15 Things You Never Knew About ‘Roseanne’

10. These Boots Are Made For Walking

It was no secret that Roseanne had meltdowns at times. One of these led John Goodman to walk off the set during filming, allegedly annoyed with her constant flare-ups. As he negotiated with producers, Goodman was well on his way to leaving the series, especially as his film career was beginning to take off. However, after much back and forth between them, the actor decided to finish the episode he’d walked out on and return to the series. He continued working on the show while filming movies on the side.

11. All My Husbands…

Calling men everywhere! Want a career in television? In some cases it might be easier than you think. All of Roseanne Barr’s husbands graced the screen in the series. Barr’s first husband, Bill Pentland, made a guest appearance in the episode “Saturday,” Tom Arnold was of course a regular on the show, and her third husband, Ben Thomas, guest appeared as a cop in two episodes. He was also Barr’s former bodyguard.

12. Couple Of Tweaks

Roseanne was known for its awesome end-credit videos and in the “Nearly Identical Beckys” episode, Sarah Chalke taking over Lecy Goranson’s role as Roseanne’s eldest daughter “Becky,” was cleverly spoofed. Chalke had left the show to pursue her education at the end of season 4, returned for season 8, and was gone again at the end of that season. Incidentally, Becky wasn’t the only Connor to have an actor switcheroo. In the pilot, youngest child DJ was played by Sal Barone, only to be recast and played by Michael Fishman, who looked more like Roseanne.