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TvTalk101 · 07-28-2003, 09:58 PM

Toward the end of the last show, "IN TO THAT GOOD NIGHT", Roseanne walks back through the "OLD" house and sits on the "OLD" couch...Was that little bit shot before the set was updated, or was there two sets - before and after the lottery? And I remember hearing that it was Roseanne who wanted the lottery thing to happen and had the writers work it out...Is this how it happened?

db108108 · 07-28-2003, 11:07 PM

I don't think there were two sets. Sets are quite easy to take apart, and since there was only a small scene in the final episode with the original set, not everything had to be perfect.

How easy are sets taken apart? On the first season of "The Naked Truth" (it aired right after Roseanne in 1995), Tea Leoni's apartment was Ellen's apartment, only with a few changes. But it was obviously the same set.

I don't think Roseanne ever set down and wrote scripts, but for most of the series run, she had ultimate power over the storylines, or she would walk out, as we've heard so many times. And what's "Roseanne" without Roseanne?

db108108 · 07-30-2003, 02:30 PM

No. I remeber reading that the last part of the finale was s secret that even ABC wasn't allowed to see the tape.

But I still wonder about the second to last scene when Roseanne is going around the kitchen table and revealing the truth about the family members. When she says about her mom "Oh, and she's nuts," the audience laughs, which makes me wonder why nobody could piece together what was going on.

SchuminWeb · 08-03-2003, 03:33 AM

I would actually say that there were indeed two sets. I remember an episode towards the middle of the series where they visited their next-door neighbors' house, which had the exact same setup as theirs, just a little nicer, and with a dishwasher (which Roseanne commented about).

So... I think that the "remodeled" Conner house was actually this second "neighbor" set done up as the new Conner house. The only thing we saw of that second set was the living room and kitchen, which corresponds to what was remodeled. The bedroom and the upstairs stayed the same after the remodeling.

Ben F. Schumin :-)

dl72190 · 08-04-2003, 05:35 PM

I think it was the same set they just unremodled it. Becuz you could tell they redid it because the kitchens wallpaper in the final scene although is similar it's not he same wallpaper.

07-28-2003, 09:58 PM	#1
TvTalk101 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Dec 08, 2002 Posts: 47	Questions... Toward the end of the last show, "IN TO THAT GOOD NIGHT", Roseanne walks back through the "OLD" house and sits on the "OLD" couch...Was that little bit shot before the set was updated, or was there two sets - before and after the lottery? And I remember hearing that it was Roseanne who wanted the lottery thing to happen and had the writers work it out...Is this how it happened?
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07-28-2003, 11:07 PM	#2
db108108 Teacher (for now) Senior Member Join Date: Mar 20, 2003 Location: 2 hours north of Detroit, 2 hours south of Toronto Posts: 1,023	I don't think there were two sets. Sets are quite easy to take apart, and since there was only a small scene in the final episode with the original set, not everything had to be perfect. How easy are sets taken apart? On the first season of "The Naked Truth" (it aired right after Roseanne in 1995), Tea Leoni's apartment was Ellen's apartment, only with a few changes. But it was obviously the same set. I don't think Roseanne ever set down and wrote scripts, but for most of the series run, she had ultimate power over the storylines, or she would walk out, as we've heard so many times. And what's "Roseanne" without Roseanne?

07-30-2003, 02:30 PM	#3
db108108 Teacher (for now) Senior Member Join Date: Mar 20, 2003 Location: 2 hours north of Detroit, 2 hours south of Toronto Posts: 1,023	No. I remeber reading that the last part of the finale was s secret that even ABC wasn't allowed to see the tape. But I still wonder about the second to last scene when Roseanne is going around the kitchen table and revealing the truth about the family members. When she says about her mom "Oh, and she's nuts," the audience laughs, which makes me wonder why nobody could piece together what was going on.

08-03-2003, 03:33 AM	#4
SchuminWeb Casual Participant Occasional Poster Join Date: Jun 24, 2003 Posts: 97	I would actually say that there were indeed two sets. I remember an episode towards the middle of the series where they visited their next-door neighbors' house, which had the exact same setup as theirs, just a little nicer, and with a dishwasher (which Roseanne commented about). So... I think that the "remodeled" Conner house was actually this second "neighbor" set done up as the new Conner house. The only thing we saw of that second set was the living room and kitchen, which corresponds to what was remodeled. The bedroom and the upstairs stayed the same after the remodeling. Ben F. Schumin :-)