More than two decades after it launched and over 15 years after it aired its series finale, “Everybody Loves Raymond” remains a popular and enduring sitcom. Based on the stand-up comedy of Ray Romano, the show follows the Barone family as they go through daily life on Long Island and grapple with everything from marriage to parenting to domineering mothers-in-law.
The show quickly became a hit after premiering on CBS in 1996, remaining popular throughout its run and well into syndication in no small part because of the interplay of its core cast. Even when the Barones were fighting, it always seemed like a show where everyone was having fun, and that’s seen very clearly in the show’s blooper reels. “Everybody Loves Raymond” is a very funny series, but what happens when the cast flubs a line, misses a mark, or flat-out throws the script out the window is often even more hilarious. We combed through the bloopers to find the best “Everybody Loves Raymond” moments that turned out funnier than the scenes that made it on TV.
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“The Garage Sale” is a pivotal Season 2 episode of “Everybody Loves Raymond” because it shows the Barone clan digging through their past for items to put in the title event and discovering things about themselves in the process. It’s a great use of a simple premise to say a lot about the characters, particularly Ray (Ray Romano) and Debra (Patricia Heaton) as they grapple with whether or not to have more children, and it all begins with a very basic setup.
In one of the episode’s establishing scenes, Frank Barone (Peter Boyle) realizes that he can make some money off of all the old junk he has around the house and begins the process of talking the rest of the family into having a garage sale on the front lawn. As seen in the blooper, Frank is supposed to say “garage sale,” the title of the episode, but Boyle has a different idea of what he’s supposed to say. The result is Boyle flip-flopping on the line, then bursting into an impromptu lecture to the audience over which version “sounds classier.” It’s a great Peter Boyle moment and a reminder of what a fun actor he was, despite Frank’s grumpy nature.
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Patricia Heaton had one of the most difficult roles on “Everybody Loves Raymond.” As Debra Barone, she was often tasked with playing the straight man to her husband’s goofball. In many scenes, that meant Heaton had to memorize long, complex speeches so her character could break things down for Ray, and sometimes those complicated monologues came with stumbling blocks. Thankfully, there was always someone on-set to remind her of the correct line, including her TV daughter.
In the Season 2 episode “The Checkbook,” Debra has a scene explaining to Ray how she manages the family’s budget every month because Ray decides he’d like to try handling some of it himself. It’s a speech full of little details about expenses, debt, balancing the checkbook, and other key financial terms. Along the way, however, Heaton gets tripped up by the specific phrasing of a critical detail. While Heaton tries to laugh it off and move on to another take, her young co-star Madylin Sweeten, who plays daughter Ally Barone, reveals that she knew the line all along. It’s a moment that turns a dry speech into something very fun.
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