Best Roseanne Episodes of All-Time
Scspillman
TV Guide writer putting together piece on the five best Roseanne episodes
of all-time is looking for suggestions from fans. Let me know which
episodes were your favorites and why and I'll consider them for inclusion.
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Detlef Lewin
On 15 Apr 1997 04:49:57 GMT, scspi...@aol.com (Scspillman) wrote:
>TV Guide writer putting together piece on the five best Roseanne episodes
>of all-time is looking for suggestions from fans. Let me know which
>episodes were your favorites and why and I'll consider them for inclusion.
I don´t know the name of the episode, but it´s the one where Roseanne
wants to take a bath and is constantly disturbed by her family; then
she falls asleep and in her dream the same thing happens and she
"kills" her whole family, bla...bla...bla.
And at the end they all sing together: "We loooove Roooseanne!"
8-)
Debrah Suggs
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scspi...@aol.com (Scspillman) writes:
> TV Guide writer putting together piece on the five best Roseanne episodes
> of all-time is looking for suggestions from fans. Let me know which
> episodes were your favorites and why and I'll consider them for inclusion.
>
>
> E-mail your recommendations to:
>
> scspi...@aol.com
I don't know if your legit, but my favorites are:
The episode where Jackie has to play Roxanne in the community theatre
version of Cyrano de Bergiac (I know I slaughtered the spelling).
Side-splittingly funny.
Roseanne taking Darlene's home economics class on a field trip to the
supermarket for meatloaf supplies (and twinkies for DJ's bully). Real
life real funny.
Debrah Suggs
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Pattie/Mike Payne
My favorite episode is when Roseanne finds pot and thinks
its Davids. Dan tells her that the pot is really
Roseanne's pot that he put away years ago. At the end Dan,
Roseanne and Jackie decide to smoke in the bathroom. That
was the funniest episode of all time.
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Julie Eischens
I agree!! I also think the one where DJ starts masturbating is "up" there,
too. Lots of funnies in those days!
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10041...@compuserve.com (Detlef Lewin) wrote:
>On 15 Apr 1997 04:49:57 GMT, scspi...@aol.com (Scspillman) wrote:
>
>>TV Guide writer putting together piece on the five best Roseanne episodes
>>of all-time is looking for suggestions from fans. Let me know which
>>episodes were your favorites and why and I'll consider them for inclusion.
>I don´t know the name of the episode, but it´s the one where Roseanne
>wants to take a bath and is constantly disturbed by her family; then
>she falls asleep and in her dream the same thing happens and she
>"kills" her whole family, bla...bla...bla.
>
>And at the end they all sing together: "We loooove Roooseanne!"
>
>8-)
Here's another vote for the episode when Jackie played Roxanne with
the Community Theater.
Also:
THe one where Darlene had her 16th b-day party and Roseanne met the
new neighbor, Ty, by running around the house topless during the adult
truth or dare game.
And when Jackie, Roseanne, and Nancy were at the loan dept. trying to
get one for the Diner:
Man: Have any of you ever had experience in the restaurant business
before?:
R: I was the best waitress at Rodbells, but they held me back because
I was a women and all.
J: I have HELD meet, I have EATEN meet!!!!
N: I'll just have to take a pass at this one!
Man: Any of you qualify for the handicapped?
R: I have three kids!
J: I'm in therepy!
--Brian
debbie
scspi...@aol.com (Scspillman) wrote:
>TV Guide writer putting together piece on the five best Roseanne episodes
>of all-time is looking for suggestions from fans. Let me know which
>episodes were your favorites and why and I'll consider them for inclusion.
>
>
>E-mail your recommendations to:
>
>scspi...@aol.com
My two favorites:
Roseanne taking Darlene's home economics class on a field trip to the
supermarket.
The D.J. masturbation episode.
(I also like the ones with Nanna Mary in them, but can't think of a
specific one off hand.)
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>> TV Guide writer putting together piece on the five best Roseanne episodes
>> of all-time is looking for suggestions from fans. Let me know which
>> episodes were your favorites and why and I'll consider them for inclusion.
My favourite episode is waaaayyy back when
Roseanne, Jackie, and the others worked at the
Wellman Factory. Roseanne stood up to the new
boss when he demanded the employees to work harder
(impossible). Roseanne tried to reason with him,
and ended up walking out and taking some of the
best workers with her.
It lead to the decline of Wellman Plastics. You
can't help but root for the little guy (gal in
this case!)
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Debrah Suggs (d...@moorcock.acpub.duke.edu) wrote:
: The episode where Jackie has to play Roxanne in the community theatre
: version of Cyrano de Bergiac (I know I slaughtered the spelling).
: Side-splittingly funny.
