>>> DID YOU GET THE
ANTIDEPRESSANT?
>> THEY ARE ALL YOURS.
IF YOU'RE NOT HAPPY, I HAVE NO
CHANCE OF BEING HAPPY.
>> A SCENE FROM THE PREMIER OF
"ROSEANNE," THE SHOW RETURNING
AFTER 21 YEARS TO MASSIVE
TELEVISION RATINGS.
TUESDAY NIGHT'S EPISODE HAD THE
COUNTRY TALKING AND DEBATING
AFTER IT DREW MORE THAN 18
MILLION VIEWERS.
ANS A TOUPDING NUMBER THESE DAYS
THAT CONTINUES TO GROW WELL
NORTH OF 20 MILLION AS PEOPLE
CATCH UP ON DVR AND ON DEMAND.
THE 1997 FINALE OF THE FIRST RUN
OF "ROSEANNE" DREW 16.6 MILLION
VIEWERS.
IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG AFTER THE
NUMBERS CAME IN THIS WEEK FOR
ABC TO ORDER ANOTHER SEASON OF
THE REVIVAL
THE SHOW'S STAR WHO SUPPORTS
PRESIDENT TRUMP AND WHOSE
CHARACTER DOES TOO RECEIVED A
CONGRATULATORY PHONE CALL FROM
THE PRESIDENT ABOUT THE SUCCESS
OF THE PREMIER.
HER CO-STAR IS JOHN GOODMAN, A
BELOVED ACTOR WHOSE RISE TO FAME
BEGAN 30 YEARS AGO WITH AN
AUDITION FOR "ROSEANNE."
I VISITED JOHN IN NEW ORLEANS,
HIS ADOPTED HOMETOWN OF THE LAST
20 YEARS.
>> HI, FOLKS.
>> HI, GUYS.
>> FOR JOHN GOODMAN, THERE'S ALL
THE BEEN SOMETHING ABOUT THE BIG
EASY.
>> I STARTED COMING TO NEW
ORLEANS IN 1972 WITH SOUTHWEST
MISSOURI STATE COLLEGE.
IT WAS THE PEOPLE AND THE MUSIC
AND THE ALCOHOL.
THERE WAS A VIBE TO THEM.
>> GOODMAN HAS A VIBE TO HIM AS
WELL.
THE 65-YEAR-OLD IS FUNNY AND
UNASSUMING.
BUT FOR 35 YEARS ON SCREEN, HIS
CHARACTERS HAVE BEEN LOUD AND
BRASH.
GOODMAN GREW UP OUTSIDE ST.
LOUIS.
HIS FATHER, A POSTAL WORKER,
DIED WHEN JOHN WAS 2 YEARS OLD
LEAVING HIS MOTHER A WAITRESS,
AS THE SOUL BRED WINNER.
>> IT WAS DEVASTATING.
MY MOM WORKED VERY HARD LIVING
HAND TO MOUTH, LIVED ON TIPS.
SHE HAD TWO MOUTHS TO FEED.
AND SHE DID WHATEVER SHE HAD TO.
>> A SELF-DESCRIBED CLASS CLOWN,
GOODMAN FOUND THE STAGE EARLY
ON.
>> THE HEELS DIDN'T FIT, BUT
COMING DOWN THE STAIRS IT WAS
TOUGH.
BUT I REALLY LIKED IT.
>> HE WENT ON TO STUDY ACTING AS
SOUTHWEST MISSOURI STATE
UNIVERSITY BEFORE MOVING TO NEW
YORK WHERE HE FOUND STEADY WORK
IN COMMERCIALS.
>> THANK, I NEEDED THAT.
>> Reporter: GOODMAN BEGAN A
LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FAMED
COHEN BROTHERS FILM MAKING TEAM
WHEN HE APPEARED IN THE 1987
CLASSIC "RAISING ARIZONA."
>> WHERE DID WE LEAVE HIM?
AHH!
>> IT WAS AROUND THAT SAME TIME
GOODMAN AUDITIONED WITH ROSEANNE
BARRE FOR A NEW SITCOM.
>> THEY CALLED ME IN FOR THIS
AUDITION.
I KNEW SHE WAS TR A PIZZA
COMMERCIAL.
>> HOW ABOUT WE SEND FOR PAN
PIZZA AND YOU EAT AT THE SALAD
BAR.
>> BEJUST HIT IT OFF.
I WALKED OUT OF THE PLACE
KNOWING I HAD THE JOB.
>> SHE FELT THE SAME WAY.
>> WOW.
THANKS, HONEY.
>> ARE YOU EVER SORRY WE GOT
MARRIED?
>> EVERY SECOND OF MY LIFE.
>> "ROSEANNE" BECAME THE NUMBER
ONE SHOW ON TELEVISION FEATURING
A ROWDY STRUGGLING WORKING CLASS
FAMILY BONDED TOGETHER BY LOVE.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE, DO YOU QUIT.
>> ONE MORE.
>> FOUR.
>> IF IT WASN'T QUITE ECONOMIC,
LY, IT WAS FA MOOEL Y'ALL
ISSUES.
SISTERS CON STONT LAY FIGHTING,
LOVE EACH OTHER, KIDS FIGHTING,
WE LOVE EACH OTHER.
NOT EXACTLY LIFE OR DEATH, BUT
IT WAS EAT OR DON'T EAT OR DON'T
GET INSURANCE.
IT WAS WITHIN THAT STRUGGLE THAT
PEOPLE FOUND THEY COULD LAUGH AT
US.
