Mork & Mindy Mork & Mindy Mork & Mindy is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 14, 1978 to May 27, 1982. A spin-off after a highly successful episode of "Happy Days", it starred Robin Williams as Mork, an extraterrestrial who comes to Earth from the planet Ork in a small, one-Orkan egg-shaped spaceship. Pam Dawber co-starred as Mindy McConnell, his human friend and roommate, and later his wife and the mother of his child. The character of Mork was played by a then-unknown Robin Williams, who impressed producer Garry Marshall with his quirky comedic ability as soon as they
Mork & Mindy met. Marshall was looking for an actor for an episode of "Happy Days". When Williams was asked to take a seat at the audition, Williams immediately sat on his head on the chair and Marshall cast him on the spot, and later wryly commented that Williams was the only alien who auditioned for the role. Mork appears in the "Happy Days" season five episode "My Favorite Orkan", which first aired in February 1978 and is a take on the 1960s sitcom "My Favorite Martian". The show wanted to feature a spaceman in order to capitalize on the popularity of the