Roseanne



Roseanne was a sitcom which aired on ABC from 1988 to 1997. Based on the stand up comedy of Roseanne Barr, who often joked of her status as a "Domestic Godess", the series featured the blue-collar working family of the Conners, and their trials and tribulations of everyday life. The series remained in the top four of the ratings for six of its nine years, and received multiple Emmy Awards.

In the closing scene of episode 104 of Muppets Tonight, guest star John Goodman is back on the set of Roseanne, and the stagehand that welcomes him back to the show is played by Muppeteer Jerry Nelson. Andy and Randy then show up to reveal that they work for the show now. John is mortified, and the shrilling strings played to accentuate this, are a nod to Bernard Herrmann's classic Psycho score.

Connections

 * Sarah Chalke played Becky Conner
 * John Goodman played Dan Conner
 * Moon Unit Zappa played Carol in "Pampered to a Pulp" (1996)
 * Dann Florek appeared in three episodes of the show
 * Gary Halvorson directed episodes of the series
 * Ned Beatty played Ed Conner
 * Rob Ulin was a writer/producer on the show
 * Ellis E. Williams appeared in the episode "Girl Talk" (1994)
 * Tim Doyle was a producer on the show
 * David A. Caplan wrote for the series
 * Fred Willard played Scott
 * Tim Curry played Roger
 * Red Buttons played Jake