Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete Second Season

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Summary: I JUST STARTED WATCHING AND LOVE IT!
Review: I am a VERY late comer to Everybody Loves Raymond. I had seen it a few times but didn't become a regular viewer until season 8. Thank God for re-runs and DVD sets that are now allowing me to catch up on everything I missed. Oddly enough, I decided to start with season Two as the first I purchased on DVD. The reason being that the first seasons of most sitcoms are usually so very rough and the show and cast usually aren't quite developed yet. I wanted to watch the show when the characters were going to be more like what I know from coming in late to the game.

I was not disapointed and I am sure I will pick up season one afterall. Season two really had all of the elements that I love show much about the show and the characters just look a little younger. And of course there is frequent appearances by Kevin James before he would get his own sitcom, "The King of Queens".

I really enjoyed the set from the get-go...25 glorious episodes in all. I won't summarize all 25, but here are a few of my favorites from season two:

"Anniversary" - At a big surprise party for Frank and Marie's 40th wedding anniversary, Raymond is shocked to learn that his parents were once separated for a year and might have gotten divorced if Frank hadn't returned home to help with Ray's broken arm. After the initial shock wears off, Ray starts to wonder if it's his fault that his parents are together and miserable.

"The Letter" - When Marie ruins her Tupperware party, Debra decides that she's had just about enough of her mother-in-law's constant interference. She writes a letter to her Marie, telling her to stop intruding into her life. Horrified by the problems that this letter might trigger, Ray does everything in his power to intercept the offending document.

"All I Want for Christmas" - All Ray wants for Christmas is a little loving from his wife and he's willing to try anything and everything to have his holiday wish come true. When Ray finally has seduced Debra, his entire family is working their way into the house for Eggs Florentine and exchanging gifts.

"The Checkbook" - When Raymond takes over the family checkbook to prove to Debra how "easy it can be" to balance it, he discovers he is no accountant. After he quickly runs out of money and starts bouncing checks, he tries to hide the truth from Debra and winds up entangled in a mess of lies, two fake checkbooks and a large loan from his brother.

"Traffic School" - Robert proves to be a crashing bore when it comes to teaching traffic school, so he decides to practice his presentation on the family-which drives them crazy. In an attempt to lighten things up, he puts in an assist-officer call to "Traffic Cop Timmy," a puppet dressed as a policeman.

"The Wedding Parts 1 & 2" - These two episodes show how Ray proposed to Debra and their eventual wedding.

As far as extras, they could be better. There's only commentary on a couple of episodes to go along with some bloopers and deleted scenes. Nothing to write home about and hopefully future seasons will be better equipped.

This is just plain funny. Intelligent without being snobbish like Frasier and wacky without being too low brow. These are characters that probably most of us know in our own lives. Boy do I KNOW some Maries!!!

highly recommended!





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Summary: Everybody Loves Raymond (including me)
Review: I never had any interest in "Everybody Loves Raymond" until about two years ago, when I caught a couple of episodes in syndication. I laughed so much, I started taping old episodes and making sure to watch the new episodes on Monday nights. This is perhaps the funniest live action comedy series since the mid 80's heyday of "Cheers" (sorry, "Seinfeld"), though I would still rank the glory years of "The Simpsons" circa 1992-97 as the greatest period of TV comedy ever.

What I like about "Raymond" the most is the cast. I still don't know if Ray Romano is a good stand up comedian, but he is effective as Ray Barone, a sportswriter for a New York newspaper, and husband to Debra (the very cute and perky Patricia Heaton)and father to three kids. Complementing the cast are Brad Garrett as Ray's older brother Robert, and the terrific Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts as Ray's parents, Frank and Marie. Season two, like most series, is when the character development really began to take place. There are some terrific episodes, particularly the "All I want for Christmas" show, when Debra finds herself unable to control her lust for Ray on Christmas Day.

If you had only enough money to buy one of "Raymond"'s first two seasons on DVD, go with the second season. It has 25 episodes, compared with Season One's 22, and the extras include some very funny bloopers and deleted scenes. I wish I had gotten hooked on "Everybody Loves Raymond" sooner, but better late than never.

