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Mad About You was an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23 1992 to May 24 1999. It is being released on DVD and syndicated for reruns on Oxygen Network and Nick at Nite in the U.S. and on other stations across the globe. The show starred Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt as a newly married couple in New York City. Reiser played Paul Buchman, a documentary film maker. Hunt played Jamie Stemple Buchman, a public relations specialist. Near the end of the show's run, the couple had a baby daughter, whom they named Mabel.
Helen Hunt and Paul Reiser were paid $1 million per show for the last season, but ratings fell sharply that year. The series placed 65th weekly, with many critics accusing it of relying too heavily on slapstick humor and "very special episodes". The show's theme song, Final Frontier, was composed by Reiser and Don Was. The theme was originally performed by Andrew Gold, but a version performed by Anita Baker made its debut midway through the 1997 season. Baker's version was used for the rest of the show's run and appears on the show's soundtrack album. (Gold's version is available on the collection Thank You For Being A Friend: The Best Of Andrew Gold.)
Main charactersImage:Mad-about-you-in-window.jpg Paul & Jamie Buchman with their dog, Murray Jamie BuchmanJamie Buchman was the younger daughter of Gus and Theresa Stemple. After seven boyfriends at Yale University, she met Paul Buchman at a New York newsstand by stealing his copy of The New York Times with an impossible excuse. Her relationship with her mother-in-law is a revolving source of jokes on the show. Paul Buchman
MurrayMurray is the Buchmans' dog and a fan favorite because the dog, the show settled on late in the first season, followed instructions very well. He was a puppy when Paul found him, and met Jamie while walking him. He will sometimes chase an invisible mouse, and will end up banging his head against something. In the two-part series finale, The Final Frontier, adult Mabel says that Murray died when she was six, but she was not told until she was twelve. Fran DevanowJamie's best friend, Fran Devanow was the Regional Vice President at Farrer-Gantz Public Relations who hired Jamie as her assistant. Near 1989 Fran quit Farrer-Gantz to spend time with her five-year-old son and husband. Jamie was then promoted to Fran's position. Fran and Mark's relationship lasted 10 years, and their separation shocked Jamie and Paul. Lisa StempleThree years older than her sister Jamie, Lisa has unfathomable psychological issues. Jamie is referred to as "Stella" in a book written by Lisa's therapist: "It was Stella's overprotectiveness that suffocated her ability to relate to others, and tethered her to a lifetime of insecurity and neurosis." After an envious rage, she blamed Jamie for all of her problems in an interview with her shrink that became a chapter of a book called "Manics." With no place else to go, she does her laundry at Paul and Jamie's apartment while scavenging through her sister's clothes and food. Every visit from her parents triggers her eating disorder. Ira BuchmanA "ubiquitous" individual, Paul's cousin Ira first appeared in Mad About You in "The Wedding Affair" episode. Ira is from the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn. He worked for Paul's father, Burt, at Buchman's Sporting Goods. Paul and Ira have a close friendship, but their hidden rivalry came out when Ira obtained the store when Burt retired. Sylvia BuchmanPaul's mother, Sylvia almost always gives Jamie a hard time, but occasionally does show kindness towards her daughter-in-law. Burt BuchmanBurt ran a sporting goods store until he passed it onto Ira upon retirement. Mabel BuchmanThe arrival of Paul and Jamie's daughter was a turning point in the show. She was finally named when Jamie's overbearing mother proclaimed that "Mothers Always Bring Extra Love." Cast
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AwardsMad About You was honored with a Golden Globe Award, a Peabody Award, a Genesis Award, five Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Comedy Series, and was chosen Best Quality Comedy by the Viewers for Quality Television. SoundtrackIn 1997, Atlantic/Wea released a Mad About You soundtrack. The soundtrack from and inspired by the sitcom, is composed of fun and sentimental songs and clips from the show. The tracks are organized chronologically marking the milestones of the couple's relationship. The album is bookended by the two versions of Paul Reiser's song Final Frontier--the first track is the classic version fans are used to, and the last track is Anita Baker's jazzy, full-length rendition, with Reiser on keyboard. The 21 tracks are as follows:
Episode listSee List of Mad About You episodes. DVD releasesSony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing Mad About You on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time. Thus far they have released the first 3 Seasons, it is unknown if the remaining 4 seasons will be released at some point. Initially they had decided not to release the series on DVD but it appears that has now changed. Season Releases
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The third season DVD set was released on February 6, 2007,[1] almost four years after the last box set release and the longest between subsequent TV-DVD full season sets in the relatively young history of the medium. Connections to other sitcomsFriends: Lisa Kudrow played the recurring role of Ursula, a flaky waitress at Riff's, a local restaurant that Paul and Jamie frequented. Kudrow went on to star in the NBC sitcom Friends, playing the also somewhat flaky character of Phoebe Buffay, and for a time both series shared the same Thursday night line-up. While not originally intended, the characters of Ursula and Phoebe were later found to be identical twin sisters. In a Friends episode, as part of a night of NBC sitcom crossovers, Jamie and Fran walk into the Central Perk and mistake Phoebe for Ursula. Possibly for legal reasons (Mad About You was produced by Columbia/Tristar, Friends by Warner Brothers), Hunt and Kenzle were not identified on screen as Jamie and Fran. Seinfeld: In one episode, Paul, pressured by Jamie, decides to sign over the lease of his old "bachelor pad" to the current tenant who is subleasing. This tenant is revealed to be Cosmo Kramer of Seinfeld. Seinfeld, however, twice contradicted this connection, one even featuring a running joke about a character's distaste for his fiancee's fondness for watching Mad About You. In another episode, Paul, under the effects of Viagra, ran into Jerry Seinfeld in the street, who tells Paul to go away. The Dick Van Dyke Show: Carl Reiner reprised the role of Alan Brady from the 1960s sitcom (a series acknowledged as an inspiration for Mad About You). The episode made several references to the older show, such as Jamie at one point crying and whining "Oh, Paul!!!" - a signature move by Mary Tyler Moore's character Laura Petrie.
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