Everybody Loves Raymond: Season 5
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Product Description Everybody Loves Raymond: The Complete Fifth Season (DVD) Standup comedian Ray Romano stars as Ray Barone, a successful sportswriter who deals with his brother and parents, who happen to live across the street. Patricia Heaton ("The Goodbye Girl"), Peter Boyle ("While You Were Sleeping"), Doris Roberts ("Remington Steele"), and Brad Garrett ("Gleason") round out the stellar cast. ]]> desertcart.com The beloved sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond would be as brutal as a Strindberg drama if it didn't make familial bitterness so genuinely funny. Stand-up comedian Ray Romano ( Ice Age ) plays Ray Barone, a sportswriter married to Debra (the sharp and sexy Patricia Heaton) who has the misfortune to live just across the street from his invasive, bickering parents Frank and Marie (Peter Boyle, Young Frankenstein , and Doris Roberts, Remington Steele ). Rounding out the cast is Ray's neglected older brother Robert (Brad Garrett, Gleason ), whose every accomplishment has been ignored because his parents prefer to dote on the younger, cuter Ray. Robert, whose gloomy mug and huge size makes him loom over Ray like some malevolent alter-ego, is actually more honest and sensitive to the needs of others than is Ray, who's both self-centered and too eager to please--an impossible balance that Romano spins to great comic effect. The fifth season presents the show at the peak of its strength. The season opener, a two-part story about a trip to Italy, degenerates into schmaltz, but immediately afterward Everyone Loves Raymond regains its bearings and launches into series of deftly played and skillfully written domestic skirmishes between husband and wife or parent and child. Episodes range from an explosive fight over wallpaper (a fan favorite) to anxiety over Ray's twin sons playing fairies in a school performance to the separation of Debra's seemingly perfect parents (Katherine Helmond, Brazil , and Robert Culp, I Spy ). It's hard to imagine that any other show could get away with such a morbid view of marriage. In one episode, Ray and Debra panic when they realize they're running out of things to talk about; but after they witness Ray's parents having a meal without speaking a single word (a hypnotic pas de deux between Boyle and Roberts), Debra persuades herself that being quiet with each other is true intimacy...but the show never tells you whether she's discovered marital zen or if she's just rationalizing the inevitable emotional heat-death of a life-long commitment. Robert's romantic troubles recur throughout the season, culminating in the nightmare of having his ex-girlfriends meet to hash out everything that's wrong with him. Just a slight adjustment in tone would make Everyone Loves Raymond a bleak indictment of how people can be cruelest to those closest to them; instead, it's a cunningly comic celebration of how people can be cruelest to those closest to them. --Bret Fetzer
| Actors | Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, Patricia Heaton, Peter Boyle, Ray Romano |
| Asin | B000BNTM46 |
| Aspect Ratio | 1.78:1 |
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,645 in Comedy (Movies & TV) |
| Dubbed | French, Spanish |
| Item Model Number | 026359240423 |
| Language | English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Unqualified |
| Media Format | Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
| Mpaa Rating | NR (Not Rated) |
| Number Of Discs | 5 |
| Product Dimensions | 7.75 x 5.5 x 1.75 inches; 1.02 pounds |
| Release Date | May 8, 2007 |
| Run Time | 12 hours and 30 minutes |
| Studio | HBO Studios |
| Subtitles | English, French, Spanish |
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Laughs, laughs, laughs 😃
Do you need hearty laughs? Always makes me feel better.Nutsy family with comical situations.
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Non Stop Comedy
Every epsoides will give you continued laughter.
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Great family TV show!!
I love this show and laughed so much watching this...this one is a great season...this was a great price and fast delivery...each disk works and in great shape...love it!! Only need a couple more season to have them all...
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good show to watch if you just need to laugh
this show is funny, however it goes into sexual themes way too much
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Season five
The fifth season will always have a special place in my heart because it's the first year I started watching the show. I was hooked and watched it until the end of its run, catching the earlier episodes when it entered syndication the next year. (Yes there was a time when this show wasn't in syndication.) The season starts off with the two part "Italy" message episode (Ray slowly learns to appreciate life in Italy). It's a nice change of pace for the series, but feels forced. The only thing that happens in Italy relevant to the rest of the series is Robert's meeting of a beautiful woman named Stefania who makes him question whether he should stick with his girlfriend Amy.This situation is further exploited to serve as the premise of the episodes "Meant to be" and "Stephania Arrives"Writer Tucker Cawley began to hit his stride this season and began to write some good but overrated episodes (The walk to the door, Silent partners, Ally's birth) I say overrated because if you analyze the episodes he wrote from this season forward, he uses the same plot device over and over again: Ray or Robert does or says something dumb that Debra, Amy, or both way overreact to and a huge argument ensues, which is usually smoothed over at the end. The arguing only got worse in season six, and I believe Cawley is partially to blame.Classic episodes from this season include "Humm Vac", "Christmas Present", "Fighting In-Laws", and "The Canister"Forgettable episodes include "The Sneeze" "What Good Are You?", "Fairies", and "Net Worth", where Ray invests money in the go-cart craze.
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More of the episodes that made Everybody Loves Raymond so popular
Season Five of Everybody Loves Raymond allows us to continue to follow along in the life of our favorite sportswriter and the rest of his immediate and extended family. This was a great cast; they complemented each other perfectly, and the situations into which they put themselves were really entertaining to watch. A great season of a great program.
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Everybody Loves Ray "5"
As always, We LOVE Ray!! It is just such a "Down to earth" show that deals with everyday life. Ray is always such an "idiot". Debra's cooking will never get better,(except for the stuffed beef). Marie will ALWAYS be there. Frank, Well........."Holy Crap!" And Robert will just remain Robert. (Except if he's Raybert)I can be having a very bad day, but pop in a Ray DVD, and the world is a better place!! Ya just Gotta LOVE Ray!!!
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Everybody Loves Raymond is true ...
We watched this show the first time on TV . Later we decided to have this show in our favorite collection. Fun, light and sometimes education show! CD’s came in excellent condition.
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Funniest sitcom out there!
This is one of the best and funniest sitcom I've ever watched! Each character is so funny and well picked for their parts. I watched a few episodes here and there on TV, but it's so great to have them all on DVD to watch whenever I please to do so. I recommend this complete fifth season (and all seasons for that matter) to anyone with a good sense of humour and a great sense of family value!
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Five Stars
Great smart and wholesome comedy
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great show to watch and laugh
you need a good laugh get this very funny
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