Debra was my favorite character. Hence, my low opinion of Marie. Debra would get no peace while Marie was still alive and living across the street.

And can you imagine if Peter Boyle had died during the run of the show, and they had to write that into the script? I'm sure they would have taken the meddlesome mother-in-law character into another dimension.

But again, I think Doris Roberts deserved every Emmy that she ever won. The character was hysterical.