The Garage Sale

The Garage Sale
Ray taking the crib back in "The Garage Sale"
Season	2
Episode	23
Air Date	May 4, 1998 (USA) October 6, 2004 (Canada)
Cast	Ray Romano Patricia Heaton Brad Garrett Doris Roberts Peter Boyle Madylin Sweeten Sawyer Sweeten Sullivan Sweeten Susan Segal Richard Marion Nick DeGruccio Sarah Rush
Director(s)	Jeff Melman
Writer(s)	Ellen Sandler Jeremy Stevens Lew Schneider Tucker Cawley
Preceded by	Six Feet Under
Followed by	The Wedding: Part 1

The Garage Sale is the 23^rd episode of Season 2, and is episode 45 of the full 210 episodes for the entire series. In this episode, the Barones have a garage sale. And when Debra wants to sell all their old baby stuff, Ray tells her he still wants more children.

Episode Information

• Episode Title: The Garage Sale
• Episode Number: Season 2, Episode 23 (#45 of 210)
• Air Date: May 4, 1998
• Episode description (from DVD): "Ray and Debra have a garage sale, including baby items."
• 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:
  • Susan Segal as Pregnant Woman
  • Richard Marion as Don
  • Nick DeGruccio as Wendell
  • Sarah Rush as Woman
• Crew:
  • Jeff Melman - Director
  • Ellen Sandler - Writer
  • Jeremy Stevens - Writer
  • Lew Schneider - Writer
  • Tucker Cawley - Writer
• Preceded by: "Six Feet Under"
• Followed by: "The Wedding: Part 1"

Synopsis

Frank decides to have a garage sale. Among the things that Debra puts out for the sale is the kids old baby stuff. Ray is hesitant to sell the baby items because he's not sure if he wants more children. But Debra says they're done with having kids. So the discussion continues in the yard during the sale.

Running Gags

• This is the earliest instance of Marie making mention that she wanted Robert to be a girl. This same thing is mentioned a couple times through the series.

Trivia

• Robert's dog Shamsky makes an appearance in this episode.

• The neighbor Mrs. Scarpula is mentioned a few times throughout the series, but this is the only time the audience actually gets to see her.

• It's unknown whether or not it's meant to be a tribute to The Three Stooges, but at different times during the yard sale, Frank refers to Ray and Robert as "porcupines", "chuckleheads" and "numbskulls"...all of which were commonly used names/insults by the Stooges.

Quotes

• Frank: "We're having a garage sale. No, no, better. Make it a yard sale. That's classier."

External links

• "The Garage Sale" at IMDb.com