They’re couching it.
After 37 years of sitting on their iconic plaid sofa, the Conner household is getting up — and also you would possibly have the ability to personal their couch.
“They’re actually auctioning it,” the “Conners” govt producer Bruce Rasmussen solely instructed The Publish.
The unique “Roseanne” piece is what’s up for grabs. It’s unclear what is going to occur with “The Conners” fixture.
“When we did the reboot, we wanted to find the original couch,” Rasmussen stated, referring to the 2018 “Roseanne” revival that was finally cancelled after Roseanne Barr’s controversial tweets.
The present continued with out her with “The Conners,” starring John Goodman, Lecy Goranson, Sara Gilbert and Laurie Metcalf. The present aired its collection finale Wednesday, April 23 (8 p.m. on ABC and streaming on Hulu).
Rasmussen stated they weren’t ready to make use of the unique “Roseanne” sofa on the 2018 revival as a result of “somebody bought it.”
“I don’t even know whether they bought it from a prop house or what the heck. But, they had bought the couch. And the guy wanted like $2,000 for the couch. We said, ‘We can make it for like $75.’ So, we remade the exact couch … we didn’t buy the couch from the guy.”
Now, nevertheless, the public sale home Julien’s Auctions presently has the “Roseanne” sofa. It’s listed as being up for public sale on Could 7 and eight, with a beginning bid at $10,000. They estimate it might go for as a lot as $40,000-$60,000.
In an Instagram put up, Julien’s Actions proclaims, “Featured in all 222 episodes of the groundbreaking series Roseanne (1988–1997), this original Conner family living room sofa and Afghan blanket are up for bid in our Channel Surfing: A Broadcast to Binge auction, taking place LIVE May 7–8 at 10AM PDT from Julien’s Studios in Los Angeles — and streaming online to bidders worldwide.”
The public sale home describes how the beige plaid couch with its multicolored Afghan blanket “wasn’t just a prop — it was a character of its own, a symbol of blue-collar America, and the heart of the Conner home in Lanford, Illinois.”
The furnishings was initially bought at Sears in North Hollywood in 1988 and custom-altered for the present.
“This sofa held the likes of Roseanne Barr, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Sara Gilbert and more,” the outline reads. “The afghan was so beloved that cast members joked it was ‘as much a member of the family as any of the kids.’”
In 2018 when the “Roseanne” revival premiered, The Publish reported that the “Roseanne” sofa was owned by collector John Comisar.
When requested if Comisar is the one who is now promoting the sofa to Julien’s Auctions in 2025, a Julien’s rep instructed The Publish, “The owner wishes to remain anonymous.”
On the time, manufacturing designer John Shaffner instructed The Publish that Comisar’s calls for weren’t suitable with TV manufacturing.
“The show said, ‘We can’t have a full-time security guard for a sofa and store it in a temperature-controlled environment,’” Shaffner recalled.
Along with set decorator Anne Ahrens, he purchased two couches in LA on Craigslist for a complete of $400, reduce one, and mixed them to style his personal design.
They then launched into a seek for the well-known plaid sample, finally discovering an RV supervisor within the Midwest who had bolts of brown plaid.
“I call it ‘Middlebrow Brown.’ It’s the definition of 1970s brown,” Shaffner stated, whereas commenting that the colour has fallen out of style.
He additionally aged it by bringing in “a guy with a sander to wear down the edges to make them look softer” for that “hard-used, 15- to 18-year-old sofa.”
“The Conners” aired for seven seasons from 2018 to 2025 — and there’s no signal of future spinoffs simply but.
“There’s no discussion of it,” Rasmussen instructed The Publish. “We really want this moment to be a genuine celebration of the scope of 37 years of keeping this family alive, and just honoring that legacy right now.”
The present, nevertheless, is “never” useless.
“Because we literally brought people back from the dead to do the show,” he famous, referring to how Dan was killed off on “Roseanne” Season 9, earlier than he was introduced again for “The Conners.”
“Right now, it is just about this end, and this moment.”
