I've been a fan of this show since it premiered in the last 1980's. I used to watch it with my aunt every week and we looked forward to the laughs. I didn't always understand what was going on but Roseanne and Dan always made me laugh.
Now that I'm old I still watch the re-runs on TV Land and CMT and it still makes me laugh just as much. I think what I always loved about the show is how it mimicked real life. Not everyone lives in a beautiful home with an unlimited cash flow and the Conners were just like the rest of us - living paycheck to paycheck and trying to find a way not to get the lights shut off. The show did a great job with serious and social topics through the years, I just wish at times they didn't focus so much on women's lib and making men out to be useless and dumb.
The first few seasons are the very best because Roseanne, in real life, did not become a diva yet but the middle seasons are very good too. The majority of season 8 and all of season 9 are just train wrecks. The series really should have ended with season 7 because the final 2 seasons just because so outlandish and weird that it was clear Roseanne was just doing these things because she could. Her real life craziness was now taking over the show.
If you've never watched the show before I highly recommend it, but maybe just skip seasons 8 and 9 so it does not leave you with a bad taste in your mouth.
Now that I'm old I still watch the re-runs on TV Land and CMT and it still makes me laugh just as much. I think what I always loved about the show is how it mimicked real life. Not everyone lives in a beautiful home with an unlimited cash flow and the Conners were just like the rest of us - living paycheck to paycheck and trying to find a way not to get the lights shut off. The show did a great job with serious and social topics through the years, I just wish at times they didn't focus so much on women's lib and making men out to be useless and dumb.
The first few seasons are the very best because Roseanne, in real life, did not become a diva yet but the middle seasons are very good too. The majority of season 8 and all of season 9 are just train wrecks. The series really should have ended with season 7 because the final 2 seasons just because so outlandish and weird that it was clear Roseanne was just doing these things because she could. Her real life craziness was now taking over the show.
If you've never watched the show before I highly recommend it, but maybe just skip seasons 8 and 9 so it does not leave you with a bad taste in your mouth.