"Mork & Mindy" (1978) TV series 1978-1982

User Rating:

7.2/10   

Creators:

Joe Glauberg
Garry Marshall
Dale McRaven

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4

Release Date:

14 September 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents, and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Music Store | Space | Miniature People | Happy Days Spin Off

Awards:

Won Golden Globe. Another 4 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Robin Williams	...	Mork (94 episodes, 1978-1982)
Pam Dawber	...	Mindy McConnell (94 episodes, 1978-1982)
Conrad Janis	...	Fred 'Fredzo' McConnell (69 episodes, 1978-1982)
Ralph James	...	Orson (46 episodes, 1978-1982)

Runtime:

30 min (95 episodes) | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:TV-G | Australia:G | Finland:S | Australia:PG (some episodes) | Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

1619 Pine St, Boulder, Colorado, USA

Company:

Henderson Productions

Trivia:

Many of the gags seen on the show were on-the-spot improvisations by Robin Williams, and later by Williams and Jonathan Winters. If you pay attention to Pam Dawber, you can often see her having difficulty not laughing at the ad libs.

Quotes:

Exidor: [Exidor is trying to get Mork's memory back] All right, Mork, put your hands in front of your face, and repeat after me. "Oh, no, please don't."
Mork: Oh, no, please don't... oh...
Exidor: [Exidor takes a poster off Mindy's wall and smashes it over Mork's head] Too late.
Cora Hudson: That man is an absolute raving lunatic.
Exidor: Madam, you flatter me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Simpsons: Homer's Phobia (#8.15)" (1997)

Don't Tamper With A Hit!

MORK AND MINDY was hilarious during its first season, but the producers and the network got so full of themselves over it, they decided "let's improve on perfection!", and naturally, they destroyed the show doing so.

Season 2 was no longer the least bit funny, and season 3 with Jonathan Winters was so absurd (and actually tasteless if you think about it) that the series sank like a stone. None of the "new" supporting characters had any charisma, and the producers' "feel good" decision to start sermonizing to the viewers was as poor a decision as has ever been made in television.

Bottom line: Buy the first season on DVD and enjoy it. Pretend the rest of it didn't happen.