Promotional Gimmicks
Originally it was a made-for-TV movie, and as a promotional gimmick Fox distributed a series of scratch and sniff cards to be sniffed at certain points. A prompt would appear at the bottom right-hand corner of the screen to let you know when to smell your card and which card to sniff. Several other network shows employed similar gimmicks with smellable cards and 3-D glasses, both sold at local merchants', at around the same time, including Living Single and Married... with Children.
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