Long before he played a heartwarming Doctor in "Patch Adams", or a devoted father who dressed up in old lady drag to see his kids in "Mrs. Doubtfire", or the creepy guy in "One Hour Photo", ROBIN WILLIAMS' humble beginnings were on the ABC Sitcom, "MORK & MINDY"..
I remember watching "MORK & MINDY" EVERY Thursday night which was followed by ANOTHER sitcom starring rising star, TOM HANKS, "BOSOM BUDDIES"..
The show begain in 1978 and starred then stand-up comedian ROBIN WILLIAMS as a space alien MORK who came from the Planet ORK and landed in Colorado in a large egg and settled in to live with college student, MINDY MCCONNELL, who was played by PAM DAWBER.. MORK met some colorful people during the years of the sitcom including MINDY's parents, who in the first couple of seasons ran a music shop.. MORK also befriended a whacked out guy named EXIDOR..
The show went on with MORK becomming pregnant with a baby who was played by JONATHAN WINTERS in the later years of the show..
I was surprised to discover that "MORK & MINDY" was actually a "HAPPY DAYS" spinoff.. The character of MORK appeared in the "My Favorite Orkan" episode on Season 5 of "Happy Days" which striked me as sort of confusing given that "Happy Days" was set in the 1950's and "Mork & Mindy" took place in the then-contemporary time of the late 70's and early 80's..
Sadly, "Mork & Mindy" was short lived and was cancelled in 1982, but we will always have the memories like this episode from Season 3.. "Nelson on TV".. NA NU NA NU!
PEACE!
PT 1: NELSON ON TV
PT 2: NELSON ON TV
PT 3: NELSON ON TV
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