Roseanne

[Catherine Wheel]

Sara Gilbert (Darlene) is gay in real life. That really blew my mind.

[hnibos]

who cares

[Elvis The Fat Years]

Originally Posted by Eulogy

i had no idea this show was so fucked up

no shit. it's like a kubrick movie.

[slunken]

Originally Posted by Catherine Wheel

Sara Gilbert (Darlene) is gay in real life. That really blew my mind.

And she's got kids w/ another chick.

[reprise85]

Whole show is on Netflix. #binge

[reprise85]

also i cant believe this thread is 6 years old

[yo soy el mejor]

Originally Posted by carapatricia

i dont count that last season.

this is the best

nobody loves me

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by Catherine Wheel

Sara Gilbert (Darlene) is gay in real life. That really blew my mind.

lol are you serious

[Trotskilicious]

that was like nathan lane coming out of the closet

"well we hoped you knew"

[ilikeplanets]

i fucking love this show. i used to watch it for hours in the early morning crashing

[reprise85]

it may be the only sitcom that makes me laugh every episode

[Elphenor]

I had a big crush on Sara Gilbert as a teenager watching this show

[Jerry's Ray]

Roseanne's an amazing show and even though the last season is generally loathed by the fans, I love it and love the balls she had to gloriously jump the shark in the way she did...

Or did she...?

I watched a lot of Roseanne interviews where she talks about the show and the last season and I think people missed the point of that season. It's probably her most relevant and most reflective of her life.

The whole point of Roseanne was that it was about "roseanne"; essentially telling her life in sitcom form. She changed things of course, but a lot of it stayed true to her personal experiences. She fought a lot with the producers to get things to be accurate- like she actually wanted the "Dan leaving Roseanne for another woman" to happen around the second season and dan was meant to be written out. The producers said no because goodman was so well loved and it was out of character for him to do something like that. (This was Reflective of her own life where her first husband did the same thing to her.) but she managed to get that plot point across in the last season and wrote it in such a way that didn't betray his character; (essentially that as Dan was dead, and she had been writing what we saw, she wrote him as this unfaithful asshole because she was resentful and upset that he died and left her alone.)

Season 9 was actually very intimate to me and people didn't get that that was what her life had become. In her real life, she did become a multi millionaire from her show and her life became chaotic and crazy; just as she herself became chaotic and crazy. She makes no secret that she suffered from delusions and mental illness and the show reflected these aspects of her life and in doing so, "jumped the shark" because no one could relate to her anymore. There aren't many cases where the "great american battler" wins a fortune and starts going on crazy adventures with the gals from absolutely fabulous or saving a train from terrorists Rambo style!

I really loved her for showing that part of her life. The ending was sad, yes... I hated the idea that Dan had been dead for an entire season and I didn't like how she tells that she had been writing the show differently to what the reality was (like Jackie being the gay one, not her mom and Darlene and beckys boyfriends being the wrong way around) but that was the truth of her real life, and she was finally being honest and straightforward after a year of chaos and hijinks... Bravo!

[The Omega Concern]

Comic Roseanne Barr jumps into UC Davis fray, says she hopes campus ‘gets nuked’




“I hope all the jews leave UC Davis & then it gets nuked...”



She's always so direct with her opinions. I do like her for that.

[vixnix]

I had a crush in Johnny Galecki in the 90s

I used to love this show. But I saw one episode from the last season and it totally skeeved me out and tainted my memory of it forever...

[reprise85]

My God, he has a good opinion about something!

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by vixnix

I had a crush in Johnny Galecki in the 90s

I used to love this show. But I saw one episode from the last season and it totally skeeved me out and tainted my memory of it forever...

watching from the beginning has been really awesome. I've even seen a couple episode I don't remember at all.

[vixnix]

It might have to be done...plus my kids are 9 and 6 now, so they 're probably ready..

[fuzzyroes]

Rosannes pretty funny, but it was kinda weak how she went so overboard with all of the plastic surgery. She all of the sudden looked like a completely different person on the show... It was weird.

[mpp]

Originally Posted by reprise85

I love Roseanne. I admit it. But what was with the last episode?