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Summary: Everybody Loves Raymond
Review: I seen all the seasons of Everybody Loves Raymond, it was an amazing show. When I looked at Ray, he reminds me of Eugene Levy's character Jim's Dad in American Pie to his kids. I can definitely relate to Ray Romano and Ray Barone, he lived with his parents when he was 29 and I lived with my parents when I was 24 when I was in college. When Ray started Everybody Loves Raymond, nobody believe a show can go up to nine seasons. The ratings were so high, it would gone up to ten or eleven seasons like Frasier or Cheers. This show is compared to the King of Queens, Ray is like Doug Heffernan and Debra is like Carrie Heffernan. Their are few people I admired in the show was Ray and Marie. Ray is a nice guy, he's kind of the guy girls bring home to mom. Ray Romano is a great actor, he looks like a MTV VJ Carson Daly and Freddie Prinze Jr. Sarah Michelle Gellar can mistake him for his husband. Ray Romano reminds me of MTV VJ Carson Daly, Freddie Prinze Jr and The King of Queens Kevin James. Marie is like the perfect mom and grandmother, even though she meddling in their kids life, but she meddles in their life out of love and she always understanding and always cool what happened to their kids and she always make her kids feel right at home. Doris Roberts is a perfect mom and grandmother off the set in Everybody Loves Raymond. Doris Roberts is a wonderful actress, she should of won the oscar long time ago. She reminds me of Florence Henderson in the Brady Bunch and Marion Ross from Happy Days. Patrica Heaton was an excellent actress when she plays Ray's wife, she looks like his daughter then his wife. Patricia should have been in the 50 Most Beautiful People in People weekly. Patricia Heaton looks like she was 19 or 20. She has greatest resemblance of Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt and The OC's Rachel Blison. Brad Garrett when he plays Robert, his character reminds me of Bruce Willis character John McClane in Die Hard movies. Brad Garrett ever played John McClane in Die Hard he could have done it better than ever then Bruce Willis did. Monica Horan played Amy she is a great actress, she should have been nominated for an Emmy for the rest of the cast. Monica Horan has the greatest resemblance of Buffy the Vampire Slayer star Sarah Michelle Gellar. If she ever played Buffy Summers in Buffy the Vampire Slayer she would played the character better than ever Sarah Michelle Gellar would. Anybody can mistake her for Sarah Michelle Gellar and so could Sarah's husband Freddie Prinze Jr. Monica Horan should have been in the 50 Most Beautiful People in People weekly. The show had a great nine years, I can't believe it would have gone that far before. The whole cast did amazing job for making the show gone longer season than any other show I saw. Everybody Loves Raymond is not a show, it's like a vacation that you never want to leave.


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Summary: Who Doesn't Love Raymond!!!
Review: I was thrilled to see that this fun sit-com is now available on DVD. This is the complete second season and it was fun to re-visit the older episodes. This set includes all 25 episodes as well as blooper and deleted scenes.

I highly recommend this set and suggest that you pick up season one as well.

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Summary: Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete Second Season
Review: Raymond, his wife Debra, and their three kids live across the street from Ray's meddling parents and divorced brother. The parents go in and out of Ray and Debra's house as they please. Although probably not as funny as the third season, this season is still a solid one. The supporting staff (Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Peter Boyle, and Doris Roberts) are often funnier than Ray Romano! A generous season with 25 episodes.

1. Ray's on TV: Ray gets a chance to appear on a sports chat show.
2. Father Knows Least: Ray uses a new technique that he learned in parenting class on his parents.
3. Brother: Ray and Robert go out on the anniversary of Robert's divorce.
4. Mozart: Ray tries to teach Ally a lesson about quitting piano.
5. Golf: Ray feels guilty after he tricks Debra into letting him play golf.
6. Anniversary: At his parent's 40th wedding anniversary celebration, Ray learns that his parents were once separated.
7. Working Late Again: Ray sets up his office at home.
8. The Children's Book: Debra decides to write a children's book and asks Raymond for help.
9. The Gift: Ray gets his dad an expensive aquarium.
10. High School: Ray takes Debra to his 20th high school reunion.
11. The Letter: Marie crashes Debra's Tupperware party.
12. All I Want for Christmas: Raymond wants some loving from his wife at Christmas.
13. Civil War: Ray feels left out when his dad asks Robert to be in a Civil War Reenactment.
14. Mia Famiglia: Ally tracks down her oldest living relative for a genealogy project.
15. Marie's Meatballs: Debra gets upsset when Raymond chooses his mother's cooking over hers.
16. The Checkbook: Ray takes over the family finances.
17. The Ride-Along: Raymond rides along for a shift with Robert, who is a police officer.
18. The Family Bed: Ray decides to ask his mother for help when Ally is scared of monsters at night.
19. Good Girls: Marie likes Robert's girlfriend because she is a "good girl".
20. T-Ball: Debra brings a snack to Ally's game not knowing that the treat is not on the approved list.
21. Traffic School: Robert has to teach traffic school and practices on the family.
22. Six Feet Under: Raymond finds out that he's a quarter inch shorter than he used to be.
23. The Garage Sale: Debra is done having kids and wants to sell the cribs and baby clothes at a garage sale.
24. The Wedding (1) gs: Robert Culp: Ray asks Debra why she married him, and they remember his marriage proposal.
25. The Wedding (2) gs: Robert Culp: Ray remembers why he decided to give Debra another chance to say no.

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Summary: Holy Crap!
Review: The Second season of Everybody Loves Raymond features these highlights
Ray helps Ally appreciate piano lessons.
Ray is shocked to find his parents may have separated in his youth
Ray works at home and finds new ways to annoy Debra
Ray attends his reunion and discovers his wife was a cool kid
Ray learns that balancing the check book isn't as easy as he thought
Ray tricks his mom about Debra being a Good Girl.

Annual Parent Gift Faux Pax
Ray buys his dad an Aquarium and wonders why his dad hates it

Finally as is the usual tradition for ELR the season finale showcases a major event flashback in Rays life, this season is the wedding that Ray somehow manages to get through with the help of socks.


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Summary: Must-have for every ELR fan
Review: This is a must-have item for every ELR fan. Bonus material aside, there's another very good reason to get this set, even if you've seen all the episodes on TV several times or if you're like me, have them all taped. Most likely you've seen the version shown in syndication (Fox, UPN, WB etc). I'm assuming that's how many fans were first introduced to this wonderful show. Unfortunately, the syndicated versions are about 1 minute shorter (for commercial reasons) than the original versions as shown on CBS. So, oftentimes the syndicated versions have the whole opening or closing sequences missing from them. If you want to see all the episodes in their entirety as originally intended, this is the only way. Most of these deleted scenes are very humorous and often necessary to enjoy the whole show.

This DVD set is organized into 5 discs with each disc containing five episodes. The 3rd, 4th and 5th discs also contain the bonus features which include optional audio commentaries by Ray and Phil on two episodes, "The Letter" and "Good Girls," and a 16 minutes long bloopers section and a 16 minutes long section containing 15 deleted scenes. Unfortunately, there are no cast and crew interviews in this set as in the season 1 set. Each disc has an image of a cast member printed on it (different from season 1 set) - Ray on disc 1, Patty on disc 2 and so on. I wonder where they will put Amy's image when it's time to release the sets for seasons 7, 8, and 9.

I love the sturdy and minimalist design of the cover. Navigating the menu is easy and straightforward, and each episode begins with a brief summary of the plot. I found both the audio and video qualities to be excellent. The information printed on the back of the cover says the total run time is 750 minutes. According to my calculation it's considerably less than that. Here's why: there're 25 episodes, 2 episodes with audio commentaries, a section on bloopers, and a section on the deleted scenes. Considering each episode is 23 minutes long, that translates into a total run time of [(23m/episode * 27 episodes) + 16 m. bloopers + 16 m deleted scenes] = 653 minutes. So, I don't know how they came up with 750 minutes.



Rating:
Summary: can't wait to see another season!
Review: This is a very refreshing comedy that hits home on the ordeals of family life. The characters are SO funny.

I had just completed all Six seasons of Sex in the City and have been on withdrawal from that. My parents gave me Everybody Loves Raymond, so at first I was skeptical I would like it (my mom would hate Sex in the City). But I enjoyed every episode and now I am craving more! Guess I'll be watching all the seasons of Raymond. :)

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Summary: Barely Reaches Average
Review: To the question: Who Doesn't Love Raymond!!!, that some have posed here. Can I answer, I dont! This comedy is average at best. Its not terrible, but it just isnt that funny. Here in the UK, unlike brilliant shows we import from the US like; Seinfeld, Larry Sanders, Will and Grace, Frasier, Sex and the City....this comedy is really average.

Maybe its Ray Romano, who gets paid a ridiculous sum each episode. Face it he's not funny! His delivery is like Droopy on downers, yes that dull. Even here someone said in a review that the other characters were funnier.

This comedy is one step from the Cosby Show, and that is not a complement, trust me. The gags are lined up with big red flags before they arrive for the audience to laugh at. Very 1970s.

Here in the UK, unlike the other brilliant comedies we import from the US, this show is put on at 8am in the week. Ie the "dead zone", as people just arent interested in it. Sorry!

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Summary: A huge Raymond fan
Review: When individuals rate or review movies, books, dvds, music cds,
etc. the tendency is to be a little biased based on who or what
is involved in that particular stream of entertainment media.
Of course, not all the time, I myself have come across some
huge disappointments. However, I will say it just like so many
other reviewers would say it about their particular character,
song, or movie, "this is a must for any and all fans of the show
Everybody Loves Raymond!" If you enjoy decent comedy writing,
excellent character portrayal by the actors and actresses and
possibly even being able to relate to some of the incidents and
family dysfunction the Barones' seem to encounter then this dvd
is for you. I have seen these episodes over and over through
sydication and I don't tire from watching them. So having the
opportunity to own them on dvd to view for years to come is a
great feeling. This show just improves as time goes on. Season
one is good, season two is better, three will be better than two
and so on. You get the idea. Don't hesitate, it's worth the $$
as opposed to trying to tape it with all those commercials.
Funny stuff. I highly recommend.