Where's Lunch?

Background

This is the production company of Phil Rosenthal, the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond.

(September 13, 1996-May 16, 2005, November 16, 2009-October 3, 2019)

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  Standard version (seasons 1 and 2)
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  Standard version (seasons 2 and 3)
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  Standard version (seasons 4 to 8)
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  Standard version (season 9)
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  Standard version (Voroniny and in-credit variant)

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  Pilot
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  I Love You
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  I Wish I Were Gus
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  Standard Deviation
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  Look, Don't Touch
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  Frank, the Writer
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  Your Place or Mine?
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  In-Laws
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  Win, Lose or Draw
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  Turkey or Fish
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  Captain Nemo
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  The Ball
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  Debra's Sick
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  Who's Handsome?
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  The Car
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  Diamonds
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  The Game
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  Recovering Pessimist
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  The Dog
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  Neighbours
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  Fascinatin' Debra
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  Why Are We Here?

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  Ray's on TV
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  Father Knows Least
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  Brother
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  Mozart
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  Golf
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  Anniversary
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  Working Late Again
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  The Children's Book
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  The Gift
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  High School
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  The Letter
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  All I Want for Christmas
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  Civil War
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  Mia Famiglia
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  Marie's Meatballs
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  The Checkbook
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  The Ride-Along
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  The Family Bed
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  Good Girls
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  T-Ball
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  Traffic School
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  Six Feet Under
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  The Garage Sale
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  The Wedding: Part 1
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  The Wedding: Part 2

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  The Invasion
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  Driving Frank
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  The Sitter
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  Getting Even
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  The Visit
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  Halloween Candy
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  Moving Out
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  The Article
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  The Lone Barone
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  No Fat
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  The Apartment
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  The Toaster
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  Ping Pong
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  Pants on Fire
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  Robert's Date
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  Frank's Tribute
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  Cruising with Marie
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  Ray Home Alone
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  Big Shots
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  Move Over
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  The Getaway
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  Working Girl
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  Be Nice
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  Dancing with Debra
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  How They Met

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  Boob Job
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  The Can Opener
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  You Bet
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  Sex Talk
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  The Will
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  The Sister
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  Cousin Gerard
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  Debra's Workout
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  No Thanks
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  Left Back
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  The Christmas Picture
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  What's with Robert?
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  Bully on the Bus
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  Hackidu

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  Robert's Wedding

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  Debra at the Lodge

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  The Home
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  Not So Fast
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  P.T. & A.
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  Sister-in-Law
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  The Power of No
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  Pat's Secret
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  The Finale

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  This food variant was used for the entire series.

Logo: We see a shot of a table with a white-and-red checkerboard tablecloth with several flower designs seen throughout. On top is a white cloth reading "Where's Lunch" in a blue serif font. To the left of the cloth is a folded red napkin with a fork on top. On the right side of the cloth is a knife and spoon. Above is a bread basket with several dinner rolls inside, salt and pepper shakers, and a glass of water. A hand then places a plate of food, which varies depending on the episode, on top of the cloth.

Trivia:

• The piano ditty in this logo was actually used at the end of some episodes of Everybody Loves Raymond.
• This logo is (obviously) a nod to Phil Rosenthal's love of food, and he later hosted two different food-oriented travel series (I'll Have What Phil's Having on PBS, and Somebody Feed Phil on Netflix).

Variants:

• Starting in 1997, different utensils with blue handles are used and the company name looks different.
• During the logo's early years, most of the plates were placed using one hand, while the rest of the series used two hands.
• In 1999, with the show's transition to widescreen, a widescreen version was created.
• On the episode "The Finale", the utensils are absent and the napkin is crumpled on the left side of the cloth.
• There is also a rare version where we see a glass cup. The hand fills it up with what seems to be water.
• Some international adaptations of Everybody Loves Raymond simply use a still in-credit version.

Food Variants: There is a lot of them. Here's what you could find on the plate:

• "Pilot": The plate contains a split lobster tail, a sliced lemon, and broccoli.
• "I Love You": The plate contains grilled steak, mixed vegetables, and a baked potato.
• "I Wish I Were Gus": The plate contains 4 pieces of ravioli with tomato sauce.
• "Standard Deviation": The plate contains a bowl of hot chili, stuffed with shredded cheese and sliced and diced onions.
• "Look, Don't Touch": The plate contains 3 slices of meatloaf, a helping of mixed vegetables, and a dose of mashed potatoes.
• "Frank, the Writer": The plate contains a hotdog in a bun with mustard and chopped onions.
• "Your Place or Mine?": The plate contains a tray of rigatoni with tomato sauce and meatballs.
• "In-Laws": The plate contains a guacamole, tortilla chips, okra, two carne asadas, refried beans, and Spanish rice.
• "Win, Lose or Draw": An entire pizza is put onto the cloth. It has pepperoni, green peppers, black olives and mushrooms on it.
• "Turkey or Fish": The plate has a rubber chicken on it.
• "Captain Nemo": The plate contains a sushi spread (made up of a salmon, a tuna, a shrimp, and three California rolls) with wasabi and spicy mayo dips.
• "The Ball": The plate contains a snack plate with cheese, apple slices, bread and grapes, with peanut butter and jelly dip.
• "Debra's Sick": The plate contains a turkey club sandwich, with a spinach salad and cherry tomatoes on the side.
• "Who's Handsome?": A bowl of Spaghetti-O's are placed on the cloth.
• "The Car": The plate contains ribs, with asparagus spears, corn, and roasted vegetables.
• "Diamonds": The plate contains a pot pie with macaroni and cheese and creamed spinach.
• "The Game": The plate contains a lox bagel with tomato slices and capers.
• "Recovering Pessimist": The plate contains a dinner salad, with cucumber slices and a toasted bagel on one side.
• "The Dog": The plate contains a burger with onion rings.
• "Neighbours": A bowl of fruit salad topped with cottage cheese is placed on the cloth.
• "Fascinatin' Debra": A paper bag lunch is put onto the cloth.
• "Why Are We Here?": The plate contains grilled salmon with lime, mixed vegetables, and rice pilaf.

