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...gravelly muttering voice and the "pronunskiation" down, and his singing and dancing pass muster. What seems curiously lacking is evidence of Williams' brilliant gift for improvisation. Glimmers shine through occasionally, as when Popeye throws a tantrum because he doesn't want to eat his spinach. Williams, television's "Mork," also contributes a few one-liners, but Altman never turns him loose...
...Each year I get into TV a little bit more. I do appearances. I had a lot of shows that I was supposed to be on before the actor's strike came. This past summer I was going to film "Laverne and Shirley," "Mork and Mindy," "Love Boat" and "Fantasy Island." Since the strike ended, they start filming on Monday and I'll already be into the season. But I'll do it next summer...
...just try being Popeye for a while, as Robin Williams did while making a Robert Altman film about the old gob, set for release in December. Not only did the actor have to master a vocabulary of malapropisms far more complex than the nano-nanos of Mork from Ork. He had to cavort under the fierce Malta sun, wearing thick rubber arm pads to simulate the cartoon sailor's anvil forearms. He had to squint perpetually out of his left eye, speak in what he describes as a Liquid Wrench voice and consume untold quantities of canned spinach. Shelley...
...Will Mork return to Ork? Will Hawkeye Pierce ever be sued for malpractice? Who did shoot J.R.? With the actors unions' strike against the three major television networks grinding into its eighth week, viewers may have to wait another month for the answers...
...ratings, until they built a loyal audience. ABC, by contrast, tried to spread its strength around and pick up new viewers by splintering the solid blocks of sitcoms that had allowed it to dominate Tuesday and Thursday nights and seeking comedy beachheads on nights when other networks were strong. Mork & Mindy, last year's Thursday-night hit, was shifted to Sunday, where, because of late-running football games, it often faced CBS's invincible 60 Minutes. ABC's Fantasy Island and Laverne and Shirley were similarly moved from positions of strength. The result: all three shows dropped...