Contains numerous references to Bob Newhart's previous TV show The Bob Newhart Show (1972), including Dick's contention that he doesn't believe in psychology, a cameo by Jack Riley as a patient of the psychologist Dick and Joanna visit, and the psychologist's admission that it has taken her years to undo the damage done to him by a therapist he used to see in Chicago.
Jack Riley, reprising his Mr. Carlin character from The Bob Newhart Show, and Melanie Chartoff, who plays Dr. Kaiser, would later go on to voice Stu and Didi Pickles on Rugrats.
The title is probably a reference to the sitcom "I Married Dora" which ran from 9/22/87 to 1/8/88. Or, the '50s sitcom "I Married Joan."