• "Ray's on TV": The plate contains a bowl of tomato soup with grilled cheese.
• "Father Knows Least": The plate contains chicken fried steak with mashed potatoes, green beans, and mixed vegetables.
• "Brother": The plate contains clams in the shell, with lemon slices to the left.
• "Mozart": The plate contains an open-faced peanut butter and jelly sandwich with grapes, baby carrots, and potato chips.
• "Golf": The plate contains a taco salad.
• "Anniversary": The plate contains shrimp lo mein.
• "Working Late Again": The plate contains a tomato and basil salad with mozzarella cheese and some bread slices.
• "The Children's Book": The plate contains a small chicken with asparagus.
• "The Gift": The plate contains a bowl of clam chowder with oyster crackers.
• "High School": The plate contains sausages with sauerkraut.
• "The Letter": The plate contains a turkey, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes with giblet gravy, and green beans.
• "All I Want for Christmas": A TV dinner with Salisbury steak, corn, and mashed potatoes are placed on the cloth.
• "Civil War": The plate contains a boiled crab with a bunch of lemon slices.
• "Mia Famiglia": The plate contains a can of sardines surrounded by saltine crackers.
• "Marie's Meatballs": An emptied glass of red juice is put onto the cloth.
• "The Checkbook": The plate contains fried chicken, baked beans, corn on the cob, and either collard greens or spinach.
• "The Ride-Along": The plate contains brie with grapes and baguette slices.
• "The Family Bed": The plate contains macaroni and cheese with green beans, baby carrots, and corn bread.
• "Good Girls": The plate contains Chinese food: chicken on rice with broccoli, egg roll with sweet n' sour sauce, lo mein, and a fortune cookie.
• "T-Ball": The plate contains a garden salad.
• "Traffic School": The plate contains ham, beans, coleslaw, corn bread, and what looks like stuffing.
• "Six Feet Under": The plate contains nachos topped with melted cheese, black olives, sliced and diced green onions and tomatoes, and some sour cream.
• "The Garage Sale": The plate contains a sandwich with chips, a couple pickles, and potato salad.
• "The Wedding: Part 1": The plate contains chili dogs and Fritos corn chips.
• "The Wedding: Part 2": The plate contains pork and gravy with mashed potatoes, a casserole, and a dinner roll.

• "The Invasion": The plate contains fish sticks with celery and carrot sticks, and coleslaw.
• "Driving Frank": The plate contains a Philly cheese steak sandwich with sauce and fried pickles.
• "Getting Even": The plate contains mixed vegetables on brown rice.
• "The Visit": The plate contains chicken chow mein and two egg rolls.
• "Halloween Candy": The plate contains a fish fillet with rice, lemons, and tomatoes.
• "The Toaster": The plate contains a stuffed chicken breast with peas, carrots, and pearl onions.
• "Ping Pong": The plate contains corn dogs, Doritos tortilla chips, pickles, and cole slaw.
• "Ray Home Alone": The plate contains steak kabob and fettuccine pasta with sliced red peppers.
• "How They Met": The plate contains a baked potato stuffed with brussels sprouts and a spinach salad.

• "Boob Job": The plate contains apple grape salad, with sliced strawberries and bread sticks.
• "You Bet": The plate contains a steak topped with mushrooms, mashed potatoes, and sliced bell peppers.
• "Cousin Gerard": The plate contains stuff on an avocado, probably strawberries, salad and grapes.
• "Debra's Workout": The plate contains a bread with chili and cream cheese, onions, and what looks like a lemon.
• "Left Back": The plate contains three sausages with bread inside, mixed vegetables, grapes, and chips.
• "The Christmas Picture": The plate contains an artichoke, sliced lemons, a patty burger, some kind of sauce, and some kind of vegetable.
• "What's with Robert?": The plate contains some pancakes with a smiley face made up of cream cheese and cherries at the top.
• "Bully on the Bus": The plate contains sausages and beans.
• "Hackidu": A bowl of alphabet soup is placed on the cloth, with some veggies mixed in.
• "Debra Makes Something Good": A bowl of cereal flakes and sliced strawberries are put onto the cloth.

• "The Surprise Party": The plate contains eight tomatoes, some broccoli, chips and mushrooms.

• "Pat's Secret": The plate contains meat with leeks, cabbage and chopped peppers.
• "The Finale": A black plastic container is put onto the cloth. The container has a bill in it that reads "NO CHARGE! Thank you."

• Throughout the entire series, the plate contains penne pasta with green beans, sesame seeds, black olives and tomatoes.

Technique: All live-action.

Music/Sounds: A short 12-note piano ditty composed by Rick Marotta.

Music/Sounds Variants:

• On the episode "Turkey or Fish", a distorted chicken cluck sound is heard.
• In some cases, the end theme of the show is used.
• On some season 1 episodes, a few of the notes from the music had been cut off.
• On Voroniny, the music is slowed down and low-pitched.
• Original CBS airings used a generic theme.

Availability: Seen on Everybody Loves Raymond and its Russian adaptation Voroniny.