# Mad About You **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 8, 2015, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985 "2015-06-08T16:39:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2015, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/61 "2015-06-10T01:55:49Z")
May I buy you some pie? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/62 "2015-06-11T13:30:02Z")
I’m between the two camps. To this day, I don’t think I’ve seen seasons 6 and 7, though I watched the final ep. But since the show left the air I have regularly re-watched the early seasons and even have the dvds for the first two (which sold so poorly I don’t think they released the rest). Just last week I watched the one where Paul’s father is in the hospital and he and Jaime stay with his mother, and “Eighteen years in this room and I’ve never made it past this point, I’m begging you.” is still one of my favorite lines. The Lauper eps are the ones I re-watch most because that character cracks me up, especially once she’s a countess. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/63 "2015-06-11T13:52:47Z")
The finale was really good IMO. There’s a scene where they’re coming back from burying Paul’s father. In the elevator afterwards, all the couples are holding hands and his mom realizes she has no one’s hands to hold. Poignant. They also got Mel Brooks and Carol Burnett to star in a few funny episodes as relatives of the couple. I think my least favorite episode was the one where Paul Reiser gives himself a “genius grant.” Um no. Nope. Uh-uh. Just no fucking way. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/64 "2015-06-11T14:19:37Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > “Eighteen years in this room and I’ve never made it past this point, I’m begging you.” What does his Mother say when she walks in on they lying on Paul’s bed? “Every day”, or “All the time” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/65 "2015-06-11T15:54:49Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > … But since the show left the air I have regularly re-watched the early seasons and even have the dvds for the first two (which sold so poorly I don’t think they released the rest). … The list of seasons [released](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_About_You#DVD_releases) on DVD is indeed slow and paltry. First 5 so far with the last two supposedly held up due to music rights. Region 2 did stop at season 2. If the music is an issue for the last 2 seasons, why are they still in syndication? Usually music causes a problem for both DVDs and reruns. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/66 "2015-06-11T16:14:01Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > What does his Mother say when she walks in on they lying on Paul’s bed? > “Every day”, or “All the time” or something like that. “My god, can’t you skip a night?” ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/67 "2015-06-11T17:13:59Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > “My god, can’t you skip a night?” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SirRay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@SirRay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SirRay)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/68 "2015-06-11T17:43:04Z")
Not much to add besides admitting I watched Mad About You when it ran on prime-time… Except one episode always comes to my mind when that perennial SDMB thread topic “How would an older movie or show plot be affected by cell-phones” comes around, and that would be the Jamie’s 30th birthday episode where they get separated on the subway and Paul hasn’t had a chance to tell Jamie what the plans are for the night - clichéd humor ensues. Come to think about it, Seinfeld had at least two of those (the movie theatre meet-up one, and the Bubble Boy one), probably more. It does suck nowadays that when I see the name Jamie, I think of a middle-aged, walrus-mustached, beret-wearing special effects artist who likes to blows things up, instead of young Helen Hunt ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/69 "2015-06-11T18:32:08Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > The list of seasons [released](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad_About_You#DVD_releases) on DVD is indeed slow and paltry. First 5 so far with the last two supposedly held up due to music rights. Region 2 did stop at season 2. > > If the music is an issue for the last 2 seasons, why are they still in syndication? Usually music causes a problem for both DVDs and reruns. When licensing music, reruns have been included in contracts for decades but DVD was new. They never considered it and it didn’t become a consideration until the early 2000s I would say. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/70 "2015-06-11T18:55:27Z")
> [@SirRay](#): > > Come to think about it, Seinfeld had at least two of those (the movie theatre meet-up one And thank goodness for that! They way they describe each other when the other person isn’t there (“face like a frying pan”) is one of my favorite gags. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/71 "2015-06-11T22:59:03Z")
> [@SirRay](#): > > It does suck nowadays that when I see the name Jamie, I think of a middle-aged, walrus-mustached, beret-wearing special effects artist who likes to blows things up, instead of young Helen Hunt ☹ I think of a one-handed sister fucker, so you are one up on me. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/72 "2015-06-12T00:07:18Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I think of a one-handed sister fucker, so you are one up on me. Where did that come from? ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/73 "2015-06-12T02:11:18Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Where did that come from? Game of Thrones ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/74 "2015-06-12T02:55:40Z")
> [@Achren](#): > > Game of Thrones Spoiler! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/75 "2015-06-12T08:09:40Z")
I had a pretty big crush on Belinda Carlisle in her pop period, so yeah, of course. Wait, they never used that song on the show, the connection is just in my head. I liked the show. They had a good cast. I did feel bad for Selby’s actor being written out in favor of the married friends. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/76 "2015-06-12T10:02:49Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I did feel bad for Selby’s actor being written out in favor of the married friends. In favour of Ira, surely? Ira fulfilled the same role as “Pau’ls friend from before Jamie”, shows up just as Selby dissappears mysteriously and was then implied to have always been there. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/77 "2015-06-12T11:55:21Z")
> [@Mr\_Shine](#): > > In favour of Ira, surely? Ira fulfilled the same role as “Pau’ls friend from before Jamie”, shows up just as Selby dissappears mysteriously and was then implied to have always been there. Yeah, “the married friends” (Fran and Mark) were there from the beginning. Indeed, they split up for awhile around the end of the first season, just around the same time that Selby vanished. It was Ira who assumed the Selby role as Paul’s still-single buddy. Ironically enough, during Mark’s absence, Ira and Fran became friends with benefits for a few episodes. So thoroughly did Ira assume Selby’s role that there are plots that I remember Ira being in, only to watch the first season DVDs and realize that it was actually Selby. 🙂 There was a late season episode where Paul said, rather out of the blue, “Whatever happened to that guy Selby?” ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/78 "2015-06-12T19:05:29Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > I had a pretty big crush on Belinda Carlisle in her pop period, so yeah, of course. > > Wait, they never used that song on the show, the connection is just in my head. I get that earworm whenever I see this thread! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/79 "2015-06-12T20:04:55Z")
Paul Reiser was always completely insufferable, and in discussing _Aliens_ recently (his most satisfying performance because he gets killed horribly), we talked about how _MAY_ would’ve been significantly better if they had killed his character every episode, like Kenny in _South Park_. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/80 "2015-06-12T20:23:20Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > Paul Reiser was always completely insufferable, and in discussing _Aliens_ recently (his most satisfying performance because he gets killed horribly), we talked about how _MAY_ would’ve been significantly better if they had killed his character every episode, like Kenny in _South Park_. What happened to his hair? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985.md?page=5)