You Can’t Expect Him To Play Dan Forever
John Goodman’s days as Dan Conner, Roseanne’s husband on the hit ABC sitcom “Roseanne,” appear to be numbered.
Goodman, who has been on the series since it started in 1988, recently signed a one-year deal to return next season. But after that, his future with the show is murky.
“Right now, I’m playing it year-by-year,” Goodman said during a conference call with reporters to promote his stint hosting tonight’s “ESPY Awards” on the ESPN cable channel.
The current season, he said, “was going to be my last year, but I decided to stick it out a little while longer. Where else can a kid like myself, with no discernible skills, make this kinda dough?”
When he does depart, Goodman said he intends to “do more movies” and “get back into the theater.”
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker, on relationships: “I like the idea of commitment and all the fears that come with it and all the joys that come with it. I think that’s what we’re put on Earth to do, ultimately; find a life partner of some sort - whatever your lifestyle is.”
Maybe he’ll come walking down your street
Peter Tork turns 51 today.
Actually, they don’t look anything alike at all
Whoopi Goldberg sure runs into some confused autograph hounds. “Someone rushes over and says: `Oh, Oprah! I just love you,”’ she says. She’ll reply: “`No, I’m not Oprah; I’m Whoopi.’ And they say: `No, you “are” Oprah!’ Then I say: `You know what? You want an autograph?’ And they say, `Yes.’ And I write, `Best wishes, Goldie Hawn.”’
It’s downright amazing, for a man of his age
Sid Caesar’s recommended daily regimen for staying fit: a 90-minute power walk, 200 sit-ups, 100 push-ups, 30 pull-ups - and a lot of thinking. “The brain is a muscle and it needs exercise,” the 72-year-old comedian says. “Don’t think about one thing. Give yourself problems. Try to memorize telephone numbers. Once you get into that habit, then you find that life becomes a little easier.”
Yes, those commercials are awfully annoying
Barbra Streisand called NBC during the TV premiere of her movie “The Prince of Tides” and complained that the commercials were too loud, demanding that the engineer lower the volume by two decibels. “If anybody hears this, they’ll think I’m a control freak,” she said. “I am a perfectionist. I’m trying to be less a perfectionist. But if anything can be made better, I gotta go for it.”
Sorry, Alec, we don’t think you’ll get many bites
Actor Alec Baldwin, a confirmed vegetarian along with actress wife Kim Basinger, wants people to stop eating meat for Valentine’s Day. “What do Leonardo da Vinci, Madonna, Tony La Russa and Gandhi all have in common with my wife Kim and me?” he said. “We all learned to kick the meat habit, and you can, too.”
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