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Bully on the Bus

Episode Number: 86    Season Num: 4    First Aired: Monday January 17, 2000    Prod Code: 9913
Ray and Debra have differing points of view on how best to handle the situation when they learn that Ally has been bullying another child on the school bus. Ray thinks Ally's pushiness and "don't take any crap from anyone" attitude comes from Debra. Meanwhile, Debra thinks if she doesn't instill that independence in Ally, she'll end up being a wuss--just like her dad. But, when push comes to shove and they confront Ally about how to better her behavior, they find themselves questioning their own parenting abilities.

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Writer: Tucker Cawley
Director: Will Mackenzie
Star: Ray Romano (Raymond Albert Barone),  Patricia Heaton (Debra Barone),  Brad Garrett (Robert Barone),  Doris Roberts (Marie Barone),  Peter Boyle (Frank Barone),  Madylin Sweeten (Ally Barone),  Sawyer Sweeten (Geoffery Barone),  Sullivan Sweeten (Michael Barone)
Guest Star: Ja'net DuBois (Dottie),  Cody Morgan (Todd Feeney),  Andre Jamal Kinney (Kid #1),  Tommy Aquino (Kid #2),  Steffani Brass (Girl at Bus Stop)

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Ray: Boy, you know, it's a good thing we didn't know each other when we were kids, because I wouldn't have liked you.
Debra: Hey, I wouldn't have liked you either, okay?
Ray: Always standing in your little groups, whispering, making fun of the kid whose mom drops off his snowpants.
Debra: (laughs) Snowpants!
Ray: There was a good chance of snow! (edit)
Ray: (about Ally's bullying ways) You know, I don't want to point a finger here, but she's this way because of you.
Debra: Excuse me?!?
Ray: Yeah. You're the role model for her. I'm not the woman here.
Debra: Oh no? (edit)
Ray: I rode Ally's bus to school.
Debra: You did?
Ray: Yeah, and Ally's the bully!
Debra: What?
Ray: Well, Dottie told me--
Debra: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Dottie?
Ray: The bus driver. Take an interest! (edit)
Frank: (about Ally being bullied) This really bunches my shorts!
Ray: What are you talking about? You care?
Frank: Hey, we're talking about my granddaughter here. Of course I care!
Ray: Yeah, the way you cared when we got bullied? (imitates Frank) "Stop crying, people are looking at us!"
Robert: You never stuck up for us, ever.
Frank: Ally's a girl, Nancy. (edit)
Marie: Frank, why are you still here? You said that you were going across the street to read the twins a bedtime story.
Frank: I did. And when Hazel and Gretal got away from the witch, I got inspired and stayed here. (edit)

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Notice how the school bus is dead silent the entire time that Ray is riding on it. Anyone who has ridden on a bus full of kids knows that it is extremely rare for there to be absolutely no noise level. (edit)
In the first scene, Debra tells Ray that some kid on the bus was picking on Ally, and that's all she said--"some kid." But in the next scene, Ray tells Frank and Robert that it was a boy, and then they tell Marie that it was a boy named Todd Feeney. How would Ray know that? Debra never gave him the child's name. (edit)

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