Mork & Mindy 1980s (as opposed to the "Happy Days" setting of Milwaukee in the late-1950s). Mork explains to Richie that he is from the "future": the 1970s. Mork arrives on Earth in an egg-shaped spacecraft. He has been assigned to observe human behavior by Orson, his mostly unseen and long-suffering superior (voiced by Ralph James). Orson has sent Mork to get him off Ork, where humor is not permitted. Attempting to fit in, Mork dresses in an Earth suit, but wears it backward. Landing in Boulder, Colorado, he encounters 21-year-old Mindy (Pam Dawber), who is upset after an argument with her boyfriend,
Mindy Sterling Mindy Sterling Mindy Lee Sterling (born July 11, 1953) is an American actress and voice actress. Among her most prominent roles are Frau Farbissina in the "Austin Powers" series of comedy films, Principal Susan Skidmore on the Disney Channel series "A.N.T. Farm", Ms. Endive in the Cartoon Network series "Chowder", and on Nickelodeon as Lin Beifong in "The Legend of Korra", and Miss Francine Briggs on "iCarly". Sterling was born in Paterson, New Jersey. Her father is actor and comedian Dick Sterling. Her mother was a dancer. She has one brother, Mark Sterling. She is Jewish. Around 1973, Sterling landed