The Conners Might Have Just Mocked A Former Guest Star
Although The Connersfeatured a cameo from NFL star Aaron Rodgers back in season 3, season 4 of the hit sitcom appeared to mock his anti-vaccine stance. The Conners is not entirely averse to celebrity cameos, but the sitcom doesn’t feature too many famous faces either. As the story of a working-class family’s (relatively) grounded struggles, The Conners strives to be a little closer to reality than many sitcoms and has fewer celebrity appearances than some of its competitors as a result.
Usually, when famous people do show up on The Conners, it is in the role of an original character (like Eagles musician Joe Walsh’s part as Aldo’s dad Jesse). However, in “Jeopardé, Sobrieté, and Infidelité,” (season 3, episode 19), legendary quarterback Aaron Rodgers put in an appearance as himself. The Conners had Rodgers play the host of Jeopardy when Jackie managed to find her way onto the daytime game show.
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However, despite Rodgers appearing onThe Conners, that did not stop the sitcom from seemingly poking fun at his controversial anti-vaccine stance in one season 4 episode. In “Hot for Teacher and Writing a Wrong” (season 4, episode 12), Becky’s line about Mark switching to home-schooling seemed like a pointed reference to Rodgers, whose anti-vax stance was recently reported on by USMagazine. Since the line appeared in the episode’s cold open, it is possible that the production schedule of The Conners allowed the show’s writers to add it close to the episode’s airdate.
The scene occurred when Mark bemoaned Darlene’s decision to return him to public school. The switch was prompted by Mark’s intense course load leading him to hide an addiction to ADHD pills from his
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