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zypherix · 11-21-2006, 08:47 AM

Does anyone know if there are any video recordings of Roseanne preforming the national anthem out there? ive heard the audio recording, but only seen small bits of it on video.

Scoobiedoo30 · 11-21-2006, 11:10 AM

are you talking about the 1988 World Series

JulieSomoski · 11-21-2006, 04:16 PM

She probably means for the game in 1990(I know I would love to see that in video)

ThomasE · 11-21-2006, 10:23 PM

I thought that it was from 1990.

LivinLaarge · 11-23-2006, 08:44 AM

Whayever it was she was bad.lol alot of people thought it was disrespectful to the country.

JulieSomoski · 11-23-2006, 11:14 PM

In my opinion, it was a bit disrespectful when she grabbed her crotch and spit, but for her singing, I believe she was singing the best that she could.

coffield3 · 12-03-2006, 09:53 PM

pmsl it was hilarious lol

mateo096 · 05-05-2007, 04:44 PM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pK8z8oWERMk

Scoobiedoo30 · 05-05-2007, 04:51 PM

what year did she sing The National Anthem

SparkleFarkle · 05-05-2007, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by roseanne88-97

In my opinion, it was a bit disrespectful when she grabbed her crotch and spit, but for her singing, I believe she was singing the best that she could.

She was only out to mimick baseball players-- do I smell a double-standard

?

An 80s Guy · 05-08-2007, 08:12 PM

She was joking when she grabbed her crotch and spit she did not mean anything by it.

mateo096 · 05-08-2007, 09:53 PM

I also think i heard that she was told to sing bad. Not sure if it was true or not....

Heist81 · 05-10-2007, 01:00 AM

She said that she was going to give it a serious try at first, but people were already booing her 3 seconds in so she just went for it and did what we all saw.

SparkleFarkle · 06-11-2007, 01:23 AM

In Roseanne's autobiography, My Lives, she said the baseball players actually came up with the idea that she grab herself and spit, mimicking a baseball players's gestures. She wasn't going to do it at first, until they started to egg her on. She said she should have known better-- "Anyone who looks like he's got a spare baseball stored in his cheek and whose teeth are blacked out by chewing tobacco doesn't know what's funny and certainly doesn't know what looks stupid," said Roseanne. When it was time for her to start singing, she realized there would be no music to accompany her and she started to freak. She didn't know you had to start out the song in a really low key if you have any hope of making it through. The more she tried to steady the notes, the more the bottom dropped out. And then she couldn't hear herself because of all the booing that started (there were a LOT of drunk fans there). The notes got higher and higher. Nearing the song's end, she was literally screaming to reach them. At that point, she was starting to get upset at all the booing and decided to let everybody have it. She made the loudest noise she could on the last note, and then decided to go ahead with the crotch/spit thing, trying to make it at least funny at the end, but nobody bought it.

TMC · 09-14-2016, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by LivinLaarge

Whayever it was she was bad.lol alot of people thought it was disrespectful to the country.

The whole incident is a masterclass in bad staff work and how not to do crisis PR.

Only a few months before the incident, the San Diego Padres were bought by Tom Werner; executive producer of the Roseanne Show (and The Cosby Show among others).

After the deal was closed Roseanne and her husband at the time, Tom Arnold, were joking around with him on the set and she volunteered to sing the national anthem at his new baseball team.

The Padres had a scheduled Double Header Promo called The Working Women's Appreciation Day. The Roseanne Show was the #1 TV in the US and she was a "representative" of a working woman. Tom Werner remembered the conversation and asked Roseanne if she wanted to sing the National

Anthem between games. Roseanne was asked if she could sing and she answered sarcastically yes and no one pressed any further.

A week before the event Roseanne and Tom Arnold are on the "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson". Johnny asks her about about singing the anthem and expresses surprise that she could sing and even warns her that it is a tough song. Tom Arnold, with a smirk on his face, tells Johnny that she will be great as he has heard her practice in the bathroom.

The troll was set. She had no intention of trying to sing well. She approached it as a joke and thought that everyone else would get the joke. She failed to have situational awareness that this was a baseball game and not her show or stand up concert.

At this point her career, her success was at a point that everything she did was "funny". Meaning that she was surrounded by "yes men" and her and Tom Arnold were at the beginning of what proved to be a very toxic relationship. Also being in San Diego which is pretty much a military town is not a good place to jokingly sing the National Anthem.

The spitting and crotch grabbing came about because she was joking with one one the players (Mark Parent to be exact) and was dared to do it.

Everything she did was premeditated but without malice; it just was not thought through; not by her, Tom Werner, or The Padres front office.

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11-21-2006, 08:47 AM	#1
zypherix Member Forum Regular Join Date: Aug 14, 2003 Posts: 734	Roseanne singing the national anthem Does anyone know if there are any video recordings of Roseanne preforming the national anthem out there? ive heard the audio recording, but only seen small bits of it on video.

11-21-2006, 04:16 PM	#3
JulieSomoski Roseanne Reboot - March 27! Forum Veteran Join Date: Nov 06, 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 7,558	She probably means for the game in 1990(I know I would love to see that in video)

11-21-2006, 10:23 PM	#4
ThomasE Member Moderator Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 04, 2000 Location: New York, New York, U.S.A. Posts: 10,857	I thought that it was from 1990.

11-23-2006, 11:14 PM	#6
JulieSomoski Roseanne Reboot - March 27! Forum Veteran Join Date: Nov 06, 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 7,558	In my opinion, it was a bit disrespectful when she grabbed her crotch and spit, but for her singing, I believe she was singing the best that she could.

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coffield3 <3 Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 23, 2006 Location: England Posts: 7,379	pmsl it was hilarious lol

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mateo096 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 05, 2007 Location: Oley, PA Posts: 63	http://youtube.com/watch?v=pK8z8oWERMk

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An 80s Guy legen-wait for it-dary! Senior Member Join Date: Sep 03, 2005 Location: Austin,Texas Posts: 1,870	She was joking when she grabbed her crotch and spit she did not mean anything by it.

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mateo096 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 05, 2007 Location: Oley, PA Posts: 63	I also think i heard that she was told to sing bad. Not sure if it was true or not....

06-11-2007, 01:23 AM	#14
SparkleFarkle Domestic Goddess Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 10, 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 107	In Roseanne's autobiography, My Lives, she said the baseball players actually came up with the idea that she grab herself and spit, mimicking a baseball players's gestures. She wasn't going to do it at first, until they started to egg her on. She said she should have known better-- "Anyone who looks like he's got a spare baseball stored in his cheek and whose teeth are blacked out by chewing tobacco doesn't know what's funny and certainly doesn't know what looks stupid," said Roseanne. When it was time for her to start singing, she realized there would be no music to accompany her and she started to freak. She didn't know you had to start out the song in a really low key if you have any hope of making it through. The more she tried to steady the notes, the more the bottom dropped out. And then she couldn't hear herself because of all the booing that started (there were a LOT of drunk fans there). The notes got higher and higher. Nearing the song's end, she was literally screaming to reach them. At that point, she was starting to get upset at all the booing and decided to let everybody have it. She made the loudest noise she could on the last note, and then decided to go ahead with the crotch/spit thing, trying to make it at least funny at the end, but nobody bought it.