Posted on 04/03/2018 1:51:08 PM PDT by ethom
The Oscar-winning actor was a recurring character on the original seasons of the ABC sitcom.
Victoria Miller
Roseanne fans are looking forward to seeing some familiar guest stars from seasons past — everyone from Johnny Galecki to Sandra Bernhard will return for the ABC revival — but one recurring cast member won’t be making a guest spot on the high-rated reboot of the Roseanne Barr sitcom. According to Barr herself, veteran Roseanne cast member George Clooney will not return to reprise his role as Booker Brooks on the show.
Barr made her comments on Howard Stern’s Sirius XM radio show, revealing that Clooney declined a possible cameo on the Roseanne reboot.
“Well, George Clooney didn’t want to come on — so that was a bummer, but he lives in Italy,” Barr said, according to People.
“ “He’s said some really silly things about me, but I still love him.”
Roseanne Barr did not elaborate on what silly things George said about her, but the actor previously dished about his co-star’s “pickup line” to him when they first met.
“I worked on her first series, and when I met her she said, ‘You’re really good looking, why don’t you take me out behind the stage and make me stink,'” Clooney said of Barr, according to People. “She was unbelievably kind to me at a time when no one was.”
Before he shot to superstardom on the medical drama ER, George Clooney played Wellman Plastics supervisor/foreman Booker Brooks on Roseanne, the boss of Roseanne Conner (Barr) and her sister, Jackie Harris (Laurie Metcalf). Clooney’s character even dated Jackie during his 11-episode run, which began in the show’s first season back in 1988. Clooney’s last Roseanne appearance was in the 1991 Halloween episode, “Trick Me Up, Trick Me Down.”
Roseanne Barr has been vocal about the fact that George Clooney was a prankster on the Roseanne set when they worked together 30 years ago. Clooney once talked Roseanne into destroying a chocolate gift that ABC bosses gave to her. And according to Entertainment Tonight, in 2014 Roseanne revealed on co-star Sara Gilbert’s CBS daytime show, The Talk, that the future A-list actor once took a picture of his crotch wearing a Groucho Marx disguise. Barr said Clooney left the X-rated photo on the set refrigerator, but the pic went missing — and she is still hoping it will turn up.
Of course, now that the Roseanne revival has already been renewed for a second season (the 11th overall for the series), there’s always the chance that George Clooney could change his tune and make a return as Booker Brooks. Longtime fans would love to know what Clooney’s character has been up to since 1991.
You can see George Clooney in an early episode of Roseanne below
Guess she doesn’t want to hold on to her ratings. Won’t take much to turn me off after watching the premier.
Isn’t he married to a Muslim now?
Thanks for that. I had forgotten about that episode. Haha!
His last production before his death from oral cancer, was the film Duets, which starred his daughter, Gwyneth Paltrow.....her mother is actress BlYthe Danner.
Paltrow was a "tolerant and compassionate" Democrat (gag).
However, this "kindly liberal" reportedly refused to cast actor Dwight Schultz for a role on St. Elsewhere because the actor, a political conservative, supported Ronald Reagan.
Schultz is also a Catholic laden with all those nasty do's and don'ts.
Bruce was a real nice guy......he left Blythe for seven years and lived with another woman while still married to Blythe.
Liberals (ugh).
No, that was Fisher.
Dan kicked his @ss and then got thrown in jail.
Something indeed would stink if he showed up!
Really.
All this drama because conservatives have ONE HALF of ONE show out of thousands of liberal shows on hundreds of liberal channels? ONE HALF OF ONE SHOW? Are they nuts? Or evil? Or the biggest haters the world has known?
Ah, ok. She’s had so many boyfriends on that show I didn’t remember which one he was.
“How’s the economy in this TV Show?”
The Connors are struggling. They can’t afford all their meds so they split their prescriptions, although they didn’t specifically mention Obamacare. Dan’s working drywall although he should be retired. Their daughter lost her job and moved back home with two grandkids. The other daughter has a mountain of student debt. DJ just returned from two tours in Iraq. Rosanne says she voted for Trump because “He talked about jobs”. It will be interesting to see if they show things getting better. It kind of would go against the whole premise of the show which was that the Connors were always struggling financially.
Yikes! Clooney looked like the dad from Full House, back then.
I guess they spent the lottery winnings..?
Jackie was wrongly accused of being a serial killer...oh,and brought Dan back to life?
Probably help he had a very successful Aunt..c loony that is.
I didn’t watch the last few seasons of the show. I guess I missed some stuff.
Yes, it there is also a residency requirement. I can’t recall the exact length of time, but one must have resided in the US continuously for “x” number of years immediately prior to running for president.
Correction: the constitution does not specifically say the residency must be immediately prior to running.
By the way, the requirement is “fourteen years a resident”
Clooney would NOT have helped her ratings.
The best part of the movie Gravity is when he died!
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