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Broadcast history
Storylines usually center on Morks attempts to understand human behavior and American culture as Mindy
helps him to adjust to life on Earth. It usually ends up
frustrating Mindy, as Mork can only do things according
to Orkan customs. For example, lying to someone or not
informing them it will rain, is considered a practical joke
(called splinking) on Ork. At the end of each episode,
Mork reports back to Orson on what he has learned about
Earth. These end-of-show summaries allow Mork to humorously comment on social norms.
CHARACTERS
Event and CBS' revamped continuation of All in the Fam- 1.4 Fourth season
ily titled Archie Bunkers Place.[2]
Despite the shows steady decline, ABC agreed to a fourth
season of Mork & Mindy, but executives wanted changes.
1.2 Second season
The show began to include special guest stars this year.
The second season saw an attempt to seek younger view- In the fourth season, Mork and Mindy were married.
ers and premiered a new disco arrangement of the gentle Jonathan Winters, one of Williams idols, was brought
in as their child, Mearth. Because of the dierent
theme tune.
Orkan physiology, Mork laid an egg, which grew and
The characters of Fred and Cora were dropped from the hatched into the much older Winters.[4] Winters had preregular cast. It was explained that Fred went on tour viously appeared in a season 3 episode as Dave Mcas a conductor with an orchestra, taking Cora with him. Connell (Mindys uncle and Freds brother). It had
Fred and Cora made return appearances in later episodes. been previously explained that Orkans aged backwards,
Recurring characters Susan and Eugene made no further thus explaining Mearths appearance and that of his
appearances after season one and were never mentioned teacher, Miss Geezba (portrayed by then-11-year-old
again.
actress Louanne Sirota). After four seasons and 95
New cast members were added. Among the new sup- episodes, Mork & Mindy was canceled in the summer of
porting characters were Remo and Jeanie DaVinci (Jay 1982. The show ended at 60th place at seasons end.
Thomas and Gina Hecht), a brother and sister from New
York City who owned a new neighborhood deli where
Mork and Mindy now spent a lot of time. Also added 2 Characters
as regulars were their grumpy neighbor Mr. Bickley
(who was seen occasionally in the rst season and iron Mork (portrayed by Robin Williams) An alien
ically worked as a verse writer for a greeting-card comfrom the planet Ork sent to observe human behavpany), portrayed by Tom Poston, and Nelson Flavor (Jim
ior. Mork mentions many times that Orkan scienStaahl), Mindys snooty cousin who ran for city council.
tists grew him in a test-tube.
The shows main focus was no longer on Morks slapstick
attempts to adjust to the new world he was in, but on
the relationship between Mork and Mindy on a romantic level. Also, some of the focus was on Mork trying to
nd a steady-paying job.
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Third season
For the third season, Jeanie, Remo, and Nelson were retained as regulars with Jeanie and Remo having opened a
restaurant.
Mindys father and grandmother returned to the series.
The show acknowledged this attempt to restore its original
premise, with the third seasons hour-long opener titled
Putting The Ork Back in Mork.
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Jean Davinci (portrayed by Gina Hecht) The sister of Remo Davinci and co-owner of The New York
Delicatessen in season 2 and Davincis Restaurant in
season 3.
Nelson Flavor (portrayed by Jim Staahl) The
strait-laced, driven, yet aloof cousin of Mindy with
dreams of political power.
Orson (voiced by Ralph James) Morks mostly
unseen and long-suering superior who has sent
Mork to Earth to get him o-world because humor
is not permitted on Ork.
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Recurring characters
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had written the episode, which was the 20th in the shows
second season and the 50th episode produced. When he
moved on to direct Happy Days, Paris introduced Mork
in a similarly atypical season-ve episode titled My Favorite Orkan.[7][8] In it, Richie tells everyone he has seen
a ying saucer, but no one else believes him. Fonzie tells
him that people make up stories about UFOs because
their lives are humdrum. Then while Richie is at home,
Mork walks in. He freezes everyone with his nger except Richie and says he was sent to Earth to nd a humdrum human to take back to Ork. Richie runs to Fonzie
for help. When Mork catches up to him, he freezes everyone, but nds himself unable to freeze Fonzie because
of The Fonzs famous and powerful thumbs. Mork challenges Fonzie to a duel: nger vs. thumb. After their
duel, The Fonz admits defeat, and Mork decides to take
Fonzie back to Ork instead of Richie. Then, Richie wakes
up and realizes he was dreaming. There is a knock on the
door and much to Richies dismay, it is a man who looks
exactly like Mork, except in regular clothes, asking for
directions.
