Mork & Mindy: The Night They Raided Mind-ski's

Mork & Mindy: The Night They Raided Mind-ski's
ABC
January 10, 1980
Sitcom
DVD
C+

While I don't question the sincerity of this Scharlach & Tenowich story about Mork learning about bigotry, I do have some issues with the execution.  In particular, the studio audience is encouraged to laugh at Mork's ethnic jokes and to identify with his destruction of the Pure Power headquarters.  (Some of this may be Storm's fault.)  Also, while I like the device of Mork making the bigots change colors, did the soundtrack have to do a quick "Oriental" theme for the Asian woman?  (It's not presented satirically, like in, say, Down with Love.)  Dawber does well under the circumstances, and I like that she's proud of her Polish grandmother, although it does feel a bit ret-conny to find out Cora's background at this point.  (Or is it Fred's mother?)

Tom Kindle's middle of three roles on the show is Lloyd Prescott.  Nancy Steen, who's Helen Anderson, was a Nurse on M*A*S*H.  And among Ed Peck's many credits are five appearances on That Girl, although at the time he played Jim Blake he was probably most recognizable as Police Officer Kirk on Happy Days.