Soon enough, Roseanne Barr arrives, sporting blond highlights and looking glamorous in sunglasses.
And now shes making jokes at our expense.
Her trademark smirk and nasal delivery are still in excellent form.
Some things are better left not even to the imagination.
Its part of a game.
Its why Barr wont quit with the getting-older shtick.
Its like being home again, Barr says.
Yeah, says Goodman, ever droll, and I think we know whats really important now lunch.
Cue the harmonica and sax.
Those fun-loving, straight-talking, blue-collar Conners are back, and just when we need them most.
The TV couple who once spoke for working-class America now reflect the changing face of middle age.
Goodman and Barr are adjusting to the moment, too.
I ran for president, traveled a lot.
Lots of clearing land, planting stuff, playing music, getting crafty.
I bought an old museum in Hawaii and kind of rebuilt it by hand.
I made big murals out of rocks and glass, and I did it all with family.
Im a real fun grandma, too.
I swear and stuff everything their parents dont want me to do, I like to do.
We get in the pool and have squirt gun fights.
Shooting each other in the eyeball.
Thats a big part of the reboot, and its a big part of my life, too.
This whole younger generation is just …
I dont know what in the hell theyre doing.
Theyre just so dependent on technology, and its all different.
They talk a whole different language, yknow ?
Goodman:I was in pretty bad shape when I leftRoseanne,to be honest.
I had a lot of resentment.
I just didnt care.
It was a terrible character fault of mine.
I always wanted more of something.
There was an emptiness inside me.
I still have it, but I know what it is now.
You recognize it and go, There it is.
You dont have to fill it with another pork chop or another drink.
She grew up with an alcoholic father until she was in high school.
But things are great now.
Theyre probably a lot better than I thought they would turn out.
When youre younger, you dont know yourself that well.
Ive maybe not learned a lot, but Ive learned to appreciate things that I should have before.
Its like with my character, Dan.
Hes just got some age and experience on him.
I wouldnt say hes woke because that sounds so New Age.
Dans just more aware and more accepting of things and kind of celebrates different types of people.
Thats like me now.
I wish I could find something that fascinates me as much as acting.
Id like to learn to draw, maybe pick up a guitar like I used to.
Id still like to learn French, German and piano.
I used to play harmonica and sing a little bit.
But after I got sober, I realized that I actually have no talent.
