"Did you just kiss me?"
"No."
"I didn't think so."
Background
There were 164 episodes of Mad About You, which aired from 1992-1999, across seven seasons. All are available on YouTube. The domestic comedy followed the lives of newlywed documentary filmmaker Paul Buchman (played by Paul Reiser) and public relations executive Jaime Stemple (played by Helen Hunt.) For her work on the show, Hunt won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series four years in a row: 1996–1999. She also won the Best Actress Golden Globe Award twice.
The show was known for the caliber of its guest stars, its romantic elements and storylines and as was typical of many television comedies of the 90's, an unrealistically enormous apartment for newlyweds in Manhattan. It has its own TV Tropes page.
Playlists
* Season One
* Season Two
* Season Three
* Season Four
* Season Five
* Season Six
* Season Seven
Episodes
Season One (1992-1993)
1 Romantic Improvisations
2 Sofa's Choice
3 Sunday Times
4 Out of the Past
5 Paul in the Family
6 I'm Just So Happy for You
7 Token Friend (Guest starring Steve Buscemi)
8 The Apartment (Guest starring Michael "Kramer" Richards from Seinfeld)
9 Riding Backwards (Guest starring Carol Ann Susi, who plays "Mrs. Wolowitz" on The Big Bang Theory)
10 Neighbors from Hell
11 Met Someone
12 Maid About You
13 Togetherness
14 Weekend Getaway
15 The Wedding Affair
16 Love Among the Tiles (Paul and Jaime get trapped in their bathroom. Guest starring Patrick Warburton)
17 The Billionaire (Guest starring Jerry Lewis and Steven Wright (Wright's was a recurring role.)
18 The Man Who Said Hello (Guest starring Phil LaMarr, Regis and Joy Philbin)
19 Swept Away
20 The Spy Girl Who Loved Me (Guest starring Barbara Feldon)
21 The Painter
22 Happy Anniversary
Season Two (1993/94)
1 Murray's Tale (Jerry Adler's first appearance -- a recurring role. The Plot: Lisa takes Murray out for a walk and returns with a dog that looks like, but isn't him. Jamie: "Lisa, this is not Murray! It looks like Murray, but it isn't Murray. Murray has a white spot and vacant eyes. This dog KNOWS THINGS!")
2 Bing, Bang, Boom
3 Bedfellows (Larry Miller's first appearance -- a recurring role)
4 Married to the Job
5 So I Married a Hair Murderer
6 The Unplanned Child
7 Natural History
8 Surprise
9 A Pair of Hearts (Cyndi Lauper's first appearance -- a recurring role -- she was nominated for an Emmy for this episode.)
10 It's a Wrap
11 Edna Returns
12 Paul Is Dead
13 Same Time Next Week
14 The Late Show
15 Virtual Reality (With appearances by André Agassi and Christie Brinkley)
16 Cold Feet (Told in flashbacks, the story of how Jaime and Paul met. "So we'll skate.")
17 Instant Karma
18 The Tape (Look for: Ryan Stiles as the manager of Video Village)
19 Love Letters (Guest star Tom Moore was nominated for an Emmy for his work in this episode)
20 The Last Scampi
21 Disorientation (Look for actress Julia Sweeney playing the French Professor)
22 Storms We Cannot Weather
23 Up All Night (Guest starring John Astin (yes, really) and Garth Brooks)
24 With This Ring... (1)
25 With This Ring... (2)
Season Three (1994/95)
1 Escape from New York
2 Home
3 'Til Death Do Us Part (Guest star Ernie Sabella's voice should be recognizable to fans of The Lion King. He played Pumbaa)
4 When I'm Sixty-Four
5 Legacy
6 Pandora's Box (This episode was part of NBC's "Blackout Thursday": Three "Must-See Thursday" comedies were centered around a blackout in New York City. After Jamie creates a blackout on Mad About You, characters on "Friends" and the short-lived "Madman of the People" were also left in the dark.)
7 The Ride Home (Guest starring Eric Stoltz, in what would become a recurring role.)
8 Giblets for Murray (The Infamous Thanksgiving Episode)
9 Once More With Feeling
10 The City
11 Our Fifteen Minutes (This episode was shot in real time: One take per act.)
12 How to Fall in Love
13 Mad About You (1) (Lyle Lovett stars in this two-part episode)
14 Mad About You (2)
15 Just My Dog
16 The Alan Brady Show (Carl Reiner guest stars, reprising a role he created for The Dick Van Dyke Show. This episode was directed by Gordon Hunt, father of Helen Hunt, and both men won Emmy Awards for their work in this episode.)
