Mork & Mindy: Mork's New LookABC
January 1, 1981
Sitcom
DVD
B-
April Kelly wrote this story where Fred considers plastic surgery, after watching 10 and feeling like he's too old and unattractive for his wife. (The age difference between Fred and Cathy of fifteen years is indeed that between Janis and Fabares.) Mork also wants to change his appearance, to Fred's! It's a bit far-fetched the pace at which appointments are made and surgery planned in this episode (not unlike when Janet Wood considered a boob job), but otherwise it's a good episode, with Williams's ad libs sharper than they sometimes are this season. Note that there's a reference to an urban cowboy bar with a mechanical bull; the Travolta movie (released the previous June) had more of an impact on ABC sitcoms than I'd realized. The weird thing here is that 10 actually came out in October of '79, yet the McConnnells act like they're seeing it in first release.
There's a scene set at the Da Vincis' restaurant, but Remo appears without Jean. Amy Tenowich and Stephanie Kayano return as Lola and Stephanie. And, yes, that's 31-year-old Ilene Graff as the Receptionist; she'd return as Tracy in the last season.
No comments:
Post a Comment