Comments on: Roseanne, 20 Years Later

By: DayGlow

DayGlow — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:22:12 +0000

I love love love Roseanne. The show is an awful lot like my family growing up, and my mom really identified with Roseanne. She had the same parenting style and everything.. plus, they could almost be fraternal twins. John Goodman remains one of my favorite actors and I accidentally called him Dan Goodman when telling my boyfriend that when watching O Brother Where Art Thou? (Coincidentally, his character’s name in that movie is Big Dan anyhow.)

By: Téa B

Téa B — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 05:58:50 +0000

I always loved the episode where they received the ratings box, and Roseanne wanted to family to only watch “smart” programming – not what they really watched. LOL.

By: Jo

Jo — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 23:01:41 +0000

I loved Roseanne. Everything about Roseanne. Every Halloween, my sisters and I call each other up and say, “WELCOME to the TUNNEL OF TERROR. Please, join us!” (Remember, DJ was lip synching to the Halloween record?)

Although — they DID have some diet episodes, even during the awesome-r early years. Mostly they were just about how much diets sucked and made them feel miserable and desperate to “cheat.”

By: JupiterPluvius

JupiterPluvius — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:17:32 +0000

I loved Less Than Perfect and I seriously doubt Sara Rue was a size 12 in the first few series, though she did lose weight around series 3 or 4, I think. She seemed to me to be around a UK size 16 at the beginning

UK size 16 is the same as US size 12, though. And they definitely said she was “size 12″ when the show premiered; later they referred to her as “size 10″ apparently.

By: InTheWild

InTheWild — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:07:29 +0000

Somebody mentioned Wendie Jo Sperber? Gawd I loved her!

By: kellycoxsemple

kellycoxsemple — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 02:51:29 +0000

Oh, John Goodman is the gold standard, along with Dan Haggerty (“Grizzly Adams”) and Merlin Olsen (from the NFL to “Little House on the Prairie”). Hmm, no 70s and 80s TV influence there, eh? Seriously, though, I’m with OTM. John Goodman brings out the rawr in me.

Anyone remember the short-lived TV show “Babes,” about three fat sisters? Loved that show.

By: Godless Heathen

Godless Heathen — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:47:58 +0000

They run it on The CW during the weekdays sometime around noon. I watch it all the time, even though I’ve seen almost every episode.

Growing up I didn’t like the show because my background was more middle class. Now I watch it and almost wince at how honest it was about the working class. Some things seem a little dated now, but it’s pretty timeless.

By: i-geek

i-geek — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 22:23:10 +0000

Oh my gosh, I watched that clip and now I want to go and rent the DVDs (if they’re available- I hope). I LOVED that show as a kid. I grew up in a working-class family (dad worked in a factory and bowled on a work league on Thursdays) and so much of the show seemed real. Things in the house looked like things in my own house or in my friends’ and family’s houses. The people looked normal (not Hollywood-esque) the situations were normal. Great stuff.

By: Tuxer

Tuxer — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:27:05 +0000

As has been said, until everyone lost their minds in the last couple of seasons, Roseanne was the best show on TV — and I don’t generally care for comedies. But good writing is good writing — and John Goodman was seriously hot.

And it was so nice to see being fat portrayed as just, you know, a normal state. No big statement, no body hatred, very few fat jokes, no food or diet talk. Roseanne and Dan Conner were even shown eating without anybody commenting on it! You know, just like human beings.

If the show came on today, the health police would freak — ABC would have to run a “Being this fat will kill you!” disclaimer if it aired at all. Fatphobia is much worse now than it was 20 years ago.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:13:30 +0000

I liked Roseanne, and I never even thought about the fact that they were fat. Of course, I was fourteen when the show ended, so that may have been why. Darlene, of course, is currently on The Big Bang Theory occasionally. FACIAL HAIR?! Uhhhhn huuuuuuhn. *gratuitous thrusting motions* Yeah why is the fashion leaning towards clean-shaven now? Guh I hate that. 'Cause there are way too many guys who think that having a beard just means not shaving. The results are sometimes scary. That having been said, my fiance (husband in less than a week!!!!) has a nicely-kept beard, and it's pretty sexy.