I Pray the Lord My Stove to Keep

"I Pray the Lord My Stove to Keep"
Season 6: Episode 22(144 / 231 episodes)
Network	ABC-TV
Production Code	622
Air date	May 3, 1994
Written by	Kevin Abbott & Pat Bullard
Directed by	Phillip Charles MacKenzie
Episode Guide
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I Pray the Lord My Stove to Keep was the 22nd episode of Season 6 of Roseanne, also the 144th overall series episode. It was written by Kevin Abbott and Pat Bullard and was directed by Phillip Charles MacKenzie. It originally aired on ABC-TV on May 3, 1994.

Synopsis

DJ has been attending church secretly (saying he was spending that time with a friend), and now he gives Roseanne grief about morals when she wants to keep a stove that was delivered in error.

Plot summary

Darlene discovers that D.J. has been sneaking off after to school to attend church; D.J. gives Roseanne a hard time about morals when she accepts a mistaken delivery of a second stove at the diner.

Cast

Starring

• Roseanne Arnold as Roseanne Conner
• John Goodman as Dan Conner
• Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris
• Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner
• Sarah Chalke as Becky Conner (credit only)
• Michael Fishman as D.J. Conner

Also Starring

• Johnny Galecki as David Healy

Guests

• Martin Mull as Leon Carp
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as George
• Pat Bullard as Deliveryman #1
• Robert Camilletti as Deliveryman #2
• Jesco White as Dan's Clog-Dancing Cousin (uncredited)
• Dweezil Zappa as Himself (Guitarist) (uncredited)

Trivia

• Pat Bullard who plays Deliveryman #1 is also a writer for the series and wrote this episode himself.
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt who plays George, makes his second appearance. He had previously appeared in the Season 5 episode "Daughters and Other Strangers" and would later return in two episodes ("Follow the Son " and "Single Married Female") in Season 7.
• Despite being credited, Sarah Chalke (Becky Conner) does not appear.
• The documentary Dancing Outlaw II focuses on Jesco White's journey to film this episode.