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Season 6 Episode 20: The Thing That Wou...
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Harry is noticeably taller than Tommy in this episode, when a few episodes back Tommy was taller.
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For not liking NBC too much, John Lithgow seemed to have no problem signing on to NBC's new comedy Twenty Good Years which premieres this October.
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John Lithgow reportedly said in an interview that if NBC set out to ruin the show they certainly did a good job. This was in response to NBC's constant change of timeslots for the show, before ultimately cancelling it after six seasons. However, the one thing he can't complain about is the fact that the network did give them a very nice sendoff.
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Season 6 Episode 17: Mary Loves Scoochi...
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Dick says thumbs up means he gets to live. Actually in gladiatorial games a thumbs up meant the a kill is allowed.
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Season 6 Episode 16: Dick Soup for the ...
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Goof: Sally complains about taking a four hours bus ride to go help Tommy, but in episode 6x07 B.D.O.C., Tommy says that college is only an hour away, so he can do his laundry at home.
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Season 6 Episode 15: Glengarry Glen Dick
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Carlos Jacott, who plays the doctor in this episode was in the episode right before this one "My Mother, My Dick", also playing a doctor.
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Season 6 Episode 14: My Mother, My Dick
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Goof: Sally is throwing stuff in the Space-Time Portal (the closet) but in the episode Dick'll Take Manhattan we learned that the Space-Time Portal is not in the closet but in the shower.
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Elaine Strich (Mary's mother) was also considered for the role of Dorothy on NBC's The Golden Girls back in the 80s.
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Season 6 Episode 13: You Don't Know Dick
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Nina tells Dick that Mary's favorite movie is "'Pardon My Sarong' starring Bob Hope". "Pardon My Sarong" was an Abbott and Costello movie, not a Bob Hope movie.
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Season 6 Episode 10: There's No Busines...
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Shane Powers who plays the mugger has previousley appeared in "3rd Rock", in the episodes Youth is Wasted on the Dick in season 5 as "Video Pirate".
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Season 6 Episode 8: Red, White & Dick
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Goof: When Caryn is on Dick's desk, as soon as the class finishes the Pledge, her behind is still toward the class, but in the very next shot, she's turned around facing them.
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Goof: When Dick places the Canadian lager on his desk, it mysteriously disappears after the camera switches to Mary's desk and then back to his.
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Season 6 Episode 4: Dick'll Take Manha...
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Tracy Morgan states that he had been on Saturday Night Live since 1997, but in reality, he had been on it since 1996.
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On the NBC Primetime grid, "Frasier" is misspelled "Fraiser".
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Season 5 Episode 15: Youth is Wasted on...
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The video pirate, played by Shane Powers, also starred on the reality show Survivor.
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Season 5 Episode 12: The Big Giant Head...
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When Vicki accepts the Big Giant Head's proposal, her grey cardigan keeps switching from buttoned to unbuttoned between shots.
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Season 5 Episode 10: Gwen, Larry, Dick ...
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The arcade game shown in the back of the laundromat is Tron.
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Goof: When Dick and Mary are in the restaurant, Mary claims they've only been waiting for two mintues. Yet their wineglasses are nearly empty.
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Season 5 Episode 6: Dick, Who's Coming...
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The aliens have been on earth since 1998 and are just now learning about racism?!
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Season 5 Episode 1: Episode I: the Bab...
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This episode features a new jazzed up version of the beginning titles tune.
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