Episode
Everybody Loves Raymond: The Children's Book
Overview
Sick of reading Ally the same stories night after night, Debra decides to try her hand at writing a children's book.
Details
- Series
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1997-11-10
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
The Children's Book is Episode 8 in Season 2 of Everybody Loves Raymond. It aired on 1997-11-10. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 7: Working Late Again
After Debra reads a newspaper article about people who enjoy being at work more than being at home, she convinces Ray to set up a home office.
Episode 9: The Gift
Ray, feeling guilty about only getting his dad a card for his 65th. birthday, makes up for it by buying him a fancy and expensive aquarium just like the one he always admired in the Chinese restaurant. Frank, at first adores the gift, but after one of the fish dies, he starts hating it.
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Episode 11: The Letter
When Marie crashes and ruins her Tupperware party, Debra decides that she's had just about enough of her mother-in-law's constant interference. She puts pen to paper and writes a letter to her mother-in-law.
Episode 4: Mozart
When Ally wants to quit learning the piano, Ray decides to resume his interest in the piano in order to teach his daughter a lesson about quitting.
Episode 12: All I Want for Christmas
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Episode 13: Civil War
Feeling left out when he thinks that his father selectively asked his brother to join a Civil War re-enactment, Ray voluntarily enlists for the Battle of Gettysburg. As the men prepare for Battle, a funny thing happens, Ray is finally able to tell Frank that he wishes they did more together.
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Episode 14: Mia Famiglia
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