I didn't watch Rosanne a lot when it was originally on... but I have seen the entire season on TV Land... and I am kinda excited to see the show's revival on ABC with the full cast coming back...

But Isn't Dan Dead?

Well yeah... according to the series finale... and that's not a spoiler... that was YEARS ago... But he is back for the show's return... So how did they swing that?? Well this is a SPOILER ALERT...

In the promos we see Roseanne and Dan in bed, and Roseanne wakes him up.  She tells him, "I thought you were dead."  And Dan replies, quote, "Why does everybody always think I'm dead?"

Later we get a quick explanation... 

Dan and Roseanne are in the garage, and Dan finds the manuscript for Roseanne's book.  He tells her, quote, "This would have sold like hotcakes, if only you hadn't killed off the most interesting character.  He was a gentle giant."

In the final season of the original run, Dan cheated on Roseanne.  But then in the finale, we found out that was all just a part of a book she wrote about the family, and in reality, Dan didn't cheat... because he had actually dies.

 But Dan's death was just part of the book... a book that never sold...

So now you know...