Laurie Metcalf, a three-time Emmy winner for her role on Roseanne, credits her most famous scene, "Wait Till Your Father Gets Home" where she delivered the news to her hard-of-speech aunt about her father's death. The scene was written by legendary SNL alumnus Norm Macdonald, who was also a frequent collaborator with Adam Sandler. As a staff writer, Macdonald likely could have pitched the phone call sequence.