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 Hall who designed the aliens seen in the movie. The make-up team working on "Star Trek" won an Oscar at the 82nd Academy Awards. It was the trio's first nomination and was the first Oscar to have been awarded to any film in the franchise. They repeated their success at the 36th Saturn Awards, even though the event was dominated by the success of James Cameron's "Avatar". In 2011, she was nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding makeup, mini-series or movies as the head of the team that worked on the HBO television series "Cinema Verite". Mindy Hall Mindy Hall