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Mork & Mindy - The Complete First Season

starring: Elizabeth Kerr, Robin Williams, Pam Dawber, Conrad Janis
directed by: Jeff Chambers, Joel Zwick, Bob Claver, Frank Buxton, Garry Marshall

: Mork & Mindy - The Complete First Season
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9781415700808
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 141570080X
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 07, 2004
Running Time: 635 minutes
Sales Rank: 497
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 14, 1978



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Description:
A spin-off from the hit show 'Happy Days,' MORK & MINDY stars Robin Williams as the lovable alien from the planet Ork. Sent to Earth by his fellow Orkans who see him as a misfit, Mork is assigned to observe the customs of the crazy Earthlings. Landing in a giant eggshell in Boulder, Colorado, Mork is soon befriended by Mindy McConnell (Dawber) a music store clerk, and allowed to stay in the attic of her apartment.

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Children who love Robin Williams as the voice of Aladdin or as Mrs. Doubtfire will get a blast out of the show that blasted him into the stratosphere, and made 'Nanoo, Nanoo' a national catch-phrase. Mork & Mindy, a spin-off of a season 5 Happy Days episode, was a tailor-made star vehicle for Williams, who won a Golden Globe for this inaugural 1978 season. The role of extraterrestrial Mork from Ork gave free reign to Williams's stream-of-consciousness riffing as Mork observed life on Earth and reported back to his leader, Orson, on all that he learned about friendship, love, family, and emotions. As Mindy, the down-to-Earth Boulder, Colorado, girl who takes the stranded alien under her roof, fresh-faced Pam Dawber does her best to keep up. When Williams is really in the (Twilight?) zone, it's not acting: she does seem like she's dealing with someone from another planet.

The highlight of this first season is 'Mork's Mixed Emotions,' a tour-de-force that TV Guide ranked among the top 100 TV episodes of all time (#94, to be exact). Mork believes that emotions are bad, and tries to lock them inside himself, but they are unleashed in a lusty, happy, weepy, angry, envious torrent. Helping to launch Williams as a primetime player in the series pilot are Henry Winkler and Penny Marshall in their iconic roles as the Fonz and Laverne. Another notable guest star in season 1 is David Letterman as an abusive EST-like guru in 'Mork Goes Erk.' Mork & Mindy rapidly jumped the shark, and much of the '70s sitcom trappings have not aged well, but this first season is a giddy time capsule record of Williams at his most spontaneous and out of this world. Shazbot--the set contains no extras. --Donald Liebenson.



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Na Nu! Na Nu!
What a great classic 70's comedy!!! Mork and Mindy is now available on DVD,this great set includes ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Great show for all times!
I really enjoyed watching this now as an adult, more so than when I was a teenager. I was able to catch ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Robin Williams as Mork - funny even then..
We have all of the DVDs - our only regret is that the Mork show was only on tv for a few seasons. Robin ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - what a classic
This show is it for classic comedy who doesnt like Robin Williams,got this free with my pepsi points,would ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Hilarious
I had never seen Mork and Mindy before receiving this DVD set. We invited a few members of the family over ... Read More

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