"Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996) TV series 1996-2005

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Creator:

Philip Rosenthal

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9

Release Date:

13 September 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

America's first family of comedy begins their last season!

Plot:

It never stops for successful sports writer Ray Barone, whose oddball family life consists of a fed up wife, overbearing parents, and an older brother with lifelong jealousy.

Plot Keywords:

Sports Writer | Sitcom | Mother Son Relationship | Father Son Relationship | Suburbia

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 49 wins & 129 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 13	5:00 PM	TBS	Frank Paints the House	#5.24
Mon. July 13	5:30 PM	TBS	The Canister	#5.19

Cast

Ray Romano	...	Ray Barone / ... (210 episodes, 1996-2005)
Doris Roberts	...	Marie Barone (210 episodes, 1996-2005)
Patricia Heaton	...	Debra Barone / ... (209 episodes, 1996-2005)
Brad Garrett	...	Robert Barone / ... (208 episodes, 1996-2005)
Peter Boyle	...	Frank Barone (203 episodes, 1996-2005)
Madylin Sweeten	...	Ally Barone / ... (147 episodes, 1996-2005)
Sawyer Sweeten	...	Geoffrey Barone (130 episodes, 1996-2005)
Sullivan Sweeten	...	Michael Barone (130 episodes, 1996-2005)

Also Known As:

"Raymond" (USA) (promotional abbreviation)

Runtime:

23 min (210 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (original rating) | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Singapore:PG | USA:TV-G | USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Trivia:

Debra's favorite book is "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.

Goofs:

Continuity: Robert is supposed to have a quirk where he touches food to his chin before eating it. Throughout the shows, he sometimes does this and sometimes doesn't. He mainly does it in the episode it it mentioned in.

Quotes:

Marie Barone: I don't lose things, Frank. I'm organized.
Frank Barone: Not organized, insane! She's got a shoebox labeled pieces of string too small to use.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Law & Order: Everybody Loves Raimondo's (#14.20)" (2004)

This series took me ages to get into

...but now I'm hooked, and I've even bought 5 DVD boxsets of it! Its weird because its both subtle AND sharp humour.

Its about Ray Romano, a sportswriter who just wants a quiet life...but he has 3 kids (a girl and twin toddler boys) and Debra (his wife) who struggles to juggle housekeeping and being a mother because Ray just will do anything to stay out of her way and not help! Debra is not your typical sitcom mum. She's independent and opinionated, and a very good match for Ray - she keeps him in line!

His Italian American parents (Marie and Frank) and divorced 40 year old brother (Robert) stay in the same street and facing across from Ray & Debra's house. And they are never away from there - The parents are very loud, expressive, overbearing people, but they don't mean to be....It's just their way. The brother is quirky to say the least! he's 7 foot tall and has a voice like Eeyore from the winnie the pooh movies (he IS the voice from the cartoon). He has weird little habits and is a little obsessive compulsive and insanely jealous of his younger brother Ray. However, at heart they are good, caring people and the family are extraordinarily close...but you'd never know it by the drama and shouting that goes on all the time! This is where the comedy comes from....

Now, I am married to an Italian man and I know from experience what Italian in-laws are like! so this might be why I find this so funny....watching Marie (Rays mum) is like watching my MIL (only its not so funny in real life, believe me!!)

If you like Seinfeld, King of Queens (another sitcom which took ages to grow on me), CLASSIC Woody Allen movies, the film Mambo Italiano or My Big Fat Greek Wedding, then you'll like this. Give it a go, watch more than one episode and you'll end up hooked like me - I promise!