Ray Romano reveals unexpected way 'Everybody Loves Raymond' got it's name: 'I was so petrified'
foxnews.comIt has been over 25 years since the premiere of "Everybody Loves Raymond," starring comedian Ray Romano, and he just shared a surprising fact about the beloved show. "Feels like another lifetime, it really does," Romano said in an interview on "Good Morning America" Wednesday.
He also shared the unexpected origin of the sitcom’s name. "My brother was a New York City police officer, and he used to compare our lives and he would say, ‘I go to work, I get shot at.
Raymond goes to work and everybody loves Raymond,’" the comedian said, adding, "That was a sarcastic comment" from his brother.
He continued, "They used it as a working title when we were writing it. And I was so petrified, and he goes, ‘no, no, we’ll change it.’ And then CBS fell in love with the title, and here we are." "Everybody Loves Raymond" aired on CBS from 1996 to 2005 and starred Romano as Ray Barone, a sportswriter living on Long Island across the street from his family.
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