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Mork & Mindy: Created by Joe Glauberg, Garry Marshall, Dale McRaven. With Robin Williams, Pam Dawber, Ralph James, Conrad Janis. A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.
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- 1978-09-14
- Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
- 30
- History and Episodes
- Characters
- Connections to Other Shows
- Home Media
- Primetime Emmy Award Nominations
- Syndication
- Filming Locations
- Spin-Offs and Adaptations
- See Also
Premise and initial success
Mork first appears in the Happy Days season five episode "My Favorite Orkan", which aired in February 1978, and is a take on the 1960s sitcom, My Favorite Martian. The show wanted to feature a spaceman to capitalize on the popularity of the recently released Star Wars film. Williams's character, Mork, attempts to take Richie Cunningham to his planet of Ork as a specimen, but is foiled by Fonzie. In the initial broadcast, it turned out to be a dream of Richie's. However, when Mork proved popul...
First season
Mork arrives on Earth in an egg-shaped spacecraft. He has been assigned to observe human behavior by Orson, his mostly unseen and long-suffering superior (voiced by Ralph James). Orson has sent Mork to get him off Ork, where humor is not permitted. Attempting to fit in, Mork dresses in an Earth suit, but wears it backwards. Landing in Boulder, Colorado, he encounters 21-year-old Mindy McConnell (Pam Dawber), who is upset after an argument with her boyfriend, and offers assistance. Because of...
Second season
The second season saw an attempt to seek younger viewers, and premiered a new disco arrangement of the gentle theme tune. The characters of Fred and Cora were dropped from the regular cast. It was explained that Fred went on tour as a conductor with an orchestra, taking Cora with him. Fred and Cora made return appearances in later episodes. Recurring characters, Susan and Eugene, made no further appearances after season one, and were never mentioned again. New cast members were added. Among t...
Mork (portrayed by Robin Williams) – An alien from the planet Ork sent to observe human behavior. Mork mentions many times that Orkan scientists grew him in a test tube.Mindy McConnell (portrayed by Pam Dawber) – A female human who finds Mork and teaches him about human behavior. Eventually falls in love, marries Mork and raises an Orkan "child".Fredrick "Fred" McConnell (portrayed by Conrad Janis) – Mindy's father, a widower with conservative values. In the first season, Fred owned a music shop with Cora. In the third season, Fred became...Grandma Cora Hudson (portrayed by Elizabeth Kerr) – Mindy's less-conservative, rock-loving grandmother and Fred's mother-in-law.Actor-director Jerry Paris was inspired to create the character of Mork after directing an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show, titled "It May Look Like a Walnut", in which Van Dyke's Rob Petrie has a dream in which he believes the Earth has been surreptitiously invaded by walnut-eating aliens who steal humans' thumbs and imaginations. Series creator...
Paramount Home Entertainment released the complete series on DVD in Region 1, in both individual season sets and a complete series configuration, while the four seasons are available in Regions 2 and 4. The Region 1 DVD of Season 1 was from Paramount alone; subsequent releases in Region 1, as well as international Season 1 releases, have been in co...
For its first season, Mork & Mindy was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards: Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Robin Williams. The program lost to Taxi, and Williams lost to Carroll O'Connor for All in the Family.
Mork & Mindy was syndicated by Paramount beginning in fall 1982, to low ratings. By 1983, most stations that owned the show rested it in summer, when weaker programming tended to air. Few stations renewed the show a few years later.[citation needed] By 1987, the show aired in only a handful of TV markets. However, the expansion of cable television ...
In an interview with Garry Marshall June 30, 2006, Pat O'Brien mentioned that Mork & Mindy was filmed 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 Mindy's actu...
In the United Kingdom, a long-running comic strip version was written by Angus P. Allan, illustrated by Bill Titcombe, and printed in children's television magazine, Look-In. Several British-produc...A subsequent animated series titled Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour ran on ABC from 1982 to 1983. The Mork & Mindy segments were a prequel with Mindy as a student in high school. The chara...In 2005, a made-for-television movie titled Behind the Camera: The Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy aired on NBC. Chris Diamantopoulos portrayed Robin Williams, Erinn Hayes portrayed Pam Dawber a...In 1979, a short-lived Brazilian version of the series appeared as Superbronco. It was produced by Rede Globo and starred comedian Ronald Golias and actress Liza Vieira. Superbroncohad only one sea...Mork & Mindy é uma sitcom americana estrelando Robin Williams, como Mork, e Pam Dawber, como Mindy. O ator Robin Williams apareceu pela primeira vez na televisão em Mork & Mindy, em 1978, no canal ABC.
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24 de mai. de 2024 · Mork and Mindy é uma série de TV de com Robin Williams (Mork), Pam Dawber (Mindy McConnell). Encontre todos os detalhes para as 4 temporadas e 95 episódios, bem como notícias...
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While Mindy's out of town, Mork drags Mr. Bickley to a single's bar where they meet a nefarious mother and daughter.
Watch Mork & Mindy live. TV-PG • Comedy, Science Fiction & Fantasy • TV Series • 1978. Mork, an alien from the planet Ork on a mission to Earth to study human behavior, travels to 1970s...
