# 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:** 9\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2015, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/81 "2015-06-12T20:34:55Z")
> [@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. There’s a funny random line in a late season episode where Paul says, “What the hell ever happened to Selby?” ETA: sorry I missed someone else pointed out this exact line. ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/82 "2015-06-13T05:39:04Z")
A groundbreaking show. The first openly lesbian couple on network TV. ---
**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 13, 2015, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/83 "2015-06-13T13:15:56Z")
> [@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. You’re right, it was in favor of Ira. I remembered wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/84 "2015-06-13T13:26:15Z")
I loved Nat the dog walker (Hank Azaria). It’s sad that his and Helen Hunt’s marriage only lasted a year though. ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/85 "2015-06-13T15:10:56Z")
> [@Lochdale](#): > > A groundbreaking show. The first openly lesbian couple on network TV. Oneof the best monents of the shoow us when their moher Sylvia is about to kill herself when the daughter comes out until she learns the girlfriend is a doctor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Lochdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@Lochdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lochdale)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/86 "2015-06-13T21:03:17Z")
> [@epbrown01](#): > > Oneof the best monents of the shoow us when their moher Sylvia is about to kill herself when the daughter comes out until she learns the girlfriend is a doctor. 🙂 I meant Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/87 "2015-06-13T22:10:10Z")
I still love Mad About You, and it’s because as pointless as the plots were, they were just the backdrop for Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt to wisecrack. There were so many unrelated jokes during a conversation that the story didn’t matter. For instance, Paul and Jamie were walking along the sidewalk talking about something, and Paul stops, looks down, and says, “What did I step in, veal?” ---
**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 13, 2015, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/88 "2015-06-13T22:59:52Z")
> [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](#): > > I still love Mad About You, and it’s because as pointless as the plots were, they were just the backdrop for Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt to wisecrack. Yes. “Did we have another one of those fights where I wasn’t there?” 🙂 The most stupid plot that I recall was the doorknob breaking off the bathroom door, trapping them inside. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985/89 "2015-06-14T01:18:01Z")
> [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](#): > > I still love Mad About You, and it’s because as pointless as the plots were, they were just the backdrop for Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt to wisecrack. There were so many unrelated jokes during a conversation that the story didn’t matter. For instance, Paul and Jamie were walking along the sidewalk talking about something, and Paul stops, looks down, and says, “What did I step in, veal?” I remember one where Helen Hunt is complaining to someone (her sister?) about always having to save her. It went something like: Hunt: “Meanwhile, I’m always following you around with a net!” Other: “Who is Annette?” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mad-about-you/721985.md?page=4)