Before John Goodman had four kids on Roseanne, he had only 2 using Crest Toothpaste. What do you think of the 30-year-old’s mustache in that 1982 commercial?
Marion Ross, or as we know her as Mrs C, was on Today today to talk about her memoir My Days: Happy and Otherwise. In the book, she revealed some secrets about the show, and they wanted to talk to her to about it. But they did not want her to do it alone, so they brought on Anson Williams and Donny Most to surprise her. It has been 44 years since they became a family on TV, and they still act like one. To me, it is chemistry like that, which is why we are still talking about the show and watching it in syndication.
Back to the secrets. For the first few years of the show, the 89-year-old actress (Doesn’t she look amazing for her age?) and her TV husband, the late Tom Bosley, did not get along. She speculates that he wanted someone else to play her role and that is why he was resistant to her at first. As time went on, they grew to love each other like the couple we watch on our small screens.
She wasn’t the only one revealing behind the scenes secrets. Anson Williams shared with the host that they shot a pilot for the sitcom a year earlier and it did not go. Due to the success of the movie American Graffiti and Grease on Broadway, the network decided to give it a second go. There was only one problem, they were not sure if Williams and Ron Howard were too old to play their roles. Both actors had to re-audition for their roles as Potsie and Richie Cunningham respectively. As we know, they once again landed their parts.
What about Ralph Malph? Most says that his character was not in the original script. The actor says that he gave such a great audition for Potsie, they created Ralph Malph just for him.
Three things you never knew about the show you thought you knew everything about. I don’t know about you, but I love learning things like this.
A few weeks ago, it was announced that Kathy Griffin is going to play Kellyanne Conway on Comedy Central’s The President Show. Tonight at 11p, she is going to make her debut as Trump’s, well what does Conway do? Do you know? Besides being perceived as a joke?
Anyways, I was not sure how Griffin would do in the role, but now we can see she looks like the woman is she is playing. And that is not a compliment.
You would think nothing bad could happen to an actor while playing a lawyer on a TV drama, but bad things can happen. While Freddy Rodriguez was shooting a scene for Bull, the back of pants of his pants split open. He did not say how it happened, so we are left to imagine what caused them to open up.
I am thinking that Michael Weatherly, who loves to drop trou, was trying to do the same to his costar. Either that or they were too tight and as he went to sit down he let one rip. Not a fart but the seam of his trousers. What do you think?
Last week, all pop culture people could talk about is how outrageous Roseanne’sratings were and many correlated the high numbers with her politics. I saw the numbers as being high because it has been a fan favorite for almost 30 years and it still plays in syndication several times a day on several channels. There is still a love for this show and people wanted to go back to Conner home where it was safe. As long as Roseanne was in a good mood. I mean her character…
Anyways, I admit I did not like the three episodes that ABC sent out to the press because I found them to be too political and swaying to one side only. Believe it or, I felt it was too far to the left and not enough over to the right. And I am a leftie, who likes balance. It felt more like their views were being thrown at us as compared to explaining them neutrally like they in the old days. Something that current shows like Superior Donuts and Black-ish do a good job with, but some of the right won’t watch because the casts are people of color. On that note, Roseanne does make a cheap joke about ABC’s Tuesday night comedies, calling them the Black and Asian shows. Maybe there is one political joke tonight, but that is it.
Much to, I am sure, Donald Trump’s disappointment, the Conners only deal with aging and raising kids in the year 2018 on tonight’s episode at 8p on ABC. That is it! It reminded me of how the sitcom used to be and why we are still watching repeats after 3 decades.
What happens tonight? Roseanne’s knee is in bad shape and it is hard for her to get up the stairs. Medicine is expensive, so Dan (John Goodman) steals her a chairlift and it installs it on their stairs. She refuses to use it because she thinks it is for old people.
There are also young people in her house and she is sick of how Darlene’s (Sara Gilbert) daughter Harris (Emma Kenney) is taking advantage of everyone. Harris does not clean up after herself and acts like a queen. Roseanne wants Darlene to punish her, but Darlene does not want to do it. She does not believe in raising kids like she was raised by her parents. Eventually, Roseanne has had enough and takes on Harris. Will the teen learn her lesson or will she revolt even more?
That is something families all over the country deal with. I think this the Roseanne people want to watch. It is the Roseanne I want to watch. I get enough politics during the day, I don’t need at night during my escape from it.
If Roseanne does more episodes like this, instead of hot topic political storylines, then I can see their numbers continue at unbelievable highs. If they keep on being so one-sided, I expect their numbers to fall back to earth next season.
How do you prefer your Roseanne?
One little note, Emma Kenney is the surprise star of this show. She has proven to be a much better actor than some of her older co-stars. The actress is one to watch and I hope they do more episodes focused on her.
