Laurie Metcalf credits Norm Macdonald for her second Emmy win for writing the famous “Dad’s dead” grief scene on ‘Roseanne’ in 1993

[Link to scene](https://youtu.be/o0-QswAafVc?si=OQYuGmwjYa1Wop05)

She’s so good in everything. Even low quality things like the Ed Gein miniseries. Loved her brief appearance in Hacks (I slept like shit the seat was too reclined) and she’s been good so far in Big Mistakes.

DAD IS DEAD HE'S DEAD HE'S FINE HE SENDS HIS LOVE

I didn’t know dad was sick

Laurie also credited Frank Stallone for her Grammy win.

“Who Jackie?!”

Her monologue from Horace and Pete blew me off my feet. Absolutely incredible actress

Laurie Metcalf is phenomenal. She steals the show in The Connors. I love everything she does.

this f****** sceeeeeeeene. When I first saw saw this scene I cried laughing. Absolutely sobbing with laughter. To this day I can quote this scene. “Dad’s fine he sends his love!” 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 just incredible

This scene always cracks me up as I had to make the exact same call for my grandfather to his brother and it could have been word for word the same

Her episode of desperate housewives was a standout, even if the show started circling the drain quality wise at that point.

This was one of the funniest scenes in the shows history

That’s cool, I had no idea Norm MacDonald was a staff writer on Rosanne.

This is probably my favorite scene in the entire show.

Funfact: Laurie Metcalf holds the record for the shortest stint as an SNL cast member. She was credited for one episode and appeared in one pretaped sketch. She was hired last minute in the season and then not asked back the following season.

My dad just died, and honestly I’ve quoted this like ten times. Knew norm worked on the show, happy to hear my favorite quote is from him

This was honestly a comedically brilliant scene. Also, the fact it involved only one actor on camera just impresses me so much more. She does deserve massive credit, too, though. If this scene was easy to pull off, there would be hundreds of Tiktok and Youtubers putting out their own bc you only need a camera and a person talented enough to pull it off.

Norm was the funniest person who ever lived and I'll shout it till the day I die. I mean I guess maybe there was some person like 200,000 years ago but I've never seen their material.

This scene is a good case for "laugh tracks". (Yes, I know it's a studio audience. Laugh tracks basically don't exist anymore.) If this scene was done in dead silence, it just wouldn't have been funny. Hearing the audience react as she escalates the conversation elevates the joke. Having the pauses between the declarations lets the joke breathe and it's filled in with laughter and then the payoff hits. You *could* do this scene without the laughter, but it would have to be written and timed and paced differently, and it probably wouldn't have been so funny. That's why those dumb "look how awful this show is when you cut out the laugh track" clips are stupid; of course not, the jokes and the acting is playing to a live audience and you can't just take that out and expect it to work. (Archie Bunker meeting Sammy Davis Jr. in All In The Family is another good example of the audience's laughter enhancing the joke.) Any time some dipshit listnookor talks about "I don't need a bunch of braying idiots to tell me when to laugh" I just think about how wrong and joyless they are. And how they apparently hate stand-up comedians.

Everytime I see this episode I laugh so hard I cry at this scene.

I can hear this in my head & I haven’t seen this scene in decades

She's great in the Norm Show as well. Not enough people have seen it

DAD’S DEAD!!! D E A D !!! He’s fine he sends his love!

I love that I immediately heard *DAD'S DEAD.* in Metcalf's voice. Classic scene and it makes so much sense Norm MacDonald was involved.

The minute I read your post subject I could hear this in my head. HE’S FINE! HE SENDS HIS LOVE!!

This whole news story was really the entire quoted scene and then norm wrote it. Stellar reporting people mag, I hope this piece wins an award.

Rips Norm. Miss you bro.

Norm was the best!

Her performance in Horace & Pete's is her at the top of her acting game.

One of my all-time favorite funny sitcom scenes ever!

Norm wrote that?!?!

Just reading about this scene got me laughing. One of my top favorite scenes of all time for comedy.

She brought that writing to LIFE!!!! 👏 👏

Crying laughing here I had to do this last year and ring mums friends (luckily her sisters had visited the day before) and let them know.  Later I had to wrangle a group of 80 something women for scattering ashes and honestly the shouting I had to do 

She’s such a fantastic actress. She’s also really good in “Big Mistakes.”

That scene was utter brilliance.

My wife literally had this conversation with her mother when she had to call her to tell her that her mother's favorite brother had died.

She was in Big Mistakes recently and absolutely fantastic PER USUAL

This one and the one where Jackie breaks down over being abused. No matter how many times I've seen that one I cry. Both brought to you by Laurie Metcalf, who is just beyond extraordinary

She’s an OG member of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

I know imagine auntie Barbara sounding like Norm Macdonald on the other end of the line.

I think about this scene on a daily basis. Absolutely side-splitting

Laurie Metcalf is a fine actor! One of my favorites. She deserves all the love, admiration and credit she gets!

in other news, OJ Simpson credits Johnnie Cochran for his not guilty verdict for writing "if it doesn't fit, you must acquit"

I wasn’t a fan of the show, but I loved seeing her on Norm.

[I didn’t even know he was sick?!](https://youtube.com/shorts/-6Df5m1Kbb4?si=fc-u7XCMG2glf6VO)

Had no clue he had anything to do with Roseanne. After watching this, he’s all over this.

Laurie can deliver lines/scenes unlike anyone else! My favorite Roseanne moments always involved her! •this “dad’s dead” scene •leaving her abusive boyfriend Fisher •hiding in the tub when they all got high and asking “IS THIS THE SINK? AM I SHRINKING?!” •her drunk and falling down “boy there’s all kinds of gravity in here” •even in the worst season when they won the l****** and she bows to the prince like he’s going to knight her or something 😂 I still quote her from Big Bang Theory as Sheldon’s mom “I’m sorry. Did I start that sentence with ‘if it pleases your royal highness’?”

This and gravity pockets.

Laurie Metcalf absolutely earned that Emmy. The way she delivered “Dad’s dead” felt so raw and real—it didn’t feel scripted at all. That kind of performance sticks with you.

Man, I miss the old Roseanne show. So much better before she went off the deep end, then they rebooted with that soulless monstrosity.

This doesn’t seem funny to me