Series Description:

The Mad About You TV show was a 30 minute romantic comedy series on NBC about a rare subject for the 1990s! Two young newlyweds in love and happily married! That's not to say that their lives together were perfect. They had their share of disagreements like all couples do and even considered a split in 1996, but there was never any doubt that they cared deeply for each other. In May of 1997, they were blessed by the birth of their daughter Mabel.

Mad About You Cast:

Paul Reiser ...................... Paul Buchman
Helen Hunt ....................... Jamie Buchman
Anne Elizabeth Ramsay ............ Lisa Stemple
John Pankow ...................... Ira Buchman
Leila Kenzle ..................... Fran Devanow
Richard Kind ..................... Mark Devanow
Cynthia Harris ................... Sylvia Buchman
Louis Zorich ..................... Burt Buchman
Richard Kind ..................... Doctor Mark David Devanow
Judy Geeson ...................... Maggie
Paxton Whitehead ................. Hal
Robin Bartlett ................... Debbie Buchman
Suzie Plakson .................... Doctor Joan Herman
Jeff Garlin ...................... Marvin
Tommy Hinkley .................... Jay Selby

Mad About You Trivia:

Paul Buchman worked as a documentary filmaker and his wife Jamie worked as a public-relations executive.

Lisa Kudrow played the twin sister, "Ursula Buffay" of her "Friends" character, "Phoebe Buffay" on close to two dozen episodes of Mad About You. Then, on episode #16 of Friends titled, "The One With Two Parts - Part 1", Jamie saw Phoebe at the gang's coffee house and mistook her for Ursula.

That wasn't the only crossover episode involving Mad About You characters. In episode #8 of Mad About You titled, "The Apartment", Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards' character on "Seinfeld") was subletting his apartment from Paul Buchman. When Jamie found out that Paul hadn't given up the apartment, she told him to get over there and get Kramer to take over the lease.

Episode #7 of Mad About You titled, "Token Friend" was inspired by a real-life experience. Actor Steve Buscemi guest stars on that episode. In real-life, he tried out being a stand up comedian, before becoming an actor. He was doing so badly one time that they took him off stage before his gig was done and replaced him with another comic. That comic was Paul Reiser. Steve Buscemi is doing fine, however, as a very, very busy actor. You might know him best as the recurring character, "Tony Blundetto" on the TV series, "The Sopranos".

A character in one of the episodes asked Paul and Jamie if they had seen that movie where aliens burst out of people's chests (referring to the Alien movies). Paul responds by saying that he only saw the first one. This was an inside joke referring to the fact that Paul Reiser had starred in the second Alien movie.

The piano player for the theme song was none other than Paul Reiser himself!

Paul Buchman and Jamie Stemple (later Buchman) met while trying to buy a copy of the New York Times Sunday paper at a newsstand.

Mabel Buchman, Paul and Jamie's daughter, got her name in a pretty cool way! Mabel's grandmother (played by Carol Burnett of the "Carol Burnett Show") said that "Mothers always bring extra love". If you make an acronym out of that sentence, it spells, "M.A.B.E.L."!

Actress Teri Hatcher lost the role of Jamie Buchman to Helen Hunt at the final Mad About You auditions. If she'd have gotten that role, who might have played "Lois Lane" on the series, "Lois and Clark"?

As a wonderful surprise for the viewers who hated to see the series end, the final episode's story line in May of 1999 was told from the viewpoint of a "grown-up" Mabel, Paul and Jamie's daughter! We learned that in the future: 1999 - Paul and Jamie will discover that they are not legally married! 2005 - Jamie becomes pregnant again but loses the baby. 2021 - Paul and Jamie break up (but they eventually reunite and live happily ever after). Undisclosed Years: Fran and Mark re-marry, Ira marrys and has eight children, It is discovered that Maggie and Hal were British spys, Marvin becomes an international wrestling champion called "Angry Tina" and Debbie and Joan get married in Hawaii!

Mad About You Theme Song Lyrics

Title: The Final Frontier

By: Don Was and Paul Reiser

Tell me why, I love you like I do.
Tell me who, could stop my heart as much as you.
Let's take each other's hand,
As we jump into the Final Frontier.

Mad about you baby. (Whoo hoo hoo)
Yeah.
I'm mad about you. (Whoo hoo hoo)

Whoo hoo hoo.

Episodes List With Original Air Dates

The First Season

Pilot (9/23/1992)
Sofa's Choice (9/30/1992)
Sunday Times (10/7/1992)
Out Of The Past (10/14/1992)
Paul In The Family (10/21/1992)
I'm Just So Happy For You (10/28/1992)
Token Friend (11/4/1992)
The Apartment (11/11/1992)
Riding Backwards (11/18/1992)
Neighbors From Hell (12/2/1992)
Met Someone (12/9/1992)
Maid About You (1/6/1993)
Togetherness (1/13/1993)
Weekend Getaway (1/27/1993)
The Wedding Affair (2/6/1993)
Love Among The Tiles (2/13/1993)
The Billionaire (2/20/1993)
The Man Who Said Hello (2/27/1993)
Swept Away (5/1/1993)
The Spy Who Loved Me (5/8/1993)
The Painter (5/15/1993)
Happy Anniversary (5/22/1993)

