pam: the mork character was, he was just sort of a misfit failure on his planet. they just sent him to earth and said, "you go study that." mork: you expect me to eat this slop?! pam: mindy wasn't all that complex. mindy: what are you doing?! mork: i'm putting your buns in orbit, that's what i'm doing. mindy: what is wrong with you?! pam: i was the best paid actress in hollywood for going, "oh, mork, what did you do?" mork: early sensor reading says anxiety, depression, and state of defunct. what seems to be the matter? mindy: oh, i'm just disappointed in the mail. mork: ah let me teach you something. you see it's common throughout the universe for the female species to be disappointed in the male. michael schneider: by the late 70s, when mork and mindy became a huge success, the producers of that show decided, you know, why don't we make this show more about something? pam: we had a lot of young writers that were in their early 20s. and there was also some social upheaval that, i think they tried to wake people up.