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Summary: Laugh out loud funny!
Review: A consistently funny sit-com. The situations are so typical of a lot of families (including mine!), I'm really laughing at myself.
Season One is a good one with some interesting guest stars. Here's a brief episode guide.
1. Pilot: Debra doesn't want Ray's family to come over for her birthday.
2. I Love You: Debra doesn't know why Raymond has trouble saying "I love you".
3. I Wish I Were Gus gs: Jean Stapleton. Ray is chosen to deliver a eulogy at a funeral where his mother and her feuding sister have a reunion.
4. Standard Deviation: Robert administers IQ tests to Raymond and Debra.
5. Look, Don't Touch: Ray feels guilty about being attracted to a waitress at Nemo's.
6. Frank, the Writer gs: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Himself): Ray's dad wants to write his own column.
7. Your Place or Mine? Ray's mother leaves her husband and moves in with Ray and Debra.
8. In-Laws gs: Robert Culp: Ray asks his parents to get along with Debra's parents during a visit.
9. Win, Lose or Draw: Ray ignores his father's advice at a poker game and loses all his money.
10. Turkey or Fish gs: Robert Culp: Debra decides to cook fish for the family Thanksgiving dinner.
11. Captain Nemo: Debra tells Ray that he should be spending time with his kids instead of coaching basketball.
12. The Ball: Ray finds out that his father lied to him about a gift baseball being autographed by Mickey Mantle.
13. Debra's Sick: Ray has to take care of Debra and the kids when Debra gets the flu.
14. Who's Handsome? After hearing Debra tell Robert how handsome he is, Ray gets a make-over.
15. The Car: Debra doesn't like driving the old car Ray bought from his parents, but likes it even less when she learns why Ray likes it so much.
16. Diamonds gs: Barry Bonds (Himself): Ray finds out that the diamond on Debra's ring is a fake.
17. The Game: A game of "Scruples" gets the family arguing about honesty.
18. Recovering Pessimist gs: Katarina Witt (Herself), Tommy Lasorda (Himself), Marv Albert (Himself): Ray allows Debra to persuade him to become more optimistic but then is accused by his family of being big-headed.
19. The Dog gs: Kristie Yamaguchi (Herself): Ray brings home a stray dog, but Robert bonds with the dog.
20. Neighbors gs: Tommy Lasorda (Himself): Neighbors are upset with Ray's parents.
21. Fascinatin' Debra gs: Desmond Howard (Himself): The Barones attract the interest of a popular radio psychologist whose original intent was to interview Debra.
22. Why Are We Here? An episode where Ray and Debra recall how they ended up living across the street from Ray's parents.
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Summary: One of The Few Funny Sitcoms on TV These Days!
Review: Everybody Loves Raymond is a very funny show, I was happy today when I found out on Amazon that the first season is finally coming out on DVD! Ray Romano is terrific as Ray Barone and Patricia Heaton is also terrific as his wife Deborah and so are Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts as his bickering parents and Brad Garrett as his older brother who suffers from a bad case of sibling rivlry and they all happen to live across the street. Doris Roberts plays the overcritical mother-in-law to the hilt and is always giving Deborah a hard time and criticizing her cooking, cleaning, etc, and the ongoing conflicts between the two and Ray getting caught in the middle is always amusing. The last year it seems that the sitcoms that they have added to the network lineups have been terrible with absolutely nothing funny about them at all but this show which has been on for at least seven years is still as funny as it was when it first aired on CBS and I'm happy that it's coming out on DVD and I highly recommend it!
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Summary: The Raymond Review
Review: Everybody Loves Raymond is saturated with satire and good humor.Unlike some other shows, it has more of an indepth look on the parents side, rather than relying on the kids for laughs. This show can produce a laugh easily from even the toughest critic. Weither its from the insanly good intenional mother, or raymond's hysterical comebacks. This is one of televisions greatest shows. From the all-american classic 'The Simpsons' to the hit show 'friends' Raymond fits in beutifully as one of americas greatist sitcoms.
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Summary: :) yes I love him! :)
Review: Everybody Loves Raymond is the coolest comedy u can buy........ if you like mad about you, Home improvements u will love Raymond. mature and extremly funny! 5/5. Buy this DVD A.S.A.P. :)
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Summary: Bitter Sweat Life
Review: Everybody loves Raymond is the most wanted DVD I have been waiting for these years..The Italian-American Family sitcom resembles my family in Taiwan ...I spend lots nights waiting their funky family stories while I was in New York ... it reminds me of the family ties , tension , intimacy ,ethics , parenthood and love ...Most important of all ..the expression of the outstanding casts may be a bit of exaggerated however various awards show how lovely the sitcom is one of the favorite among audience intertionally.I specially love the episodes when Barone family has been invited to Italy meeting their remote relatives....It's like " Life is Wonderful " bring my heart from Long Island to Rome for a tasty Gelato ...I am so glad that the sitcom DVD finally come out and hope to see other seasons soon!
