John Goodman was born on June 20, 1952
in St. Louis, Missouri.
Goodman is one of the favorite hosts
on "Saturday Night Live" (1975) hosting the show 11
times and making numerous surprise appearences starting
from the 1989-1990 season to the present.
John's first TV appearance was for a
Burger King commercial where he had no lines. He only
had to bite into the Whopper with glee!
Dan Conner, John Goodman's character
on "Roseanne" (1988), was ranked #13 in TV Guide's list
of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" [20 June 2004
issue].
John Goodman, in most people's minds,
is remembered as Fred Flintstone in the 1994 adaptation,
THE FLINTSTONES.