Jun 6, 2026 · 27 min · 8 segments
He played DJ Conner but Michael Fishman has recollections that need clarification. When Roseanne delivered her infamous tweets, Michael was among the first to condemn her for racism. We speak with…
Tim PowerHost
Jake PentlandGuesthe backhanded me and split my lip open
g'day i'm tim power and i'm old and i remember when in 1990 roseanne caused an almighty storm by butchering the american national anthem But was Michael Fishman, then an eight-year-old boy, really mentioned by the then
President Bush senior? So then there's the turning point of this, which is that night on the news, then President Bush, the first Bush, was on the news talking about how each of us was un-American by name.
They were so proud.
And then overnight, they're watching their name.
me as the bearer of this last name be called un-American by the President of the United States on the news every night for like a week, probably close to two weeks.
Have a listen to this and keep in mind that Michael was an eight-year-old boy at the time of this story.
There was also public events.
Like, you know, I went to an event and a guy backhanded me.
He asked me, you know, is your mama that Rosanna? And I was like, yeah.
And he backhanded me and split my lip open.
And I remember asking him, are you a sports fan? And he was like taken back because he didn't know what to do.
I just hit him with, are you a sports fan? And he didn't know what to do.
And I'm standing there with my lip bleeding and this kid doesn't recoil, doesn't start crying, just looks you square in the eyes and says, you know, are you a sports fan? And he's like, yeah, why? I said, because she'll sing whenever the hell she wants.
She might do it again tonight, so just keep watching and see what happens.
Because I was defiant, right? I mean, you know me, but for the world, part of that is who I am, right? There's a warrior part of me that I think the world doesn't fully know.
An eight-year-old boy walloped,
Who and where was the responsible adult? And was this reported to police? An adult assault on a recognisable child actor? That would have been newsworthy.
at baton and what i will tell you as somebody who's lived his whole life um who got punched in the mouth by adults because she sang the national anthem bad who what oh my grew up with death threats and bomb scares and we had to clear our studio several times what the world got after 9 11 about metal detectors at every door and things like that that was my childhood after in 1990 after she sang the national anthem from 1990 on to today.
I daily pretty much get death threats and people say negative things and it's about all kinds of stuff.
he backhanded me and split my lip open
g'day i'm tim power and i'm old and i remember when in 1990 roseanne caused an almighty storm by butchering the american national anthem But was Michael Fishman, then an eight-year-old boy, really mentioned by the then
President Bush senior? So then there's the turning point of this, which is that night on the news, then President Bush, the first Bush, was on the news talking about how each of us was un-American by name.
They were so proud.
And then overnight, they're watching their name.
me as the bearer of this last name be called un-American by the President of the United States on the news every night for like a week, probably close to two weeks.
Have a listen to this and keep in mind that Michael was an eight-year-old boy at the time of this story.
There was also public events.
Like, you know, I went to an event and a guy backhanded me.
He asked me, you know, is your mama that Rosanna? And I was like, yeah.
And he backhanded me and split my lip open.
And I remember asking him, are you a sports fan? And he was like taken back because he didn't know what to do.
I just hit him with, are you a sports fan? And he didn't know what to do.
And I'm standing there with my lip bleeding and this kid doesn't recoil, doesn't start crying, just looks you square in the eyes and says, you know, are you a sports fan? And he's like, yeah, why? I said, because she'll sing whenever the hell she wants.
She might do it again tonight, so just keep watching and see what happens.
Because I was defiant, right? I mean, you know me, but for the world, part of that is who I am, right? There's a warrior part of me that I think the world doesn't fully know.
An eight-year-old boy walloped,
Who and where was the responsible adult? And was this reported to police? An adult assault on a recognisable child actor? That would have been newsworthy.
at baton and what i will tell you as somebody who's lived his whole life um who got punched in the mouth by adults because she sang the national anthem bad who what oh my grew up with death threats and bomb scares and we had to clear our studio several times what the world got after 9 11 about metal detectors at every door and things like that that was my childhood after in 1990 after she sang the national anthem from 1990 on to today.
I daily pretty much get death threats and people say negative things and it's about all kinds of stuff.
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