ROSEANNE: SHERWOOD SCHWARTZ: A LOVING TRIBUTE {SEVENTH SEASON FINALE} (TV)
Summary
One in this comedy series about Roseanne and Dan Conner, a working-class couple who live in Lanford, Illinois, and their three children, D.J., Darlene, and Becky. In this episode, David announces his plans to take a month-long European tour, much to Darlene's dismay. Meanwhile, Roseanne insists that Dan stop tinkering with an old boat in the garage. In a fantasy sequence, Dan imagines he and Roseanne are taking a luxurious cruise on a boat. But Roseanne believes they would wind up marooned on a desert island instead. The following fantasy sequence parodies the television program, "Gilligan's Island," featuring Dan as the Skipper, Roseanne as Ginger, Jackie as Gilligan, Darlene as Mary Ann, Mark as the Professor, Leon Carp as Mr. Howell, and Roseanne's mother as Mrs. Howell. David, as himself, wanders around the island, wishing he had gone to Europe. After Gilligan is attacked by crabs, a filling in his tooth picks up a radio broadcast about a typhoon, but the announcement is followed by a volcanic eruption and an earthquake instead. Once headhunters imprison the castaways, the fantasy dissolves: Roseanne has evidently failed to convince Dan that a boating trip would be a disaster. Darlene, however, reconsiders whether she wants David to remain in Lanford since his only summer prospect is a job at a pizza place. And ultimately, Roseanne agrees to let Dan keep his sailing dream. The program concludes with a segment in which members of the cast of "Gilligan's Island" impersonate the cast of "Roseanne," with a special appearance by Sherwood Schwartz. This program is closed-captioned. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: May 24, 1994 Wednesday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:29:01
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:39218
- GENRE: Comedy
- SUBJECT HEADING: Comedy; Parody; Islands
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1988-1997; 2018
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Die Hard with a Vengeance" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - "Forget Paris" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - Chips Ahoy cookies
- TV - Commercials - Citibank card
- TV - Commercials - Disneyland theme park
- TV - Commercials - Fisher-Price toys
- TV - Commercials - Folgers coffee
- TV - Commercials - Kodak photographic products
- TV - Commercials - Listerine mouthwash
- TV - Commercials - Nissan Sentra automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Subway fast-food restaurants
- TV - PSA - Partnership for a Drug-Free America
- TV - Promos - "Bringing Up Jack"
- TV - Promos - "Johnny's Girl"
- TV - Promos - "Secrets"
- TV - Promos - "The 1995 World Music Awards"
- TV - Promos - "Thunder Alley"
CREDITS
- Eric Gilliland … Executive Producer
- Marcy Carsey … Executive Producer
- Tom Werner … Executive Producer
- Roseanne (See also: Barr, Roseanne; Arnold, Roseanne) … Executive Producer, Based on a character created by
- Kevin Abbott … Supervising Producer
- Miriam Trogdon … Supervising Producer
- Michael Borkow … Producer
- Tim Doyle … Producer
- Dusty Kay … Producer
- Sid Youngers … Producer
- Al Lowenstein … Producer
- Betsy Borns … Co-Producer
- Barbara Stoll … Co-Producer
- Rob Ulin … Consulting Producer
- Matt Williams … Created by
- William Lucas Walker … Writer
- Allan Stephan … Writer
- Dan Foliart … Theme Music by
- Howard Pearl … Theme Music by
- Roseanne (See also: Barr, Roseanne; Arnold, Roseanne) … Cast, Roseanne Conner and Ginger Grant
- John Goodman … Cast, Dan Conner and the Skipper
- Laurie Metcalf … Cast, Jackie and Gilligan
- Sara Gilbert … Cast, Darlene Conner and Mary Ann
- Michael Fishman … Cast, D.J. and the Headhunter
- Johnny Galecki … Cast, David
- Estelle Parsons … Cast, Mrs. Howell
- Glenn Quinn … Cast, the Professor
- Martin Mull … Cast, Mr. Howell
- Tina Louise … Cast, Roseanne Conner
- Bob Denver … Cast, Jackie
- Russell Johnson … Cast, Mark
- Dawn Wells … Cast, Darlene Conner
- Sherwood Schwartz … Cast, Himself