Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
I agree that it was much better in the first two seasons before it became a sitcom, and the '50s elements were all but removed, and it became the Fonzie show. And, yeah, the Mork episode was written as a dream. Correct me if I'm wrong, though, but there is a scene at the end where the Mork character returns and talks to his leader, proving it isn't a dream. I think that scene might have been added after Mork and Mindy was picked up. Nevertheless, there is an episode where Mork returns, and there is no effort to try to make anybody think it's a dream.
I agree that it was much better in the first two seasons before it became a sitcom, and the '50s elements were all but removed, and it became the Fonzie show. And, yeah, the Mork episode was written as a dream. Correct me if I'm wrong, though, but there is a scene at the end where the Mork character returns and talks to his leader, proving it isn't a dream. I think that scene might have been added after Mork and Mindy was picked up. Nevertheless, there is an episode where Mork returns, and there is no effort to try to make anybody think it's a dream.
Yeah, but by then Mork was on his own show and had been established as real. They didn't need to make him be a dream. The extra scene on the first episode was indeed filmed later for the reruns.
Speaking of Mork and Mindy, I remember loving it at the time and then not liking it. Researching the show, I had forgotten it was pretty much over by the second season. It crashed and burned as quickly as Welcome Back Kotter, and Chico and the Man. They changed supporting characters, added gimmicks, moved its timeslot. The final desperation move with bringing in Jonathon Winters in the 4th season. Ugh.