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This show is interesting, I never actually saw it while it was actually on, but I'm watching some reruns right now. The jokes they make are alittle dry and clesha, but it seems that this show is really really good at portraying how people actually relate to each other. At least in the dramatic scenes. Especially when the dad gets angry out of love. What do you think?
I think you mean cliche.
I always like Roseanne. The producer is from Evansville, IN; and all the pictures between the scene changes, are of Evansville, IN. The Coner house is somewhere on the east side of Evansville, IN. Some trivia for ya...
Maybe it's just me. While I can understand that it was funny, I always found Roseanne to be kind of offensive. No family I ever knew growing up behaved that way. I always thought it inferred that so-called "blue collar" families held lower standards. If I, or anyone I knew would have spoken to our parents or each other that way....honestly, I can't even imagine what would happen because it's so far out of my reality....
Evansville home used on TV show nets $55,000
By ROGER MCBAIN, Courier & Press staff
July 7, 2004
EVANSVILLE -- In the end, nine years of network television fame -- 16 if you include ongoing reruns -- didn't bring the payoff Anne Noble had hoped for.
The 81-year-old yellow-sided East Side Evansville home featured in opening and transitional shots of television's "Roseanne" show sold at auction Tuesday for $55,000.
Noble grew up in the four-bedroom house her grandfather built in 1923 at 619 S. Runnymeade Ave. She had hoped the home's television fame might boost bidders' interest and help bring at least $75,000 for the house and property, she said. The winning bidder, Dave Clark, expected bidding to go higher as well. "I couldn't believe we got it for that," said the Evansville real estate investor and mortgage company owner. Clark owns several other properties in the neighborhood and lives in the area himself, he said. He intends to rehabilitate the house and put it up for sale. If he can't find a buyer, however, he'll rent the house, as he's done with other homes in the area, he said.
Anne Noble's mother, Jeannette Noble, also grew up in the house Evansville native Matt Williams picked to represent the home of Roseanne and Dan Connor and their children on ABC's "Roseanne." Williams is a University of Evansville graduate who wrote for "The Cosby Show" and later created and produced "Home Improvement." He created and produced "Roseanne" when the show first went on the air in 1988. He later left the show because of disagreements with Roseanne Barr, the show's star.
The Noble home was one of several Evansville images (including the exterior of Kent Plastics and the street sign for Third and Delaware streets) that appeared in establishing shots on "Roseanne." The show was a hit, running from October 1988 to August 1997 on ABC. It continued showing in syndicated reruns. Anne Noble said her mother received a single check for $500 to allow exterior shots of her home to be used on the TV show. She kept a photocopy of the check from the First National Bank of Beverly Hills, Calif., and saved it in an album.
If you lookup this address on Google Maps, check out the Streetview. Brings back memories (even if the yard looks shoddy now).
This show is interesting, I never actually saw it while it was actually on, but I'm watching some reruns right now. The jokes they make are alittle dry and clesha, but it seems that this show is really really good at portraying how people actually relate to each other. At least in the dramatic scenes. Especially when the dad gets angry out of love. What do you think?
Although I liked the first 4 seasons of the show, I never talked to my parents like that, nor did my kids to me.
The Connors remind me of my sister's family, as that was one crazy household with the screaming and the kids talking back.
I think it is probably one of the more realistic TV shows that have come about. I like how it is about a middle class family in the midwest working normal jobs and living paycheck to paycheck. It represents a lot more families better than most shows do.
I never watched the show when it was on primetime TV but recently been watching it on one of the late nite oldie channels. It is funny and a great supporting cast that compliment each other ... John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and in early episodes even a young George Clooney. The show laid some issues on the table for all to see that lots of families face.
The changes in Roseanne Barr's physical appearance over the years of the show was interesting to see ... good cosmetic surgery.
Maybe it's just me. While I can understand that it was funny, I always found Roseanne to be kind of offensive. No family I ever knew growing up behaved that way. I always thought it inferred that so-called "blue collar" families held lower standards. If I, or anyone I knew would have spoken to our parents or each other that way....honestly, I can't even imagine what would happen because it's so far out of my reality....
What I learned a long time ago is that you can visit a household and find it very strange the way people interact and what habits they have - how they speak - on what things they place importance. Sometimes it's like a totally different culture. You wouldn't always know it if you didn't spend time in their house. I was able to do this as a child (when you don't really count as far as parents having to put on appearances), and I found some of my friends' families very weird. You just don't know what goes on behind closed doors.
But I always thought the Roseanne Show as relaxed and comfortable so rather believable.
I agree that the casting of the show was superb. I thought Laurie Metcalf as Jackie was brilliant. Add Shelley Winters to the list-awesome; I loved her character. I soooooo wanna be like her character when I get older. As the seasons went on, there were excellent characters that came and went. Sandra Bernhart (sp) was another one I liked(and typically she's annoying to me). I loved the Leon and his partner characters......I could go on and on.
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I never watched the show when it was on primetime TV but recently been watching it on one of the late nite oldie channels. It is funny and a great supporting cast that compliment each other ... John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and in early episodes even a young George Clooney. The show laid some issues on the table for all to see that lots of families face.
The changes in Roseanne Barr's physical appearance over the years of the show was interesting to see ... good cosmetic surgery.
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