17 Mad Without You
18 Purseona
19 Two Tickets to Paradise
20 Money Changes Everything (Guest star Cyndi Lauper won an Emmy Award for this episode.)
21 Cake Fear
22 My Boyfriend's Back
23-24. Up in Smoke
Season Four (1995/96)
1 New Sleep-Walking PLUS
2 The Parking Space
3 The Test (A clip show. Features a full-length rendition of the theme song ("The Final Frontier") at the end.)
4 The Good, the Bad and the Not-So-Appealing
5 I Don't See It
6 Yoko Said (Guest starring Yoko Ono)
7 An Angel for Murray (This episode introduces Hank Azaria as Nat. At the time, he was dating Helen Hunt.)
8 The Couple
9 New Year's Eve (With Kathy Griffin and Dick Clark)
10 Ovulation Day
11 Get Back
12 Dream Weaver
13 Hot and Cold
14 Fertility
15 Everybody Hates Me
16 Do Me a Favor
17 The Glue People
18 The Sample
19 The Procedure
20 The Weed
21 The Award
22 The Finale (1)
23 The Finale (2)
24 The Finale (3)
Season Five (1996/97)
1 Dr. Wonderful
2 The Grant (First of four appearances by Mel Brooks as Paul's "Uncle Phil." On DVD commentary, Paul Reiser said that Mel Brooks improvised most of his scenes in every episode he was in. If you watch closely, you can see Reiser and Pankow (Ira) trying to keep their composure and turning away from the camera to avoid corpsing. Brooks guest starred in four Mad About You episodes. He won "Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series" Emmy Awards for three of them.)
3 Therapy (Guest starring Mo Gaffney -- a recurring role)
4 The Clip Show
5 Burt's Building (A wonderful, sweet father-son episode. "Hey, let me tell you something. I appreciate everything you do for me. Believe me, it hasn't gone unnoticed. How you take care of me. How you keep me out of trouble. But let me remind you of one fact that will be true forever, no matter how stupid I get. I'm still your father.")
6 Jamie's Parents (100th episode of the series, starring Caroll O'Connor and Carol Burnett -- the third and final set of actors to play Jamie's parents. Burnett would win an Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy Award for her work on the show.)
7 Outbreak (Look for: Kevin Bacon)
8 Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge
9 The Gym (Guest starring Bruno Kirby)
10 Chicken Man
11 The Recital
12 The Handyman
13 Astrology
14 The Penis
15 Citizen Buchman (A spoof of Citizen Kane. Paul's uncle dies on camera during the teaser. His final words: "Who Moos?" The rest of the show shows the family planning his funeral, while Paul tries to figure out what it means, leading to one revelation after another about members of his family. Guest starring Sid Caesar, as Uncle Harold.)
16 Her Houseboy, Coco
17 On the Road
18 The Cockatoo
19 The Touching Game
20 The Dry Run
21 Guardianhood Guest starring Seth Green)
22 The Feud
23-24. The Birth (Guest starring Estelle Getty, Michael Moore and Bruce Willis)
Season Six (1997/98). Episode nine is out of order in the playlist. It is linked in proper sequence below.)
1 Coming Home
2 Letters to Mabel
3 Speed Baby
4 Uncle Phil and the Coupons
5 Moody Blues
6 The Magic Pants (Guest starring Lili Taylor, in a recurring role.)
7 Le Sex Show
8 The New Friend (Guest starring Mare Winningham)
9 The Conversation ("One shot? Twenty minutes? Do you know what that involves?" A bottle episode, shot in real time and filmed in one take, that was broadcast without commercials. The camera remains focused on the Buchmans' bedroom door throughout the show.)
10 Breastfeeding
11 Good Old Reliable Nathan (Guest starring Nathan Lane)
12 Separate Planes (Guest starring Rita Wilson)
13 Cheating on Sheila (Guest starring Sydney Pollack)
14 Back to Work
15 The Second Mrs. Buchman
16 The Coin of Destiny
17 The Caper
18 The Baby Video
19 Fire at Riff's
20 Mother's Day
21 Paul Slips in the Shower
22 Nat & Arley (Guest starring Eugene Levy)
23 The Finale (Guest starring Ellen Degeneres)
Season Seven (1998/99)
(Ratings dropped precipitously during the show's final season, but 20 million people watched the series finale, which was arguably one of the show's best episodes.)
1 Season Opener
2 A Pain in the Neck
3 Tragedy Plus Time
4 There's a Puma in the Kitchen
5 The Silent Show
6 Weekend in L.A.
7 The Thanksgiving Show
8 The Buried Fight
9 Farmer Buchman
10 Win a Free Car
11 The Honeymoon
12 Valentine's Day
13 Virtual Reality II
14 Uncle Phil Goes Back to High School (Guest starring Mel Brooks, Steven Tobolowsky, Edie McClurg and Stuart Pankin.)
15 Murray at the Dog Show
16 Millennium Bug
17 Separate Beds
18 Stealing Burt's Car (Guest starring Richard Belzer)
19 Paved with Good Intentions
20 The Dirty Little Secret
21 The Final Frontier (1) Narrated by Janeane Garofalo, as Mabel, also guest starring Tim Conway.)
22 The Final Frontier (2)
Bloopers
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