The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour

General Information

• Directed by

  George Gordon, Bob Hathcock, John Kimball, Rudy Larriva, Carl Urbano, Rudy Zamora

• Series writers

  Buzz Dixon, Diane Duane, Len Janson, Michael Maurer, Norman Maurer, Chuck Menville, Sidney Morse, Duane Poole, Ron Sellz, Tom Swale, Christopher Vane, David Villaire

• Seasons

  1 season (26 episodes)

• Original Air Dates

  September 25, 1982 - September 3, 1983

• Executive Producers

  William Hanna, Joseph Barbera, Joe Ruby, Ken Spears

• Production Companies

  Hanna-Barbera Productions, Ruby-Spears Productions, Paramount Television

• Distribution by

  American Broadcasting Company, Paramount Television

Summary

In this cartoon spin-off of the TV series "Mork & Mindy," teenage alien Mork is commanded by the Orkan leader Orson to learn more about Earthling customs by enrolling as a student at Mount High. He also rents a room from Mindy McConnell and her father, Fred.

Series Intro

Comments

Episode Guide

The following episodes aired on ABC-TV from 1982 to 1983:

• Who's Minding The Brat? (September 25, 1982)
• The Greatest Shmo On Earth (October 2, 1982)
• To Ork Or Not To Ork (October 9, 1982)
• Orkan Without A Cause (October 16, 1982)
• Mork Man vs. Ork Man (October 23, 1982)
• Which Witch is The Witch (October 30, 1982)
• Every Doyng Has His Day (November 6, 1982)
• Beauty Or The Beast (November 13, 1982)
• Morkel And Hyde (November 20, 1982)
• The Wimp (November 27, 1982)
• Ride 'em Morkboy (December 4, 1982)
• Meet Mork's Mom (December 11, 1982)
• Muddle In The Huddle (December 18, 1982)
• The Incredible Shrinking Mork (December 25, 1982)
• The Invisible Mork (January 8, 1983)
• The Fluke Spook (January 15, 1983)
• Mayhem For The Mayor (January 22, 1983)
• Coo Coo Caveboy (January 29, 1983)
• A Treasure Ain't No Pleasure (February 5, 1983)
• The Mork With The Midas Touch (February 12, 1983)
• Extra Terrestrial Toddler (February 19, 1983)
• Time Slipper Slip-Up (February 26, 1983)
• Super Mork (March 5, 1983)
• Mork P.I. (March 12, 1983)
• Monkey On My Back Pack (March 19, 1983)
• On Your Mork, Get Set, Go! (airdate unknown, 1983)

Fun Facts

This series also included animated segments of Laverne and Shirley in the Army, and of Arthur Fonzarelli (aka "the Fonz") and his dog. All four characters--Mork, Laverne, Shirley and the Fonz--had their origins in the 1970s TV sitcom "Happy Days."

Robin would do voice work with Frank Welker again; the two provided character voices in "A Wish For Wings That Work," "Aladdin" and "Aladdin and the King of Thieves," and Welker provided numerous animal sounds for Robin's film "Jumanji."