Word: mork
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...specialized in masterly portrayals of comically clueless guys--guys he described as being "about a half-step behind life's parade." Brilliant bumbler Tom Poston got his start as one of Steve Allen's "man on the street" interviewees and later shone as a spacey drunk in Mork & Mindy and a hapless handyman in Newhart, roles he said he understood all too well. "In ways I don't like to admit, I'm a goof-up myself," he said...
...with a bit of timely tinkering. Some past hits, like M * A * S * H and All in the Family (which evolved into Archie Bunker's Place), stayed popular for years despite cast and format changes. On the other hand, "high concept" shows, which rely mainly on gimmicks or stunts (Mork and Mindy, for instance), seem to lose their appeal suddenly and irrevocably. The whole process may be accelerating, says Don Bellisario, executive producer of Magnum, P.I.: "The life of a show is getting shorter. Audiences are more sophisticated and have more options...
Wait a second, only two non-P’s have won outright Ivy titles since the first airing of “Mork and Mindy” and the best explanation for that trend is that Penn and Princeton “try harder...
...half-century, Williams is looking for a lot of new stuff. "When you get to be older, you start to think, What will be your body of work? What will you leave behind?" he says. And his oeuvre is, frankly, spotty. No one can take away Mork & Mindy; Good Morning, Vietnam; or his Oscar for Good Will Hunting. But Williams is a recovering schmaltzaholic, having engaged in a dangerous number of Patch Adams- and Mrs. Doubtfire-type roles. As therapy, apart from performing before 39 live audiences in 26 cities over the next two months, he's beating a woman...
...some talented people. The premise of an alien coming to Earth should provide endless opportunities for laughs and endearing moments, especially with such a fine character actor as Spacey in the role. But the role that catapulted Robin Williams to stardom on TV’s “Mork and Mindy” and flattered John Lithgow’s comic persona on his (now cancelled) sitcom “Third Rock from the Sun” gives Spacey no good one-liners or memorable scenes. The character only shines during moments involving physical comedy, where the script can?...