| Boob Job | |
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| Ray and Cheryl in "Boob Job" | |
| Season | 4 |
| Episode | 1 |
| Air Date | September 20, 1999 (USA) October 26, 2004 (Canada) |
| Cast | Ray Romano Patricia Heaton Brad Garrett Doris Roberts Peter Boyle Madylin Sweeten Sawyer Sweeten Sullivan Sweeten |
| Director(s) | Will Mackenzie |
| Writer(s) | Phil Rosenthal Lew Schneider |
| Preceded by | How They Met |
| Followed by | The Can Opener |
Boob Job is the 1st episode of Season 4, and is episode 74 of the full 210 episodes for the entire series. In this episode, Debra is unhappy by Ray's excited reaction to a friend's bigger breasts at a PTA meeting. Thinking Ray would like her better if she had bigger boobs as well, she decides to stuff a pair of socks in her bra to see if he'll be surprised.
Episode information[]
- Episode Title: Boob Job
- Episode Number: Season 4, Episode 1 (#74 of 210)
- Air Date: September 20, 1999
- Episode description (from DVD):
- Cast:
- Ray Romano as Ray
- Patricia Heaton as Debra
- Brad Garrett as Robert
- Doris Roberts as Marie
- Peter Boyle as Frank
- Madylin Sweeten as Ally
- Sawyer Sweeten as Geoffrey
- Sullivan Sweeten as Michael
- Guest Stars:
- Meeghan Holaway as Cheryl
- Crew:
- Will Mackenzie - Director
- Phil Rosenthal - Writer
- Lew Schneider - Writer
- Preceded by: "How They Met"
- Followed by: "The Can Opener"
Synopsis[]
After a PTA meeting Debra makes a comment about a mother who had a "boob job", to which Ray responds enthusiastically, upsetting Debra. When Ray returns home from a trip, an enhanced Debra surprises him. Robert, Marie and Frank are also shocked. After getting Ray to admit that he likes Debra better this way, she reveals that she just stuffed a pair of socks in her bra to trick him.
Production Notes[]
- Jennifer Crittenden takes over for Lew Schneider as Supervising Producer, who moves up to Co-Executive Producer, taking over for Ellen Sandler and Cindy Chupack.
- While Ellen Sandler and Cindy Chupack are no longer Co-Executive Producers, they will continue to write episodes.
- Producers Tucker Cawley and Steve Skrovan move up to Supervising Producer.
- Aaron Shure takes over for Tom Caltabiano as Executive Story Editor, who joins Holli Gailen as Co-Producer.
- In The Ride-Along and The Article, Shelly Woodhouse-Collins subbed for Eryn Krueger as Make-Up Artist. Now, they work together permanently.
- In In-Laws, Katherine Kotarakos subbed for Sylvia Surdu as Hairstylist. Now, she takes over permanently and is joined by Ralph Abalos.
- Kevin O'Donnell takes over for Lorraine Shaw as Production Supervisor.
- Today's reruns now go back to incorrectly crediting Re-Recording Mixer Anthony Constantini as Anthony Costantini, just like in original airings.
- Simon Brown, Terri DeMartini, Erica Haas, and Frank Pines take over for Erin Anderson, Tally Baar, and Patrick L. Coleman as Production Staff members.
- Widescreen reruns use a different format for the copyright slide this season, and the credits are bigger in today's reruns.
Quotes[]
- MARIE: Well I think it's sad when people start having surgery to make themselves bigger.
- FRANK: Marie did it the natural way. Pound cake!
