Comments on: Bye-Bye, Roseanne http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/29/bye-bye-roseanne/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 04 Apr 2026 02:58:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Balthasar http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/29/bye-bye-roseanne/#comment-119340 Balthasar Thu, 31 May 2018 00:15:42 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15519#comment-119340 <i>Jimmy Kimmel's solution to the problem: Drop Barr completely from the show and retool it as "Dan". </i> I agree. Why let Roseanne ruin what is otherwise a good show? Also: Goodman's a credible lead with the chops to carry the show, aided by a strong supporting cast. It could work, and would close the chapter on Roseanne for good. Jimmy Kimmel's solution to the problem: Drop Barr completely from the show and retool it as "Dan".

I agree. Why let Roseanne ruin what is otherwise a good show? Also: Goodman's a credible lead with the chops to carry the show, aided by a strong supporting cast. It could work, and would close the chapter on Roseanne for good.

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/29/bye-bye-roseanne/#comment-119339 ListenWhenYouHear Wed, 30 May 2018 22:56:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15519#comment-119339 John M <I> An appearance and good word on Carson's Tonight Show was almost a guaranteed ticket to fame and success.</i> But Carson was not known to bestow compliments where they were undeserved. The comedians who got the opportunity to perform for his audience knew it was a huge opportunity to advance their careers, and if Johnny called them over to talk with him after your set — their lives would never be the same. Carson had that ability. Rosanne is a great comedian, sadly she just isn’t that great of a human being. John M

An appearance and good word on Carson's Tonight Show was almost a guaranteed ticket to fame and success.

But Carson was not known to bestow compliments where they were undeserved. The comedians who got the opportunity to perform for his audience knew it was a huge opportunity to advance their careers, and if Johnny called them over to talk with him after your set — their lives would never be the same. Carson had that ability.

Rosanne is a great comedian, sadly she just isn’t that great of a human being.

]]> By: ericksor http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/29/bye-bye-roseanne/#comment-119334 ericksor Wed, 30 May 2018 17:25:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15519#comment-119334 Catch Jimmy Kimmel's solution to the problem: Drop Barr completely from the show and retool it as "Dan," a loveable single father with a diverse family. Actually, since ABC gave up an estimated $60 million in ad revenue for the upcoming season, that might not be too bad an idea. Catch Jimmy Kimmel's solution to the problem: Drop Barr completely from the show and retool it as "Dan," a loveable single father with a diverse family. Actually, since ABC gave up an estimated $60 million in ad revenue for the upcoming season, that might not be too bad an idea.

]]> By: John M http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/29/bye-bye-roseanne/#comment-119331 John M Wed, 30 May 2018 13:16:37 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15519#comment-119331 [8] C. R. Stucki "I always blamed Carson for helping her achieve unjustified prominence as a no-talent comedian." Carson did the same for Victoria Jackson as well. Another has been who has faded into conspiracy laden obscurity. It does make you question some of his choices. But there is no denying that Carson certainly had the power to make comedic stars; Jay Leno, David Letterman, Drew Carey, Joan Rivers, Ellen DeGeneres, Jerry Seinfeld, etc. An appearance and good word on Carson's Tonight Show was almost a guaranteed ticket to fame and success. [8] C. R. Stucki

"I always blamed Carson for helping her achieve unjustified prominence as a no-talent comedian."

Carson did the same for Victoria Jackson as well. Another has been who has faded into conspiracy laden obscurity. It does make you question some of his choices.

But there is no denying that Carson certainly had the power to make comedic stars; Jay Leno, David Letterman, Drew Carey, Joan Rivers, Ellen DeGeneres, Jerry Seinfeld, etc. An appearance and good word on Carson's Tonight Show was almost a guaranteed ticket to fame and success.

]]> By: C. R. Stucki http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/29/bye-bye-roseanne/#comment-119330 C. R. Stucki Wed, 30 May 2018 12:28:14 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15519#comment-119330 As one who always believed that Barr achieved whatever successes she did by managing to make TV viewers believe that brasshnes, coarseness and her stereotypically-grating Jewish female voice actually constituted talent, I will not miss her from the TV scene. I always blamed Carson for helping her achieve unjustified prominence as a no-talent comedian. As one who always believed that Barr achieved whatever successes she did by managing to make TV viewers believe that brasshnes, coarseness and her stereotypically-grating Jewish female voice actually constituted talent, I will not miss her from the TV scene.

