Anyone enjoy Everybody Loves Raymond?
julicova
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I just got into this show over the past six months and now I watch it with my kids. We all love it. Normally I don't go in for the canned laughter US shows, never really liked Friends, but this makes me laugh in an uncomfortable way.
I can really relate to the dysfunction in the family. The mother - Marie Barone - is one of the best examples of the passive-aggressive females. A real controller and although she can seem kind and soft-hearted on the surface is a martinet and manipulator. Sometimes it is very cringy, but I find it amazing humour can be made out of some very dodgy parenting.
I think it must be therapy for me. I also like my kids to understand that just because someone is smiling and appears pleasant, they can be treacherous. It took me years to realise this.
Good emotional intelligence education yet a laugh as well.
I can really relate to the dysfunction in the family. The mother - Marie Barone - is one of the best examples of the passive-aggressive females. A real controller and although she can seem kind and soft-hearted on the surface is a martinet and manipulator. Sometimes it is very cringy, but I find it amazing humour can be made out of some very dodgy parenting.
I think it must be therapy for me. I also like my kids to understand that just because someone is smiling and appears pleasant, they can be treacherous. It took me years to realise this.
Good emotional intelligence education yet a laugh as well.
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I also like According to Jim.
I think Robert would give more love to his mum - she is not interested. In some ways this is heart breaking. It reminds me of my father and his brother.
My Granny much preferred my uncle. No reason as to why. Just plain weird. If someone told me about this programme I think I would have found it too hard to watch, but in fact, I laugh. As I said, its therapy.
His mother is everything I gringe / run from in life.
Watch it every morning and it cheers me right up.
Comedy Central is my main channel these days with so little on!
My fav was when neither of them would move the suitcase off the stairs. I have done that, along with many of other things they do.
Frank and Marie are comedy gold!
So much more than it initially appears.
I love it when Marie slaps Ray.
I've been watching for years too but even now there's an episode that I love.....I recorded today's one where Robert feels unloved and Deb shouts at him...so funny!
I'm not much of a fan of Raymond, most of the characters are intensley annoying. On the other hand I love the King of Queens, I am the only person I know who watches it. The relationship between Doug, Carrie and Arthur is great
I'm the same, and my dislike of ELR even stops me watching the episodes of KoQ that Ray Barone guests stars in.
I've seen all of the ELR series several times. I love Marie and her interfering with her sons lives.
One episode that always sticks in my mind is the one where Marie creates a sculpture, an abstract as she called it. Raymond, however, tells everyone what he sees (a bit 'ladylike'). The rest of the episode the sculpture is covered up and everyone that sees it (including a couple of nuns) see what Ray see. Frank is totally oblivious and keeps mumbling that it reminds him of something and keeps staring at it. Classic comedy and made me laugh out loud.
I also love According to Jim, I especially like the scenes at the beginning that he usually does with the kids. I have only seen the series that have been shown over here on living and latterly on C4. I was in the US in September and saw some new episodes that have never been shown over here. I don't think C4 have as many series as Living showed and they didn't show them all.