![]() Scripts were shorter than on Happy Days, with notes specifying, "Robin will do something here", to let Williams improvise. Mork & Mindy was Robin Williams's first major acting role. It became a popular catchphrase at the time, as did "Shazbat" ( / ˈ ʃ æ z b ɒ t/), an Orkan interjection that Mork uses. Spock's Vulcan salute from Star Trek combined with a handshake. ![]() Mork's greeting is "Na-Nu Na-Nu" (pronounced / ˈ n ɑː n uː ˈ n ɑː n uː/), with a hand gesture similar to Mr. These end-of-show summaries allow Mork to humorously comment on social norms. At the end of each episode, Mork reports to Orson what he has learned about Earth. For example, lying to someone or not informing them it will rain is considered a practical joke (called "splinking") on Ork. It usually ends up frustrating Mindy, as Mork can do things only according to Orkan customs. Storylines usually center on Mork's attempts to understand human behavior and American culture as Mindy helps him to adjust to life on Earth. Also seen occasionally are Mindy's snooty old high school friend, Susan ( Morgan Fairchild), and the possibly insane Exidor ( Robert Donner). Mindy and Cora work at Fred's music store, where Cora gives violin lessons to Eugene ( Jeffrey Jacquet), a 10-year-old boy who becomes Mork's friend. Mindy's father, Fred ( Conrad Janis), objects to his daughter living with a man (particularly one as bizarre as Mork), but Fred's mother-in-law and Mindy's grandmother, Cora ( Elizabeth Kerr), approves of Mork and the living arrangement. She promises to keep his identity a secret and allows him to move into her attic. ![]() When Mindy notices his backward suit and unconventional behavior, she asks who he really is, and he innocently tells her the truth. Because of his odd garb, she mistakes him for a priest and is taken in by his willingness to listen (in fact, simply observing her behavior). 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. Attempting to fit in, Mork dresses in an Earth suit, but wears it backwards. Orson has sent Mork to get him off Ork, where humor is not permitted. He has been assigned to observe human behavior by Orson, his mostly unseen and long-suffering superior (voiced by Ralph James). Mork arrives on Earth in an egg-shaped spacecraft. Mork explains to Richie that he is from the "future": the 1970s.įirst season Williams and Dawber in a promotional picture, 1978 Mork & Mindy is set in Boulder, Colorado, in the then-present-day late 1970s and early 1980s (as opposed to the Happy Days setting of Milwaukee in the late 1950s and early 1960s). When Williams was asked to take a seat at the audition, he sat on his head, and Marshall cast him on the spot, later wryly commenting that Williams was the only alien who auditioned. Richard Lewis and Jeff Altman were considered. Dom DeLuise and Roger Rees were offered the role, but both passed. The character of Mork was played by then-unknown Robin Williams, who impressed producer Garry Marshall with his quirky comedic ability as soon as they met. However, when Mork proved popular, the syndicated version was re-edited to show Mork erasing the experience from everyone's minds. In the initial broadcast, it turned out to be a dream of Richie's. Williams's character, Mork, attempts to take Richie Cunningham to his planet of Ork as a specimen, but is foiled by Fonzie. ![]() The show wanted to feature a spaceman to capitalize on the popularity of the recently released Star Wars film. 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. Main article: List of Mork & Mindy episodes ![]()
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