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The credits of every episode ofEverybody Loves Raymondwould note that the show is based onRay Romanos material.
But, heres the thing about kids: You get older; they also get older.
The result feels both like one of Romanos classic jokes and wholly new.
Listen to the episode and read a short excerpt of the discussion below.
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Hes out of gas.
She goes, Just call him.
So I call him, frustrated and worried.
I had so many questions, and there was no urgency in his voice.
Just, Yeah, Dad.
That exact exchange, word for word, happened.
Whats the traffic like?
And his response: Behind me its bad, but its moving in front of me.
He thinks theyre ultimately getting home faster.
They let me pop on.
Before I would do it in my house, in the mirror, whatever.
Now I do it out loud in the car on the way to the club.
I usually go with another comic, a buddy of mine.
He drives, I take my paper out, and I just keep saying it till something clicks.
And so, on the way to the club, Im trying to figure out a beginning to it.
I finally got to,Oh, this kid shouldnt drive.
I make her sound a little like Edith Bunker.
Does your wife have that perspective?No, no, the opposite.
My wifes harder on them than I am.
Im the guy who stayed home till he was 29.
Im the guy who tells her, I lived at home until I was 29.
And shes like, Stop saying that in front of them.
You set up the point of the bit very quickly.
Why do we give 16-year-olds licenses?
My son doesnt care about anything.
But I say stuff before about how slacker he is.
Like when he says, I havent showered in four days.
My wife wants them to move out, but then Im gonna run out of material.
You were doing stand-up before you were married and especially before you had kids.
I did the line, I have a 3-year-old girl and twin 1-year-olds.
And how trying it is and how tired you are.
Then I would do bits about wanting to get out of the house.
But they know deep down,Yes, thats how I feel.
You love them, but oh my God, you want to get away from them sometimes.
I think that set me off a little onto a nice hook there.
Not a hook, but my …
A direction.Yeah, a direction.
Yeah, I mean, look, its a weird way to come up.
The twins were 3 or 4 when it started, and they were 12 when it ended.
That was their world, and there was a lot of anxiety for them.
Im the only one that this has happened to; everything else is everyday life for them.
I feel guilty but they have a trampoline and a theater.
It sounds stupid to say you miss this because this was the hard part.
You have to win them over.
That can never happen again.
And that was part of the reason I wanted to do it unannounced in the club.
