December Bride (Roseanne)
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 Scott and Leon exchange vows. |
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| Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 11 |
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| Written by | William Lucas Walker | ||||||
| Directed by | Gail Mancuso | ||||||
| Guest stars | Sandra Bernhard June Lockhart Norm Crosby Fred Willard Mariel Hemingway |
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| Original airdate | December 12, 1995 | ||||||
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"December Bride" is an episode of the situation comedy television series Roseanne. The episode revolves around the wedding of recurring character Leon Carp and his boyfriend Scott. "December Bride" was the eleventh episode of the show's eighth season. It was written by William Lucas Walker and directed by Gail Mancuso. The episode originally aired on ABC on December 12, 1995.
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[edit] Plot
Roseanne meets Scott (Fred Willard) at the diner and learns he'll be marrying Leon (Martin Mull) at the end of the week and that Leon had left him at the altar five years earlier. Because they have to be out of town for pre-wedding counseling, Roseanne volunteers to plan the wedding for free.
Leon arrives at the wedding venue and is appalled at Roseanne's decor, which includes drag queens, male strippers and enormous pink triangles. He attempts to flee, even going so far as to claim that he is not really gay. Roseanne counters this assertion by asking "But do you like having sex with men? GAY!" In a last desperate effort, he kisses Roseanne. He confirms that he is gay and he goes forward with the wedding. With the drag queens and strippers toned down, Leon and Scott exchange their vows.
[edit] Cameos
Mariel Hemingway reprised her role as Sharon, the woman who kissed Roseanne in the 1994 episode "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Roseanne's husband Dan (John Goodman) is distressed when the grooms kiss, Roseanne chides him for making a fuss about two people of the same sex kissing and Sharon sits down behind her. Her appearance serves as a callback to the earlier episode and the controversy that surrounded it.[1]
"December Bride" also featured cameos by Christopher Morley, Alexis Arquette and David Michaels. Milton Berle famously appeared in drag in the final scene of the episode to catch the bridal bouquet.[2]
[edit] Controversy
ABC moved "December Bride" from its regularly scheduled broadcast time of 8:00 PM EST to 9:30 PM. An ABC spokesperson stated that this was not because of the inclusion of a same-sex wedding but because "the adult humor in this episode was more appropriate for the later time period".[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Lowry, Brian (1994-02-18). "ABC to air 'Roseanne' seg with warning label". Variety. http://www.variety.com/article/VR118423.html?categoryid=14&cs=1. Retrieved on 2008-11-17.
- ^ Hester, Jere. "Milton Berle, A TV Legend, Is Dead." New York Daily News. March 28, 2002; Archerd, Army. "Sinatra Gets Several Formal Fetes. Variety. December 12, 1995.
- ^ "'Roseanne' Adult Humor Forces Change". Washington Post. 1995-12-11. http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19951211&slug=2157091. Retrieved on 2008-11-23.
