Tell us about you and books from when you were young. Ramona Koval: And this is a good place for you, Roseanne, because you are not only a writer, but you say you're an avid reader and you say you sometimes wondered if you were from a special tribe the tribe of librarians, or book lovers. She joins us now, live on the phone from LA. From her macadamia nut farm in Hawaii, where she deals with feral pigs, to the male chauvinist pigs of Hollywood and TV land, Roseanne tells it straight with no holds barred language and sharp wit. Roseanne Barr has written about this in an article in New York Magazine and in her new memoir cum manifesto, Roseannearchy: Dispatches From the Nut Farm. Everyone in our office remembers watching it some of us identifying with Roseanne, others with her kids.īut behind the scenes, in the scriptwriting room, a struggle ensued. The show tackled issues of the day: alcoholism, gay relationships, teen pregnancy and feminism. It was about a working class couple, Roseanne and Dan Conner, struggling to support three kids in a series of low paid jobs and then small businesses. It reached nearly 40 million viewers at its peak and stood out from the TV pack. Now, 1988 was the first year of the American sitcom Roseanne, which was built by and around the comedy and family and opinions of the then stand-up comedian, Roseanne Barr. Ramona Koval: Hello, Ramona Koval here with The Book Show on ABC Radio National.
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