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Aired August 28, 2003 - 13:31   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: What if you just decided to stay home from work until your boss gave you more money? Well, a lot of folks would end up looking for a new job. But Brad Garrett and some other actors won't have to flip burgers anytime soon.
CNN's Anderson Cooper explains.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BRAD GARRETT, ACTOR: Just stopped by mom and dad's for some coffee. But I couldn't take all the mom and dad.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Garrett had been making a mere $150,000 per year -- oh, I'm sorry, per episode. The Emmy-winning actor didn't expect to make what star and producer Ray Romano makes, almost $2 million an episode. Now, he wanted some of that Patricia Heaton money. And some observers speculate that's just what he got, $450,000 an episode.

Garrett's not the first to pull a disappearing act to goose the paycheck. "Malcolm in the Middle"'s Jane Kaczmarek really did have migraines a couple years ago, but they seemed to clear up after Fox prescribed a pay hike from $85,000 to $150,000 per episode.

TV mobster James Gandolfini went to the mattresses with HBO after they made an offer he could refuse. They eventually ponied up a reported $11 million.

Even the friendly friends of "Friends" stuck to their guns when it came to money. Of course, when the real-life friends of "Friends" fought, they fight together.

That wasn't the case with "Raymond." Virtually all of Garrett's fellow co-stars, Heaton, Doris Roberts, and Peter Boyle all came down with the bug. Something going around, I guess, earlier this month, proving everybody really does love Raymond for money.

Anderson Cooper, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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Aired August 28, 2003 - 13:31   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: What if you just decided to stay home from work until your boss gave you more money? Well, a lot of folks would end up looking for a new job. But Brad Garrett and some other actors won't have to flip burgers anytime soon.
CNN's Anderson Cooper explains.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

BRAD GARRETT, ACTOR: Just stopped by mom and dad's for some coffee. But I couldn't take all the mom and dad.

ANDERSON COOPER, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Garrett had been making a mere $150,000 per year -- oh, I'm sorry, per episode. The Emmy-winning actor didn't expect to make what star and producer Ray Romano makes, almost $2 million an episode. Now, he wanted some of that Patricia Heaton money. And some observers speculate that's just what he got, $450,000 an episode.

Garrett's not the first to pull a disappearing act to goose the paycheck. "Malcolm in the Middle"'s Jane Kaczmarek really did have migraines a couple years ago, but they seemed to clear up after Fox prescribed a pay hike from $85,000 to $150,000 per episode.

TV mobster James Gandolfini went to the mattresses with HBO after they made an offer he could refuse. They eventually ponied up a reported $11 million.

Even the friendly friends of "Friends" stuck to their guns when it came to money. Of course, when the real-life friends of "Friends" fought, they fight together.

That wasn't the case with "Raymond." Virtually all of Garrett's fellow co-stars, Heaton, Doris Roberts, and Peter Boyle all came down with the bug. Something going around, I guess, earlier this month, proving everybody really does love Raymond for money.

Anderson Cooper, CNN, New York.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com




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