Everybody Loves Raymond: The Bird

Air Date

Monday November 24, 2003

Production Code

0309

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  10 Perfect

  The barones spend Thanksgiving at Hank and Pat's house and everyone is getting along. Until a bird hits the house and Pat "Puts it out of his misery" and everyone freaks out. hide show

  This the funniest episode yet. My favourite part is when Amy says that her mom grew up on a farm and Frank says, "I bet the chickens slept with one eye open". After he said that, I couldn't stop myslef from laughing. I also like when Marie thinks that Hank and Pat are going feed them to the snakes and Ray, "No snake is not that hungry".

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• Stars

  • Ray Romano Raymond Albert Barone
  • Monica Horan Amy MacDougall-Barone
  • Sullivan Sweeten Michael Barone
  • Sawyer Sweeten Geoffrey Barone
  • Madylin Sweeten Ally Barone
  • Peter Boyle Frank Barone
  • Doris Roberts Marie Barone
  • Brad Garrett Robert Barone
  • Patricia Heaton Debra Barone

• Recurring Roles

  • Georgia Engel Pat MacDougall
  • Chris Elliott Peter MacDougall
  • Fred Willard Hank MacDougall

• Directors

  • Kenneth Shapiro Director

• Writers

  • Mike Royce Writer
  • Jeremy Stevens Writer
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• Frank is appalled that Pat would kill a bird, or any living creature, for that matter, and yet in Season 7's "The Thought that Counts", Frank boldly admitted that he killed a bird once. [edit]
• At the beginning of the episode, when Debra and the kids are all sitting on the couch, the twins are slouched way back, and one of them has his eyes closed, like he is sleeping. In-between shots, though, the twins are sitting up, laying down, and sitting back up again. [edit]

• When Debra and the kids come in wearing their Pilgrim and Indian apparel, Debra's Pilgrim hat is completely backwards for the entire scene, which lasts a good ten minutes. Series creator Phil Rosenthal has said that actress Patricia Heaton put the hat on this way during rehearsal, seemingly unaware that it was wrong. It helped the comedy, and everyone liked it so much that they decided to keep it in the episode. [edit]

• Pat: (Reading her lines from the script) We don't even know how to catch fish. Whatever shall we do?
  Frank: She should try strangling a couple of birds.
  Hank: Does anyone hear savages? [edit]
• Marie: You can't just put on a happy face and pretend that everything's wonderful. I have always believed that if I was going to be a proper human being, I also had to have the courage to be honest with people. Being fake helps no one. (Pat looks at her husband with a small smirk) What? What was that look for?
  Pat: It's nothing, it's just that... earlier, you said that you brought two pies in case people didn't fill up on dinner. I don't think you were particularly happy about spending Thanksgiving with us, but you covered your true feelings with a veiled insult about my cooking. Isn't that right? [edit]
• Frank: Maybe that's why I like animals so much; they tell it like it is. Moo! Quack! Bark! That's straight shooting! [edit]

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