Roseanne Barr Retrospective

In October 1986, when Roseanne Barr was just starting out on the comedic circuit, she made her first Oprah Show appearance during our comedy showcase (which also featured a young Jerry Seinfeld and Richard Lewis!). Her act covered everything from motherhood to the plight of a housewife—or domestic goddess, as she referred to it.

"I never get out of the house. I never go no place. I never have no fun ever, ever, ever because I'm a housewife. I hate that word. I hate the word homemaker too. I want to be called domestic goddess," Roseanne joked.