Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour is a 1982-1983 American animated television 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: Mork & Mindy and Laverne & Shirley with the Fonz. The Laverne & Shirley half-hour was the second season of Laverne & Shirley in the Army, with the addition of The Fonz and his dog Mr. Cool from the earlier cartoon The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang.
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 is 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).
In the Laverne & Shirley segment, the leads, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney, are privates in the U.S. Army. Their commanding officers were Sergeant Turnbuckle and Squeely the pig. In the second season, Laverne & Shirley with the Fonz, Fonzie and his dog, Mr. Cool, made recurring appearances as mechanics in the base motor pool.
The Fonz Hour segment, When Cupcake, a girl from the future, crash-lands her time machine near Fonzie, Richie and Ralph, they end up getting lost in time. The series chronicles their attempt to return to 1957. Most episodes dealt with historical situations that were made to help educate children.
Cast[]
| Image | Character | Actor |
|---|---|---|
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Mork | Robin Williams |
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Mindy McConnell | Pam Dawber |
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Doing | Frank Welker |
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Fred McConnell | Conrad Janis |
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Mr. Caruthers | Stan Jones |
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Hamilton | Mark Taylor |
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Laverne DeFazio | Penny Marshall |
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Shirley Feeney | Cindy Williams |
| Lynne Marie Stewart | ||
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Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzarelli | Henry Winkler |