Greater than 35 years later, John Goodman is saying goodbye to Dan Conner.
With the two-part sequence finale of The Conners airing Wednesday at 8/7c on ABC, the Emmy winner stated the seven-season revival has passed by “so quick” as he opened up about bidding farewell to the patriarchal character he originated on Roseanne in 1988.
“It’s actually laborious. It’s one thing I’m going to overlook for some time. I’m previous and resistant to vary,” he advised Folks, including: “It was so thrilling after we obtained this collectively and it looks like it was two weeks in the past. Displaying up on daily basis and simply being right here with everyone. It’s an excellent place to work.”
Goodman stated, “It’s simply being right here on daily basis and like [my costar] Jay [R. Ferguson] stated, we simply are available in and chuckle quite a bit. And it’s laborious.”
After ABC gave the sequence an abbreviated renewal final Might for its seventh and closing season, Goodman stated he’ll “be grateful for a very long time” that the community gave them the “courtesy” of permitting them to complete the present.
Emma Kenney, Laurie Metcalf, Lecy Goranson, Ames McNamara, Sara Gilbert, Jay R. Ferguson and John Goodman in ‘The Conners’ (Disney/Justin Stephens)
Disney/Justin Stephens
After Roseanne Barr starred because the titular middle-class in matriarch in Roseanne for 9 seasons from 1988 to 1997, she reunited her onscreen household for a revival in 2018. Though the up to date sequence was renewed for an additional that yr, Barr was terminated from the present for racially insensitive tweets.
The Conners premiered as a spin-off in October 2018, specializing in the eponymous household within the wake of Roseanne’s loss of life from an opioid overdose.
