Philip Rosenthal

Philip Rosenthal born 1960 is an American television writer and producer who is best known as the creator writer and executive producer for the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond 19962005 The show was coproduced by Ray Romano and based in part on Romanos comedy material Rosenthals wife actress Monica Horan played the role of Amy MacDougallBarone the off and on girlfriend wife after season 7 of Robert Barone Brad Garrett in Raymond It was Rosenthal and Romano who decided to retire the series over the objections or reservations of the other cast members Rosenthal was born in Queens New York but spent most of his childhood living in New City New York located in Rockland County He attended Clarkstown North High School where he became very active in the schools drama club Cue N Curtain During his four years at Clarkstown Rosenthal acted in many high school plays Among his fellow schoolmates were future television producer Alan Kirschenbaum Yes Dear and New York politician Richard Holbrook Rosenthal graduated from Clarkstown North in 1977 From there he attended Hofstra University where he graduated in 1981 In the early 1980s he was an actor based out of New York City before shifting his focus to production work becoming the writer and producer of such shows as Coach with Craig T Nelson and the shortlived Baby Talk However Rosenthal occasionally appears in acting roles as evidenced by a role in James L Brooks Spanglish as a business colleague of Adam Sandlers character Rosenthal also had a minor role in 2007s The Simpsons Movie a big screen adaption of the long running TV series which was also produced by Brooks and his company Gracie Films Rosenthal voiced the line Here we are kids the Grand Canyon in the fake TV ad that Tom Hanks was filming for the United States Government in support of the new Grand Canyon in the film Producers liked the line and Rosenthal asked if he could perform the part He has also appeared in Curb Your Enthusiasm 30 Rock and Jake Kasdans feature The TV Set Phil is the author of the book Youre Lucky Youre Funny How Life Becomes a Sitcom which was released on October 21 2006 Phil recounts how his hilarious life led to one of the most successful shows in history Rosenthal has the distinction of having directed President Bill Clinton in the White House Correspondents Dinner video which was shown to wide acclaim at the April 2000 event He cowrote the America A Tribute to Heroes the 911 telethon which aired on all four networks won a Peabody Award and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Writing He has completed his first feature for Sony Pictures Exporting Raymond which he wrote and directed the true story about the attempt to turn Everybody Loves Raymond into a successful Russian sitcom where he served as a consultant Much of the documentary centers on his struggle with the countrys unusual cultural aspects and developing relationships with the shows cast and crew despite little to no knowledge with the Russians sense of humor Description above from the Wikipedia article Philip Rosenthal licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia