[Balding_Eagle]

Raymond is funny, but his wife is a real *itch. Can't watch it 'cuz of her. She's just not funny.

[Romish_Papist]

I rather like Patricia Heaton. She's very pro-life as well. I like her character too, it's the mother that I CANNOT STAND!

[massgopguy]

Great. She's one of the few Conservatives in Hollywood and you don't like her character.

[Wolfie]

Raymond is funny, but his wife is a real *itch. Can't watch it 'cuz of her. She's just not funny.

The series should end with a divorce. Those two characters clearly don't like each other.

[Tanniker Smith]

Raymond is funny, but his wife is a real *itch. Can't watch it 'cuz of her. She's just not funny.

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Yeah, but she's hot. And she's a conservative. With principles. She even walked out of an awards show (where, I believe, she was supposed to present) after a lewd performance was given.

Granted, her character is supposed to be my age, so if you're younger, you might not see it. I find it hard to believe that she's actually a couple of years older than me. In fact, in the episode where someone sneezes on Ray in the airport (offscreen), she's practically draped over a pillow wearing a teddy -- and there was a followup scene a couple of weeks ago.

That said, yeah, a lot of times, her character is a b*tch, but sometimes the only person with any common sense can come across that way.

TS

[Chunga]

"She's just not funny."

Her character is a comedic foil, like Audrey Meadows was to Jackie Gleason or Bud Abbott was to Lou Costello.

In other words, Raymond gets to be funny in situations with her because she's playing it straight most of the time. It's the actress's job and she does it extremely well.

The idea of a straight man/woman is a very important element of comedy and has been for centuries, if not millenia.

[stig]

Raymond is funny, but his wife is a real *itch. Can't watch it 'cuz of her. She's just not funny.

She's not supposed to be funny she's the straight man of the comedy act.

[Hatteras]

When the show ends I'd be surprised to see the wife (Patricia Heaton) in any other shows. She's a wonderful and fierce pro-life conservative.

[A knight without armor]

,,,,,,,,,Raymond is funny, but his wife is a real *itch. Can't watch it 'cuz of her. She's just not funny.
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I agree with you. The wife's *itchyness spoils it for me frequently. Even when they write the show where it comes out in her favor her angry attitude makes it not worth while. Recently a rerun had her asking herself and Ray why DID she marry him? I have wondered that myself because she constantly finds him stupid, smelly, lazy, and refuses him sex.

If the character roles were reversed and Raymond had that attitude towards her it would be considered terrible and so boorish.

I actually do love Raymond and the others but I concur with you, Deborah is a downer.

[rwfromkansas]

She is a conservative Republican in real life.