Roseanne: The Bowling ShowABC
January 21, 1992
Sitcom
DVD
B
Obviously this wasn't the only bowling show in the series, since there was a first season episode set at the alley. But the bowling is the least interesting aspect of this episode, which contains the following:
- David Crosby makes his only appearance as Bonnie's musician husband Duke, singing one of his own songs ("Thousand Roads," which sounds better here than on the acoustic CSN concert of a few months ago), as well as a fine aduet with Bonnie;
- Chuck (Pickens, sorry, again dropped from my limited tags) gets more to do than usual, this time using Dan and Arnie's anger at each other to make them bowl better;
- Nancy and Jackie bond and Roseanne is jealous;
- And most significant of all, 16-year-old Johnny Galecki appears as Mark's brother "Kevin Healy." He's babysitting DJ, since Mark showed up several hours late for his date with Becky. When Darlene enters, there's instance attraction, which Dan thinks is cute, till he finds out who Kevin is. This happens in the tag and may've been meant as a throwaway, but it would have long-ranging impact.
Don Foster wrote the story that Abugov & Sherman turned into a teleplay. Michael Dempsey plays Dan's friend Ray for the first of two times. This is the 1400th sitcom episode I've reviewed.
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