Does anyone else remember this episode? I was just thinking about it this morning when I found this online. Pretty eerie.
http://www.etcanada.com/blogs/etc_107642/video-robin-williams-describe s-perils-of-fame-in-chilling-mork-mindy-clip/celebs/
@hariseldon59 Yes, I remember seeing that segment as a kid - I came here to ask which episode it was in but reading your post I figured you were talking about the same one.
I remember Mork reciting at the end a list of people who had died, and I remember as a kid thinking it was spooky that it didn't end on a laugh like the other episodes.
Here's the link to the segment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6ESJa7PTl0
That's what had popped into my head too. It did not end on a laugh (then) because it aired shortly after Lennon was assasinated by a fan.
It's eerie now because of the topic itself--and we knew that Williams was battling depression. Money does not make people 'happy'.
Money just makes it easier for people to live.
" Money does not make people 'happy'. "
You hear this tired, old cliché all the time, but there ARE arguments to consider.
Ryan Higa said something like 'maybe not, but I'd rather cry in a Ferrari than on a moped' or something along those lines. I am not sure I completely agree with that sentiment, but there's a bit of a point.
If you are forced to live in poverty, it can be a lot of work, full of struggles and hardships, and your life could be quite limited.
I consider money 'energy of possibilities'. It doesn't directly make you happy per se, but it DOES open a lot of doors, it gives you possibilities you couldn't otherwise get or have, it makes all kinds of experiences possible, and it can GREATLY expand your life.
I mean, if you have to live in some crappy, bad part of a horrible city against your will, you are going to really appreciate the possibilty of owning 7 different, separate mansions, large apartments or houses around the world, EXACTLY in places you have always wanted to live in, with the freedom to travel between them as much and whenever you want.
Money opens a lot of doors, and makes much 'larger' life possible, whether you want to explore, create or have many different, fun hobbies. Wanna go swim with dolphins in Hawaii? Easy, you own a mansion there. Wanna have a real, proper, actual flight simulator (that pilots use) in that mansion? Done. Want to do scientific experiments in your basement? Nothing's stopping ya.
Poverty is a showstopper, it removes agency from you, because it keeps you from being able to have any possibilities, and so many doors are closed to you. Many things become just dreams, that would be actual reality if you were rich.
With money, you can indulge. People do things like 'bingewatching', but wealthy people could do binge-ANYTHING.
Heck, with enough money, you could just hire a group to make your visions come true, whether they are computer or video games, 'demos', movies, short stories, cartoons or whatnot.
With enough imagination, money would establish SO many things that you couldn't otherwise do. For example, how about researching stuff, forbidden stuff, even? What did Nikola Tesla discover? Easy, just hire a group of private detectives and scientists to research, figure out, and test all kinds of stuff, and who know WHAT you might stumble upon..
Want to go sit on a mountain top, just watching the pretty sunset or the starts? Just take your private helicopter, after your private jet takes you to Switzerland or something.
It's very easy to imagine all kinds of possibilities money would open doors to. It might not make you directly HAPPY, but with life of 'way, WAY more possibilities', that happiness might be easier to find than in a tiny life that goes nowhere but a small circle on the ground, wouldn't you think?
People say that kind of things to rationalize that they don't need money, and to gain sympathy for rich and wealthy a-holes, who are basically stealing happiness from regular people.
Having said that, the old Zen koan says; 'Poverty is your treasure. Never exchange it for an easy life.'
So, take it for whatever it's worth, I am simply pointing out some things so people could actually think and process the whole thing instead of just accepting a tired cliché.
Stunningly sad...
The episode is Mork Meets Robin Williams from season 3.
shareActually, this sounds wonderful! I grew up watching this delightful series, I was 9 when it started. I can't imagine that seeing double the Robin could be anything but great.
We who didn't know him personally are really lucky to have so much so many things that Robin did available to watch. This show still cracks me up at 46. Probably way more than when I was nine. Got my first kitty too & named her Mindy. And yes, everyone asked why we didn't name her sister Mork. Because she was a girl! :)
I encourage everyone who loves Robin to keep watching his movies and stand up and interviews. They still make me happy. I think he would like that.
Check out "Clerical Error" for an even more poignant episode...