YES YES YES! I actually taped this years ago and kept that one episode on
tape because I couldn't bear to tape over it. It was the episode that
turned me on to Roseanne.
John
Well for some reason the episode where DJ was failing math because he
had a real cute teacher and was embarrassed to go up to the board
because he was afraid his hard on would show is one of the tops to me.
When Dan and the guys were discussing the benefits of untucked shirt
vs. books in front to hide embarasing situations I was busting up.
Funny, none of the girls I know seem to think it was that great an
episode - guess it is a guy thing. <g>
- John
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debbie
slin...@igs.net (Slinger) wrote:
>My favourite episode is waaaayyy back when
>Roseanne, Jackie, and the others worked at the
>Wellman Factory. Roseanne stood up to the new
>boss when he demanded the employees to work harder
>(impossible). Roseanne tried to reason with him,
>and ended up walking out and taking some of the
>best workers with her.
>
That boss (or the actor who played him) is now in Congress.
Lori
Personal favorites:
- The two-parter where Roseanne and Dan discovered that Jackie was
being beaten by her boyfriend Fisher.
- The one where Roseanne meets David's mother and he starts to live
with them.
- The one where Becky gets in trouble for flipping the bird during the
class photo.
- The one where Dan had to put his mother in a mental institution.
- The one where Dan and Roseanne find out that Darlene is pregnant.
- The one involving DJ and masterbation.
- The halloween one where Roseanne finds Dan and Fred in bed together.
- The one(s) where Dan is in the hospital after his heart attack.
Of course there are tons more. These are my immediate recollections.
Lori
ALatt
I thought it was a great episode!
Ally
who is not a girl....but is a woman :)
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10041...@compuserve.com (Detlef Lewin) wrote:
>On 15 Apr 1997 04:49:57 GMT, scspi...@aol.com (Scspillman) wrote:
>
>>TV Guide writer putting together piece on the five best Roseanne episodes
>>of all-time is looking for suggestions from fans. Let me know which
>>episodes were your favorites and why and I'll consider them for inclusion.
>I don´t know the name of the episode, but it´s the one where Roseanne
>wants to take a bath and is constantly disturbed by her family; then
>she falls asleep and in her dream the same thing happens and she
>"kills" her whole family, bla...bla...bla.
>
>And at the end they all sing together: "We loooove Roooseanne!"
>
>8-)
how about the episode where Becky farted in front of the entire school
after saying "I would like to thank you for allowing me to speak my
mind....."
And what about the one where Bev broke her pelvis while having sex?
Brian
BrYan Westbrook
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>TV Guide writer putting together piece on the five best Roseanne episodes
>of all-time is looking for suggestions from fans. Let me know which
>episodes were your favorites and why and I'll consider them for inclusion.
The episode where Mariel Hemingway kisses Roseanne
Of course, one of the Halloween shows (just not either of the last two) has to
be included
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BrYan Westbrook (west...@hsnp.com) wrote:
: The episode where Mariel Hemingway kisses Roseanne
When Dan and Roseanne head off to Vegas. Or even when Becky gets Roseanne
to get her birth control pills. Actually, I'll take any single episode up
until they got rid of the old Becky. I'm not saying I like the old one
better, it's just that it was around this time in the series that the
writing started to suffer.
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My all time favorite was the one when they were all worried that becky
would become sexually active and then came home to find darlene with a guy
and buttoning her shirt back up.
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I'm not so sure the writing suffered so much but I generally agree about
the standard. Two things changed - firstly, Roseanne herself within a
couple of seasons became bitter and it no longer looked as though she was
enjoying herself. That's what I loved about the show. Secondly, the
writing for the relationship for Roseanne and Dan changed. They used to
have a friendship based on respect - in recent series it was based on
Dan's fear of Roseanne. This was highlighted by the way Roseanne would
put Dan through the griller for something trivial and how Dan didn't
stand up to her as much as he used to. That episode which ended with Dan
assuming the feotal (spelling?) position when Roseanne returned home
epitomises my point and makes me cringe to this day. I think both these
changes (to the attitude of the actress and character Roseanne) might be
traced back to the unpleasantness of her breakup with Tom Arnold. I
can't believe the rise to prominance of her anti-male views in 1993/4 and
her marriage breakup at the same time are merely coincidences.
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I have a few Best Episodes: Halloween Episode at the Lobo when Roseanne
is dressed like a man. Our local station FOX 5 who runs the show in
syndication has edited out the part where Roseanne goes into the mens room
and uses the urinal. In my opinion this was one of the funniest moments of
the show.
