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Roseanne Season 8 Episode 12

The Thrilla Near the Vanilla Extract

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AIRED: 1/2/96

Roseanne and Jackie take jobs demonstrating new products at a supermarket. Their sibling rivalry soon kicks into high gear, when they are giving out the products to sample. After Roseanne gets beat by Jackie at every turn, the competition turns into a food fight.

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John Goodman	Dan Conner
Laurie Metcalf	Jackie Harris
Roseanne Barr	Roseanne Conner
Michael Fishman	David Jacob "D.J." Conner

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Stan Freberg	Mr. Parkin	Guest Star
Warren Sroka	kid	Guest Star
Bobbie Bates		Guest Star
Johnny Galecki	David Healy	Recurring Role
Glenn Quinn	Mark Healy	Recurring Role

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- The middle-aged woman with the scarf who watches attentively as Jackie sells the sausages is Ruth Cohen (1930-2008), a very famous television extra.
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- (Dan's irritated with David.)
  David: You work part-time at a pizza parlor and spend the rest of your life making ironic comments about everybody else. Irony is for people who don't do anything.
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- Dan: (to David) Now run and get me some more of these encyclopedias (to keep the new linoleum from folding up). Oh and try to keep them in alphabetical order. I don't want to spend all day trying to put them back.
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- (Roseanne and Jackie take on an extra job passing out samples in a supermarket to make a little extra money. Jackie is practicing handing out samples.)
  Roseanne: Oh relax Jackie. You don't have to do anything. People will eat cotton in a supermarket as long as there's a toothpick in it.
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- (Roseanne pulls out a milk carton and opens it)
  Roseanne: Hey Jackie!
  Jackie (not looking): What?
  Roseanne: Got Milk? (pours the milk over Jackie's head)
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- In this episode, Roseanne and Jackie take on a side jobs working at a grocery store passing out samples in order to bring in some extra money. Roseanne and Jackie end up getting into a food fight. They allude to several products during the fight.
  
  Jackie: In fact that was just grrrrrreat (pours a box of Frosted Flakes cereal in the pan on Roseanne's table)!: Frosted Flakes, a cereal for children
  
  Roseanne: Oh Jackie you and your silly tricks. But, as everyone knows, Trix are for kids pours a box of Trix cereal all over Jackie's table.: Trix, another cereal for children
  
  Jackie: m&m chocolate candies. They melt in your mouth, not in your hand (stuffs a handful of m&m's in Roseanne's mouth).: m&m's, chocolate candy
  
  Roseanne: You know the best part of waking up Jackie is Folgers in your cup (pours a bag of Folgers coffee down Jackie's shirt).: Folgers, a brand of coffee
  
  Roseanne: Oh Jackie.
  Jackie: What?
  Roseanne: Got milk? (pours a carton of milk over Jackie's head): got milk?, an advertising campaign started in the 90's encouraging people to drink enough milk
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- The title of this episode is an allusion to the famous 1975 boxing match in Manila, Philippines, between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, called "The Thrilla in Manila".
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