Toaster used in the production of <i>Everybody Loves Raymond</i>
date: label: date made
content: before 1998
name: label: maker
content: Cuisinart
notes: label: Description
content: Engraved electric toaster used in the <i>Everybody Loves Raymond</i> episode "The Toaster," the twelfth episode of the series' third season. In the episode, which first aired December 14, 1998, Raymond gives his parents an engraved toaster for Christmas which they promptly exchange, without opening, for a coffeemaker. When Raymond finds out, Frank and Marie go to great lengths to get the toaster back from the department store. The Cuisinart toaster is engraved on one side with the text "MERRY X~MAS/WE LOVE YOU, MICHAEL,/GEOFFERY, ALLY, DEBRA, & RAY". The toaster box is made of cardboard with information about the toaster printed on paper affixed to it - the information, fabricated for the production, identifies the toaster as a "Toast Pro Classic Style Electric Toaster Model DRM 012.”
label: Description
content: <i>Everybody Loves Raymond</i> was a popular and critically-acclaimed television series that aired on CBS from 1996 to 2005. The sitcom, created by Philip Rosenthal, was a semi-autobiographical look at the intergenerational Italian-American Barone family of Lynbrook, Long Island, NY. Raymond (Ray Romano), a sports journalist, is married to Debra (Patricia Heaton), homemaker and mother of children Ally, Michael, and Geoffery. Across the street, Raymond’s parents Frank (Peter Boyle) and Marie Barone (Doris Roberts) share a home with Raymond’s brother Robert, a New York City police officer. Each episode of the show mined familial and spousal conflict for relatable humor. In its nine seasons, <i>Everybody Loves Raymond</i> was nominated for 69 Emmy Awards, winning 15, and frequently ranked in the top ten programs on television in the Nielsen ratings.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Television
label: Subject
content: Comedy
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.0200.02
label: accession number
content: 2018.0200
label: catalog number
content: 2018.0200.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: toaster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 in x 14 in x 8 in; 20.32 cm x 35.56 cm x 20.32 cm