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"Everybody Loves Raymond" (1996) More at IMDb Pro »

• In the pilot episode, Michael and Geoffrey were named after Ray Romano's real-life twins, Matthew and Gregory.
  
  
• In episode 3.6, entitled "Halloween Candy", Peter Boyle's character is dressed as Frankenstein's monster. He also played, more famously, a wacky version of this very same character in 'Mel Brooks (I)'' Young Frankenstein (1974).
  
  
• In the episode titled "Six Feet Under", Peter Boyle's character gives the same speech about mortality that he gave in Taxi Driver (1976).
  
  

• According to Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton got the part of Debra because "she was the only one willing to kiss me on the lips in the auditions".
  
  
• Maggie Wheeler, who has a recurring character as Linda on the show, was considered for the part of Debra.
  
  
• Ray Barone has a brother (Robert) who is a police officer for the NYPD. Ray Romano in real life has a brother who is a police officer for the NYPD.
  
  
• In real-life, Monica Horan, who plays Amy on the show, is married to Philip Rosenthal, the show's executive-producer and co-creator.
  
  
• Although on the show Robert is supposed to be four years older than Raymond, in real life, Ray Romano is three years older than Brad Garrett.
  
  
• The character "Ray Barone" was ranked #10 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue).
  
  
• Has the record for the television series to receive the most Screen Actors Guild Award nominations in a single year, with six nominations in 2004. Due to leading and supporting performance categories to be combined into one category, receiving a higher number of nominations is a bit harder.
  
  
• In the episode "Robert's Wedding", Robert's full name is revealed as Robert Charles Barone, while Amy's full name was Amy Louise McDougal.
  
  
• Ray's full name is Raymond Albert Barone.
  
  
• Robert's habit of touching his food to his chin was inspired by Ray Romano's brother Richard, who had the same quirky mannerism.
  
  
• The show is set in the town of Lynbrook, New York, as revealed in the episode "Sex Talk".
  
  
• Each episode ends with a plate of food (never the same two dishes) being offered to the viewer. After the show's final episode, instead of food a check with "no charge" on it was set in place of the plate.
  
  
• Debra's favorite book is "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
  
  
• The three Barone children (Ally, Geoffrey and Michael) are actually siblings in real life (Madylin, Sawyer and Sullivan Sweeten respectively).
  
  
• Frank Barone's favorite movie is Patton (1970).
  
  
• Peter Boyle claims that he was aided in getting the part of Frank Barone by events prior to his audition in New York City. He had gotten lost and couldn't find the location of the audition, so when he showed up, he was agitated and sarcastic.
  
  
• Filming of the series finale was delayed twice when Patricia Heaton and then Doris Roberts were ill and couldn't speak well on the filming days.
  
  
• Patricia Heaton's father, Chuck Heaton, is a retired sportswriter -- Ray Barone's profession -- for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He was mentioned in one episode, where Ray was up for an award against a writer named Chuck Heaton. In the episode, Debra offers up a ‘Bronx cheer’ when her real-life father's name is mentioned.
  
  
• The title "Everybody Loves Raymond" was not Ray Romano's idea - he was against it.
  
  
• The choice for the actress to play Debra was narrowed down to Patricia Heaton and Jane Sibbett. CBS wanted Jane Sibbett for the part, but the producers and Ray Romano preferred Patricia Heaton.
  
  
• The paintings hanging above the Barone's bed and on the living-room wall below the stair are reproductions of landscapes by the impressionist artist Barbara Fountain.
  
  

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