Mork & Mindy - The Complete First Season
by Jeff Chambers, Joel Zwick, Bob Claver, Frank Buxton, Garry Marshall
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Actor: Conrad Janis, Elizabeth Kerr, Pam Dawber, Robin WilliamsDirector: Bob Claver, Frank Buxton, Garry Marshall, Jeff Chambers, Joel Zwick
Brand: Ingram Entertainment
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 635 minutes
Published: 2004-09-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-07
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Paramount
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DVD Review: Hurry up, season 2!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I netflixed this last week and had to run out to buy it! "Mork and Mindy" is a refreshing, innocent yet brilliant, sitcom from the late-70s. The show revolves around an alien, Mork (from planet Ork), who is sent to Earth to study humanity. He meets up with Minday, and hilarity ensues when Mork tries to understand the humans he's observing.
Mork, a naive innocent (or Autistic/Asperger's if he wasn't an alien), is played to outrageously perfect finesse by Robin Williams. The one-liners, puns, double entendres, and dry wit sparkle in every episode. And best of all, there isn't a real clunker amongst the lot of 25 episodes in this season.
I've never understood why this show had a laugh track; it's hardly needed.
I've also never understood why this show was hanging on the coattails of two 50s-throwback shows (Happy Days and Laverne & Shirley) as Mork & Mindy is set clearly in the long, long futuristic 1970s and in a state far, far away from Wisconsin! There was no need to make this a 'spin-off', and the ratings quickly proved the show had a life of its own.
But I digress. The DVD quality in this set is extremely good! The audio is crisp and clear; and the film brilliantly restored; only the occasional film speck occurs - and the color is accurate and perfectly saturated. It looks like it was made yesterday. Pity it wasn't; this show is far better than most made at the time - so compared to today's offerings it surpasses by miles. And having an average of 6 episodes per disc helps keep compression artifacting to a minimum. I am VERY happy with the quality put into thee discs.
The series is clearly dated (45 RPM records, late-70s lingo, and all), yet there's an endearing, timelass magic to this show.
Of course, the "fish out of water" concept has always appealed to me... so has sci-fi. It's no wonder this show retains its jubilant cheekiness and ability to mix sci-fi with comedy that's sufficiently geeky yet accessible by all.
Highlighted episodes include:
"Mork in Love": In an attempt to learn about love, at the behesty of Mindy, Mork falls head over heels for Dolly... a mannequin.
"Mork's Seduction": A customer, Susan Taylor, recognizes Mindy. And how Mork is hanging out with her. Thinking Mork is her boyfriend, Susan is intent on taking him for herself; as revenge for Mindy stealing her boyfriend back in high school.
"Mork Goes Public": Mork intends to turn himself into the authorities, so the reward money can go to help Mindy and her father's financial troubles.
"To Tell the Truth": Mork learns about lies and 'little white lies'. (a brillaintly written episode)
"Mork the Gullible": Mork learns that not all people can be taken at face value.
"A Mommy for Morky": Mindy, reunited with an old love, is curious about raising childhood after talking with her friend who's about to deliver a baby. Mork never had a mother. But he has an Orkan Age Machine and is able to act like a baby...
"Mork's Greatest Hits": When a thug tries to hit on an unwilling Mindy, Mork intercedes but doesn't truly know how to protect her. She tries to teach him physical violence, but he prefers nonviolence. Another terrific episode.
"Old Fears": An old friend of Cora's passes away and gets into depression. Mork uses his aging machine to 'become' old and become a companion for Cora; with Mindy angry once she finds out what's going on. (this is another sweet-hearted episode.)
"Mork's First Christmas": Mork invites the beautiful and egocentric, and selfish Susan Taylor over for Christmas... much to Mindy's discontent.
"Mork and the Immigrant": Mork befriends a Russian immigrant and believes "alien" applies to him as it does the Russian... things get worse when Mork is told all aliens need to be registered.
"Mork the Tolerant": Mork wishes to befriend a grumpy old neighbor (Mr. Bickley, played by Tom Poston)
"In Mork We Trust": Mr Bickley steals Mork's age machine... hilarity ensues. :)
"Mork Runs Down": Mork is looking for a job, but also has to celebrate his "birthday". The trouble is, birthdays for Orkins can be fatal unless he recharges himself with his egg-like "gleek". (the chickens worked overtime to help make this episode...)
"It's a Beautiful Mork": Mork inadvertantly costs Mindy her job; and Mork decides to return to Ork. Orson shows Mork what life would have been like if Mork had not entered her life.
Of course, season 2 starts with a bang as it features a 2-part opener that had me terrified as a kid (age 7 at the time (1979), please don't be too harsh...), what with Mork shrinking down to nothing and all... and then there's that riotously funny Necroton 2-parter too (Racquel Welch, squeeeeeee!), first referenced in "Mork's Greatest Hits"... but that's for another day. Hopefully not too long from now!
Description of Mork & Mindy - The Complete First Season
Actors: Gina Hecht, Elizabeth Kerr, Jim Staahl, Jay Thomas, Robin Williams, Jonathan Winters Year: 1978 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.Bestsellers in DVD
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