High School

High School
The banner hanging up at Ray's class reunion in "High School"
Season	2
Episode	10
Air Date	November 24, 1997 (USA) September 27, 2004 (Canada)
Cast	Ray Romano Patricia Heaton Brad Garrett Doris Roberts Peter Boyle Madylin Sweeten Sawyer Sweeten Sullivan Sweeten Bob Odenkirk Pamela Bowen Brian Posehn Marty Rackham Andrew Williams
Director(s)	Gary Halvorson
Writer(s)	Lew Schneider
Preceded by	The Gift
Followed by	The Letter

High School is the 10^th episode of Season 2, and is episode 32 of the full 210 episodes for the entire series. In this episode, Ray reluctantly attends his high school reunion and Debra gets a glimpse of what he was like as a teenager.

Episode Information

• Episode Title: High School
• Episode Number: Season 2, Episode 10 (#32 of 210)
• Air Date: November 24, 1997
• Episode description (from DVD): "Ray and Debra attend his high school reunion."
• 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:
  • Bob Odenkirk as Scott Preman
  • Pamela Bowen as Jessica Bell
  • Brian Posehn as Warren
  • Marty Rackham as Pete
  • Andrew Williams as Cool Guy
• Crew:
  • Gary Halvorson - Director
  • Lew Schneider - Writer
• Preceded by: "The Gift"
• Followed by: "The Letter"

Synopsis

It's Ray's 20th high school reunion. He's reluctant to go at first, but Debra soon convinces him.

While at the reunion, Ray sees a couple of his old friends, Scott and Warren. Debra then finds out exactly how dorky and boring Ray and his friends were as kids when they start telling stupid stories from their past.

Debra quickly befriends the other classmates, the ones who were popular back in school. And Ray is again left out of all the fun because he's still the dorky one.

The next day, back at home, the rest of his family gives him a hard time about not being popular in school.

Running Gags

Ray's personality, compared to other characters, is always dorky and boring. But it's the main focus of this episode.

This is also the first episode where the audience sees that Robert loves to dance.

Trivia

In a scene taking place in the kitchen, while Debra and Robert dance, Ray bumps the milk carton, spilling milk all over the table. It's unknown whether that was actually supposed to happen or not. The spilled milk also magically disappears after they dance.

Marie is seen walking outside in the backyard through the kitchen window but does not enter Raymond's house until much after.

This episode has a lot of music in it. "Funky Town" by Lipps Inc. is playing while the characters are at the reunion. "Ring My Bell" by Anita Ward, "(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty" by KC and the Sunshine Band, and "The Hustle" by Van McCoy & the Soul City Symphony were all sung by the characters.

There were a few continuity issues with the music. Ray's class graduated in 1977, but "Funky Town" and "Ring My Bell" came out a few years after that.

Neither Dr. Sundram, nor Robert's dog Shamsky appeared in the episode, but both were mentioned by name.

When Ray is sitting at Pete's table, his real wife, Anna Romano is seen sitting in the table behind him. She also passed her purse to Ray before joining in with the Funky Town dance.

Production Notes

• This is Steve Tompkins' last episode as Creative Consultant. No one will take over until Marie's Meatballs.
• Property Master Rhonda Robinson has gotten married. From now on, she is credited as Rhonda Schneider, the name she decided to make legal. However, this episode incorrectly credits her as Rhonda Snyder. In today's reruns, this will continue to happen until T-Ball.
• Today's reruns use an alternate version of this dish instead of the original. If one looks closely, the dish actually moves counterclockwise and northeast. They do use the original recording of this dish later in Cruising with Marie.

Quotes

• Debra: "No, I've never ruptured my booty. One time, I did sprain my groove thing."

External links

• "High School" at IMDb.com