Roseanne's emotional scene standing at the casket, reading from a list of emotional hurts she suffered at the hands of her father, was inspired by a similar letter Tom Arnold wrote and read from at the funeral for his dad.
It was this performance that not only won Laurie Metcalf her second Emmy, for having to make one of the funniest phone calls of the show, but also won Roseanne an Emmy for her performance as well.
Kay Arnold, who plays Joan Crinshaw, Roseanne's father's mistress, is Tom Arnold's aunt.