7. To Tell the Truth

General Information

• Directed by

  Joel Zwick

• Written by

  April Kelly

• Original Air Date

  November 2, 1978

• Production Companies

  Henderson Production Company, Miller-Milkis Productions, Paramount Television

• Distribution Company

  ABC (television), Paramount Home Video (DVD)

Summary

Mork believes that humans are honest because Mindy lectured him on "splinking", his Orkan word for lying. Then Arnold Wanker, who is trying to oust Mindy's family from the music store property, dies while he is in a rage at the store. His widow, Annie, and everyone else--including Mindy--begin to chorus what a wonderful man Wanker was. Unfamiliar with Earthlings' little white lies, Mork, hearing the loving tributes being paid to the deceased landlord who was the meanest man in town, decides to jump-start him back to life. Out of compassion for his grieving friends, Mork employs his Orkan power to revive the deceased.

Quotes

• Mork

  Do you mind if I go to the store with you today? I am observing the leader of the dogs.

• Mindy

  What leader of the dogs?

• Mork

  The red leader in front of the store, the short one with the four bumps that hangs around the curb.

• Mindy

  Oh, that's a fire hydrant. That's not the leader of the dogs.

• Mork

  Then why do they all salute him?

• Mork

  See you at lunch, Mindy.

• Mindy

  Bye! Are you going to be all right?

• Mork

  Yes, my project for the day is to go to the park and observe how the pigeons train the old people to feed them.

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Filming Info

• Locations

  Los Angeles, CA
  Boulder, CO