17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best Show on Earth, May 5, 2005
This review is from: Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First Three Seasons (DVD)
This show is above and beyond anything else...I LOVE IT!!!!! I can't wait for the fourth season to come out
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome, June 19, 2005
This review is from: Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First Three Seasons (DVD)
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.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great Comedy with All-Star Cast, August 21, 2005
This review is from: Everybody Loves Raymond - The Complete First Three Seasons (DVD)
This is one of the few shows that both my husband & I enjoy to watch. Usually we're spatting over who will get the remote each night, but when one of us "finds" Raymond on t.v., we both settle in for a half-hour of stomach-splitting laughs!
For those of you who have never seen Everbody Love Raymond, it's about a 40-something husband & wife, and the trials & tribulations of family life - especially when your parents/in-laws live right across the street!
Raymond is the type of guy that just can't seem to get it right. Plus, he'll do anything not to get into trouble with his wife & mother - yet it seems that that's what ALWAYS happens in the end. Don't get me wrong, he deserves the trouble he finds himself in, as he tends to quite devious when he needs to be.
Deborah, his "poor" wife, has to deal with Raymonds antics, as well as the stress of trying to please an unpleasable mother-in-law who shows up at her house at all hours of the day or night.
Then there's the mother/mother-in-law who can't mind her own business, and the problems this causes with Raymonds & his wife.
Next is the brother/brother-in-law who's a really nice guy, but he has some problems of his own. He's also in his 40's, but isn't married & doesn't have any children. Of course his mother can't stand this fact, and does everything she can to get him to "make her some grandchildren".
Last is the father/father-in-law who acts like he hates being married to his wife, but you can always tell that there really is love between them - although you may have to dig deep to find it sometimes. He's what might be considered a "grumpy old man"...
Overall, this is a great comedy with a perfect cast! I think it's so well liked because most of us can see ourselves in 1 or more of these characters, or at least we can sympathize with the issues at hand.
If you're looking for a comedy show that the whole family will enjoy, then this should fit the bill. I highly recommend it!
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