I always blamed Carson for helping her achieve unjustified prominence as a no-talent comedian.

]]> By: ListenWhenYouHear http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/29/bye-bye-roseanne/#comment-119327 ListenWhenYouHear Wed, 30 May 2018 05:03:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15519#comment-119327 Can you imagine if the show wasn’t cancelled? On the show, DJ was married to an African American woman and had a child that was half-Black.... what the Hell was Rosanne going to say to them the next time she saw them? Not to mention the boycotting of any advertisers that dared back the show after this: “Chlorox Bleach, gets your sheets whiter than white!” “Krispy Kreme now sells coffee...NEW Krispy Kreme Koffee — take some KKK to work with you today!” Can you imagine if the show wasn’t cancelled? On the show, DJ was married to an African American woman and had a child that was half-Black.... what the Hell was Rosanne going to say to them the next time she saw them? Not to mention the boycotting of any advertisers that dared back the show after this: “Chlorox Bleach, gets your sheets whiter than white!”

“Krispy Kreme now sells coffee...NEW Krispy Kreme Koffee — take some KKK to work with you today!”

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/29/bye-bye-roseanne/#comment-119326 Kick Wed, 30 May 2018 02:36:22 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15519#comment-119326 Paula 3 <i>I don't think the show can be saved, even if FOX were to be interested. </i> Pushback on Twitter can be such a "witch." In her defense and in the spirit of "freedom of speech," she's certainly not the first comedian to compare a human to an ape... remember the Bill Maher "<i>Real Time</i>" comedy regarding Trump/spawn of orangutan complete with $5 million lawsuit. But then Bill Maher was actually kidding and therefore successfully defended himself in the courtroom when Trump sued him and in the court of public opinion. Roseanne's issue is that she wasn't kidding, and her history caught up with her. It's a 180-neck turning exercise in whiplash keeping up with Roseanne's conspiracy theories ranging from her photo shoot in <i>Heeb</i> magazine where she played Hitler wearing a Nazi armband and pulling burned "Jew cookies" out of the oven not so long ago to today's full embrace of Trump and his conspiracy theory bullshit meant to divide and conquer and claiming that George Soros is a Nazi sympathizer. Not defending Soros, but I've never seen him take a tray of "Jew cookies" out of an oven whilst dressed as Adolph Hitler. So there's that. Paula
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I don't think the show can be saved, even if FOX were to be interested.

Pushback on Twitter can be such a "witch." In her defense and in the spirit of "freedom of speech," she's certainly not the first comedian to compare a human to an ape... remember the Bill Maher "Real Time" comedy regarding Trump/spawn of orangutan complete with $5 million lawsuit. But then Bill Maher was actually kidding and therefore successfully defended himself in the courtroom when Trump sued him and in the court of public opinion.

Roseanne's issue is that she wasn't kidding, and her history caught up with her. It's a 180-neck turning exercise in whiplash keeping up with Roseanne's conspiracy theories ranging from her photo shoot in Heeb magazine where she played Hitler wearing a Nazi armband and pulling burned "Jew cookies" out of the oven not so long ago to today's full embrace of Trump and his conspiracy theory bullshit meant to divide and conquer and claiming that George Soros is a Nazi sympathizer. Not defending Soros, but I've never seen him take a tray of "Jew cookies" out of an oven whilst dressed as Adolph Hitler. So there's that.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/29/bye-bye-roseanne/#comment-119325 Kick Wed, 30 May 2018 02:07:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15519#comment-119325 Oh, bollocks; it apparently just leaked that Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III is a key witness against BLOTUS for obstruction. Trump twitter meltdown in 3-2-1... Oh, bollocks; it apparently just leaked that Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III is a key witness against BLOTUS for obstruction.

Trump twitter meltdown in 3-2-1...