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Yeah, that one gives me the chills now. There is also a "cut the wrists" joke in the season 2 episode Stark Raving Mork. I usually would have laughed at it because it's so extreme, but I watched it shortly after hearing how he had died, so I went pale instead.
Don't tell me, it's no use to me. Tell yourself if you want to but don't tell me.
Yeah, a bit eerie and the sound effects in the background make it seem as though it was meant to be just that.
Nice that he gave Freddie Prinze (Chico and the Man) a namecheck; I liked the show.
Maybe it's an urban myth that Jimi; Janis and Jim dying at such an early age led to the expression "don't trust anybody over 30". I don't know for sure.
There is an episode in which Exodar claims O.J. Simpson is a god; there's a string of plastic oranges in there somewhere, he says things like, but can god jink a linebacker out of his socks? It was funny at the time; but now the sketch seems to provoke shock. Odd how time (and covering up a murder) changes things.
I wouldn't read too much into the eulogy; Robin William's said when he was doing Mork and Mindy he was everything except rollerskates. It's quite a thing though for the program makers to use such a sombre piece.
Sorry to see him go; but he's like: Belushi; Kaufman and the others he mentioned , all people who lived life on their own terms and when you think about it; what a life he had.
Williams was Julliard trained, so he could handle dramatic acting as well as the slapstick comedy stuff. I have to admit I really like 'serious' Mork and wish we could have seen it more often. The comedy stuff was hysterical, of course, and Mork & Mindy was never meant to be a drama, but Williams proved he could shift gears easily and that's not easy. Nobody else could have taken a character as goofy as Mork and found a way to have him deliver very serious lines without it coming off as awkward and unbelievable. He had a gift.
shareWhen I read the episode title "Mork meets Robin Williams" I though the episode would be manic in stereo, but Williams played himself subdued. I was quite surprised.
Don't tell me, it's no use to me. Tell yourself if you want to but don't tell me.
Maybe it's an urban myth that Jimi; Janis and Jim dying at such an early age led to the expression "don't trust anybody over 30". I don't know for sure.
I just watched this movie called "Behind the Camera: THe Unauthorized Story of Mork & Mindy" It was quite good and the actor playing the role was wonderful. In the movie it talks about how this very episode came to be and it derived from what he was going through in his real life and the struggles so he himself came up with the idea for the episode. That movie was done in 2005 and even though unauthorized seems to fit what his life was like and what we have heard about him since his death. Here is a link to the movie.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc48xKMsJas
more eerier regarding the title subject is the chilling movie "Where Dreams may Come".
There a scene in one show where Mork is
carrying some rope by the stairs that go to the attic.
I saw the Mork & Mindy meet Robin episode when it originaly aired Feb. 19th,1981 and even though i was 12 and still very innocent and/or naive' aat the time...I sort of got a few things from it.
1. That fame is a serious and sometimes scary thing ,
when your so-called "loving-fans" ,love you a little too much.
2. That Robin Williams is really just an actor playing a role on TV. Although I was still a bit confused then on how he & Mork were I nthe same room a t the same time. I didn't know about camera tricks then.
3. Robin was sending a message to his fans about who 'he' really was and maybe to stop confusing him with his TV persona. One line from Williams as himself in the show is ,after Mindy suggests he should take soem time out for himself and stop saying 'yes" to everyone ,he states ,"Maybe time alone is the last thing I
want."
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I think this episode was also a way for him to let out some frustrations but it obviously wasn't enough ,as at the time ,he was hanging out with John Belushi and both were 'using'.
Two weeks to the day alter John would O.D. from a heroin/cocaine cobination shot ,on March 5, 1982 at the Chateau Marmont, a popular celebrity hotel in Los Angeles.
Cathy Evelyn Smith, was tried and sentenced
to three years in prison for supplying John with the drugs.
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This link is from soemthing called "THE WIRE" ,give it a read.
http://www.thewire.com/culture/2014/08/robin-williams-examined-the-dark-side-of-fame-33-years-ago-on-mork-and-mindy/375907/
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I watched a documentary on Robin Williams and in one scene he is talking about loneliness and how it is better to be alone than to feel alone around other people.
His face changes and it is like a glimpse into the real him. Even before his suicide I always got the impression that his zany antics was a distraction to his problems. I find it hard to watch his comedy the same way now.