Will he be the running man?

Beverly Hills, Calif. Arnold Schwarzenegger cracked several jokes about running for governor, but refused to be cornered for a real answer.

“I don’t want to run for governor because it’s very complicated just filling out the forms,” the 55-year-old former Mr. Universe said. “Let’s say I put down ‘actor’ as my profession, I may get sued for perjury.”

The “Terminator” star told about 500 people Thursday at a luncheon at the Beverly Hilton Hotel that they’d have to wait for an answer, just like him.

“This is a decision that I leave to the Almighty,” he joked and paused before adding, “my wife, Maria.” His wife is newswoman Maria Shriver.

Roseanne returns with sitcom

Los Angeles Roseanne is staging a TV comeback.

The actress and comedian is set to star in a reality workplace comedy for ABC, the trade Variety reported Friday.

The network is close to finalizing a 13-episode commitment with Roseanne, who would serve as executive producer with filmmaker R.J. Cutler (“The War Room”), the publication reported.

The setting of the workplace is still being finalized. The half-hour show could begin airing in summer 2003.

The great communicator

Thousand Oaks, Calif. Whoopi Goldberg thinks people have difficulty communicating and belching in public might be a good start toward remedy.

“We’re not great communicators as human beings,” Goldberg told some 1,500 people Tuesday night at the Distinguished Speaker Series at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

It’s all about communication, the 46-year-old comedian said.

“If you have some air in your stomach, wouldn’t you feel more comfortable if you let it out? Imagine how great the world would be if we communicated these things,” Goldberg said.

Spade to headline charity event

Madison, Wis. David Spade will headline a charity event with proceeds going to the Chris Farley Foundation, named for Spade’s late friend and “Saturday Night Live” co-star.

The fifth annual “Comics Come Home” is set for Dec. 7 in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Theatre.

Comic Sue Murphy will be host of the event, which will feature performances by Megan Mooney, Eddie Gossling and Kevin Bozeman. Farley’s brothers, Kevin and John, also are scheduled to take part.

Spade, who plays the wise-cracking Dennis Finch on NBC’s “Just Shoot Me,” spent four years with Farley on “SNL.”

The benefit began after the comedian died in 1997 of an accidental overdose of morphine and cocaine. He was 33.

His family started the Chris Farley Foundation to educate children about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse.

Farley, who was born in Madison, was a 1986 graduate of Marquette University.