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Mork & Mindy
Mork and Mindy-Logo.jpg
Premiere September 14, 1978
Finale May 27, 1982
Creator Garry Marshall,
Dale McRaven,
Joe Glauberg
Network/Provider ABC
Style 30-minute sitcom
Company Henderson Production Company
Miller/Milkis Productions (seasons 1-3),
Miller/Milkis/Boyett Productions (season 4)
Paramount Television
Distributor Paramount Domestic Television (1982-2006)
CBS Paramount Television (2006-2007)
CBS Television Distribution (2007-2021)
CBS Media Ventures (2021- )
Seasons 4
Episodes 95
Origin USA

Mork & Mindy is a sitcom that aired on ABC. The show is a spinoff of Happy Days.

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, in order to get him off Ork, where humor is not permitted. Attempting to fit in, Mork dresses in an Earth suit, but wears it backward. He encounters 21-year-old Mindy (Pam Dawber) who is upset after an argument with her boyfriend, and offers assistance. 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). When Mindy notices his backward suit and unconventional behavior, she asks who he really is, and he innocently tells her the truth. She promises to keep his identity a secret and allows him to move into her attic. 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 Cora (Elizabeth Kerr) approves of Mork and the living arrangement. Mindy and Cora work at Fred's music store, where Cora gives lessons to Eugene Jeffrey Jacquet, a child who becomes Mork's friend.

Contents

Cast

Actor Character Duration
Main Cast 1 2 3 4
Robin Williams Mork * * * *
Pam Dawber Mindy McConnell * * * *
Elizabeth Kerr Cora Hudson * o o
Conrad Janis Fred McConnell * * *
Tom Poston Franklin Bickley * * * o
Jay Thomas Remo Da Vinci * *
Gina Hecht Jean Da Vinci * *
Jim Staahl Nelson Flavor * *
Crissy Wilzak Glenda Faye Comstock * o
Jonathan Winters Mearth *
Orange/Red/o indicates a recurring or guest role during that season.
Dark Green indicates top billing during that season.
Supporting/Recurring Cast 1 2 3 4
Ralph James Orson (voice) * * * *
Robert Donner Exidor * * * *
Shelley Fabares Cathy McConnell * *
Jeffrey Jacquet Eugene *

Seasons

Season  Premiere Finale #
ABC
Season One September 14, 1978 May 10, 1979 25
Season Two September 16, 1979 May 1, 1980 26
Season Three November 13, 1980 May 14, 1981 22
Season Four October 8, 1981 May 27, 1982 22

In-Depth

DVD Releases

Title Release Discs
Season Sets  (Region 1)
The Complete First Season September 7, 2004 purchase 4
The Complete Second Season April 17, 2007 purchase 4
The Complete Third Season November 27, 2007 purchase 4
The Complete Fourth Season December 9, 2014 purchase 3

External Links