A message from Sharee D.
I just recently watched 95 miles to go on HBO. I am wondering if I will be able to purchase this documentary? If so where? Also what made you decide to make a documentary?
Thank you,


The documentary was my friend Tom Caltobiano's idea. We were doing a comedy tour and he thought why not document it. I kinda went along with it, but it was really his idea. Actually we explain it all on the extras that the DVD will have on it. It should come out in a couple months. Thanks for watching it; hope the scene in my underwear didn't disturb you too much.

Ray

Loretta C. asks:
I was eating dinner when you came into Roberto's Restaurant in the Belmont section of the Bronx on April 7, 2004. How did you learn about Roberto's and did you enjoy your meal?

Did I enjoy the meal? Fuhgeddaboutit!!! My younger brother suggested Arthur Ave. and that restaurant. It was great stuff. Everyone was real friendly and helpful; the food was delicious and really authentic Italian. We didn't even have to order; Roberto just kept bringing out his specials, which were out of this world! My wife, of Italian descent, was very impressed as well. Isn’t that Arthur Ave. the area where the De Niro movie “A Bronx Tale” was filmed?

Dave M. asks:
I was watching a rerun of Cosby and saw you and Peter Boyle as the Barones, and I was wondering if your show was a sort of spin-off of Cosby or if it was somehow mingled together like a crossover? P.S. I also have twin boys who are near 9 and it is the greatest thing in the world!!

Growing up, Cosby was my idol. I used to listen to his album, "To Russell, My Brother, Whom I Slept With" over and over. When our show first started, it aired on Fridays, and struggled. Cosby became a big supporter of ELR and helped to get it placed on Mondays, after his show. Surreal? Damn right it was!! That crossover happened after our show had been on the air for a year or two. It was a thrill for me to share the small screen with a hero of mine. Now, if I could get a guest spot on Spongebob, I'd be set.

Jill B. asks:
Why won't you do any movies with nude scenes?

Ray replies:
I would, if they make the movie "Flat-Ass Comes to Town."

A message from Shana C.
Howdy, you may think this is a little rude, but do you think Lara Flynn Boyle has a humungous head, that is way to big for her body?

Hey, my head's no pea-pod, so I'm in no position to comment on her's.

A message from Matt B.
I just saw Seinfeld's documentary "Comedian" and I was just curious: in your 15+ years of doing stand-up comedy, how often did you refresh your
material? In other words, how long would you use established material before you put together a new set? In connection with that question, how many minutes of new material would you put together before you felt like you had a new routine? Thank you for your time.

Man, did you see how jealous I was of Seinfeld? A whole new hour of material?!! When I was doing stand-up full time, I would constantly try new material on stage and incorporate it into my act, but it was a slow process. I always felt like I had an hour of material, no matter how long I did stand-up because as the new stuff came in I would throw some old stuff out that was stale and out-dated. Now of course I have no time for my act, although I wish I did because I still like to do stand-up. And let me tell you, as hard as it is to write material, when you come up with that new bit, it recharges your whole act. It's a high you're on, a feeling that you've just created this thing, this piece, this little nugget of comedy that will last for a long time. (Hopefully.)

A message from Linda H.
First, you have the most fabulous show on television. It is hilarious and every cast member is hysterical.

Now, about tonight's show. I'm single and I don't agree with Robert's take on being single. I'm not too sensitive about issues typically, but I kind of get tired of how singles are characterized. It's as if we are not whole because we have not found that someone special. We are not good enough, or something's wrong with us because we haven't found anyone. Now I know that you deal with a lot of sensitive issues with humor, but this particular storyline could have been dealt with with less pity on Robert for being single. This is the only time that I've ever taken exception with any of your shows...for what it's worth.
We in no way are trying to say that single people have unfulfilled lives. Robert is a person who would like to get married. That's his feelings and that's what we talk about. if you notice, Gianni is single and happy, so of course everyone has there own wants and desires and deserves to be happy any way they want.
Thanks for the kind words about the show.

A message from Becky D.
On one of your episodes, you were shown playing the piano. My mother and I would like to know
if that was really you playing the piano?
That was me, and it's one of two songs I still remember how to play. My mother is a Julliard graduate, a pianist, and she taught my brothers and I how to play when we were young. Of course, like most things, I didn't stay with it and now wish I had. Thank god comedy was something I developed a passion for.

A message from Lucia Y.
Just wanted to ask why you decided to put Robert back together with Amy? Wouldn't it have been funnier to have him get back together with Stephonia and have a big Italian Wedding? Especially with her psycho Dad and Robert's parents. I can just imagine Marie trying to take over everything having to do with their wedding?


I think it was kind of clear to all of us that Amy was the true love in his life, and in time they would be together. Don't worry, we'll get some good comedy out of there relationship.

A message from Andrew A.
Did you ever appear at the "Catch A Rising Star" club located at the Hyatt Regency Princeton (NJ), perhaps in the early 1990s?

Yes, I appeared there about every three or four months in the early nineties. It was a pretty good club, as I remember. I think the last time I played there I co- headlined with Jon Stewart. I use to really like that gig.