When the show went to No. 1 in December 1988, ABC sent a chocolate “1” to congratulate me. Guess they figured that would keep the fat lady happy—or maybe they thought I hadn’t heard (along with the world) that male stars with No. 1 shows were given Bentleys and Porsches. So me and George Clooney [who played Roseanne Conner’s boss for the first season] took my chocolate prize outside, where I snapped a picture of him hitting it with a baseball bat. I sent that to ABC.
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Roseanne Barr. At some point, we are all Roseanne. Her essay in NY MAG is worth reading.
ETA: “Barr now lives in Hawaii, where she farms macadamia nuts.” <3
