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13. Just DiCaprio And Clooney, No Big Deal

Leonardo DiCaprio was a classmate of Darlene’s in the episode “Home Ec” and George Clooney was a recurring cast member, before they made it big. Clooney had a few roles before he struck gold with medical drama ER. However, a role that stands out to many is the character “Booker,” Roseanne’s boss at Wellman Plastics. Roseanne obviously enjoyed working with Clooney and in her book Roseannearchy she describes him as being “the most fun person on earth to get drunk with” and shared that his practical jokes were “still legendary.”

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Leonardo DiCaprio on Roseanne
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14. That Chicken Shirt

A bet between the Roseanne cast members became a feathery hit. After seeing a chicken shirt that she thought was absolutely hideous, Roseanne Barr hatched a plan and brought the other actors into the loop. Her theory was, “If you show something really bad on TV, it takes off.” She explained further in the season 5 DVD set, saying, “It was like another rebellious artistic statement, that it looks like art when it’s on TV.” During the series, the shirt was worn by nearly every cast member at some point and Barr had it right, as it’s one of the top Roseanne-related questions she gets. And yes, you can purchase knock-offs of the shirt on mega-POD online store Café Press.

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Chicken Shirt Roseanne
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chicken shirt Roseanne
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15. That Anthem Debacle Had Consequences

Apparently not everyone enjoyed Barr’s off-key rendition of the National Anthem and it led to Little Rosey, Roseanne’s Saturday-morning cartoon spinoff, being canceled. The cartoon featured an 8-year-old Roseanne—not voiced by her—and had thirteen episodes air in fall 1990. However, after Barr’s July 1990 performance, she divulged that she was called to New York where the then head of ABC Saturday morning children’s programming, who was a Marine, said he was “personally offended” by her rendition. Little Rosey was canceled and replaced by Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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