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Almost all sections have updates in this re-organized document, hence none is flagged. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send in corrections/comments to: [ramax@ultranet.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Main Table of Contents Local Table of Contents 4.0 Surely there are a few questions about the other characters? 4.1 What is Murray's real name? 4.2 What breed is Murray? 4.3 Who is Selby and where is he now? 4.4 Who played Ira before John Pankow? 4.5 Who is the new actor playing Burt now? 4.6 When did Mark Devanow first hear of Paul? 4.7 Where is Mark Devanow now? 4.8 Who is Lou and where is he now? 4.9 Where has Bill Wicker gone? 4.10 Just how many sets of parents does Jamie have? 4.11 Did Helen Hunt ever play a Bond Girl? 4.12 What Movie-of-the-Week did Helen Hunt star in? 4.13 Is Lisa's shrink a man or a woman? 4.14 Does everybody come to Riff's? 4.15 What New York City locations are used on MAY? 4.16 What is the time-line of the series? 4.17 What is so-and-so's birthday? 4.18 Are there crossovers to other TV shows? 4.19 What is your favorite episode of MAY? 4.20 What is your favourite character/scene/quote from MAY? 4.21 How come there have been two clip-shows already? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.0 Surely there are a few questions about the other characters? There sure are! 4.1 What is Murray's real name? Paul's dog Murray is a bonafide character on MAY, and is now played by a collie-mix named Maui. Murray has been played by 2 different actor dogs. In the premiere [1.1], the character was played by Smiley, who was thought to be a little too alert, and so did not adequately fit the bill of being unaffected by the activity around him. Another actor dog named Maui therefore got the role [1.2]. In [1.1], Smiley is featured for 10 seconds in the last scene, lying on the rug next to Selby, as Jamie playfully tries to boot Selby out of the apartment. 4.2 What breed is Murray? According to Paul, Murray is a 7-year-old "rare Flatbush Pound Collie-Shepherd" [1.10]. Maui is a 7-year old Collie-mix (found by famed animal trainer Boone Narr in Castaic, CA, and trained by Betty Linn) whose job is "to melt into the chair," and "just lie there, while Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt are yelling around him." Maui's favorite snack is an occasional ham bone. 4.3 Who is Selby and where is he now? Selby (first name: Jay) is Paul's college buddy, refered to and addressed only by his last name, which by the way is Selby, not Shelby. Paul and Selby went through a number of escapades (a microwave clambake, for example [1.8]) since their college days in the 1970's, and often double-dated [1.11]. Selby was also in character when winning the Chelsea 10K race [1.3] by showing up first at the finish line after skipping most of the race. In real life, Rosie Ruiz pulled a similar stunt at the Boston Marathon on April 21, 1980, depriving Jackie Garreau of Canada a well-deserved victory. Selby's character was never really developed, except in [1.4] and [1.9], and written out of MAY midway through season #1. He picked up the maid Masha's Stroganoff to eat on the subway and went off to escort his grandmother to the Museum of Natural History [1.12], never to be seen or heard of again. A very untidy end. Rumors that he joined the Peace Corps are unfounded. - Unlike the fate met by Carla Gugino's character (Ashley) on "Spin City," Selby continues to be featured in syndicated episodes of season #1. Even in "The Clip Show" [5.4], Selby can be glimpsed for a few seconds, in what else, but the 10-second date [1.11]. 4.4 Who played Ira before John Pankow? Only one actor has played Paul's cousin Ira: John Pankow. As a childhood buddy, he serves much the same function on the show as Selby (Paul's college buddy) did. Introduced in [1.15], Ira as a character has been developed beyond the habitual womanizer/bachelor that Selby portrayed, interacting well with Jamie, Lisa and Fran in season #2 [2.1, 2.7, 2.9]. In season #3, he established a steady relationship with Jamie's friend Susannah Gould [3.12] and took over his uncle Burt's sporting goods store [3.5]. Ira still runs the store, but now two seasons later, he is roaming again. The two 'buddy' characters share another trait: both get slapped by Paul on the back of the head from time to time. But Ira reacts, both as a kid [2.7] and as an adult [3.2]: "Hey! Watch the hair!" Lately, even Jamie has acquired the habit of slapping Ira on the head [3.22]. 4.5 Who is the new actor playing Burt now? Burt Buchman has been played by only one actor: Louis Zorich. In the first 4 seasons he sported a moustache [1.18 onward], but in season #5 he is clean-shaven. Some viewers have done a double-take and concluded that a different actor is playing the character in the new season. The look is new, not the actor. 