Dan's Birthday Bash

"Dan's Birthday Bash"
Season 1: Episode 9(9 / 231 episodes)
Network	ABC-TV
Air date	January 3, 1989
Written by	Grace McKeaney
Directed by	Ellen Falcon
Episode Guide
Previous	Here's to Good Friends
Next	Saturday

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 on in the evening, Roseanne throws Dan a party at the Lobo. During the party, Dan comes close to being violent with another guy, but is stopped by Roseanne.

Afraid that he'll look like a wimp, Dan vows to he beat up the guy the next time he sees him. Meanwhile, Becky is invited to Chip's for a dinner.

Trivia

• In this episode, we learn that Dan's birthday is in January. In the season three episode PMS. I Love You, Dan celebrates his birthday in November.
• Chip's mother is seen for the first time.

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.

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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.

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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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