Mork & Mindy
Mork's Mixed Emotions
TV Flash files “Mork's Mixed Emotions” as hour 20 of 95 in the TV Flash guide — Mork & Mindy (1978–1982) on ABC, season 1, episode 20, aired 1979-02-22, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S01E20: listed hour 20 of 95 in the Mork & Mindy guide, hour 20 of 25 in season 1. It aired 1979-02-22 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Yes Sir, That's My Baby” (S01E19). Next is “Mork's Night Out” (S01E21).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Mork decides to shut down all of his emotions after being traumatized by his first vivid nightmare. A kiss from Mindy brings them back, but also causes Mork to lose his ability to control them.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Mork's Mixed Emotions sit in the Mork & Mindy guide?
S01E20 is listed hour 20 of 95 — hour 20 of 25 in season 1, season 1 episode 20.
When did Mork & Mindy S01E20 air?
Mork's Mixed Emotions aired 1979-02-22 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Do I need the Happy Days cameo first?
Optional fun. Mork debuted there, then the ABC spin-off is the main event. Williams versus Dawber is the series, not the parent-show novelty.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Robin Williams lands an Orkan in Boulder and bends sitcom form through improvisational voltage, with Pam Dawber as the human stabilizer. Happy Days cameo turned ABC star vehicle: nanu nanu, rainbow suspenders, network gimmicks chasing lightning. Comic electricity before the Oscar reels.
The first image is rainbow: suspenders as industrial complex, an Orkan named Mork landing in Boulder, and Robin Williams's improvisational supernova bending the frame while Pam Dawber's Mindy holds Earth in place. ABC's Mork & Mindy (1978–1982) spun the character from a Happy Days cameo into four seasons, 95 episodes, opposite Dawber's grounded stabilizer. Garry Marshall, Dale McRaven, and Joe Glauberg built the Paramount/Happy Days-universe vehicle. Conrad Janis and Elizabeth Kerr filled the household; Jonathan…
Filed against
- Robin Williams as Mork
Robin Williams landed Mork & Mindy as an Orkan in Boulder — improvisational voltage bending sitcom form, Pam Dawber as the human stabilizer, a Happy Days cameo turned ABC star vehicle. Nanu nanu, rainbow suspenders, network gimmicks…
- Pam Dawber as Mindy McConnell
Pam Dawber played Mindy McConnell as the human stabilizer on Mork & Mindy — Robin Williams landing an Orkan in Boulder and bending 1970s sitcom form through improvisational voltage. A Happy Days cameo turned ABC star vehicle: nanu nanu,…
- Conrad Janis as Fred McConnell
Conrad Janis plays Fred McConnell on Mork & Mindy — Mindy’s Boulder dad trying to keep an Orkan from detonating the living room while Robin Williams bent sitcom form through improvisational voltage. ABC star vehicle from a Happy Days…
- Elizabeth Kerr as Cora Hudson
Elizabeth Kerr grounded Boulder as Cora Hudson on Mork & Mindy — Robin Williams's Orkan lightning, Pam Dawber as stabilizer, and a Happy Days cameo that became an ABC star vehicle. Nanu nanu needed a landlady with a pulse. TV Flash files…
- Jonathan Winters as Mearth
Jonathan Winters’s Mearth crashed Mork & Mindy as improvisational weather — Robin Williams’s Orkan in Boulder, Pam Dawber as the human stabilizer, a Happy Days cameo turned ABC star vehicle. Nanu nanu, rainbow suspenders, network gimmicks…