Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour

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Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour is a 1982 cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Ruby-Spears Enterprises in association with Paramount Television, featuring animated versions of characters from the live-action sitcoms Mork & Mindy, Laverne & Shirley and Happy Days, all part of the same franchise. This Saturday morning series lasted for one season on ABC.

This show was divided into two segments, entitled Mork & Mindy and Laverne & Shirley with the Fonz.

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Mork & Mindy

In the Mork & Mindy segment in which Robin Williams and Pam Dawber voiced the title characters, a teenaged Mork is sent to Earth from planet Ork to observe the lives of human teenagers and enroll in a local school. As on the original show, Mindy McConnell and her father Fred (voiced by Conrad Janis) are the only Earthlings who know that he's an alien, and he sends telepathic reports of his experiences to Orkan ruler Orson (voiced by an uncredited Ralph James). Unlike the original show, Mork is accompanied by his Orkan pet, a pink six-legged dog-like creature named Doing (voiced by Frank Welker) which is pronounced as "Doyng." Other characters in the show included Eugene (voiced by Shavar Ross), Hamilton (voiced by Mark L. Taylor), and Principal Caruthers (voiced by an uncredited Stanley Jones).

Episode list

"Who's Minding the Brat?" - September 25, 1982 : Mindy has Mork babysit while She takes her dad to the airport.
"The Greatest Shmo on Earth" - October 2, 1982
"To Ork or Not to Ork" - October 9, 1982
"Orkan Without a Cause" - October 16, 1982
"Mork Man vs. Ork Man" - October 23, 1982
"Which Witch Is the Witch" - October 30, 1982
"Every Doing Has His Day" - November 6, 1982 : Mork helps Doing earn his way back in the house.
"Beauty or the Beast" - November 13, 1982
"Morkel and Hyde" - November 20, 1982
"The Wimp" - November 27, 1982
"Ride 'em Morkboy" - December 4, 1982
"Meet Mork's Mom" - December 11, 1982
"Muddle in the Huddle" - December 18, 1982
"The Incredible Shrinking Mork" - December 25, 1982: In an effort to retrieve Mork's watch stolen from a rat, Mork, Mindy and Doing shrink using a special device.
"The Invisible Mork" - January 8, 1983: Mork drinks strawberry juice that makes him invisible, then takes advantage of his invisibility by trying to fight a bully to win Mindy's affections.
"The Fluke Spook" - January 15, 1983
"Mayhem for the Mayor" - January 22, 1983
"Coo Coo Caveboy" - January 29, 1983
"A Treasure Ain't No Pleasure" - February 5, 1983
"The Mork with the Midas Touch" - February 12, 1983
"Extra Terrestrial Toddler" - February 19, 1983
"Time Slipper Slip-Up" - February 26, 1983
"Super Mork" - March 5, 1983
"Mork P.I." - March 12, 1983
"Monkey on My Back Pack" - March 19, 1983
"On Your Mork, Get Set, Go!" - 1983 *

The show was pre-empted on January 1, 1983 due to coverage of the Tournament of Roses Parade.

* The exact date of this episode is uncertain.

Cast

Robin Williams - Mork
Pam Dawber - Mindy McConnell
Conrad Janis - Frederick McConnell
Ralph James - Orson
Stan Jones - Principal Caruthers
Shavar Ross - Eugene
Mark L. Taylor - Hamilton
Frank Welker - Doing
Dennis Alwood
Jack Angel
Dave Coulier
Julie McWhirter Dees
Alan Dinehart
Walker Edmiston
Stan Freberg
Bob Holt
Katherine Leigh
Kenneth Mars
Allan Melvin
Sidney Miller
Neil Ross
Michael Rye
Steve Schatzberg
Marilyn Schreffler
Steve Spears
Larry Storch
Alan Young

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Laverne & Shirley with the Fonz

This segment is a continuation of Laverne & Shirley in the Army, the only difference being the addition of The Fonz (voiced by Henry Winkler) and his dog Mr. Cool (from The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang; voiced by Frank Welker) as mechanics in the army camp's motor pool. Cindy Williams quit her role as Shirley on the live-action Laverne & Shirley series in August 1982. Conversely, Williams' role in the animated series was taken over by friend Lynne Marie Stewart. Only eight episodes were produced. Thus, the existing segments produced up to that point were rerun for the rest of the series. Except for a few publicity cel paintings, no further plans for the series were made.