Sophia dresses up as Sonny Bono and Dorothy as Cher. Estelle Getty previously worked with the real Cher, playing her mother in the movie Mask (1985).
Dorothy was married on June 1, 1949.
This was Marc Cherry's first time as a writer on The Golden Girls. Years later he would go on to create the hit show Desperate Housewives, which also had female characters in the lead roles.
Years after making his guest appearance on The Golden Girls that Marc Cherry got his start as a writer on, Mark Moses would go on to star in a supporting role as a series regular for a couple of seasons on Cherry's hit series Desperate Housewives. He played Paul Young, the husband and widower of that show's deceased narrator Mary Alice Young.
While Blanche may have difficulty figuring out which one is Cheech and which one is Chong, since Cheech Marin established his mustache look early in the Cheech and Chong franchise, Sophia looks more like Cheech, and Dorothy looks more like Chong.