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[Kory]

The boss and I attempted to watch the relaunched Roseanne. It … was like a parody of an inane sitcom. If it's some kind of meta commentary about sitcoms, kudos. But if it's actually a straight-up haha sitcom, holy fuck but it's bad.

Rosanne was often kind of meta about itself, so that's a possibility, but I don't know if they meant to go down that road that conceptually with the new one.

[Dr. Medulla]

The boss and I attempted to watch the relaunched Roseanne. It … was like a parody of an inane sitcom. If it's some kind of meta commentary about sitcoms, kudos. But if it's actually a straight-up haha sitcom, holy fuck but it's bad.

Rosanne was often kind of meta about itself, so that's a possibility, but I don't know if they meant to go down that road that conceptually with the new one.

A few reviews that I read this morning were stunningly positive, but we both found the humour to be Big Bang Theory awful. Zero spark to any of it.

[Kory]

The boss and I attempted to watch the relaunched Roseanne. It … was like a parody of an inane sitcom. If it's some kind of meta commentary about sitcoms, kudos. But if it's actually a straight-up haha sitcom, holy fuck but it's bad.

Rosanne was often kind of meta about itself, so that's a possibility, but I don't know if they meant to go down that road that conceptually with the new one.

A few reviews that I read this morning were stunningly positive, but we both found the humour to be Big Bang Theory awful. Zero spark to any of it.

Well people seem to frickin' love the Bang, so I guess that explains the reviews...

[revbob]

The boss and I attempted to watch the relaunched Roseanne. It … was like a parody of an inane sitcom. If it's some kind of meta commentary about sitcoms, kudos. But if it's actually a straight-up haha sitcom, holy fuck but it's bad.

Rosanne was often kind of meta about itself, so that's a possibility, but I don't know if they meant to go down that road that conceptually with the new one.

A few reviews that I read this morning were stunningly positive, but we both found the humour to be Big Bang Theory awful. Zero spark to any of it.

Youll find the reviews for big bang theory are stunningly obvious as well. But also was the first run of Roseanne that good either?

[Silent Majority]

The boss and I attempted to watch the relaunched Roseanne. It … was like a parody of an inane sitcom. If it's some kind of meta commentary about sitcoms, kudos. But if it's actually a straight-up haha sitcom, holy fuck but it's bad.

Rosanne was often kind of meta about itself, so that's a possibility, but I don't know if they meant to go down that road that conceptually with the new one.

A few reviews that I read this morning were stunningly positive, but we both found the humour to be Big Bang Theory awful. Zero spark to any of it.

Youll find the reviews for big bang theory are stunningly obvious as well. But also was the first run of Roseanne that good either?

I watched a few eps of the first season of Roseanne, just before the reboot was announced, actually, and I found that time has not been kind to it. Every punchline was telegraphed. I found the Dick Van Dyke show to be more watchable.

[Marky Dread]

The boss and I attempted to watch the relaunched Roseanne. It … was like a parody of an inane sitcom. If it's some kind of meta commentary about sitcoms, kudos. But if it's actually a straight-up haha sitcom, holy fuck but it's bad.

Rosanne was often kind of meta about itself, so that's a possibility, but I don't know if they meant to go down that road that conceptually with the new one.

A few reviews that I read this morning were stunningly positive, but we both found the humour to be Big Bang Theory awful. Zero spark to any of it.

Youll find the reviews for big bang theory are stunningly obvious as well. But also was the first run of Roseanne that good either?

I watched a few eps of the first season of Roseanne, just before the reboot was announced, actually, and I found that time has not been kind to it. Every punchline was telegraphed. I found the Dick Van Dyke show to be more watchable.

and it contains Dick Van Dyke.

[Dr. Medulla]

The boss and I attempted to watch the relaunched Roseanne. It … was like a parody of an inane sitcom. If it's some kind of meta commentary about sitcoms, kudos. But if it's actually a straight-up haha sitcom, holy fuck but it's bad.

Rosanne was often kind of meta about itself, so that's a possibility, but I don't know if they meant to go down that road that conceptually with the new one.

A few reviews that I read this morning were stunningly positive, but we both found the humour to be Big Bang Theory awful. Zero spark to any of it.

Youll find the reviews for big bang theory are stunningly obvious as well. But also was the first run of Roseanne that good either?

I watched a few eps of the first season of Roseanne, just before the reboot was announced, actually, and I found that time has not been kind to it. Every punchline was telegraphed. I found the Dick Van Dyke show to be more watchable.

The first season of Roseanne was pretty rough, but by the middle of its run it was solid. That last season went completely bugfuck, tho. Still, it's probably important to appreciate that she was always the weakest part of the show. It succeeded by the strength of its supporting cast.

[Silent Majority]

Rosanne was often kind of meta about itself, so that's a possibility, but I don't know if they meant to go down that road that conceptually with the new one.

A few reviews that I read this morning were stunningly positive, but we both found the humour to be Big Bang Theory awful. Zero spark to any of it.

Youll find the reviews for big bang theory are stunningly obvious as well. But also was the first run of Roseanne that good either?

I watched a few eps of the first season of Roseanne, just before the reboot was announced, actually, and I found that time has not been kind to it. Every punchline was telegraphed. I found the Dick Van Dyke show to be more watchable.

