squirm description: Does this photo of Janice from Friends make you hear something familiar? The internet thinks it does. canonical: https://time.com/5199211/friends-janice-photo-laughing/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-03-14T16:42:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:51:23.715Z og:title: This Photo of Janice Is Making Friends Fans Squirm og:description: Does this photo of Janice make you hear something familiar? og:url: https://time.com/5199211/friends-janice-photo-laughing/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt897a1a9ec9aa4b7b/6988a3408e0601e5bb467397/gettyimages-138358616.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Friends og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Photo of Janice Is Making Friends Fans Squirm twitter:description: Does this photo of Janice make you hear something familiar? twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt897a1a9ec9aa4b7b/6988a3408e0601e5bb467397/gettyimages-138358616.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Swear They Can Actually Hear Janice From _Friends_ Laugh Annoyingly in This Photo by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 14, 2018 4:42 PM UTC  "The One with Chandler's Work Laugh" Episode 12 —Air Date 01/21/1999 — Pictured: (l-r) David Schwimmer as Dr. Ross Geller, Maggie Wheeler as Janice Litman. "The One with Chandler's Work Laugh" Episode 12 —Air Date 01/21/1999 — Pictured: (l-r) David Schwimmer as Dr. Ross Geller, Maggie Wheeler as Janice Litman.NBC/Getty Images by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Mar 14, 2018 4:42 PM UTC They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but sometimes a photo is worth just one long, grating laugh. [_Friends_ ](http://techland.time.com/2011/07/12/finally-the-thrill-of-watching-tv-with-friends-only-without-friends/?iid=sr-link2)fans may not be able to agree if Monica could have afforded that massive apartment in New York City, the true identity of Ugly Naked Guy, why Joey’s arm was [mysteriously in a sling](http://time.com/4891227/joey-on-arm-sling-friends/), or if Phoebe and Joey should have gotten married just to complete the _Friends_ circle. There is one thing fans can all agree on, though, and that is this: Chandler Bing’s (and, …er, Ross’s) ex-girlfriend Janice had a very memorable laugh. That laugh is so memorable in fact that it still haunts _Friends_ fans years later. This scientifically-unproven fact came to light recently when a Twitter user tweeted a photo of Janice (played by actress Maggie Wheeler) and everyone who saw it immediately shuddered—and then [tweeted](http://time.com/5184477/alec-baldwin-donald-trump-gun-control-snl/?iid=sr-link5) about it. > [](https://twitter.com/AnikaWampner/status/973645755390087168) > [](https://twitter.com/DanieFakhry/status/972956658153476096) > [](https://twitter.com/Hannah%5FWeeksxox/status/973685616759230464) > [](https://twitter.com/AnikaWampner/status/973645755390087168) > [](https://twitter.com/DanielaGeteloma/status/973674314414338048) > [](https://twitter.com/NetflixMENA/status/973595246864060416) > [](https://twitter.com/wordydirds/status/973697846250758144) If for some reason you have blocked out the memory of what Janice’s laugh sounds like, some helpful person has compiled every single one of her laughs into a video. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5199211/friends-janice-photo-laughing/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5199211/friends-janice-photo-laughing/"},"headline":"People Swear They Can Actually Hear Janice From Friends Laugh Annoyingly in This Photo","datePublished":"2018-03-14T16:42:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:51:23.715Z","description":"Does this photo of Janice make you hear something familiar?","url":"https://time.com/5199211/friends-janice-photo-laughing/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","Netflix","twitter","Friends"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt897a1a9ec9aa4b7b/6988a3408e0601e5bb467397/gettyimages-138358616.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt897a1a9ec9aa4b7b/6988a3408e0601e5bb467397/gettyimages-138358616.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Friends","caption":"Friends","creditText":"NBC/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5199211/friends-janice-photo-laughing/","name":"People Swear They Can Actually Hear Janice From Friends Laugh Annoyingly in This Photo"}}]}] ```