HERE'S SOMEBODY WORSE OFF THAN
WE ARE.
>> HE LOVES AND ADORES HIS
SISTER-IN-LAW.
>> HEY, JACKIE, READ THIS.
IN 1993 HE WON A GOLDEN GLOBE
AWARD FOR BEST ACTOR.
BUT THE RUN AWAY SUCCESS OF
"ROSEANNE" OVERWHELMED HIM.
>> AT FIRST IT WAS EXCITING.
THEN IT GOT FRIGHTENING WHEN I
LOST MY ANONYMITY.
WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS IS I
GOT COMPLACENT AND UNGRATEFUL
AND AFTER NINE YEARS, EIGHT
YEARS I WANTED TO LEAVE THE
SHOW.
>> THE SHOW WRAPPED IN 1997 AND
GOODMAN DECIDED TO MOVE HIS
FAMILY FROM LOS ANGELES TO NEW
ORLEANS WHERE HE STILL LIVES
WITH HIS WIFE.
EVEN 2,000 MILES FROM HOLLYWOOD,
THE WORK KEPT COMING.
GOODMAN WAS THE VOICE OF A
MONSTER.
>> MAY THE BEST MONSTER WIN.
>> AND THE SILENT HEAD OF A
MOVIE STUDIO.
HE PLAYED DRAMATIC ROLES.
>> MR. SPEAKER.
>> MR. PRESIDENT.
>> AND GEORGE CLOONEY.
>>.
>> IT'S NOT SO BAD.
>> THEN THERE WAS WALTER.
THE ANGRY VIETNAM VET WITH AN
AFFINITY FOR BOWLING IN THE
CLASSIC "THE BIG LE BOW SKI."
>> 20 YEAR ANNIVERSARY.
WHAT HAPPENED WITH THAT MOVIE?
WHY DID IT TAKE OFF AND EXPLODE?
>> I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE IT WAS
SO WELL WRITTEN, A, AND BECAUSE
OF JEFF'S CHARACTER.
HE DRIFTS THROUGH LIFE AND
SOLVES CRIMES.
>> DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE LINE?
>> [ BLEEP ], LET'S GO BOWLING.
>> OVER THE YEARS GOODMAN HAS
HOSTED "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" 13
TIMES.
HE DROPPED IN AGAIN A COUPLE
WEEKS AGO.
>> CALL JURASSIC PARK BECAUSE
REXY IS LOOSE.
>> FOR ALL THE LAUGHS ON SCREEN,
GOODMAN HAS NOT ALWAYS BEEN
HAPPY OFF OF IT.
FOR YEARS HE STRUGGLED WITH
ALCOHOLISM.
>> I GOT SO LUCKY BECAUSE I WAS
STILL GETTING HIRED FOR THINGS,
BUT THE FACT IS I WAS DRINKING
AT WORK.
MY SPEECH WOULD BE SLURRED.
I THOUGHT I WAS FOOLING PEOPLE.
MY CHEEKS WOULD TURN BRIGHT RED
WHEN I WAS LIQUORED UP.
AND I JUST LOOKED LIKE A STOP
SIGN.
>> WAS THERE A TIPPING POINT FOR
YOU IN THERE?
>> IT HAD BEEN A LONG WEEKEND
PLAYING GOLF WITH MY FRIENDS.
BY THE TIME SUNDAY MORNING
ROLLED AROUND, I WAS SHAKING.
I WAS STILL DRINKING, BUT I WAS
STILL SHAKING.
I U CALLED MY WIFE.
SHE MADE SOME PHONE CALLS AND
GOT ME INTO A TREATMENT CENTER
AND I DETOXED THERE.
AND DECIDED I LIKED THE FEELING.
>> SOBER AND SLIMMER, GOODMAN
NOW HAS RETURNED TO THE SHOW
THAT MADE HIM A HOUSEHOLD NAME.
>> WAS THERE SOME ELEMENT OF
GOING BACK AND SORT OF WRITING A
WRONG FROM THE PAST?
>> MAKING THE MOST OF MYSELF.
I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT, BUT
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I DID.
PUTTING THE THINGS RIGHT AGAIN.
ME AND EVERYBODY IN THE CAST IS
GRATEFUL TO BE THERE.
WALKING INTO THE SET THAT THEY
REPRODUCED FROM SCRATCH WAS I
HAVE NO WORDS FOR IT OTHER THAN
DEVA VIEW.
>> I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD.
>> WHY DOES EVERYBODY ALWAYS
THINK I'M DEAD?
>> IS THE SHOW DIFFERENT NOW
THAN IT WAS 20 YEARS AGO?
>> WE'RE STILL RAISING KIDS, BUT
WE'RE HELPING RAISE GRAND KIDS
NOW.
WE'RE STILL LIVING PAYCHECK TO
PAYCHECK.
>> CAN I HAVE SOME MONEY?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
CAN I HAVE SOME MONEY?
>> IT NEVER STOPPED.
IT NEVER STOPS.
I WENT UP TO NEW YORK WITH A
THOUSAND DOLLARS ON AN AMTRAK
TRAIN AND MY ONLY GOAL WAS TO
MAKE A LIVING AS AN ACTOR.
SO FAR, SO GOOD.
>> "ROSEANNE" AIRS TUESDAY
NIGHTS ON ABC.
OUR THANKS TO NEW ORLEANS FOR
THAT FRENCH QUARTER SETTING
THERE.
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