November 17, 2022

Without Roseanne, I pay no attention, but what's going on here?

23 comments:

gilbar said...

wait a minute! There is STILL an ABC tv network? Who'd a thunk?
How many people have this show on? 3 million?

gilbar said...

why ARE they wearing facial coverings? Are they muslims now?

CWJ said...

Why do I get the impression that that episode description could be used for nearly every episode ever aired?

JAORE said...

Perhaps they just got ahead of their skis.
Covid 4.0 emergency on deck?

Fandor said...

First episode of The Conners is going to have Dr, Fauci as a guest star. He gives the the cast their booster shots. In the following days, some have heart attacks, others memory loss. and the rest terrible sneezing fits and debilitating fatigue.
An encouraging call from President Biden helps lift spirits until he keeps referring to the sick family as the Bradys.
Fade Out.
Next week, Obama and Michele drop in to show off her toned arms. Barack shoots hoops and hawks his new line of sneakers, good for sports or community organizing.
That's Hollywood!

Enigma said...

Roseanne was always a repulsive and obnoxious personality. But distinct and unique. Why would anyone want to watch her boring and predictable supporting cast now? Generic face coverings = generic laugh track humor that isn't actually humor.

Here's a sample script for the new show (to be repeated weekly):

Sentence

(laugh track)

Sentence

(laugh track)

Sentence

(laugh track)

Ann Althouse said...

The male characters have hair that is so overstyled that they don't seem as though they could possibly be who they act like they are on the show.

Lurker21 said...

Everything on broadcast TV is a "zombie show" that goes on being produced, even though nobody's watching.

Probably in the episode there is another, local epidemic that has everyone wearing crocheted masks that do nothing to stop the spread of the illness, but it doesn't matter, it's still two years too late.

Ann Althouse said...

I remember the fad of crocheting squares like that, then joining them together to make what was always called an "afghan" back in the 1970s, back when Afghan hound was a popular dog breed.

R C Belaire said...

More free time.

WWIII Joe Biden, Husk-Puppet + America's Putin said...

Mainstream TV is dreadful. It's filled with party(D) propaganda too. Walk away.

Sofa King said...

Aside from the tone-deafness of trying to positively model mask-wearing in 2022, the stupidity of a crocheted mask is breaking my brain. You might as well wear a mask made out of fishnet, for all the filtering a crocheted mask is going to do.

n.n said...

Spreaders with a progressive chance of supporting a petri dish and viral collector.

Ann Althouse said...

"Aside from the tone-deafness of trying to positively model mask-wearing in 2022, the stupidity of a crocheted mask is breaking my brain. You might as well wear a mask made out of fishnet, for all the filtering a crocheted mask is going to do."

When I asked what's going on here, I thought the idea was to portray them as stupid, low-class, but basically well-intentioned. They're wrong about what makes a good mask, but in a charmingly down-home way and they do believe in wearing masks.

Bruce Hayden said...

“The male characters have hair that is so overstyled that they don't seem as though they could possibly be who they act like they are on the show.”

“I remember the fad of crocheting squares like that, then joining them together to make what was always called an "afghan" back in the 1970s, back when Afghan hound was a popular dog breed.“

The whole thing seems to be to paint them as the left sees Blue Collar Americans. Yes, there was a time when a certain segment of the populace hand made cutesy, sometimes matching, masks. But then, masking became identified heavily with being leftists, and most of the handmade masks seemed to disappear fairly quickly, by the summer maybe of 2021 - the women who had been making them, showing off their domestic abilities, were by then laughing at the people stupid enough to still be wearing masks. The class that the Connors supposedly belong to, wouldn’t be wearing ineffective hand made masks, nor would the guys be wearing feminized male hairstyles. For me, that sort of hair style has long been identified as worn by male college professors preying on their female students, and a certain class of prettified male attorneys. I was at the funeral Monday for a friend from HS, who had still been working for Centurylink outdoors at the time of his death. Each and every one of them had fairly short hair, and was, of course, maskless. Which makes perfect sense, if you spend your work life wearing a hard hat (his was shown with the memorabilia celebrating his life), often working outdoors.

Michael K said...

Masks are still useful to identify Democrats. I see them in my rare trips to "Whole Foods" and there are always a few in the supermarket, especially the upscale "Safeway" near our home. The show is obviously written to appeal to Democrats.

The Cracker Emcee Refulgent said...

"Masks are still useful to identify Democrats"

Dr. K is correct. The mask has become a political statement among the frozen chosen. If not consciously, then certainly as an indicator that the wearer has swallowed every bit of hysteria they were fed.

Whenever I see some poor soul wearing a mask while alone in a car with the windows rolled up, I'm reminded of the absolute depravity of the Democrats who exploited COVID in the service of their own graft. Unforgivable.

Fandor said...

In episode 4, the Conners do prove to be "stupid, low-class, but basically well-intentioned". The only reason they continue to wear the masks is because they have super-glued them onto their faces as a protest against god knows what. Each Conner has an individual agenda and wants to be heard, even if their message is muffled. This is America after all.

Hillary Clinton, in her acting debut, guest stars as the ghost of Eleanor Roosevelt.
She informs the Conners that Roseanne is colluding with Russia to return and take over the show.
They believe her,lock,stock and barrel, no questions asked.
Next week, Mitt Romney and Liz Chaney guest star as Nick and Nora to get to the bottom of Roseanne's dastardly plot.

Leland said...

A crocheted mask would be a perfect system for capturing an airborne virus and giving it a place to survive until it could infect the host. It is porous and that close to the mouth and nose it is sure to stay moist and warm, plus most of the material is usually biological.

n.n said...

It's coronavirus season. Masks, everyone. Masks, forevermore, and in between, right?

n.n said...

A crocheted mask would be a perfect system for capturing an airborne virus and giving it a place to survive until it could infect the host.

Sanctuary stockings for pathogens. Sanctuary states for illegal aliens. A gray, cold slate for baby... fetal-baby. A juxtaposition where wicked solutions are conceived.

n.n said...

N95 certified respirators exclusively, and you're still not protecting granny, baby, or anyone else.

Ted said...

That's an old picture. The actor on the right (Michael Fishman, who's been playing youngest son D.J. since he was 6) has been written off the show.

I watch "The Conners" occasionally, and while it still has a decent cast, the writing is awful. Even with all the backstage chaos, "Roseanne" managed to make family dysfunction realistic and enjoyable to see. Now it's just sour and unfunny.