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Summary: It's about time!
Review: Great show and should be a great set. What took so long? Friends already has at least 7 seasons out. Strange. Glad to pre order this one for sure!! Check out Sledge Hammer! First season coming out around the same time. Great show often overlooked from the 80's.
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Summary: Special bonus in it for ME
Review: Great show! Consistently funny. DVD features are not excessive but decent. Best feature -- the "Late Show" appearance from May of 1995 that inspired the show. I was at that Letterman taping. Mel Gibson was the primary guest (he rode in on a horse and was there to promote "Braveheart" which was to open the next day), Romano was next, and final guest Tara Fitzgerald got bumped. You can hear my laugh when Ray reaches for his keys in his back pocket - I anticipated the punchline.
The ELR shows themselves represent what can be so great about sitcoms --- slice-of-life comedy that doesn't seek to be offensive or controversial. ELR explores the minutiae of family life and family dynamics that many of us can identify with and, from a safe distance, laugh at.
Everybody Loves Raymond? I love "Raymond"!
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Summary: Depressing
Review: How many times have we seen dysfunctional families on tv - Simpsons, Malcolm etc. The only difference between them and Raymond is that those shows are actually funny and smart - avoid by all means
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Summary: So true to life!
Review: I never realized how funny this show was until I rewatched the episodes on DVD. This show just seems to true to everyday life with a family with small kids. My only complaint is I wish they had a PLAY ALL feature.
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Summary: The Best Sitcom You Could Ask For
Review: I'm sad that this sitcom will be ending its run in May, but all good things must come to an end. What better way to begin Raymond's final year than the release of the first season on DVD?I have been waiting for this DVD for a long time. EVERYBODY LOVES RAYMOND doesn't just focus on getting cheap laughs. The sitcom serves as a microcosm of American society, namely, the human family. In order to have good, quality comedy, you need to have some tension. That tension is well provided for with Raymond's parents, Marie and Frank, living right across the street. All families have tension, but the Barone tension is increased as a result of being too close together. Each episode focuses on the problems this family has, but it also focuses on their good days, too, and how they remain together and remain a unit, despite the tension. As we watch, we not only find ourselves laughing, but we find ourselves identifying with the people, because we just picture our own lives taking similar courses. (We also dread even more the prospect of living across the street from our in-laws.) But there's even more to it than just the great comedy as a result of the family tensions and trials. Each character is also very well developed, and has a lot of backround. Each character is very three-dimensional, and believable. You find yourself relating to them more and more with each passing episode. (NOTE: All references to episodes in this review obviously are from this season 1, so you can see each episode I mention if you buy this set.) Take Raymond himself, for example. He's not very intelligent and he never has any idea what his wife really means when she says she wants more romance, as we see clearly in the episode "I Love You." Rather than just respond to his wife's need to have more spoken intimacy, he asks his parents what they think. He truly does love his wife, and his kids, but his problems compound from the fact that he's what a woman would call a "typical guy" and from being completely under his parent's control. (To get a better idea of what I'm talking about in terms of the control they, especially Marie, have over him, just watch the Pilot. Then you'll get it.) Then you have Raymond's wife, Debra. Again, she truly loves her husband. Deep down, she even loves Marie and Frank. However, she has a hard time showing it all the time because her nerves are constantly under the grind when Marie and Frank barge over constantly. In the episode "Fascinatin' Debra," the Barones ruin her interview with her favorite radio shrink, because she's "normal" and all the rest of them are "the front porch of the looney bin." However, we learn that Debra truly is the foundation that holds this entire family together. She has a lot of weight to carry on her shoulders, being the "normal one," so if she seems a bit cranky, that's why. Marie is the mother that just loves to help. The only problem is she doesn't know where to draw the line between just helping and becoming a meddlesome nag. She would do anything for her family, but more often than not, she just goes a bit too far, which drives Debra crazy to no end. In "Debra's Sick," Marie truly shows her inner colors. While she comes on a bit strong, she is a loving, caring nurturer. But, on the flipside, you see her coming on far too strong with her love in "Turkey or Fish." Frank is probably the most interesting character of them all. He's disgusting and he constantly makes the most hilarious cracks, especially about his wife. On the surface, they just don't appear to get along, and everyone constantly wonders how their marriage can possibly hold together. However, in "Your Place or Mine?" you see that Marie and Frank are truly compatible. Marie needs to be the nurturer, and Frank needs to be nurtured. And finally, we have Robert, Raymond's obsessive-compulsive brother. Robert is insanely quirky, and has had a lot to deal with in his life. He's the second favorite son, despite being the firstborn, but he has a lot of love for everyone. Raymond and Robert, although they have typical sibling rivalries, they truly would do anything for each other, as seen in "The Dog." There is so much more to this sitcom than I can type in this review. Go buy it. It's worth it, and then you can see for yourself.
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