22. Mork Runs Down

General Information

• Directed by

  Howard Storm

• Written by

  Ben Starr

• Original Air Date

  April 12, 1979

• Production Companies

  Henderson Production Company, Miller-Milkis Productions, Paramount Television

• Distribution Company

  ABC (television), Paramount Home Video (DVD)

Summary

Birthdays on the planet Ork are traumatic events which tend to be fatal without the strange power boosts from egg-shaped "gleeks". Mork's hours are numbered unless he can get a power recharge from his gleek before his fast-approaching birthday arrives--but Mindy has unwittingly put away the gleek with its look-alikes in an egg carton. Mork begins to speed up and slow down alternately as his memory fails. After Mork collapses at the McConnell music store, Frederick summons a doctor who happens to be a pediatrician. Dr. Phillips is so astounded by Mork's symptoms that Mindy's family is forced to reveal that the patient is from another planet.

Quotes

• Mindy

  I think Mork is a Moonchild.

• Mork

  Oh, come on Mindy! You know Moonchildren are only this big, with mold on their heads and terrible acne.

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Filming Info

• Locations

  Los Angeles, CA
  Boulder, CO