Editing Mork & Mindy

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'''''Mork & Mindy''''' is an American sitcom that aired on {{w|American Broadcasting Company|ABC}}. It starred [[Robin Williams]] and [[Pam Dawber]] as the two title characters and was on the air for four television seasons, from 1978 to 1982.

The premise of the show is that Mork is an alien from the planet Ork who has been sent to observe humanity. Mindy is the first human being he meets, and she agrees to keep his alien identity a secret and let him live in her attic. Over the course of the series, they fall in love, marry and have a child. Episodes generally revolved around Mork's attempts to understand human behavior and culture. They usually ended with Mork making a report to his superior Orson back on Ork, which allowed the show (via Mork) to provide humorous commentary on '70s and '80s culture.

''Mork & Mindy'' was written to take advantage of Robin Williams' skills in improvisational comedy and was very successful in its first season. Ratings declined after that, largely due to changes in the timeslot and supporting characters, and the show was cancelled after its fourth season. However, catchphrases from the show, such as the Orkan greeting "Nanu-nanu" and Orkan expletive "Shazbot!" quickly became integrated into popular culture and far outlasted the show's run. The show started out as a spin-off from ''[[Happy Days]]'', in the episode "{{w|My Favorite Orkan}}". ''Mork & Mindy'' in turn was made into an animated version, which was part of the ''{{w|Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour}}''. The program consisted of two separate series of segments, one series with ''Mork & Mindy'' characters and the other with characters from ''Happy Days'' and ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]''.

''Mork & Mindy'' has been referred to several times in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' media.

== References ==
=== Television episodes ===
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{{TBT|[[File:Donut Passes Kodos and Kang.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 7|7]]}}
{{TB|134}}
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}}
{{TB|When the advertising mascot of [[Lard Lad]] collapses and [[Just Don't Look|dies]], his giant metal donut rolls away. Meanwhile, somewhere in the desert, [[Kang]] and [[Kodos]] are standing by the side of the road, posing as newlyweds and trying to hitch a ride to "Earth Capital". Lard Lad's donut appears on the scene and rolls right by them without stopping, prompting Kodos to say "Oh, shazbot" in disappointment.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Jackie O TV Guide.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 8|8]]}}
{{TB|168}}
{{TB|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"}}
{{TB|One of the items that [[John (gay)|John]] has for sale in his [[Cockamamie's|shop]] is a copy of ''[[TV Guide]]'' that was owned by [[Jackie O]]. When John sees [[Marge]] looking at it, he says, "You should see the crossword puzzle. She thought that Mindy lived with Mark."}}
{{TBT|[[File:CBG Saves Captain Kirk.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 12|12]]}}
{{TB|267}}
{{TB|"[[I'm Goin' to Praiseland]]"}}
{{TB|In his hallucination, [[Comic Book Guy]] is cast as [[Spock]] and serving on board the ''Enterprise''. [[Captain Kirk]]'s command chair starts raising, lowering, and spinning on its own, shaking Kirk up rather badly. Comic Book Guy assesses the situation and says, "Shazbot! My captain is in peril." He then comes to the rescue by shooting green rays from his eyes and settling the chair down.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Montymort Transforming from Dragon.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 13|13]]}}
{{TB|270}}
{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XII]]"}}
{{TB|[[Bart]] says "Shazbot!" when the dragon that [[Lisa]] was attempting to control is revealed to be [[Lord Montymort]] in disguise.}}
{{TBT|[[File:Dead Poets Society.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|[[Season 28|28]]}}
{{TB|647}}
{{TB|"[[The Caper Chase]]"}}
{{TB|[[Lisa]] gives [[Homer]] a DVD box set of movies with inspirational teachers, among them ''[[Dead Poets Society]]''. Homer says that [[John Keating]], played by [[Robin Williams]], is like {{w|Patch Adams}} (whom Williams also played, in the {{w|Patch Adams (film)|film of the same title}}) minus Mork.}}
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=== Comic stories ===
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{{TBT|[[File:Wiggum-Shazbot-Domestic Dispute.png|300px]]}}
{{TB|''[[Chief Wiggum's Felonious Funnies 1]]''}}
{{TB|''[[Future Cop!]]''}}
{{TB|In his dream of being a cop in the future, [[Chief Wiggum]] exclaims "Shazbot!" in dismay when he's called to respond to a domestic dispute.}}
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=== Video games ===
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{{TBT|[[File:Kang-Shazbot-How Could Lard Lad Lose To That Guy.png|250px]]}}
{{TB|''[[The Simpsons Game]]''}}
{{TB|In the eighth level, [[Shadow of the Colossal Donut]], after [[Bart]] and [[Homer]] defeat the [[Lard Lad Donuts]] mascot statue and Homer starts punching the fallen statue in the crotch, [[Kang]] says, "Shazbot! How could [[Lard Lad]] lose to that guy?"}}
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== Common cast and crew ==
=== Cast ===
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{{TBT|[[File:Helen Hunt.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Helen Hunt]]}}
{{TB|Provided additional voices for one episode of the animated series.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Renee]] in the [[Season 9]] episode "[[Dumbbell Indemnity]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:David Letterman.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[David Letterman]]}}
{{TB|Guest-starred in the episode "Mork Goes Erk" as a motivational speaker.}}
{{TB|Voiced {{ch|David Letterman|himself}} in the [[Season 23]] episode "[[The D'oh-cial Network]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Garry Marshall.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Garry Marshall]]}}
{{TB|Creator of the series.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Larry Kidkill]] in the [[Season 11]] episode "[[Eight Misbehavin']]" and [[Sheldon Leavitt]] in the [[Season 22]] episode "[[Homer the Father]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Penny Marshall.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Penny Marshall]]}}
{{TB|Appeared as her ''[[Laverne & Shirley]]'' character Laverne DeFazio in the pilot episode.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Lucille Botzcowski]] in the [[Season 1]] episode "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Tom Poston.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Tom Poston]]}}
{{TB|Played Mr. Bickley, Mindy's downstairs neighbor.}}
{{TB|Voiced the [[Capital City Goofball]] in the [[Season 2]] episode "[[Dancin' Homer]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Frank Welker.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Frank Welker]]}}
{{TB|Voiced Mork's Orkan pet, a dog-like creature named Doing (pronounced "Doyng"), in the animated series.}}
{{TB|Provided the voices of many animal characters, most notably [[Santa's Little Helper]] and [[Snowball II]].}}
{{TBT|[[File:Paul Willson.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Paul Willson]]}}
{{TB|Had guest roles on two episodes (playing two different characters).}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Howard, Sr.|Howard]] the florist in the [[Season 1]] episode "[[Some Enchanted Evening]]".}}
{{TBT|[[File:Henry Winkler.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[Henry Winkler]]}}
{{TB|Appeared as his ''[[Happy Days]]'' character [[Arthur Fonzarelli|Fonzie]] in the pilot episode.}}
{{TB|Voiced [[Ramrod]] in the [[Season 11]] episode "[[Take My Wife, Sleaze]]".}}
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=== Crew ===
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{{TB|[[Cullen Blaine]]}}
{{TB|Story director for the animated series.}}
{{TB|Animator for five episodes during [[Season 1]].}}
{{TBT|[[File:John Kricfalusi.jpg|150px]]}}
{{TB|[[John Kricfalusi]]}}
{{TB|Layout artist for the animated series.}}
{{TB|Designed the [[John K. couch gag]] (seen in "[[Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts]]"); animated the couch gag for "[[Treehouse of Horror XXVI]]".}}
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