When production on Mork & Mindy began, an extra
scene was lmed and added to this episode for subsequent
reruns. In the scene, Mork contacts Orson and explains
that he decided to let Fonzie go, and was going to travel to
the year 1978 to continue his mission. In the pilot episode
of Mork & Mindy, Orson tells Mork that he is assigning
him to study the planet Earth. Mork remembers that he
has been to Earth before to collect a specimen (Fonzie)
but he had to throw it back, though. Too small.
Fonzie and Laverne of Laverne & Shirley appeared in the
rst episode of the show. In this segment, Mork relays
to Mindy his trip to 1950s Milwaukee where Fonzie sets
Mork up on a date with Laverne.
Mork returned to Happy Days in the episode Mork Returns in which Mork tells Richie that he enjoys coming
to the 1950s because life is simpler and more humdrum
than in the 1970s. Fonzie sees Mork and immediately
tries to run away, but Mork freezes him and makes him
stay. He eventually lets him go, but not before Fonzie
asks Mork to reveal two things about the future: cars and
girls. Morks response is, In 1979... both are faster.
To this, the Fonz replies Whoa!". The episode is mostly
a retrospective in which clips are shown as Richie and
Fonzie try to explain the concepts of love and friendship
to Mork.
Mork also appears in the rst episode of Out of the Blue,
Randoms Arrival, as a crossover stunt. Mork & Mindy
and Out of the Blue are both spin-os of Happy Days,
even though the episode of Happy Days featuring Random, Chachi Sells His Soul, aired nine days after the
premiere of Out of the Blue.
8 FILMING LOCATIONS
4 DVD releases
Paramount Home Entertainment has released the entire
series of Mork & Mindy on DVD in Region 1 in both individual season sets and a complete series conguration,[9]
while the rst three seasons are available in Regions 2
and 4. The Region 1 DVD release of season 1 was from
Paramount alone; subsequent releases in Region 1, as well
as international season 1 releases, have been in conjunction with CBS DVD.
7 Syndication
Mork & Mindy was syndicated o network by Paramount
beginning in the Fall of 1982, to low ratings. By 1983,
most stations that owned the show rested it much of the
year running it only in the summer, when weaker programming tended to air. Few stations renewed the show
a few years later. By 1987, the show only aired in a handful of TV markets. With the expansion of cable channels available, the show began airing on cable. Nick at
Nite reran the show from March 4, 1991 to November 27,
1995.[11] The show has also aired on FOX Family Channel in the late 1990s. From 2008 to 2011, the show aired
in marathons on SyFy.[12] It has aired in subsequent years
on Me-TV, the Hub Network and various other classic
television stations airing on various digital subchannels.
8 Filming locations
In an interview with Garry Marshall on June 30, 2006,
Pat O'Brien mentioned that Mork & Mindy was lmed
on Paramount stage 27, the former studio for his
infotainment program The Insider.
The house from the show is located at 1619 Pine Street,
just a few blocks away from the Pearl Street Mall in Boulder. This was also used in the show as Mindys actual
address in Boulder, as shown in the episode Mork Goes
Public. The same house was later used for exterior shots
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Globo and starred comedian Ronald Golias and actress Liza Vieira.
10 See also
List of Mork & Mindy episodes
My Favorite Martian
ALF
Out of This World
3rd Rock from the Sun
The Neighbors
Marvin Marvin
1619 Pine Street, Boulder, Colorado, the location used for the
external shots of Mindys house on Mork & Mindy
11 References
[1] Robin Williams Biography. Biography Channel. Retrieved 27 September 2012.
[2] Brooks, Tim; Earl Marsh (2003). The Complete Directory
to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows. Ballantine
Books. ISBN 0-345-45542-8.
[3] Screen Source: Top TV Shows, 1970s. Retrieved 10
January 2016.
[4] TV Playbook: Lets Add a Kid!". IGN. Retrieved 201008-15.
[5] Full cast and crew for Mork & Mindy"".
[6] Mork & Mindy - To Tell the Truth. Internet Movie
Database. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
[7] Weissman, Ginny; Coyne Steven Sanders (1993). The
Dick Van Dyke Show. Macmillan. p. 60. ISBN 0-31208766-7.
[8] "Happy Days: My Favorite Orkan (1978)". Internet Movie
Database. Retrieved 2009-12-09.
A subsequent Saturday morning cartoon titled Mork [9] Mork & Mindy DVD news: Announcement for The
4th Season and The Complete Series - TVShow& Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour ran on ABC
sOnDVD.com. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
from 1982 to 1983. The Mork & Mindy segments
were a prequel with Mindy as a student in high [10] Mork & Mindy: Complete Collection [DVD]". Reschool. The character of Eugene returned in this
trieved 10 January 2016.
spin-o voiced by Shavar Ross.
[11] Nick at Nite Log - 1985-present
12 External links
Mork & Mindy at the Internet Movie Database
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