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Alias Name(s): Roseanne Arnold, Roseanne Thomas, Roseanne, Mrs. Tom Arnold
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah
Birthday: 11-3-1952
Birth Name: Roseanne Cherrie Barr
Roseanne BarrMore Photos As a wife and the mother of 5, not only is Roseanne (Barr/Pentland/Arnold/Thomas) a Domestic Goddess in real life, but she found her way, through stand-up comedy, to play one on TV. In all of television history, it took until 1980's for this powerfully funny, Salt Lake City native to break the stereo-typical "TV Mom" mold created so long ago by the likes of Harriet Nelson & Donna Reed. ...

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August 8, 2008
Friday 8 August 2008 on Syndicated

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Roseanne's facial plastic surgeries took the spotlight on the her sitcom, Roseanne, in this case via the opening credits, wherein her photographs from the past nine seasons reflected her change from the frowzy to the almost glamorous. (edit)
Roseanne proudly claims to have taken after her stubborn and self-reliant Bobbe Mary (grandmother), and knows that her father (Jerry Barr) greatly influenced her love of laughter. (edit)
Roseanne, as a child, would gather around the television with her family every Sunday night to watch The Ed Sullivan Show, primarily to see the stand-up comics. (edit)
Roseanne and her younger sister, Geraldine, aspired to go tho Hollywood and change Warner Bros. to the Barr Sisters. (edit)
Roseanne, in the company of such heterosexuals as David Duchovny, Christopher Reeve, Prince William and Bette Midler, was once (1992) named one of the twenty-five coolest straight people in the world, according to The Advocate, a United States-based lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender/transsexual people-related, bi-weekly newsmagazine. (edit)

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Roseanne: (announcing her presidential decrees if she were elected in 2008) Triple teachers' and policemen's pay and raise the bar accordingly.

Establish a union of the working poor with the Attorney General as their lawyer.

Replace Organized Religion with strict observance and enforcement of the Golden Rule during my first administration.

Foreign policy statement: "Hey, how's it going? We're your global neighbors. Here's our number if you need something."

Back our currency with yummy baked goods.

Abolish the IRS.

Birth control in the water supply for the the first two years of my administration.

All sewer and septic tank maintenance performed by convicted corporate criminals.

All medical testing performed on child molesters and animal abusers.

Minimum weight for supermodels: 140 lbs.

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Roseanne: I always thought that Johnny Carson was just awesome, when I was a kid. And, I-I was... uh...uh...My father would reward me if I was good by letting me watch the monologs till 10:35, and, um, so, I always tried to be good so I could watch Johnny Carson. He always made you feel like you were there and everything was understandable and you were part of it. (edit)
Roseanne: (about growing up Jewish in a working class neighborhood in a heavily Mormon community) It was unbelievably terrible. We were all so Jewish, which was terrible. And then, we were poor and I was fat, so, I guess it was like, uh-- (laughs) I guess like a non-ending thing. (edit)
Roseanne: (when Tom Arnold and she were still a couple) We're really sick and horribly deranged. (edit)
Roseanne: I don't call myself a feminist, I call myself a killer b****! (edit)
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"Talented"
Roseanne Barr
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"Personal favorite"
Comedy meets Everyday woman.
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"One of the all-time greats"
Hillarious and enjoyable to watch.
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"One of the all-time greats"
The best female standup ever.
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Wow!
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