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/29/bye-bye-roseanne/#comment-119324 Paula Wed, 30 May 2018 01:51:35 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15519#comment-119324 [2] Kick: "Could Fox pick up "Roseanne" and become her champion after Barr's treatment of the song they claim to revere -- complete with the crotch grabbing and spitting? I'm thinking not." Wanda Sykes was evidently already out of there - and Sara Gilbert was getting hammered on Twitter and I suspect that other stars would have started being hammered as well. I don't think the show can be saved, even if FOX were to be interested. [2] Kick: "Could Fox pick up "Roseanne" and become her champion after Barr's treatment of the song they claim to revere -- complete with the crotch grabbing and spitting? I'm thinking not."

Wanda Sykes was evidently already out of there - and Sara Gilbert was getting hammered on Twitter and I suspect that other stars would have started being hammered as well. I don't think the show can be saved, even if FOX were to be interested.

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/29/bye-bye-roseanne/#comment-119323 Kick Wed, 30 May 2018 01:46:50 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15519#comment-119323 <i>But she has now crossed the Rubicon -- she is now nothing short of box office poison. </i> Now, now... let's leave the Jeep Corporation out of this. ;) Of course, y'all know I'm kidding, but for those unaware, there are many parts in the South where a statement like that above would carry a mandatory 10-minute explanation regarding the meaning of crossing the Rubicon. Yes, some of them are that uneducated and ignorant; I kid you not. <i>Unless Fox surprises everyone and picks up the show, Roseanne Conner will never return to the small screen.</i> Lots of talk on Fox News Entertainment propaganda lately about "respecting the national anthem" and now "freedom of speech" because of Roseanne... go figure. The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same decades later. Could Fox pick up "Roseanne" and become her champion after Barr's treatment of the song they claim to revere -- complete with the crotch grabbing and spitting? I'm thinking not. But she has now crossed the Rubicon -- she is now nothing short of box office poison.

Now, now... let's leave the Jeep Corporation out of this. ;)

Of course, y'all know I'm kidding, but for those unaware, there are many parts in the South where a statement like that above would carry a mandatory 10-minute explanation regarding the meaning of crossing the Rubicon. Yes, some of them are that uneducated and ignorant; I kid you not.

Unless Fox surprises everyone and picks up the show, Roseanne Conner will never return to the small screen.

Lots of talk on Fox News Entertainment propaganda lately about "respecting the national anthem" and now "freedom of speech" because of Roseanne... go figure. The more things change, the more they seem to stay the same decades later. Could Fox pick up "Roseanne" and become her champion after Barr's treatment of the song they claim to revere -- complete with the crotch grabbing and spitting? I'm thinking not.

]]> By: Paula http://www.chrisweigant.com/2018/05/29/bye-bye-roseanne/#comment-119320 Paula Wed, 30 May 2018 00:55:34 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=15519#comment-119320 Someone tweeted words to the effect that while you can make racism/bigotry "funny" in TV/Movies, you can't be funny when the actor is actually a racist/bigot. Maybe, more accurately, if you KNOW the actor is a bigot. My dvd of Blazing Saddles has interviews in the extras. I think it was Slim Pickens who talks about how hard it was for him to say his lines in the movie because the sentiments expressed were so awful. I think that's what sealed Roseanne's fate - people who gave her the benefit of the doubt didn't want to believe she was that bad - and many Americans don't want to think Trumpers are that bad and liked having a show that humanizes them. Or, more accurately, normalizes them. Provide excuses for them, etc. Which was a bad idea from the start. I'm glad the pushback was successful. Someone tweeted words to the effect that while you can make racism/bigotry "funny" in TV/Movies, you can't be funny when the actor is actually a racist/bigot. Maybe, more accurately, if you KNOW the actor is a bigot.

My dvd of Blazing Saddles has interviews in the extras. I think it was Slim Pickens who talks about how hard it was for him to say his lines in the movie because the sentiments expressed were so awful.

I think that's what sealed Roseanne's fate - people who gave her the benefit of the doubt didn't want to believe she was that bad - and many Americans don't want to think Trumpers are that bad and liked having a show that humanizes them. Or, more accurately, normalizes them. Provide excuses for them, etc. Which was a bad idea from the start. I'm glad the pushback was successful.

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