Mork & Mindy
1978 ‧ Sitcom ‧ 4 seasons
7.1/10 · IMDb
90% · Rotten Tomatoes
Mork, an alien from the planet Ork on a mission to Earth to study human behavior, travels to 1970s Boulder, Colo., where he meets up with Mindy, a young journalism graduate, after his egg-shaped spacecraft lands there. The bumbling alien is trying...
First episode date: September 14, 1978 (USA)
Predecessor: Happy Days
Adapted from: Happy Days
Father: Conrad Janis
Created by: Garry Marshall; Dale McRaven; Joe Glauberg
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What did Mork always say?
Mork's greeting is "Na-Nu Na-Nu" (pronounced /ˈnɑːnuː ˈnɑːnuː/), with a hand gesture similar to Mr. Spock's Vulcan salute from Star Trek combined with a handshake. It became a popular catchphrase at the time, as did "Shazbat" (/ˈʃæzbɒt/), an Orkan interjection that Mork uses.
Was Mork on Happy Days first?
The series was a spinoff of the sitcom Happy Days. The character of Mork (Robin Williams) first appeared in the Season 5 episode, "My Favorite Orkan," where he threatened to take Richie Cunningham back to Ork as an example of a human, but his plan is foiled by Fonzie.
Who played Mork before Robin Williams?
Thus, Mork from Ork was born. But Robin Williams was not the first actor chosen for the role. Marshall was set on booking John Byner to play Mork. Marshall loved the "wild look in his eyes and [his] off-beat wit."
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