HBO Comedy Half-Hour: Ray Romano

Stand-up comedy with Ray Romano, the star of TV's hit comedy series Everybody Loves Raymond. He was a smash on HBO's 15th Annual Young Comedians Show, Romano's hysterial observations on everyday subjects have made him one of today's fastest-rising comics. "I thank God for stand-up," he says. "I can talk all about the joys of marriage, the beauty of parenthood, and, let's be honest, it gets me out of the house."