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tanquant · 06-18-2007, 03:51 PM

I have always wondered why roseanne and dan's baby was a boy and throughout her whole pregnancy they said that it was going to be a girl. Did i miss something or did they just decide to make the baby a girl?

Buffyboy323 · 06-18-2007, 09:21 PM

Nope, you didn't miss anything.....The baby was originally going to be a girl, but they changed it to a boy, when Roseanne found out she was pregnant with a boy, in real life.

JulieSomoski · 06-19-2007, 05:11 PM

Actually, I think that it was suddenly changed to a boy when the leader of the band "Grateful Dead," Jerry Garcia, died, and Roseanne wanted to name the show's baby in his honor.

SparkleFarkle · 06-19-2007, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by roseanne88-97

Actually, I think that it was suddenly changed to a boy when the leader of the band "Grateful Dead," Jerry Garcia, died, and Roseanne wanted to name the show's baby in his honor.

Buffyboy323 (above) is right when he stated Roseanne wanted her on-show baby to be a boy to parallel her real life pregnancy. And, you almost have it right. The original script called for Roseanne to go into labor at a Grateful Dead concert, but with Garcia's untimely death, the episode had to be re-written. I'm not sure if they intended to name the baby Jerry Garcia all along, or it that was written in, too, in tribute to him after his passing.

TJAMES03 · 06-20-2007, 01:04 PM

Too my knowledge, even though it was a boy, no one on the show ever wondered about (or mentioned!) the mistake!

coffield3 · 06-20-2007, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Buffyboy323

Nope, you didn't miss anything.....The baby was originally going to be a girl, but they changed it to a boy, when Roseanne found out she was pregnant with a boy, in real life.

Yep!! i think thats true because she wanted to keep the show real to her life!!

blue4t · 06-21-2007, 01:08 PM

They could've said something when she gave birth like "Oops, the doctors got it wrong." Not in those words, but it does sound like something Roseanne would say.

Buffyboy323 · 06-24-2007, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by blue4t

They could've said something when she gave birth like "Oops, the doctors got it wrong." Not in those words, but it does sound like something Roseanne would say.

That does sound very "Roseanne!"

Buffyboy323 · 06-24-2007, 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by TJAMES03

Too my knowledge, even though it was a boy, no one on the show ever wondered about (or mentioned!) the mistake!

Yeah, they just scratched that out of the show....Kind of like Crystal's character.

06-18-2007, 03:51 PM	#1
tanquant Member Forum Regular Join Date: Jan 13, 2003 Posts: 864	It's A Boy? I have always wondered why roseanne and dan's baby was a boy and throughout her whole pregnancy they said that it was going to be a girl. Did i miss something or did they just decide to make the baby a girl?

06-18-2007, 09:21 PM	#2
Buffyboy323 Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jun 24, 2005 Posts: 6,102	Nope, you didn't miss anything.....The baby was originally going to be a girl, but they changed it to a boy, when Roseanne found out she was pregnant with a boy, in real life.
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06-19-2007, 05:11 PM	#3
JulieSomoski Roseanne Reboot - March 27! Forum Veteran Join Date: Nov 06, 2004 Location: Michigan Posts: 7,558	Actually, I think that it was suddenly changed to a boy when the leader of the band "Grateful Dead," Jerry Garcia, died, and Roseanne wanted to name the show's baby in his honor.
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06-20-2007, 01:04 PM	#5
TJAMES03 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jun 25, 2005 Posts: 193	Too my knowledge, even though it was a boy, no one on the show ever wondered about (or mentioned!) the mistake!

06-21-2007, 01:08 PM	#7
blue4t Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Nov 15, 2005 Posts: 168	They could've said something when she gave birth like "Oops, the doctors got it wrong." Not in those words, but it does sound like something Roseanne would say.