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Everybody still loves Raymond Museum exhibit celebrates 30 years of Emmy-winning, Lynbrook-based sitcom Director Kevin O’Callaghan reconstructed the set using original pieces from the CBS For many visitors at the new reunion special in Los Angeles “Everybody Loves Raymond” in November, decades of pro30th anniversary exhibit, the duction photos and exhaustive surprise isn’t seeing a televi- research. He tracked down sion set in a museum, but rath- props across the country, er discovering how familiar it matched period kitchen items feels. The Barone family’s liv- to specific seasons and correcting room looks ed even the smallest exactly as it always deviations. did — Frank’s worn Once the strucarmchair, the welltural pieces were in used couch, the clutp l a c e , t h e w o rk tered kitchen a few b e c a m e fo re n s i c. steps away. Thousands of proFor Lynbrook resduction photoidents, the connecgraphs documented tion runs even deepeve r y s h e l f , t o y, er. The members of utensil, cereal box the sitcom’s fiction- KEVIN and cabinet. Some al family lived in o’CAllAghAN items survived. OthLynbrook, worked ers had vanished to Creative director, in the area and prop houses or Long Island Music moved through a garage sales. rhythm of everyday and Entertainment O’Callaghan tracked suburban life that Hall of Fame them all down. mirrors the experiEvery detail, ences of countless local fami- down to the tomatoes somelies. That familiarity makes the times perched atop the refrigerLong Island Music and Enter- ator, had to be exact. When a tainment Hall of Fame’s new cordless 1990s kitchen phone exhibit feel less like a display couldn’t be found, someone livand more like a homecoming. ing near the museum offered The museum, on Main Street one — in the wrong color. in Stony Brook, has meticu- O’Callaghan painted it white. lously rebuilt the Barone home The final piece of the puzzle in near-perfect detail. Creative Continued on page 13
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Village kicks off Christmas Families celebrated the annual Blessing of the Creche and tree lighting at 5 Corners Plaza last Friday. Above, Denise Sclafani and the Clauses greeted visitors, and at right, the Grinch did, too. More photos, Pages 3 and 5.
eople walk in and they just really cannot believe their eyes.