The Second Season

Murray's Tale (9/16/1993)
Bing, Bang, Boom (9/23/1993)
Bedfellows (9/30/1993)
Married To The Job (10/7/1993)
So I Married A Hair Murderer (10/14/1993)
An Unplanned Child (10/28/1993)
Natural History (11/4/1993)
Surprise (11/11/1993)
A Pair Of Hearts (11/18/1993)
It's A Wrap (12/2/1993)
Edna Returns (12/9/1993)
Paul Is Dead (1/6/1994)
Same Time, Next Week (1/13/1994)
The Late TV Show (1/27/1994)
Virtual Reality (2/3/1994)
Valentine (2/10/1994)
Instant Karma (2/14/1994)
The Tape (2/24/1994)
Love Letters (3/10/1994)
The Last Scampi (4/7/1994)
Disorientation (4/28/1994)
Storms We Cannot Weather (5/5/1994)
Up All Night (5/12/1994)
With This Ring - Part 1 (5/19/1994)
With This Ring - Part 2 (5/19/1994)

The Third Season

Home (9/29/1994)
Till Death Do Us Part (10/6/1994)
When I'm Sixty-Four (10/13/1994)
Legacy (10/20/1994)
Pandora's Box (11/3/1994)
The Ride Home (11/10/1994)
Giblets For Murray (11/17/1994)
Once More, With Feeling (12/8/1994)
The City (12/15/1994)
Our Fifteen Minutes (1/5/1995)
How To Fall In Love (1/19/1995)
Mad About You - Part 1 (2/2/1995)
Mad About You - Part 1 (2/2/1995)
Just My Dog (2/9/1995)
The Alan Brady TV Show (2/16/1995)
Mad Without You (2/23/1995)
Purseona (3/9/1995)
Two Tickets To Paradise (3/30/1995)
Money Changes Everything (4/27/1995)
Cake Fear (5/4/1995)
My Boyfriend's Back (5/11/1995)
Up in Smoke - Part 1 (5/18/1995)
Up in Smoke - Part 2 (5/18/1995)

The Fourth Season

New Sleep-Walking Plus (9/24/1995)
The Parking Space (10/1/1995)
The Test (10/8/1995)
The Good, The Bad And The Not-So-Appealing (10/29/1995)
I Don't See It (11/5/1995)
Yoko Said (11/12/1995)
An Angel For Murray (11/19/1995)
The Couple (11/26/1995)
New Year's Eve (12/17/1995)
Ovulation Day (1/7/1996)
Get Back (1/14/1996)
Dream Weaver (2/4/1996)
Hot and Cold (2/18/1996)
Fertility (2/25/1996)
Everybody Hates Me (3/10/1996)
Do Me A Favor (3/17/1996)
The Glue People (3/24/1996)
The Sample (3/31/1996)
The Procedure (4/14/1996)
The Weed (4/21/1996)
The Award (4/28/1996)
The Finale - Part 1 (5/5/1996)
The Finale - Part 2 (5/19/1996)
The Finale - Part 3 (5/19/1996)

The Fifth Season

Dr. Wonderful (9/17/1996)
The Grant (9/24/1996)
Therapy (10/15/1996)
Clip Show (10/22/1996)
Burt's Building (10/29/1996)
Jamie's Parents (11/12/1996)
Outbreak (11/19/1996)
Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (11/26/1996)
The Gym (12/17/1996)
Chicken Man (1/7/1997)
The Recital (1/14/1997)
The Handyman (1/21/1997)
Astrology (2/4/1997)
The Penis (2/11/1997)
Citizen Buchman (2/18/1997)
Her Houseboy, Coco (2/25/1997)
On The Road (3/18/1997)
The Cockatoo (4/1/1997)
The Touching Game (4/15/1997)
Dry Run (4/29/1997)
Guardianhood (5/6/1997)
The Feud (5/13/1997)
The Birth - Part 1 (5/20/1997)
The Birth - Part 2 (5/20/1997)

The Sixth Season

Coming Home (9/23/1997)
Letters To The Baby (9/30/1997)
Speed III (10/28/1997)
Uncle Phil And The Coupons (11/4/1997)
Moody Blues (11/11/1997)
The Magic Pants (11/18/1997)
Le Sex TV Show (11/25/1997)
The New Friend (12/9/1997)
The Conversation (12/16/1997)
Breastfeeding (1/6/1998)
Good Old Reliable Nathan (1/13/1998)
Separate Planes (1/20/1998)
Cheating On Sheila (2/24/1998)
Back To Work (3/3/1998)
The Second Mrs. Buchman (3/17/1998)
The Coin Of Destiny (3/24/1998)
The Caper (3/31/1998)
The Baby Video (4/14/1998)
Fire At Riffs (4/28/1998)
Mother's Day (5/5/1998)
Paul Slips In The Shower (5/12/1998)
Nat & Arly (5/19/1998)
The Finale (5/19/1998)

The Seventh Season

Season Opener (9/22/1998)
A Pain In The Neck (9/29/1998)
Tragedy Plus Time (10/27/1998)
There's A Puma In The Kitchen (11/4/1998)
The Silent Show (11/10/1998)
Weekend In L.A. (11/17/1998)
The Thanksgiving Show (11/24/1998)
The Buried Fight (12/14/1998)
Farmer Buchman (1/11/1999)
Win A Free Car (1/18/1999)
The Honeymoon (1/25/1999)
Valentine's Day (2/8/1999)
Virtual Reality II (2/22/1999)
Uncle Phil Goes Back To High School (3/1/1999)
Murray At The Dog Show (4/26/1999)
Millennium Bug (4/26/1999)
Separate Beds (5/3/1999)
Stealing Burt's Car (5/10/1999)
Paved With Good Intentions (5/13/1999)
The Dirty Little Secret (5/17/1999)
The Final Frontier - Part 1 (5/24/1999)
The Final Frontier - Part 2 (5/24/1999)