Roseanne
September 6th 2008 10:29
Alright I'm back again after another hiatus.
Sorry I'm a bit of a sell out and now have sold my writing rights for money - you know, for food and stuff...
Anyway - Roseanne.
This is a bit of a forgotten sitcom, and while it really found its peak in the 90's, it started strong and sure in 1988.
Roseanne was such a far departure from the norm of the typical 80's sitcom that people were actually a little shocked when it first aired, and a little unsure how to take it.
This wasn't all-happy-on-the-home-front Full House or The Cosby Show. This was blue- collar white-trash with bad attitudes and real problems.
Roseanne Bar herself (jokes aside...) played the overweight politically incorrect mother and John Goodman played her male counterpart.
These two were definitely not the typical television parents we'd come to expect from the 80's.
In fact the whole family weren't exactly the Seaver's or the Keaton's.
Jackie was the crazy-ass, but cool, Aunt. D.J was the weird little Freddy Munster-looking kid, Darlene was the dysfunctional teen rebel girl and Becky was here opposite...until she met Mark of coarse.
The first (and last) Becky was a mean ass brat, then suddenly Sarah Chalke (Elliot from Scrubs) turned up and became the new and nicer Becky.
They both swapped back and forth over the last few series.
Most prefer the old Becky, but I thought new Becky was pretty cool.
While Roseanne Bar was a nutter-freak out of the show, the series was actually pretty cool and well respected. Maybe channel 10 should reach in for some repeats?
Like The Cosby Show, Roseanne changed the opening credits at least every season. This one is from season 6...with NO Becky's!
'What's up? I smell fear. I love that smell, but what's up?'
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Comment by ejstarr
Shame on you JL!
Comment by Ken John
What a beastly woman!! lol
Seriously though, it was a class act show!
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