Roseanne: The Complete Series

Roseanne was my childhood

Great addition to my collection

Roseanne has always been a child-hood favorite of mine which brought me endless laughter and its the reason why I would always be glued to the TV anytime a Roseanne re-run came on. That same magnetism or glue is what brought me here and why I couldn't be happier with this complete set. Since I started streaming Roseanne on Netflix, I was hooked. However their collection only contained the earlier seasons and thus, like a fiend, I had to have the complete set. When I saw this, I was sold, esp. at its price. Wowser! This is the complete series and although the packaging is a bit flimsy, it more than does the job for what's required. It's all there and intact. Plus, at this price, how can you beat it? The discs even include extras like bloopers and cast interviews. This is just an added bonus for an already substantial set--and each episode is in the best quality they can be in (with the later seasons teetering more towards higher quality). The packaging is not the best but it does the job; its minimal but its part of the reason why this set is cheap. Where else would you found a baffling 9 seasons (27 discs) of a show for under $30. Think about it, that's a little more than a $1 per disc.It's Roseanne, one of the most real and hilarious sitcoms of its day and its why it got all the acclaim and popularity it did when it was aired. This set is perfect to reminiscence in the glory days of 80/90s TV and have a good laugh at the end of the day. The beauty of Roseanne is that it encompasses more than just laughs, their was a stark realism to it which also integrates drama, real-life wisdom with close-to-heart/home messages. Also, it recognizes its flaws like in life and instead of masking them, the show really embraces them--often making light of the situation with mockery/sarcasm or capping it off with a wholesome message. Also, you'll soon realize how brilliant some of their performances are--each cast perfect for their role with hilarity and sarcasm with Roseanne and uncanny humor at the center. With some being pivotal, John Goodman namely with performances that it seems only he could pull off. Also, Laurie Metcalf pulls of some stops where she is truly in her element; always on the fringe of collapse while being hilarious. A role that's probably a lot harder to pull off than she makes it seems. Other worthy mentionables are Sara Gilbert who has this dark yet sarcastic wit that she executes with great timing. Oh and of course Roseanne Barr, who is great at writing setups and punchlines that are really at the core of the show--she has a timeless humor and has a gift of tireless laughter.

When I started to watch The Conners, it just made me want to rewatch all of Roseanne including the tenth season before it was cancelled. Regardless of what she did say, which was uncalled for, she still makes one hell of a comedic genius to this show. The best thing about this show is that it's truly real and really does speak to what lower class Americans go through and who struggle everyday to get by. It's a great show and even after 30 years this is still one of the best down to earth shows. Thank you Roseanne Barr for your years of laughter and the continued laughter in season ten you gave us. Regardless that the spinoff is not Roseanne anymore, it still brings the life of Roseanne into those episodes. I love both shows but Roseanne definitely made her mark in history with this show.

I bought this earlier this summer and watched the whole series (except I skipped parts of Season 9, it was so bad). I was a fan of the series when it originally aired, and it is still so funny. It's a loving family (not just heartless or hateful people), however they also throw harsh zingers at each other all the time. The humor is rude, a lot, but that's often what made me laugh so hard. And the fact that at the end of the day they were still a loving family.Seasons 1-6 were just a blast, with a few laugh out loud moments in each episode (so bad that you have to pause the show until you stop laughing so hard). Seasons 7 and 8 were still pretty good, but things were getting weird, the characters on the show were more stressed, Jacky never could find happiness, etc, and that just kind of slowed things down. However, seasons 7 and 8 were still funny and entertaining.Season 9, oh God. They tried to have fun and get artsy (and political) with season 9, but it just didn't work. Too many fantasy episodes, and that works with animated shows, but not shows with a strong running storyline week-to-week (the fantasy stuff just feels like an interruption). And season 9's jokes just didn't have the zing that actually made them clever or funny. I tried to force myself to watch season 9, but after a while I started skipping half of episodes, hoping the next one would be good, and later skipped several episodes just to see the finale (which just ended badly). However, you're getting 8 other good seasons with the package, so you're still getting a good value.The packaging is kind of crappy, though I imagine it keeps the cost of the product down (and saves storage room on my DVD rack), so the packaging doesn't bother me that much.