Roseanne: December Bride

Roseanne: December Bride
ABC
December 12, 1995
Sitcom
DVD
C+

Roseanne throws a very tacky wedding for Leon and his never-heard-of-before boyfriend Scott (played by Mull's Fernwood co-star Fred Willard).  I guess I should be glad that the episode isn't as soap-boxy as some this season, but the humor does feel somewhat forced.  Contrast this one with the Christmas episode of two years before, where there was a reason for Dan and Roseanne to offend the neighborhood association with their tacky decorations, while here she's annoying one of the grooms and just comes across as spiteful and tactless.

Staff writer Allan Stephan has an uncredited role here.  June Lockhart, who a few months ago was one of the TV Moms on the clip show, here plays Leon's mother.  Mariel Hemingway makes a quick uncredited cameo, playing off of her previous appearance.  Milton Berle allegedly makes an uncredited appearance as a Transvestite at the Wedding, but I didn't see him.  (He's possibly in the tag, which is omitted on the DVD.)