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who plays ray's brother in everybody loves raymond
Brad Garrett plays Robert Barone, a police officer with the NYPD and brother of Ray in Everybody Loves Raymond.
when did brad garrett begin doing comedy
Garrett was initially successful as a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s.

Question: what happened next
Self-contained rewrite: what happened after brad garrett was initially successful as a stand-up comedian in the early 1980s