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Starring:
Everybody Loves Raymond,
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Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Release Date: 1996-09-13
Studio: Hbo Home Video
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Customer Reviews for Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First And Second Seasons
I love Raymond - United Kingdom!!
This is a brilliant show - yes it's wholesome and heartwarming and just what a lot of us need. I'm as in touch as anyone with UK comedy, but the writing of series such as Will and Grace, Frasier and Everyone loves Raymond is superb, the added factor for me is that I can identify with the situations in Raymond much more than the other admirable two.
Will and Grace promotes the shallow, Frasier is more cerebral, but Raymond is a life affirming comedy, I'm amazed at its consistent quality. Yes, you can see some of the comedic situations coming from a mile off, but there is always exceptional handling even of these. Very similar to the manic Faulty Towers (UK 1970s series) but the 'love' is here.
There are characters for everyone to identify with or recognise, and they are not lampooned, but gently handled in a positive way. (I'm definitely a Debra/Marie person). All the portrayals are consistently fine - reflected by the way they stay together throughout the entire run. I think we're lucky such talent worked together for so long .
If you're looking for decent comedy with heart and intelligence, and that undervalued commodity today - morals - it's here. Watch and enjoy.
Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First And Second Seasons
I love this show
This show is one of the funniest shows I have ever seen (next to Friends and Will and Grace). It is about Ray, a newspaper columnist, living with his family, and his intrusive parents live across the street. Deborah is Ray's wife. She constantly needs to balance her own three kids and a husband. It is much harder for her when Marie keeps sub-consciously insulting Deborah's cleaning, cooking, and parenting. If you watch the show, you know what to expect when she reacts to things. Marie is Ray and Robert's overbearing mother. Whenever she gets in people's way, her excuse is "I do it for love". Frank is the most blunt, couch-potatolike, and one of the most funniest characters I have ever watched. He keeps calling Marie a nag and the most contact he has with her is when Marie is told by Frank "Make me: eggs, a sandwich, bacon, steak, and other foods. Marie doesn't mind at all. Frank and Marie are what you call a "dysfunctional loving family". The one left out is Robert. He's Ray's brother. He works as a police officer in the NYPD. Everytime he comes home with good news, Ray trumps that and gets all of the attention. These two are usually seen competeing for their parents attention. Whenever Deborah wants Ray and/or Robert that their parents (Frank and Marie) are doing something wrong, the two sons always come up with a reason to not tell them that they are doing something wrong.(For example: Marie comes over to Ray's house everyday, Marie continues to control the family without knowing it.Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First And Second Seasons
JB
As a person "all alone" as one poster says. Thanks for the rude and abusive post "JB". I think I deserve the right of reply for a personal attack.
"This show is a comedic portrayal of real life situations" you say. So what, I can get that by going down my local bar. Comedy should be about more than that surely. You say it is "wholesome" with some pride. Who wants wholesome? Im sure you love The Waltons and Little House On The Prairie then.
Still if you marvel at really really ordinary auto-pilot comedies like this, then thats up to you.
Remember when you insult the UK, rudely, that we produced things like Fawlty Towers and Blackadder and love US comedies like Sienfeld...so our Quality Control Radar is pretty good. This partiicular comedy is buried in the "dead zone" of early morning TV, that is because we dont find it very funny.
But hey, we produce some of this ordinary dull "kitchen sink" crap. If you like that check out Allo Allo and Last Of The Summer Wine from the UK....they are like Everybody Loves Raymond. Ie dull and vacuous and not very funny.Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First And Second Seasons
what's wrong with you?
What's your deal "glynergy"? Everybody loves Raymond is average? This show is a comedic portrayl of real life situations. Maybe you didn't grow up with the classic intrusive, annoying and and concerned grandmother or find yourself in sticky situations with your wife/spouse but this show hits the nail on the head for many people. The fact that you like Will & Grace and Fraiser says it all though. FRAISER! Ha! Talk about some arrogant sophists that don't have any grip of reality. And Will & Grace is missing the key component of any sitcom: The voice/character of reason. In ELR, Raymond is the only one that's "semi-normal" and that's what makes it funny. I guess the UK is just too messed up on their unpure hasish to enjoy good wholesome comedy. Sorry "glynergy" but you're all alone.Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First And Second Seasons
Fantastic - What a show!
Talk about funny. This series deals with every day issues and puts a funny spin on them. Ray's style of comedy is easy to watch and I find myself in fits of laughter in every episode. A Must see..........Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First And Second Seasons
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