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Fans of I Love Lucy, rejoice: Lucille Ball has been reincarnated, and she goes by the name Ray Romano. Like his (and her) hit CBS sitcom, Romano’s first foray into the world of live action movies is straight out of the 1950s, in ways both amiably amusing and jarringly old-fashioned...
With less fanfare but nearly equal ratings, Romano’s derivatively titled Everybody Loves Raymond has set itself up as television’s anti-Friends. Where Friends focuses on sex-obsessed singles in glamorous New York City, Romano’s sitcom household seems to be located in Eisenhower-era suburbs. His character lives with a nagging stay-at-home wife and wholesome children who emerge from their rooms only occasionally to star in the school play or participate in some sort of sports championship...
Despite the film’s shortcomings in the area of character development, its good-natured tone and sitcom-simple story make it pleasant enough while it’s onscreen. But in one significant way, Mooseport diverges from its Leave It to Beaver sensibilities, and not by treating complicated social problems or political challenges authentically or intelligently...
...became this weird version of E! that I hated until I started getting invited on all the time to talk endlessly about stuff like My Two Dads. It doesn't pay, but where else can I espouse my My Two Dads theory that it's wrong to make a sitcom about a promiscuous dead mother...
...identity. Then, a few weeks ago, two VH1 execs called me and asked if I would be the host of a show they're thinking about. It's a blend of scripted and reality programming, they said, in which I would interview people and then we would write a sitcom around it. They were, in fact, pitching me back the idea I gave them five years ago. Deep inside, I'm afraid I'll say yes. --By Joel Stein