Ray Romano's Letterman Debut

Before everybody loved Raymond, Mr. Romano seemed pretty popular nonetheless, even as he was premiering his trademark brand of humour in front of a national television audience on The Late Show with David Letterman.

Romano - born on this day in 1957 - was already well known in 1996 when Everybody Loves Raymond first appeared, and has since added to the fame that show brought him by lending his voice to a surly mammoth in the Ice Age films and similarly appearing as Homer Simpson's supposedly imaginary friend in the 2005 episode of The Simpsons entitled Don't Fear the Roofer.
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