As we end Week 2 of the Countdown to Christmas (already?), I present something that I didn't know existed until earlier this morning. I was going to post something else, but I discovered this and couldn't wait to share it. This weekend's offering is a Christmas episode from the first season of Mork & Mindy, titled "It's A Wonderful Mork."
On Christmas Eve, Mork, in all his Morkness, ruins the evening for Mindy and her dad. Feeling ashamed, he returns to his home planet Ork, where his leader Orson shows him what Mindy's life would be like if Mork and Mindy hadn't met. That's right, it's the old It's A Wonderful Life pastiche. This plot was used on countless sitcom Christmas episodes, and here, Mork & Mindy throws it's hat into the ring.
I have to thank the fine people who follow and comment on Dino Drac After Dark, the spin-off site of the superb Dinosaur Dracula site for bringing this episode to my attention.
Enjoy! Drink that egg nog! And that hot buttered rum! And that hot toddy! Then rethink your life choices, because dude, you've clearly got a problem.
I loved Mork & Mindy SO much as a kid (had the Mork in Eggship toy AND wore rainbow suspenders), and still love the wacky, sweet mix the show is. Watched "Mork's First Christmas" the other day, still a wholesome yet funny Christmas episode. Weird that they went to the plot in "It's a Wonderful Mork" but for an episode that aired in May! Gonna watch this one, too. Thanks for posting.
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