"Seinfeld" was "the show about nothing," but I always thought that description belonged to a sitcom starring another observational
comic: "Everybody Loves Raymond." Ray Romano, a New Yorker every bit as neurotically easy-going as Jerry Seinfeld, carried his sitcom through nine years of simple stories and easy laughs, and now he headlines a documentary, "95 Miles to Go," that has just as much "nothing" on its mind. And it's hilarious, funnier than "Everybody Loves Raymond" ever was. Ray hates to fly, you see. So for a stand-up tour of six Southern cities in the spring of 2004, he rented a minivan and drove from one gig to the next (he had to endure a flight to Miami as his starting point). He was accompanied by his long-time friend Tom Caltabiano (also a "Raymond" writer and Ray's opening act) and Roger Lay Jr., a USC film student who was an intern on "Raymond," who videotaped every moment of the journey. There is no "plot," per se. Ray and Tom drive, stay in hotels, do a little sight-seeing, and perform their shows. There are no serious complications, traumas or sidetracks. Everything goes according to plan.
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