| "Beauty or the Beast" | |
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| Season 1, Episode #8 (#8) in series (26 episodes) | |
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| "The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour" episode | |
| Guest Star(s): | Ralph James Mark L. Taylor Frank Welker |
| Network: | ABC-TV |
| Production code: | 1x8 |
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| Original airdate | October 16, 1982 |
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Beauty or the Beast was the eighth Mork and Mindy theme episode from the ABC-TV The Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour animated series.
Plot
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Mindy's plans to enter a beauty contest hit a snag when Mork tries to zap a blemish from her nose and accidentally turns her into a gorilla. It isn't long before Mindy's spied by animal control workers and shipped off to the zoo.
TriviaEdit
- Mork tells Mindy, "If Marlin Perkins is a judge you'll stand a fighting chance." Perkins was a famous zoologist and the longtime host of Wild Kingdom.
- There are several references to the 1933 classic King Kong.
CharactersEdit
- Robin Williams as Mork
- Pam Dawber as Mindy McConnell
- Ralph James as Orson
- Mark L. Taylor as Hamilton J. DuPont XXV
- Frank Welker as Doing
