Dan's Birthday Bash was the ninth episode of Roseanne, also the 9th episode of the Season 1 of the series. Directed by Ellen Falcon and written by Grace McKeaney, it originally aired on ABC-TV on January 3, 1989.
Summary[]
Roseanne and the kids surprise Dan with an extensive birthday breakfast. Later that evening, Roseanne throws Dan a party at the Lobo. During the party, Dan comes close to being violent and attempts to fight with another guy, Bobo, but Roseanne stops him.
Roseanne reminded Dan of the promise that he made to her 10 years prior to stop fighting, due to the bad memory that Dan suffered from a broken nose and teeth in his hand after a fight gone wrong. Afraid that he'll look like a wimp in front of his friends, Dan vows to beat up Bobo the next time he sees him. Meanwhile, Becky is invited to dinner at Chip's.
At the end of the episode, after the guy makes fun of Roseanne’s weight, she gives Dan permission to punch Bobo in the face, just that one time.
Cast[]
Starring[]
- Roseanne Barr as Roseanne Conner
- John Goodman as Dan Conner
- Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris
- Michael Fishman as D.J. Conner
- Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner
- Lecy Goranson as Becky Conner
Also Starring[]
Guests[]
- William Sadler as Dwight
- Jared Rushton as Chip Lang
- Nancy Fish as Claire
- Eric Allan Kramer as Bobo
- Andrea Walters as Bonnie Lang
Trivia[]
- In this episode, we learn that Dan's birthday is in January. In the Season 3 episode PMS, I Love You, Dan celebrates his birthday in November.
- Bobo make his first of only two appearances, he will appear again 34 years later in The Conners Season 5 episode "Two More Years and A Stolen Rose".
- Dwight make his first of only two appearances, he will appear again in the following episode "Saturday".
- Chip Lang makes his second of three appearances, with his previous one being "Lovers' Lane" and his next one being "Becky's Choice".
- Chip's mother is seen for the first time. She will later appear in "Becky's Choice" and than again in the Season 2 episode "Sweet Dreams".
- Claire makes her second of four appearances. She appeared in the previous episode "Here's to Good Friends" and would later appear in "Let's Call It Quits" (Season 1) and "Sweet Dreams" (Season 2).
Quotes[]
- Roseanne (to Darlene): Where's your father?
- Darlene: He went out.
- Roseanne: Why?
- Darlene: Well, he got mad at Dwight and threw his hammer through the drywall.
- Roseanne: Well, it is Saturday.
- Becky (to Roseanne about having dinner at Chip's house): What if they serve me something that makes me gag, like okra?
- Roseanne: Then you spit it into your napkin and put it in your purse.
- Becky: That's gross.
- Roseanne: Not if nobody sees ya.
- Becky (while talking to her parents about the nice dinner she had at Chip's house): ...But the dinner was awful.
- Roseanne: I don't understand that, because I made sure to give Chip's mom a list of your favorite foods. Ya know, liver, onions, cauliflower.
- Becky: Good thing I brought my big purse.
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