Episode
Everybody Loves Raymond: The Ball
Overview
Ray discovers that the autographed Mickey Mantle ball he got as a kid from his father isn't authentic. Feeling hurt by the fact that his father wasn't truthful about the ball, Ray decides he's going to tell Ally the truth about Santa Claus.
Details
- Series
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 12
- Air date
- 1996-12-20
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
The Ball is Episode 12 in Season 1 of Everybody Loves Raymond. It aired on 1996-12-20. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 11: Captain Nemo
When Ray's free time goes to coaching Nemo's basketball team in preparation for the Pizza League championships, he is reminded by Debra that their kids are growing up fast and he's missing precious time with them.
Episode 13: Debra's Sick
When Debra comes down with the flu and is bedridden, so now the inexperienced Raymond must take care of her and the three kids.
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Episode 14: Who's Handsome?
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Episode 9: Win, Lose or Draw
Ray gets tired of being treated like a kid at his father's poker game, so he decides to ignore his father's advice and ends up losing all his money.
Episode 15: The Car
Debra, already annoyed at getting stuck driving the old car Ray bought from his parents, really gets upset when she discovers that it was his old "make-out-mobile."
Episode 8: In-Laws
When Ray's upper class in-laws come for a visit, he begs his parents to be nice to them. Ray admits to his parents that he doesn't always see eye-to-eye with Debra's folks but manages to fake it, and he'd like his parents to do the same when they all go out and try to have a family dinner.
Episode 16: Diamonds
Ray finds out that the diamond on Debra's engagement ring is a fake, so he steals it from her to get it changed, only to find out after that she already had it exchanged it with her grandma's $15,000 diamond.
Episode 7: Your Place or Mine?
Marie gets fed up with Frank after 40 years of marriage and moves in with Ray and Debra. Ray and Robert enjoy being mothered by Marie, while Debra spends quality time with Frank.
Episode 17: The Game
When Ray and his family play a game of Scruples after their cable goes out, they find themselves arguing about honesty. To make matters worse, when Ray complains to the cable company about the disruption in service, he is informed that he has an illegal hookup.
Episode 6: Frank, the Writer
When Frank gets a few anecdotes published in Reader's Digest, he submits his writing samples to Ray's editor, hoping to get his own column in the newspaper.
Episode 18: Recovering Pessimist
When Debra tries to change Ray's pessimistic attitude about winning the Sports Writer of the Year Award, he agrees to change his ways and become more positive, but he soon has to suffer the downside of being the only optimist in his family.