Roseanne: It Was Twenty Years Ago Today

Roseanne: It Was Twenty Years Ago Today
ABC
March 9, 1993
Sitcom
DVD
B

Betsy Borns wrote this episode that establishes that Dan and Roseanne married in March of '73.  To celebrate, Roseanne has a boudoir photo taken, while Dan takes a job at a men's big & tall store to pay for having Roseanne's wedding ring redone.  Unfortunately, he has to work the night of their anniversary.  She overreacts but does apologize and bring a simple picnic to the mall to make amends.  In the tag, we see not only Roseanne's boudoir pic but Dan's saucy poses.

Fourteen years earlier, Robert Machray was Doug on the "Triangle Troubles" episode of Three's Company (I think Janet's date); he'd since put on weight and is Dan's Customer here.  In case you're wondering, at this point 37-year-old Bill Maher, who plays Bob the photographer, was six months away from Politically Incorrect.