Mother's Day Rerun

Care to show mom how much you loved her ... in 2005?

Then get her an Everybody Loves Raymond e-card for Mother's Day.

I got an e-mail yesterday announcing "The popular family sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond, has joined forces with American Greetings to present Mother’s Day eCards featuring one of TV’s funniest moms, Marie Barone (played by Doris Roberts)."

Well that would have been a great gift four years ago. The show breathed it's last laugh May 16, 2005. True, it has been in syndication ever since. But come on! Unless you've been living under a rock, pop culture has moved on since Robert and Amy wed and Ray and Deborah last spat.

Call me crazy, but it feels like some CBS execs just wanted to milk the final drops of a once hit.

Besides, my favorite Doris Roberts' maternal role was as Frances Smith in 1989's "Christmas Vacation". Can we get a Mother's Day card of Frances swilling martinis and saying "Talk about pissing your money away. I hope you kids see what a silly waste of resources this was"?

I think that would be an awesome card. Of course, it would be even better if it was affixed to a Jelly of the Month certificate.