I wish they would include more episodes with the parents, they are great and are typical of anxiety causing families that make me howl.
p.s. I belive the whole Seinfeld-Shakespeare comparison started from a dispute that was going on between Rosanne/TomArnold and the cast of Seinfeld. In one interview Rosanne complained about how Seinfeld cast members were hogging parking spaces at the studios, (apearently the two shows were being taped close to each other) Roseanne comented about how stuck-up and pretentious the Seinfeld cast was being by saying "They think they are doing Shakespeare over there or something."
Big John