4.6 When did Mark Devanow first hear of Paul? This represents one of the more significant inconsistencies with the MAY story-line, as presented in 2 episodes from season #1, [1.2] and [1.11]. In the former: Mark told Paul during their chat at the Department store about how Jamie had first told him about Paul: "this great guy she had met, named Paul, who dressed like a manic-depressive psych professor." This was said during a routine gynecological examination and implies Mark heard of Paul from Jamie, not Fran. It may also be inferred that Jamie had met and known Paul for some time before her examination by Mark. In the latter: Jamie met Paul (and first knew his name: Paul) in Fran's office the afternoon of her firm's Christmas party. Fran got to know of Paul at the same time. Jamie and Paul went directly from the office to the party, where Fran introduced Mark to Paul, and Mark was effusive: "... they do look good together! I understand you two met at a news-stand and you tracked her down all day! No, it's fantastic!" Mark therefore heard about Paul from Fran. Later, Mark pumped Paul for information on Fran and Jamie's behalf: "How much do you make? Own or rent? Previous marriages? Smoker? Drinker? Ever been with a man?" It is likely Fran told Mark to question Paul, not Jamie. Fran also had Paul's biography faxed over from the Director's Guild. - The latter scenario is more dramatic, written 2 months into the season, after the characters and their interactions had been better established. 4.7 Where is Mark Devanow now? Mark and Fran went on a 3-month trip to Europe in the summer of 1996 [5.1], but only Fran has returned to New York City [5.7]. There has been no explanation of and no mention of Mark's absence since. Actor Richard Kind is now a regular on the TV show "Spin City" (on ABC Television) where he plays Paul Lassiter, the press spokesman for the Mayor of New York City. If his contract is exclusive, Richard Kind will not be able to play Mark Devanow any more. 4.8 Who is Lou and where is he now? Lou Bonaparte was Paul Buchman's hovering producer, introduced in [2.4]. He arrived at Buchman Films from CineGroup, the same outfit that commissioned "New York at Night." [2.5]. Played by Larry Miller, Lou provided a manic foil to Paul at work for a brief period. He was last seen in "It's a Wrap" [2.10] and left for parts unknown. In real life, Larry Miller is a stand-up comic and a close friend of Paul Reiser. With Jerry Seinfeld and Mark Schiff, the quartet is known as the "Funniest Men in the World Club," and tries to meet each New Year's Day for lunch somewhere in the world, once in London. Mark Schiff has been featured twice on MAY, as a subway passenger [2.8] and as a parking garage attendant [4.2], while the "Jerry guy" is talked about by Paul and Kramer [1.8]. 4.9 Where has Bill Wicker gone? As with many other characters on MAY, Mr. Wicker simply disappeared, after season #3. The pragmatic reason for his departure was actor Jerry Adler moving on to play a cop on "Hudson Street" (on ABC Television). That series has since been cancelled, but Mr. Wicker has not returned. Lately Jerry Adler has risen through the ranks of the Police department to play a Commissioner on "Spin City." 4.10 Just how many sets of parents does Jamie have? Precisely one, but Gus and Theresa Stemple have been played by three different pairs of actors over the 5 seasons. So while Paul's parents continue to be played by Louis Zorich and Cynthia Harris, we have seen: - In season #1, we saw the debut and only appearance of Jamie's parents, played by Paul Dooley and Nancy Dussault. - In season #2, they were never on-camera, although Theresa and Jamie talked on the phone [2.11, 2.20]. - In season #3, John Karlen and Penny Fuller played the roles in multiple episodes, including the flashback Wedding episode [3.13]. - In season #4, again they put in no appearance, not even at Lisa's lavish engagement party [4.22], which was very strange. - In season #5, Carroll O'Connor and Carol Burnett are playing the Stemples, who for the time being are separated, with Gus hitting the road for a few months in his RV a la Mark Devanow. 4.11 Did Helen Hunt ever play a Bond Girl? No, she did not. Helen Hunt has explicitly denied this in an interview. Her name was being confused with another actress named Helene Hunt who played a Bond Girl in the film "Octopussy" (with Roger Moore as 007). 4.12 What Movie-of-the-Week did Helen Hunt star in? In fact she has starred in more than one Movie of the Week; consult her filmography in section 2.4 of this FAQ. But the Movie of the Week in question is "In the Company of Darkness" where she plays Officer Gina Pulasky. This was the role Paul Buchman (actually Reiser) meant during the Monopoly game in the Tag to [1.13] when he read a Community Chest card and pretended it mentioned a MOTW. Jamie's (actually Helen Hunt's) hysterical laughter made that ad lib scene a true classic. 