Thursday, May 20, 2010

Malien 20th!



Mork & Mindy : This Sitcom ran from 1978 until 1982 with 4 seasons. It was a spin off of Happy Days, the character of Mork appeared on Happy Days where he tries to take Richie back to Ork as a human specimen and the character was popular with the fans of the show. So they decided to run with it. Robin Williams played Mork, an alien who came to Earth from planet Ork in a large egg-shaped spaceship. Mindy was played by Pan Dawber who was his human friend and roommate.  Mork reports to his unseen superior, Orson, until reassigned. Befriending Mork, Mindy signs herself up for some wacky adventures as Mork learns about human life, acting (and looking) very eccentric along the way. In addition to spouting "nanoo, nanoo", Mork had an uncanny ability to impersonate celebrity voices. Eventually, the relationship between Mork and Mindy jumped from a strong friendship to romance, and they married, eventually bearing a son, Mearth from Earth, who aged backwards like his father.

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