3 classics...



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2IIaq6-GZc


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Im5KzoqbmI


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCO0RCad8NA&feature=related

This basically sums up the entire series.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JH77kR3Ttrc&feature=related

A few of the better storylines were

1) when the beautiful woman who Robert dated purposely ate a fly



2) when Marie finally relented and took off the plastic cover on the couch.

3) when Frank accidentally passed out condoms at Halloween

The best part of that Halloween episode was the inside joke of Frank dressed as Frankenstein. Peter Boyle was truly hilarious.

You know, when I watched the original episodes of it, I liked it. However, in repeats, I'm more critical of it (as myprevious posts indicate). In fact, its like the moth to the flame. Those repeats tend to irritate me - for the most part, they've lost therir comedic value. For example, I just watched the one where Frank is ranting and raving about the lack of celery or whatever in his tuna salad. How vapid a life does one have to have to complain about something like that - maybe even for TV programs?

Sportswriters don't seem to like 'Raymond":

http://espn.go.com/blog/playbook/fandom/post/_/id/4937/baseball-writers-still-dont-love-raymond

Well balanced families don't make for good comedy, Oli. It's as simple as that.

One thing I was going to add is, in my opinion, Everybody Loves Raymond was the "successor" to Seinfeld, the same way Seinfeld was the "successor" to Cheers.

One could argue Curb Your Enthusiasm belongs in there but I'm talking about network television. And I wouldn't include The Simpsons since I put that in it's own category for being animated.

The overall point being, we really didn't get a worthy "successor" to Everybody Loves Raymond. At least not one I'm aware of. The Office had some potential early on but that quickly jumped the shark.

When it comes to the office stick with the British one, far better and more intelligent than the US counterpart.

Previously I mentioned that it made no sense for Marie and Frank to enter and exit Raymond's home through the back door when they live across the street. These entrances/exits were done out of filming convenience.

When anyone leaves the back door, they turn right to go to Marie's house, usually passing by the kitchen window. But I noticed recently that in one episode Raymond leaves the back door to get coffee at his mother's, and turns left. Robert comes through the back door and moments later also turns left to go home.

For some reason this really bothers me.

I agree Kly. But I've seen them turn left plenty of times.

However, the more I watch it, the more my conclusiion is reinforced that Raymond was crap as a father and husband.

Last night they showed the episode where Marie backed the car into Raymond's house. Frank didn't have car insurance and they had to go through Ray's homeowner's insurance with Frank paying the deductible. Now strictly from a legal standpoint, wouldn't you be in pretty deep shit for having an accident with an uninsured vehicle? There would certainly be more to it than was depicted.

And what really gets me about that episode is Robert. It's been made clear that Robert works for the NYPD. He's a New York City cop. Yet he came and filled out the accident report on Lynbrook, Long Island, which is in Nassau County. He has no jurisdiction. They made the same mistake when Debra got arrested for DWI. She ended up in Robert's precinct, even though the party was local.

I know I'm a pain in the ass, but stuff like that just bugs me.

Well PB, the same jurisdictional malfuntion on Dallas. Southfork is located outside of Dallas. Yet, it was the Dallas PD that showed up to areest Bobby Ewing there.

Sorry, but those two episodes are some of the funniest stuff ever on that show, PB. Nothing about them bothered me.

They're two of my favorites also, Babe. I'm just being a pain in the ass. And if Debra was ever going to shoot Marie, it would have been at that DMV hearing. There isn't a jury in the world that would have convicted her.

I saw them go left again. I'm starting to think that maybe they go right when there's some relevance to being seen in the window. And yes, Raymond is a terrible dad and husband. It's peculiar that he constantly whines about what a terrible and unfeeling dad he had while he is indifferent to his own kids. This was evident when he took the wrong twin to the doctor.

True. Frank would have been arrested. Even though Ray and Debra wouldn't have reported him, it is certain that their homeowner's insurance company would have required that the car and owner be identified as they would have filed a subrogation claim against him....and Marie.

Kly, this is why you are who you are!

It's not a good thing.

I just noticed when they show the outside view of the front of the house, there's a garage on the right side of the house. However, there is no pathway visible around the garage to the rear of the house and there is no such pathway on the left side of the house either. If they go out the back door, either way they turn they must be walking on grass.

I also have noticed that they turn left often after leaving the back when I thought initially they went right most of the time.

Does anyone know where their house is located?

The show is set in Lynbrook, Long Island.

No, I meant the house that is pictured in the series.

I looked at imdb.com for filming locations, Oli, but it simply says that it's filmed on the lot at Warner Brother Burbank Studio.

Olivant...watching a sitcom with you must be a trip. This is supposed to be silly, mindless television. I haven't done this much thinking or been this confused since since...EVER! lol

Oli, just because you are so you, here's a little gift for you:

The actual house in real life is located at 135 Margaret Blvd Merrick, NY. And Marie and Franks house is really located across the street! Go to google maps pan view and see for yourself!

http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/ray-debras-house-from-everybody-loves-raymond/

So I'm guessing then that outside shots are NY and the inside were filmed in Burbank studios?





TIS

I guess so. They probably used the same exterior shot of the house for years, since you never saw them outside. I do notice that the windows of the exterior look like dormer windows that you would find on a Cape Colonial, but their bedroom ceilings don't slope down accordingly.

Years ago some friends from work and I drove down to Burbank Studios to see them tape an episode of Murphy Brown. Don't recall what city that was suppose to take place in but inside shots were in Burbank studio. (I wasn't a regular viewer of the show)

For some reason I just assumed Raymond had to have been filmed on the East Coast.


TIS