52. Mork the Prankster

General Information

• Directed by

  Jeff Chambers

• Written by

  Wendy Kout & George Zateslo

• Original Air Date

  December 4, 1980

• Production Companies

  Henderson Production Company, Miller-Milkis Productions, Paramount Television

• Distribution Company

  ABC (television), Paramount Home Video (DVD)

Summary

Mork begins buying up joke items after Mindy tries Glenda Faye's gag snakes on him, but she has to explain practical jokes to him. Eventually, Mork also learns that the surprise element is what makes pranks funny. Then Mork hears Mr. Bickley bragging to Fred about the time they took apart a professor's auto and reassembled it in his home. A wildly inspired Mork decides to try it on Mindy, and gets so comically carried away with pulling practical jokes that he surprises Mindy by assembling her Jeep in their living room right over Mr. Bickley's apartment, not realizing that her floor cannot support the Jeep's weight.

Quotes

• Jeanie

  I am starving! Let's go to the restaurant and I'll talk [Remo] into making us breakfast.

• Mindy

  Listen, you guys go, Mork's making me a special breakfast this morning. I just hope this time it doesn't jump off the plate!

• Mindy

  No, Mork, it's a practical joke! It's a prank, people play them on one another. It's supposed to be funny.

• Mork

  Oh. Aha, I understand that Mind. I'm a superior being, it's a very simple concept: snake, spring, fear! [Julia Child] Let's add that to the dish!

• Mindy

  Never mind! It was a dumb joke anyway.

• Mork

  Oh, I wasn't going to say that, Mind.

• Mindy

  Well, listen, while you're doing whatever it is you're doing there, I'm going to go to the store real quick and get some decorator magazines. Have you seen my car keys?

• Mork

  Sure, many times.

• Mindy

  Are you sure you're all right, Mr. Bickley?

• Mr. Bickley

  Just a second before, I was sitting in that chair! [points to the chair under the Jeep in his living room] I got up to fill my thermos with coffee. I owe my life to Joe DiMaggio!

• Mork

  Oh, don't worry about that hole, Mr. Bickley, I'll spackle it over.

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Filming Info

• Locations

  Los Angeles, CA
  Boulder, CO