I don’t know about you, but I thought that Ray Romano named his sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond because he was so vain and thought everyone loves him. Well, I was wrong.
This morning when he was on Good Morning America, he told him that his brother, Richard, came up with that name, “My brother was a New York City police officer and he used to compare our lives. He would say, ‘I go to work. I get shot at. Raymond goes to work, and everybody loves Raymond.'”
Romano then told the anchors his brother meant it to be sarcastic, and the actor wasn’t a fan of it. However, the other producers liked it and used it as a working title. They promised Ray they wouldn’t use it if it got picked up to series.
Well, CBS loved it, and the rest is history.
So has Romano gotten to love the name after 27 years? “It works. I am not complaining. We did OK,” he said.
I hope Richard is being compensated for coming up with the title that has been heard around the world.