4.13 Is Lisa's shrink a man or a woman? Lisa's shrink is a woman, Dr. Wallach [3.17] with a practice near the 72nd Street subway station. The topic is examined at length in [2.11], which features Dr. Wallach's book 'Manics,' complete with the author's photograph at the back of the dust-jacket. As Lisa is the subject of a whole chapter (#26) in the book under a pseudonym 'Edna,' it is reasonable to assume Lisa has been under the care of the author of 'Manics' for the past three years. However, in season #1 Lisa's shrink is referred to by Jamie as a man [1.19], an apparent contradiction. In other references, gender was not disclosed [1.5, 1.16]. 4.14 Does everybody come to Riff's?? Just about. Riff's is the neighborhood restaurant introduced in [1.4], from where Selby (with Lynne Stoddard) invited Paul to "come down, meet us for a drink, pick up the check and get lost." Since then, and certainly even before [2.16], Paul and Jamie have shared many a salad and chicken or fish there, as have Lisa, Fran, Mark and Ira, not to mention Lisa's beau Michael [1.19] and Fran's dates Lou [2.5] and Nick ("he's 25!") [2.22]. Even Jamie's boss Jack Farrer comes to Riff's with his wife, a circumstance that changed Jamie's life [2.4]. And Garth Brooks can identify a song to go with a Riffsburger [2.23]. Presumably fate drags Paul and Ira to Riff's in the flashback episode dealing with Paul and Jamie's meeting at the news-stand [3.22]. Service at Riff's was provided by anonymous waiters and waitresses [1.4, 2.5] until season #2. Then Ursula arrived on the scene and stole many more [2.4, 2.7, for starters]. But that is another story. 4.15 What New York City locations are used on MAY? Some of the places shown in exterior scenes in MAY are authentic New York City locales. Some others aren't, or at least take liberty with the way things are located. Among the more prominent landmarks are: - Paul's old apartment building at 129 West 81st Street [1.11] is indeed an apartment building, but Jamie's old apartment building across the street at 142 West 81st is in fact a church. - The Buchman's Sporting Goods store at 867 Broadway is in reality the Paragon Sporting Goods store, a fairly large establishment [Tel: (212) 255-8036] that probably does not have an annual Midnight Sale [3.5]. - Riff's interior is a set on Soundstage #11 at Culver City, but the exterior is of the Old Town and Bar Restaurant at 45 West 18th Street, between Park Avenue South and Broadway. [Tel: (212) 529-6732]. When Paul yells at the cabbie during "The Ride Home" from Fran's place Uptown [3.7]: "Why are you taking Lexington?" there are good reasons beyond the frustration of the moment. The deal with Lexington Avenue is that it is not very good for cab rides: - It is narrow as Avenues go, - It passes right by Grand Central (at 42nd Street) and there is always a lot of traffic there, - It has the nerve to actually cease to exist at 21st Street, so that it doesn't crash through Gramercy Park, and - It has some remarkably ill-timed lights. On the other hand, Paul and Jamie's excellent adventure on the New York City subway system on her 30th birthday [2.8], and the long all-night walkabout Paul engages in before the reconciliation are examples of the flip side [4.22]. Even more intriguing was the trip they took to get to the theatre [3.10]. The itinerary went something like: - They leave from their house on 12th street and Fifth avenue. - They stop at a Smiler's at 637 Ninth Avenue, between 45th and 44th streets; why this particular Smiler's, you ask? Look at your tapes: spot the "Cafe" neon sign that's to the left? That's part of a sign that says "Film Center Cafe" - they serve delicious chicken piccata there. - Since Ninth avenue goes south, they then somehow managed to get further uptown. - They end up at the Cinema Village, located at Twelfth Street between Fifth Avenue and University Place. Yes, they took that cab all the way up to the Theatre District just to get to a movie house that's half a block away! 4.16 What is the time-line of the series? The following is the best that can be managed: December 22, 1989 - Paul and Jamie meet at a news-stand a Sunday evening [1.11]. They meet again in Fran's (NOT Jamie's) office the very next day, in the afternoon. December 28, 1989 - The first time Paul ends up at Jamie's apartment at 142 West 81st Street [2.2]. February 14, 1991 - Jamie gets her promotion to Regional VP (Fran's job). Fran quits her job to spend time with Mark and Ryan. Paul and Jamie move into their new apartment at 12th Street & Fifth Avenue [2.16]. April, 1992 - Paul and Jamie get married, 5 months prior to the series premiere [1.1]. The month is confirmed in the Wedding episode [3.13]. The date is still in question; see section 3.3. 