3rd Rock from the Sun (1996)

4 trivia entries for season 2

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Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Lithgow, Jane Curtin, French Stewart, Kristen Johnston

Genres: Comedy, Sci-fi

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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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Jolly Old St. Dick - S2-E12

Trivia: When Dick asks Tommy when they first landed on the planet, Tommy says "January 9th. It was a Tuesday, exactly at 8:30PM." That was when the first episode aired on NBC (in 1996).

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Fifteen Minutes of Dick - S2-E23

Trivia: At the book signing with Mark Hamill, a poster of the comic "Black Pearl" is displayed. Mark Hamill created and wrote "Black Pearl."

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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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Mistakes

Dick and the Single Girl - S2-E24

Continuity mistake: When Sonja takes Dick's belt, she has it in her right hand, away from Dick. In the next few shots, Sonja no longer has the belt, but it is back around Dick's pants. Yet the next shot (at the door), it's in Dick's hand. (00:16:30)

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Quotes

Dick, Who's Coming to Dinner - S5-E6

Dick: Does anyone remember why we all decided to be white?
Harry: Oh, um, I went with white ‘cause I thought it'd be a little cooler in the summer.
Tommy: Well don't you remember, Dick? All the television signals that we picked up in outer space were filled with white people.
Sally: Oh, except for that, uh, that black nerd with the hiked-up pants and the oversized glasses. What was his name?
Tommy: Bryant Gumbel.
Sally: Right.

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Questions

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Question: In many episodes, Dick and Mary will go together to a destination, but not leave together. Did one of them walk?

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