Roseanne: The Best Sitcom on Television

Roseanne Conner
Played by Roseanne Barr. She is obviously the star of the show and the one who makes it worth watching. Roseanne is a loving mother and wife, who works hard at various low-end jobs to put food on her family's table. She finds humor in almost everything she does.

Dan Conner
Played by John Goodman. Dan is Roseanne's husband the the father of her children. He's a goofy guy who is more or less just as funny as Roseanne. He's got good values, and he won't back down. He has a passion for motorcycles, and at one point in the show he opens his own motorcycle repair shop that eventually fails.

Becky Conner
Played by Lecy Goranson and Sarah Chalke. Becky is the oldest child in the Conner household. She is a typical smart-mouthed teenager who always put a lot into her schoolwork.

Darlene Conner
Play by Sara Gilbert. Darlene is the Conner's witty second child. She's athletic and has a sharp tongue. Darlene didn't put nearly as much effort into her schoolwork as Becky did, but Darlene was the one who ended up in college.

D.J. Conner
Played by Michael Fishman. He is the youngest child of the family. He is a little weird, and is portrayed as not having many friends. In one episode, Darlene and Becky find two shoe boxes full of doll parts underneath D.J.'s bed.

Jackie Harris
Played by Laurie Metcalf. Jackie is Roseanne's zany little sister who is known throughout the series as having a lot of boyfriends but never really finding the right guy. She eventually becomes pregnant. She lives alone, but stays at her sister's house a lot.

- In many episodes, you may notice a white shirt with a chicken and eggs on it. Tom Arnold hated this shirt, so after he and Roseanne broke up, she made it a point to have that image in every single episode. The shirt is seen as a painting in one episode!

- Corn is shown or mentioned in every episode.

- Roseanne was originally going to be titled "Life and Stuff" Instead, this was the name given to the first episode.

- In real life, the actress who plays Roseanne's grandmother is only seven years older than the actress who plays Roseanne's mother.

- In the pilot episode, another actor plays D.J. However, he did not get along with Sara Gilbert, so his mother took him off the show and he was replaced with Michael.