Booker Brooks, the original foreman at Wellman Plastics, and the first romantic interest of Jackie we meet in the show. This part was a breakthrough role for the future film superstar actor George Clooney.
About Booker[]
The original foreman at Wellman Plastic, Booker was the boss of Roseanne, Jackie, and Crystal. He wasn't always taken seriously by his employees, but compared to their future boss, Roseanne and the others appreciated him a little bit more.
He dated Jackie for a while, and they tried to keep it a secret to avoid problems at work. Later on, he set the quotas at Wellman at 5,500, much lower than the 8,000 their next boss made.
Booker briefly reappears years later when Jackie is down on her luck on Halloween. She reached out to multiple ex-boyfriends in her weak moment and Booker actually shows up to the Halloween party at The Lodge, dressed as a moose, much to Jackie's frustration.
Trivia[]
According to Roseanne Barr, Clooney was asked to reprise his role in Season 10 of Roseanne but he turned turned down the offer.
Booker did feature one more time in archive footage of The Conners season 3 premiere, Keep On Truckin' Six Feet Apart, when Jackie reminisces about Booker who she mentioned "looked just like George Clooney."
Appearances[]
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| Season 1 | X | - | - | - | X | X | X | X | X | - | X | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | X | N/A | 10 | ||
| Season 4 | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | N/A | 1 |
| Total | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||