4.17 What is so-and-so's birthday? Paul Buchman's birthday was almost revealed in [1.5], but he quickly sidestepped Gus's inquiry (to buy him a meat locker for his birthday). But we can establish that he was born on April 19, 1957, with: - His confession to Yoko Ono supplying the first part [4.5] - His comment about the 10 to 39 spurt on the growth door [5.5], and with MAY tracking the years most of the time, we can conclude that the year is 1957. Jamie's birthday was once shown to be November 11, 1963. - The 30th birthday show [2.8] aired November 11, and it is possible that this influenced the date shown on the TRW report on the screen of her workstation [3.22]. It is worth noting that the date is not mentioned in the script of any episode. - She also claims a February 12 birthday [4.11], a contradiction and a less plausible date. Fran's birthday is October 28, 1960. - The day and month is explicitly stated by her [2.9]. - The year can be worked out from [2.22], since she's 33. Mark is almost 40 years old in season #1 [1.22], which points to 1953 or 1954 as the probable year of his birth. Nothing is known about Ira's birthday, except that he is a few years older than Paul. He was married in 1973 [2.9], and one can speculate that he got married as a teenager out of high school; if so, he may have been born in 1955. 4.18 Are there crossovers to other TV shows? There have been a few cross-overs to "Seinfeld:" - Cosmo Kramer (played by Michael Richards) has been subletting Paul's old apartment 5-B at 129 West 81st Street [1.8], not earlier than 1991 [2.16]. - Jerry Seinfeld states his address as 129 West 81st Street (E-100: "The Beard"), the same address Paul uses [1.11]. - George Costanza and his fiancee Susan are shown watching Mad About You on their TV, with the theme song playing [E-7.1] This case of being part of the same universe and yet be fictional in it is similar to what happened elsewhere, when the "Cheers" bar was visited by some doctors from "St. Elsewhere", while another, Dr. Morrison (played by David Morse) once walked by the famous bar facade advertising "Where CHEERS is filmed!" Also, at least in concept: - Paul's concern about his testicles [1.14] parallels George Costanza's pre-occupation with shrinkage (E-84, "The Hamptons"), - Kenny and Shana's ugly baby picture on the fridge [2.24] parallels E-84 as well. There are also cross-overs to "Friends:" - Ursula has a twin sister named Phoebe, also played by Lisa Kudrow, a character on "Friends," and the twins meet in a scene from the "The One with Two Parts" episode of "Friends." Also a character on "Friends," Joey Tribbiani (played by Matt LeBlanc) dates Ursula briefly. - Both Jamie and Fran have stopped by at Central Perk, and mistaken Phoebe Buffay for Ursula. The appearance of Alan Brady from "The Dick van Dyke Show" is a matter in another dimension altogether, since Paul Buchman deals with Alan Brady but also mentions Dick van Dyke on many occasions, not Rob Petrie (who was Alan Brady's employee). This becomes another case of being part of the same universe and yet fictional in it. 4.19 What is your favorite episode of MAY? As frequently asked a question as is posted to the newsgroup alt.tv.mad-about-you from newcomers, especially with older episodes now being seen in syndication. A typical response can be a laconic "can't name *one*!" But when the 100th MAY episode came to be, the cast of MAY was polled by Sony TriStar and "Our Fifteen Minutes" [3.11] was a consensus favorite of the entire cast. The following are the other selections of some of the stars: - Paul Reiser: [1.11], [2.12], [4.5], [4.11] - Helen Hunt: [1.15], [3.15], [3.22], [4.21, 4.22] - Anne Ramsay: [1.11], [2.19], [3.17], [3.15] - Leila Kenzle: [2.21], [1.15], [1.2] - John Pankow: [1.15], [1.20], [4.21], [2.14] - Maui: [3.14], [3.8], [3.2], [4.6], [2.2] 4.20 What is your favourite character/scene/quote from MAY? An anglicised variation of the favorite episode question, with as many answers as can be. As for quotes, one can sample Mark Plumb's collection at Tom Witelski's Web site, or look out for a post from Rick "here is another MAY quote" Haan at alt.tv.mad-about-you. 4.21 How come there have been two clip-shows already? In fact there is a credible explanation for both: [3.23] and [5.4]. - The first clip show (called "The Test") was produced at the end of season #3 as the 25th half-hour, presumably to match the 25 produced for season #2. The season had run long and it made for a quick block-and-shoot episode. But it was not telecast that summer. Instead "The Test" aired after the first 2 episodes of season #4. At that time it was thought to be related to the birth of Paul Reiser's son, but that is not the case. - The second clip show (tantalizingly called "The Clip Show") was produced as the 100th episode (indeed the production number is #506, and there were 94 half-hours produced in the first 4 seasons), as is the tradition for a 100th episode, but NBC had other ideas. The 98th produced episode (#504) with Carol Burnett and Carroll O'Connor was held over and aired as the 100th episode, and Chuck Workman's tour de force... well, it remains the unheralded 100th. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please send in corrections/comments to: [ramax@ultranet.com] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- User Contributions:Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic: |
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