Mork & Mindy: Mork vs. the Necrotons

Mork & Mindy: Mork vs. the Necrotons
ABC
November 18, 1978
Sitcom
DVD
B-

Alan Eisenstock and Larry Mintz had written eight What's Happening!! episodes (among other things) when they contributed this infamous one-hour special, their first of three Mork stories.  It's not as bad as its reputation, although the innuendo and cleavage do feel out of place for the show.  (The audience reacts less than you'd expect, including to a line early on where Mork hides in the sofa and then tells Mindy it's one thing for him to sit on his face, but another for her to.)  Raquel Welch isn't much of an actress (some of her line readings are odd, including how she pronounces, "Kama," "Sutra," and "Orkan"), but it turns out she's a fine dancer.  This is as good a place as any to note that there are a lot of Billy Carter jokes on this series.