Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour is a 1982 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 (Fonzie), all part of the same franchise. This Saturday morning series lasted for one season on ABC.[1]
| Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour | |
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| Directed by | George Gordon Bob Hathcock John Kimball Rudy Larriva Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora |
| Starring | 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 |
| Composer | Hoyt Curtin |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 27 |
| Production | |
Executive producers | William Hanna Joseph Barbera Joe Ruby Ken Spears |
| Producers | Joe Ruby Art Scott Ken Spears |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production companies | Hanna-Barbera Productions Ruby-Spears Enterprises Paramount Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | ABC |
| Release | September 25, 1982 – September 3, 1983 |
| Related | |
This show was divided into two segments: Mork & Mindy and Laverne & Shirley with the Fonz.[2] The Laverne & Shirley 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 earlier cartoon The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang.[3]
Segments
editMork & Mindy
editIn the Mork & Mindy segment, in which Robin Williams and Pam Dawber voice the title characters, a teenaged Mork is sent to Earth from planet Ork to observe the lives of human teenagers and enroll in a local school. As on the original show, Mindy McConnell and her father Fred (voiced by Conrad Janis) are the only Earthlings who know that he is an alien and he sends telepathic reports of his experiences to Orkan ruler Orson (voiced by an uncredited Ralph James). Unlike the original show, Mork is accompanied by his Orkan pet, a pink, six-legged dog-like creature named Doing (voiced by Frank Welker) which is pronounced as "Doyng". Other characters in the show include Eugene (voiced by Shavar Ross), Hamilton (voiced by Mark L. Taylor), and Principal Caruthers (voiced by an uncredited Stanley Jones).
Episodes of Mork & Mindy
edit| No. | Title | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "Who's Minding the Brat?" | September 25, 1982 | |
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Mindy has Mork babysit while she takes her dad to the airport. | |||
| 2 | "The Greatest Schmoe on Earth" | September 25, 1982 | |
| 3 | "To Ork or Not to Ork" | October 2, 1982 | |
| 4 | "Orkan Without a Cause" | October 2, 1982 | |
| 5 | "Mork Man vs. Ork Man" | October 9, 1982 | |
| 6 | "Which Witch Is the Witch" | October 9, 1982 | |
| 7 | "Every Doing Has His Day" | October 16, 1982 | |
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Mork helps Doing earn his way back in the house. | |||
| 8 | "Beauty or the Beast" | October 16, 1982 | |
| 9 | "Morkel and Hyde" | October 23, 1982 | |
| 10 | "The Wimp" | October 23, 1982 | |
| 11 | "Ride 'em Morkboy" | October 30, 1982 | |
| 12 | "Meet Mork's Mom" | October 30, 1982 | |
| 13 | "Muddle in the Huddle" | November 6, 1982 | |
| 14 | "The Incredible Shrinking Mork" | November 6, 1982 | |
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In an effort to retrieve Mork's watch stolen from a rat, Mork, Mindy and Doing shrink using a special device. | |||
| 15 | "The Invisible Mork" | November 13, 1982 | |
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Mork drinks strawberry juice that makes him invisible, then takes advantage of his invisibility by trying to fight a bully to win Mindy's affections. | |||
| 16 | "The Fluke Spook" | November 13, 1982 | |
| 17 | "Mayhem for the Mayor" | November 20, 1982 | |
| 18 | "Coo Coo Caveboy" | November 20, 1982 | |
| 19 | "A Treasure Ain't No Pleasure" | November 27, 1982 | |
| 20 | "The Mork with the Midas Touch" | November 27, 1982 | |
| 21 | "Extra Terrestrial Toddler" | December 4, 1982 | |
| 22 | "Time Slipper Slip-Up" | December 4, 1982 | |
| 23 | "Super Mork" | December 11, 1982 | |
| 24 | "Mork P.I." | December 11, 1982 | |
| 25 | "Monkey on My Back Pack" | December 18, 1982 | |
| 26 | "On Your Mork, Get Set, Go!" | December 18, 1982 | |
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This episode was pre-empted 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. | |||
Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz
editThis segment is a continuation of Laverne & Shirley in the Army, the only difference being the addition of The Fonz (voiced by Henry Winkler) and his dog Mr. Cool (voiced by Frank Welker; from The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang) as mechanics in the army camp's motor pool. Cindy Williams quit her role as Shirley on the live-action sitcom Laverne & Shirley in August 1982. Conversely, Williams' role in the animated series was taken over by friend Lynne Marie Stewart. Only eight episodes were produced. Thus, the existing segments produced up to that point were rerun for the rest of the series. Except for a few publicity cel paintings, no further plans for the series were made.[citation needed]
Episodes of Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz
edit| No. | Title | Original release date | |
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| 1 | "The Speed Demon Get-Away Caper" | September 25, 1982 | |
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When the Fonz is wrongly accused and imprisoned for stealing a car he was working on, Laverne and Shirley (along with Squealy) go on a quest to capture the real criminal. | |||
| 2 | "Swamp Monsters Speak with Forked Face" | October 2, 1982 | |
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Laverne and Shirley (along with Squealy, The Fonz and Mr. Cool) board a boat to obtain photographic proof of a two-headed swamp monster. | |||
| 3 | "Movie Madness" | October 9, 1982 | |
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Laverne and Shirley masquerade as stuntmen in hopes of meeting star Lance Velour when a movie is being filmed at the military base. | |||
| 4 | "One Million Laughs B.C." | October 16, 1982 | |
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Laverne and Shirley are sent through a time warp into prehistoric times in a jeep that Fonzie has been working on. | |||
| 5 | "The Robot Recruit" | October 23, 1982 | |
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A robot called M.A.B.E.L. is sent to the camp to sabotage the military games, for which Laverne and Shirley receive the blame. But when M.A.B.E.L. gets broken, the Fonz gives her a repair and tune-up. | |||
| 6 | "All the President's Girls" | October 30, 1982 | |
| 7 | "Laverne and Shirley and the Beanstalk" | November 6, 1982 | |
| 8 | "Raiders of the Lost Pork" | November 13, 1982 | |
Cast
editCast for Mork & Mindy
edit- Robin Williams as Mork
- Pam Dawber as Mindy McConnell
- Conrad Janis as Frederick McConnell
- Ralph James as Orson
- Stan Jones as Principal Caruthers
- Shavar Ross as Eugene
- Mark L. Taylor as Hamilton
- Frank Welker as Doing
Cast for Laverne & Shirley with The Fonz
edit- Penny Marshall as Laverne DeFazio
- Henry Winkler as Arthur "Fonzie"/"The Fonz" Fonzarelli
- Lynne Marie Stewart as Shirley Feeney
- Kenneth Mars as Sgt. Turnbuckle
- Ron Palillo as Sgt. Squealy
- Frank Welker as Mr. Cool
References
edit- ↑ Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 257. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
- ↑ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 564. ISBN 978-1476665993.
- ↑ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 352. ISBN 978-1538103739.