In 9 seasons has anybody kept track in the 200 plus episodes of every single time that Ray went over to Frank and Marie's house for any reason, she would ask him "are you hungary?" And she pretty much always did ask the question, has anybody kept track of how many times in the 9 seasons the she has asked Ray this question. I bet for sure this is something that you would never find out on Google.
share"As long as everybody's eatin, everybody's happy, right Ma?" - Traffic Cop Timmy from "Traffic School". And yes, Marie wanted her family to be well-fed, and she could be extremely annoying about it. It's an Italian thing, I'm sure. I wouldn't know, my family is German. Could be worse, Marie could have been as bad of a cook as Debra. Or worse yet, the Barones could have been really poor and have hardly any food at all. It certainly helps to put things into perspective sometimes, doesn't it?
shareI suppose it is her "catch phrase". Like Raymond's, when he comes home he greets Debra with, "how's it going Baby Cheeks?" Or similar. Robert's was, "is it about me?" Doris Roberts actually wrote a cookbook with that catch phrase with all of Marie's recipes.
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