The first season of Roseanne was pretty rough, but by the middle of its run it was solid. That last season went completely bugfuck, tho. Still, it's probably important to appreciate that she was always the weakest part of the show. It succeeded by the strength of its supporting cast.

Had a huge crush on her brunette daughter when I was a kid.

[Dr. Medulla]

A few reviews that I read this morning were stunningly positive, but we both found the humour to be Big Bang Theory awful. Zero spark to any of it.

Youll find the reviews for big bang theory are stunningly obvious as well. But also was the first run of Roseanne that good either?

I watched a few eps of the first season of Roseanne, just before the reboot was announced, actually, and I found that time has not been kind to it. Every punchline was telegraphed. I found the Dick Van Dyke show to be more watchable.

The first season of Roseanne was pretty rough, but by the middle of its run it was solid. That last season went completely bugfuck, tho. Still, it's probably important to appreciate that she was always the weakest part of the show. It succeeded by the strength of its supporting cast.

Had a huge crush on her brunette daughter when I was a kid.

Sara Gilbert? She played a pretty good moody teenager, depressed for seemingly no reason.

[Silent Majority]

Youll find the reviews for big bang theory are stunningly obvious as well. But also was the first run of Roseanne that good either?

I watched a few eps of the first season of Roseanne, just before the reboot was announced, actually, and I found that time has not been kind to it. Every punchline was telegraphed. I found the Dick Van Dyke show to be more watchable.

The first season of Roseanne was pretty rough, but by the middle of its run it was solid. That last season went completely bugfuck, tho. Still, it's probably important to appreciate that she was always the weakest part of the show. It succeeded by the strength of its supporting cast.

Had a huge crush on her brunette daughter when I was a kid.

Sara Gilbert? She played a pretty good moody teenager, depressed for seemingly no reason.

Hah, a kid'll mistake that for deep at the drop of a hat.

[Dr. Medulla]

I watched a few eps of the first season of Roseanne, just before the reboot was announced, actually, and I found that time has not been kind to it. Every punchline was telegraphed. I found the Dick Van Dyke show to be more watchable.

The first season of Roseanne was pretty rough, but by the middle of its run it was solid. That last season went completely bugfuck, tho. Still, it's probably important to appreciate that she was always the weakest part of the show. It succeeded by the strength of its supporting cast.

Had a huge crush on her brunette daughter when I was a kid.

Sara Gilbert? She played a pretty good moody teenager, depressed for seemingly no reason.

Hah, a kid'll mistake that for deep at the drop of a hat.

I thought the show did a good job with that by basically dragging it across an entire season rather than just have her feel happy again after a couple episodes. Some kids are just miserable little fuckers for no discernible reason (see: Medulla, pre-Dr., 1982–1989?).

[revbob]

Youll find the reviews for big bang theory are stunningly obvious as well. But also was the first run of Roseanne that good either?

I watched a few eps of the first season of Roseanne, just before the reboot was announced, actually, and I found that time has not been kind to it. Every punchline was telegraphed. I found the Dick Van Dyke show to be more watchable.

The first season of Roseanne was pretty rough, but by the middle of its run it was solid. That last season went completely bugfuck, tho. Still, it's probably important to appreciate that she was always the weakest part of the show. It succeeded by the strength of its supporting cast.

Had a huge crush on her brunette daughter when I was a kid.

Sara Gilbert? She played a pretty good moody teenager, depressed for seemingly no reason.

Well she was dating that dick bag from big bang theory right?

[Dr. Medulla]

I watched a few eps of the first season of Roseanne, just before the reboot was announced, actually, and I found that time has not been kind to it. Every punchline was telegraphed. I found the Dick Van Dyke show to be more watchable.

The first season of Roseanne was pretty rough, but by the middle of its run it was solid. That last season went completely bugfuck, tho. Still, it's probably important to appreciate that she was always the weakest part of the show. It succeeded by the strength of its supporting cast.

Had a huge crush on her brunette daughter when I was a kid.

Sara Gilbert? She played a pretty good moody teenager, depressed for seemingly no reason.

Well she was dating that dick bag from big bang theory right?

On the show, anyway. I didn't mind him on Roseanne—wimpy/nerdy, but sympathetically so. Like the anti-Flex.

[revbob]

I only ever caught snippets of the show while in mixed company. I didnt find most of the characters to be sympathetic. It seemed like a standard sitcom formula.

[Dr. Medulla]

I only ever caught snippets of the show while in mixed company. I didnt find most of the characters to be sympathetic. It seemed like a standard sitcom formula.

It stood out as a bit of a throwback to 70s sitcoms that were premised on working-class characters. By the 90s, sitcoms pretty much wrote out the working class and working class struggle from the acceptable narrative (e.g., Friends, Seinfeld). The idea of characters who couldn't pay the bills during the booming 90s was pretty notable. But the show didn't also paint the working class in any idealized manner—violence, drunkenness, and abuse were all part of the palette. Flawed but ultimately decent characters. If the humour didn't work, that's fine—ymmv and all that—but the premise of the show was distinct in a decade where the working class all but vanished from popular discourse.