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Eat, Drink, Mary (1) - S3-E27

Trivia: This episode marks Phil Hartman's final onscreen role in his lifetime. He was murdered 8 days after it aired.

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Dick the Vote - S2-E6

Trivia: Al Franken appears in this episode as a slimy politician. Franken would become a politician later in life, serving as a United States Senator for Minnesota. He ended up resigning in 2018 after photos surfaced of him on a USO tour pretending to grope the breasts of radio host Leeann Tweeden while she was asleep.

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Trivia: One of the reasons John Lithgow agreed to star in this show was because he wanted to have something to do other than playing "cornball villains."

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B.D.O.C. - S6-E7

Trivia: The title of this episode is an initialism for "Big Dick on Campus." Although numerous episodes of this series had titles that were double entendres, the network censors apparently felt this one was a little too risqué.

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When Aliens Camp - S3-E25

Trivia: When Sally is giving everyone instructions to look for the missing Dick, her speech mirrors that of Tommy Lee Jones from The Fugitive (searching every outhouse, hen house, doghouse, etc). She even mimics his Texas accent.

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Trivia: Kristen Johnston kept the gnome statuette that was in the Solomon's attic apartment after the series concluded, but claims to have lost it.

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Trivia: French Stewart kept Harry's signature fur coat after filming of the series concluded. In his own words, he stole it.

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My Mother The Alien - S2-E9

Trivia: According to French Stewart during a 3rd Rock from the Sun reunion Q and A at the 2021 Vulture Festival, he and Joseph Gordon-Levitt could never get through the scene where Harry spits baby food at the baby without the two actors breaking character and laughing hysterically.

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Green-Eyed Dick - S1-E6

Trivia: Katherine LaNasa, the actress who plays the woman that Harry gives the dog to and subsequently hooks up with, was French Stewart's first wife. They met filming this episode.

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Indecent Dick - S4-E8

Trivia: When Don and Dick are lamenting about their respective girlfriends posing nude for photos, they unwittingly recite some of the chorus lyrics to the song "Centerfold" by the J. Geils Band. A portion of the song can also be heard during one of the episode's transitional animatics.

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Tricky Dick - S3-E3

Trivia: Dick's rant about his perceived evils of rock music is identical to Reverend Moore's (also played by John Lithgow) opposition to dancing from the film "Footloose."

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