Customer Reviews

Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Seasons 1 and 2

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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..........

This review is not only for the Seasons 1 & 2 set of Everybody Loves Raymond, but an overall rating of the individual season packages. I purchased all 9 seasons from this set. I was originally going to purchase the Complete Series (in the cutsie Raymond House), but had read the multitude of negative reviews and changed my mind. Instead, I purchased all 9 seasons in the boxed format . I have to say, the photos do not do this justice. The outer cases are built like a tank. They are solid and very heavy. They are basically made and open like a hard bound book. As far as the video quality and the extras, everything is here that you find in the Complete Series Set. If you purchase them in sets of two, as I did, you can save money. I ended-up paying about the same price for all of these as I would have for the cheaply made Complete Series set and none of my discs were damaged, due to faulty packaging, as with the Complete Series Set.. All-in-All, I am very happy...

This is without a doubt one of the funniest shows on TV. Each character is so distinct and will probably remind you of somebody in your own family. Unlike most sitcoms, which seem to take really unrealistic characters and throw them into unrealistic situations, Raymond works taking a normal situation and exaggerating it to show the humor. I pull these DVDs out whenever I need a laugh. They're well worth the cost.

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.

I gave this 3 stars not 4 the show bc everybody loves raymond is one of the best shows ever made but the reason is the dvd cases i have never seen such a huge case its twice the size of the rest of them idk why they made these so freakin big for this show

"Everybody Loves Raymond" is probably the best sitcom in American history. Way to go Ray Romano! If you've ever seen Everybody Loves Raymond and wondered how it all started, these first two seasons will show you the beginning of the Barone family. This is my favorite TV show, hands down.

I bought the first six seasons of Everybody Loves Raymond and by far this is the best comedy show ever. The dvd's are fantastic , they have commentary and bloopers which are so funny..I am definitely going to buy seasons 7, 8 & 9.

Sure it's the same ol same old...but do we ever change ? i enjoy the show , it's like stopping by my friends house , the show is funny , the dvd is fine , and real good quality picture , and it's just my kind of show. The actors are so good at presenting there characters, but the one thing is, has anybody ever noticed the kids are not in it very much? Half the time , i forget they have kids:)
It's a clean show , and very funny..i can watch it with my kids , and that says a lot.

I've been a fan of the "Raymond" series for quite a while and I've almost seen every episode on reruns (every so often a new episode comes on). I watched those episodes and they are all top notch.

What's great about these sets in addition to these classic shows are the "Bonus" features of bloopers, deleted scenes, and audio commentary of selected episodes. These "extras" added a deepened appreciation for the show.

If you are a "Raymond" groupie (like myself) or tune in occasionally, in my opinion, you won't be disappointed. Heck, you may even be inspired to add additional seasons to your collection.

Excellent value for the money! Enjoy.

It was a christmas present for someone and when it came and I was going to wrap it I heard disks moving. I opened it and around 3 of the disks was out of place in the box set. They was not scratched badly, but obviously they were cause we watched them one night and it started freezing on a couple of episodes. Very disappointed. Definatley since I bought a faster shipping so it could get here before Christmas. Again, very disappointed...