Available to buy on DVD 7th May 2007PAUL REISER (Aliens, Beverly Hills Cop 1&2) and HELEN HUNT (What Women Want, As Good As It Gets) star as young, urban newlyweds trying to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the 90’s in the multi-award-winning sitcom Mad About You. Catch all 22 episodes of Mad About You – Season One in a 3 Disc DVD box set for the first time from 7th May 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.REISER and HUNT are joined by an outstanding cast of celebrated comedy actors, including LISA KUDROW (Friends, Analyze That) and RICHARD KIND (Spin City, The Producers).Married for five months, Jamie (HUNT) and Paul Buchman (REISER) struggle to establish the ground rules of their life together in a Manhattan apartment. But it's not easy when both husband and wife are equally neurotic - in entirely different ways.TOP TEN THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT MAD ABOUT YOUMad About You was the hugely successful comedy series that ran from 1992-1999, following the trials and tribulations of a newlywed couple in New York City.
Starring Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt, Mad About You was the precursor for shows such as Seinfeld and Friends. A multi award-winning series, Mad About You made stars out of a number of the people we regularly see on our screens today but here’s what you didn’t know...
Paul Reiser is probably most famous amongst people of a certain age for being the less hairy of My Two Dads. He has also made appearances in the likes of Beverly Hills Cop and Aliens and actually co-wrote Mad About You.
Lisa Kudrow appeared in Mad About You as the ditzy waitress, Ursula, a character she later resurrected as Phoebe’s twin sister in Friends. Even after Friends became a success she continued to make guest appearances as Ursula in Mad About You.
Hunt won the role over Teri Hatcher, who was also considered. The role was originally offered to Bonnie Hunt (no relation), who turned it down.
Paul Reiser plays the piano during the programme’s opening theme tune.
Numerous guest stars popped up during the series’ run, including Bruce Willis, Cindy Lauper, Ellen DeGeneres and even Al Gore.
Reiser and Hunt were each paid $1 million per episode for the final series.
The show collected numerous awards during its run, including a Golden Globe for Helen Hunt for best female performance, five Emmy Awards and numerous American Comedy Awards.
Reiser is also a successful novelist, with his first book, Couplehood, selling over two million copies and reaching the number one spot on The New York Times best-seller list. His current novel Babyhood is out now.
As well as 10 successful years on the ever-popular Friends Lisa Kudrow is widely regarded as the most successful member of the cast, having followed the series with acclaimed performances in movies like The Opposite of Sex, Happy Endings and Wonderland. She has three films coming out in the next year.
Reiser rents his old flat to Cosmo Kramer (Michael Richards) who was a regular character in Seinfeld.
The first season of Mad About You is available to buy on DVD from 7th May 2007, courtesy of Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Mad About You