Everybody Loves Raymond - "The Ride Along" (1998)

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06/19/20 • 72 min

We loved Raymond because he made us think about how much we hate our families. Tara Lipinski and Michelle Kwan were on Wheaties boxes probably for weird reasons. What were the aughts, anyways? Imagine Tom Selleck's hands. Your brain is like half TV shows. Being boring is a sin in America and it's also the way you probably ought to try to live.

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You can help support the show and get exclusive content each month by joining our $5 Patreon tier.

At low-effort content—where okay is okay—we make stuff and share it with you to celebrate life with curiosity, creativity, and compassion...kind of...sometimes.

You can contact us & buy our coffee mugs and things.

And you can listen to our shows:

Make Mine a Double Feature, where Rob & Ellen have a few drinks and tell each other movie stories in all kinds of ways—like backwards or in the form of letters or from the POV of a side character.

Kid. Dad. Songs. Yeah!, where Rob & Felix talk about music.

Trivial Television, where Ellen & Rob recap TV episodes while sprinkling in facts, fictions, and trivia questions.

Booyah 90s Now, where Rob & Joe break down what it’s been like to live under the influence of 90s media.

Trading Up!, where Rob barely tries to learn how to trade stocks.

Thanks for hanging out.

Take care.

Previous Episode

Smallville, "Leech" (2002)

Upon listener request, we're talking high school boy Clark Kent and the beautifully bald older man who likes to be near him.

After a bit of a detailed look at Rob's 2002 life, the boys note that Slobodan Milošević was, in fact, a person who did war crime type things, then it's all weird UPN/WB/CW television talk. How did Rob watch so many hours of Gilmore Girls if he hates it so much? What's with all these shows feeling the same? Is Smallville like Buffy with worse effects, dialogue, and storytelling? Does Snickers care if the crazy spiraling camerawork nauseates Joe?

Also, briefly, a sex cult.

Next Episode

Jeopardy!

Alex Trebek trained thousands of pit bulls to teach orphan human babies how to live happy lives. You know...maybe. He could have. Joe's mom loves nun humor. The way Rob says punt makes Joe feel gross. Rebecca is so good at trivia that one time she stayed at a Red Roof Inn. Rob could've been a world-renowned quiz show question writer. If you're an Alex Trebek groupie, prepare to be alienated.

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At low-effort content—where okay is okay—we make stuff and share it with you to celebrate life with curiosity, creativity, and compassion...kind of...sometimes.

You can contact us & buy our coffee mugs and things.

And you can listen to our shows:

Make Mine a Double Feature, where Rob & Ellen have a few drinks and tell each other movie stories in all kinds of ways—like backwards or in the form of letters or from the POV of a side character.

Kid. Dad. Songs. Yeah!, where Rob & Felix talk about music.

Trivial Television, where Ellen & Rob recap TV episodes while sprinkling in facts, fictions, and trivia questions.

Booyah 90s Now, where Rob & Joe break down what it’s been like to live under the influence of 90s media.

Trading Up!, where Rob barely tries to learn how to trade stocks.

Thanks for hanging out.

Take care.