Anothe one is when DJ is masterbating. "Hey Deej, heard you got caught
playing with your instrument in band"
However the funniest scene appears in the episode where Roseanne and
Jackies father dies. The scene where Jackie has to call auntie barbara on
the phone to tell her that her father has passed away. Auntie Barbara has
a hearing problem and Jackie says.... Dad's no longer with us.... Dad's
passed on.....Dad 's dead...... DEAD.... DAD IS DEAD..... He's fine he
sends his love.
I don't want the series to end.... The show sucks but it was funny for so
long I hate to see it end. Dan and Roseanne's relationship was destroyed a
few years ago, and that really bothered me. Like when they were fighting
over Darlene and David and Dan told her to watch her... and Roseanne said
"why don't I just put her on top of the tv so you can watch her all day"
Another one of the lines that bothered me was when Dan wanted Roseanne to
come into the kitchen and she said something about his food dish getting
stuck under the counter.
Anyway.................
Jonny B.
ALatt
>> Auntie Barbara has
a hearing problem and Jackie says.... Dad's no longer with us.... Dad's
passed on.....Dad 's dead...... DEAD.... DAD IS DEAD..... He's fine he
sends his love.>>
This is definitely one of my all time favorite lines from Roseanne. I
started cracking up just reading it again. As for my favorite
episode....that is tough, so I am going to make a generalization and say
most of the Halloween episodes (excluding this year, which I saw taped,
and which I thought was the worst Roseanne ever). I always look forward to
the Halloween episodes. I especially like the "Christmas Carol" takeoff
one.
Ally
Papaleonardos
How about the one where Rosie, Dan and Jackie get stoned?
Also memorable was the one about DJ's masturbation.
Most tender/emotional: when Jackie is beat up by Fisher and Dan beats
uo Fisher.
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mojor...@aol.com (MojoRadio2) wrote:
I have a few Best Episodes: Halloween Episode at the Lobo when
Roseanne
is dressed like a man. Our local station FOX 5 who runs the show in
syndication has edited out the part where Roseanne goes into the mens
room
and uses the urinal. In my opinion this was one of the funniest
moments of
the show.
Anothe one is when DJ is masterbating. "Hey Deej, heard you got caught
playing with your instrument in band"
However the funniest scene appears in the episode where Roseanne and
Jackies father dies. The scene where Jackie has to call auntie barbara
on
the phone to tell her that her father has passed away. Auntie Barbara
has
a hearing problem and Jackie says.... Dad's no longer with us....
Dad's
passed on.....Dad 's dead...... DEAD.... DAD IS DEAD..... He's fine he
sends his love.
I don't want the series to end.... The show sucks but it was funny for
so
long I hate to see it end. Dan and Roseanne's relationship was
destroyed a
few years ago, and that really bothered me. Like when they were
fighting
over Darlene and David and Dan told her to watch her... and Roseanne
said
"why don't I just put her on top of the tv so you can watch her all
day"
Another one of the lines that bothered me was when Dan wanted Roseanne
to
come into the kitchen and she said something about his food dish
getting
stuck under the counter.
Anyway.................
Jonny B.
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I agree with 2 out of 3!!!
The only thing that bothered me about Roseanne dressing like a man is
that she always had that silly grin on her face.
And...
Why would a tv station edit out the men's room scene?? Its not like
you could see anyone's penis!!!!
CENSORSHIP SUCKS!!!!
DJ's masturbation episode has to be my all time favorite though. I
anxsiously awaited all of Darlene's smart-assed remarks!!!
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One awesome line was when Darlene was depressed for awhile and just
lied on the couch and wore only black. Roseanne gave Darlene her
Rodbell's card to buy some new clothes:
Darlene: Well what should I buy?
Roseanne: I don't know, something that will make you blend in with
the couch.
-Brian
Bert Laget
I think the best episode I ever saw was the one where Jackie and Fred
went to counsellor (played by Ellen) ; it just killed me !!!
Meanwhile,that was also the episode where D.J. introduced his new
girlfriend Lisa (wonder what became of her) : she was so funny ; she
reminded me so much of Jodie Foster and Roseanne herself.
I'm so sorry this show is going ; I just saw the last episode of Season 8
on friday and now we just have to wait until the final season comes to
us.
I'm going to miss her and David ; in fact when I think of it I'm going
to miss them all ; including Bev.
I'm so glad that Sarah Chalke will be playing Becky in the final season.
I really don't like Lecy anymore !!!
I think was kinda fun the way they all handled it ; I mean the constant
changes between Sarah & Lecy.
Bye,
Bert.
taylor
Favs: Becky "cutting the cheese" at the Student Council meeting, meeting
with the school principal after thinking that Becky "shot the birdie" in
the school photo, Jackie getting hooked on AOL.
I don't have a lot of TV trivia savy so, please, someone tell me about the
Becky switches: Why did the first one go? Why did she come back and then
go again? I didn't much care for Becky #2.