It started out as an unbelievably good show, very SP-like.

It went down hill over time, perhaps due to Tom Arnold being one of the biggest assholes in the history of the universe.

Anyway, the last 2 or 3 seasons were epic dogshit. The last episode is the creme de la creme. Total bullshit.

The saddest thing about it is that I think the last 2 or 3 seasons tarnish the show's legacy. It was a brilliant show WAAAAAAAAAAAY ahead of its time.

[reprise85]

Aw, Netflix only has a "collection" of episodes, which turns out to be season 1 and 2 and a few eps of season 3. Other ways to watch of course, and I probably will be. I'm at the beginning of season 2 I think? Where Jackie just left for the police academy. I didn't realize how many first season episodes I hadn't seen or don't remember.

[Starla]

I love this show... been reliving it on netflix the past month. I need a Dan Connor in my life. I hope they're going to add all of the seasons.

[Starla]

Originally Posted by reprise85

Aw, Netflix only has a "collection" of episodes, which turns out to be season 1 and 2 and a few eps of season 3. Other ways to watch of course, and I probably will be. I'm at the beginning of season 2 I think? Where Jackie just left for the police academy. I didn't realize how many first season episodes I hadn't seen or don't remember.

It gets crazy when they won the lottery.. I need to see that one again.

[christian zombie vampires]

Originally Posted by Jerry's Ray

Roseanne's an amazing show and even though the last season is generally loathed by the fans, I love it and love the balls she had to gloriously jump the shark in the way she did...

Or did she...?

I watched a lot of Roseanne interviews where she talks about the show and the last season and I think people missed the point of that season. It's probably her most relevant and most reflective of her life.

The whole point of Roseanne was that it was about "roseanne"; essentially telling her life in sitcom form. She changed things of course, but a lot of it stayed true to her personal experiences. She fought a lot with the producers to get things to be accurate- like she actually wanted the "Dan leaving Roseanne for another woman" to happen around the second season and dan was meant to be written out. The producers said no because goodman was so well loved and it was out of character for him to do something like that. (This was Reflective of her own life where her first husband did the same thing to her.) but she managed to get that plot point across in the last season and wrote it in such a way that didn't betray his character; (essentially that as Dan was dead, and she had been writing what we saw, she wrote him as this unfaithful asshole because she was resentful and upset that he died and left her alone.)

Season 9 was actually very intimate to me and people didn't get that that was what her life had become. In her real life, she did become a multi millionaire from her show and her life became chaotic and crazy; just as she herself became chaotic and crazy. She makes no secret that she suffered from delusions and mental illness and the show reflected these aspects of her life and in doing so, "jumped the shark" because no one could relate to her anymore. There aren't many cases where the "great american battler" wins a fortune and starts going on crazy adventures with the gals from absolutely fabulous or saving a train from terrorists Rambo style!

I really loved her for showing that part of her life. The ending was sad, yes... I hated the idea that Dan had been dead for an entire season and I didn't like how she tells that she had been writing the show differently to what the reality was (like Jackie being the gay one, not her mom and Darlene and beckys boyfriends being the wrong way around) but that was the truth of her real life, and she was finally being honest and straightforward after a year of chaos and hijinks... Bravo!

I really appreciated this. it always seemed obvious the last season was more than just jumping the shark and at least one metaphor was going on and thats a pretty good interpretation. Always found it fascinating, I don't think there is another example of an entire cast of a hit show being forced to act in a season-long absurd/experimental detour. after 8 awesome seasons it takes nothing away.

Best show of the 90s after Simpsons & Seinfeld easily

[reprise85]

Yeah that's a great analysis.

[Jerry's Ray]

[ilikeplanets]

Originally Posted by reprise85

also i cant believe this thread is 6 years old

god damn i am so tempted but my husband will fucking HATE me

[ilikeplanets]

wtf did i quote. i tried to quote the binge watching thing.....i am tempted to watch it ALLLLL

[ilikeplanets]

also, I've always hated the last season until that explanation, Jerry's Ray. I never thought about how getting rich and famous would affect the atmosphere of the show...I still thought the ending could have been WAY stronger but at least it almost makes sense now

[reprise85]

del