I met Melisa before I met Rob and Laura Petrie. But as soon as I saw television's favorite couple, on Chicago's own MeTV, broadcast channel 23, I was struck by the resemblance of my future wife and the young Mary Tyler Moore. I would never go so far as to compare myself with Van Dyke, who dances better and sings better and is taller and is generally more beloved, but we're similar in one respect: We marry the prettiest girls. 

Except I did in real life.