SWC555
I think the best Rosanne episode was when they all went to the Grand
Canyon and they took their maid Alice.
Heather A
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>Favs: Becky "cutting the cheese" at the Student Council meeting, meeting
>with the school principal after thinking that Becky "shot the birdie" in
>the school photo, Jackie getting hooked on AOL.
After seeing the finale we now know that most of this was "fiction" that
Roseanne wrote in her book. The finale has ruined the series for me :( I
will always look at it differently now, but I have to say that the Finale
was my Favorite episode, just because it threw me through a totally
unexpected loop.
>I don't have a lot of TV trivia savy so, please, someone tell me about
the
>Becky switches: Why did the first one go? Why did she come back and
then
>go again? I didn't much care for Becky #2.
>
The first Becky left to go to college. She came back I believe because
Rosanne asked her to.
HeatherA
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"Heather A" <heat...@coil.com> wrote:
>taylor wrote in article <01bc61ea$1ce2d300$076a...@taylort.icsi.net>...
>>Favs: Becky "cutting the cheese" at the Student Council meeting, meeting
>>with the school principal after thinking that Becky "shot the birdie" in
>>the school photo, Jackie getting hooked on AOL.
>After seeing the finale we now know that most of this was "fiction" that
>Roseanne wrote in her book. The finale has ruined the series for me :( I
>will always look at it differently now, but I have to say that the Finale
>was my Favorite episode, just because it threw me through a totally
>unexpected loop.
The finale did not necessarily invalidate everything. The gist of it,
as I see it, as that most of the series was Roseanne Connor's book,
but a book that was pretty much based on her own life, with a couple
of changes (mom and sister's sexuality, daughters' husbands), but
otherwise pretty much telling the story of her own -- Roseanne
Connor's -- life. All except for this year's shows which I take it
were nearly complete fiction (Dan recovering, winning the lottery, the
separation, etc.) Everything else can be taken to be the real life of
the Connor family, with some fictional embellishment and literary
flourishes (Bev and Jackie's sexuality, Becky and Darlene's different
pairings, Arnie being sent off into space, etc.). LOTS of writers
draw on their own real life experiences for their work, changing the
details a bit, consolidating some events or people for better
story-telling, etc. So, yes, the entire series has been changed, but
not necessarily ruined. We thought we had been seeing the Conners
going about their lives, but find out now that what we were actually
watching was Roseanne Connor's fictionalized-but-based-in-reality
*portrayal* of her family's life -- which is really just a reflection
on _Roseanne_ the series, which in many ways is a fictionalized
account of Roseanne's [nee Barr nee Arnold] own life and family and
friends. Brilliant.
[My only advice to Roseanne Connor, The Writer, is: for your next
book, stick to the real-life stuff that made up the first 7/9ths of
your book -- much better and funnier than the totally imaginary stuff
that you tried in the latter part] :-)
I, too, will miss Roseanne.
JIMBO4159
Hey there, just wanted to let you know that my two favorite episodes of
all time are:
-Rosanne's father's death
and
-the episode in which Dan catches David and Darlene making out in the
basement after they'd been caught living together in Chicago (when Darlene
"rats out" Rosanne).
Some of the most genius writing in television history!!!!!!
JIMBO4159
Another all-time classic line from Rosanne is after the power goes out as
Rosanne opens the refrigerator door and she looks at Dan and says:
"Well, middle class was fun." as she slams the fridge door.
Asher97788
1. the masturbation episode. I never laughed harder than I did at the
dinner table scene.
2. Roseanne and Jackie's dad dies- classic converstaion with Auntie
Barbara.
3. Any Hallowe'en episode.
I'm sure there are more that I can't think of.
Ben F. Schumin
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> 3. Any Hallowe'en episode.
ANY Halloween episode? I don't know... the last one was pretty pitiful.
But the others were pretty cool, like the one where Roseanne was visited by
the ghosts of Halloween past, present, and future.
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Gentleman-X <jer...@erols.com> wrote:
>One of the best episodes: When Becky decided to go on birth control.
>It was such a well done episode, and funny.
"and then there's your condom-sponge combo--fort knox
protection at a price you can afford" jackie to becky
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> Asher97788 <asher...@aol.com> wrote in article
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> > 3. Any Hallowe'en episode.
>
> ANY Halloween episode? I don't know... the last one was pretty pitiful.
> But the others were pretty cool, like the one where Roseanne was visited by
> the ghosts of Halloween past, present, and future.
Yeah, that was the one with the Ab-Fab people, right? Well, I think that
was pretty stupid as well. I didn't much like anything in the last
season, and I found the series finale very disappointing.
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