Mork & Mindy - the 1982 animated series

November 19, 2020

Mork & Mindy / Laverne & Shirley / Fonz Hour is a 1982-1983 American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Ruby-Spears Enterprises in association with Paramount Television, featuring animated versions of characters from the live-action sitcoms Mork & Mindy , Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days, all part of the same franchise. This Saturday morning series ran for one season on ABC.

This show was split into two segments: Mork & Mindy and Laverne & Shirley with the Fonz. Laverne & Shirley's Half Hour was the second season of Laverne & Shirley in the Army, with the addition of The Fonz and his dog Mr. Cool from the previous cartoon The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang.

In the Mork & Mindy segment, in which Robin Williams and Pam Dawber voiced the title characters, a teenager Mork is sent to Earth from the planet Ork to observe the lives of human teenagers and enroll in a local school. As in the original show, Mindy McConnell and her father Fred (voiced by Conrad Janis) are the only Grounders to know he is an alien and send telepathic reports of his experiences to Orson ruler Orson (voiced by uncredited Ralph James). Unlike the original show, Mork is accompanied by his pet Orkan, a six-legged pink dog-like creature named Doing (voiced by Frank Welker) that is pronounced as "Doyng". Other characters in the show included Eugene (voiced by Shavar Ross), Hamilton

Episodes

"Who's in charge of the brat?"
Mindy babysits Mork as she takes her dad to the airport.
2 "The Greatest Schmoe on Earth"
3 "Ork or not ork"
4 "Orkan without a cause "
5 "Mork Man vs Ork Man"
6 "Which witch is the witch"
7 "Every action has its day"
Mork helps Doing get back into the house.
8 "Beauty or the Beast"
9 "Morkel and Hyde"
10 "The Wimp"
11 "Ride 'em Morkboy"
13 "Meet Mork's Mom"
14 "Confused in confusion"
15 "The Incredible Mork Shrinking"
In an attempt to retrieve Mork's watch stolen by a mouse, Mork, Mindy and Doing shrink using a special device.
16 "The invisible Mork"
Mork drinks strawberry juice which makes him invisible, so he takes advantage of his invisibility by trying to fight a bully to win Mindy's affection.
17 "The Phantom Fluke"
18 "Chaos for the mayor"
19 "Coo Coo Caveboy"
20 "A treasure is not a pleasure"
21 "The Mork with the Midas touch"
22 "Extraterrestrial child"
23 "Time Slipper Slip-Up"
24 "Super Mork"
25 "Mork PI. "
26 "Monkey on the backpack"
27 "On your mork, get ready, go!"
This episode was anticipated on January 1, 1983 due to coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade. The exact date this episode was shown, if at all, is uncertain.

Technical data and credits

Directed by George Gordon, Bob Hathcock, John Kimball, Rudy Larriva, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora
Actors / voice actors Robin Williams, Pam Dawber, Conrad Janis, Henry Winkler
Voices of Ralph James, Stan Jones, Ron Palillo, Lynne Marie Stewart, Frank Welker, Shavar Ross, Mark L. Taylor
The composer Hoyt Curtin
country of origin USA
Original language English
No. of seasons 1
Number of episodes 27
Executive producers William Hanna, Giuseppe Barbera, Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
The producers Joe Ruby, Art Scott, Ken Spears
Duration 1 hours
Production company Hanna Barbera Productions
Original network ABC
Image format Color
Original release 25 September 1982 - 3 September 1983
Timeline
Preceded by The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
Laverne and Shirley in the army