Romano and Garrett tour headed for Atlanta

by Brian McKim & Traci Skene on April 29th, 2009

The AJC ran an interview with Ray Romano— his live show, with Brad Garrett onboard, will be at the Fox Theatre on May 5.

Q: Has it been an easy transition for you, post Raymond?

A: It’s real hard. I’ve tried a couple of movies. But people see you as a character for nine years and you become ingrained into their consciousness. My buddy Kevin James [“King of Queens”], he’s doing it right.

Q: Who would have thought he’d have such a big hit with “Mall Cop!”

A: That thing was huge! We played Vegas together a couple of weeks ago. We went out on stage and I noted that his movie grossed $145 million. So with “Mall Cop” and my “Welcome to Mooseport,” we’ve grossed $148 million together!

Pretty funny quote.

We’re not so sure what it is about James’ movie that Romano sees as “doing it right”– or what it was about Romano’s Mooseport flick that might have been “doing it wrong.” From what we’ve seen/heard, neither was offensive, neither deserved the scathing reviews they got and either one could have grossed big bucks.