Mork from Ork?
October 14th, 2008 Categories: Boulder Subdivisions and Neighborhoods, Colorado Round Up, Focus on Boulder, Real Estate Tales
Who is that couple? Look familiar, yes, a young Robin Williams and is tv co-star Pam Dawber.
Stroll down Pine Street in Boulder, Colorado and you will stumble on the “Mork & Mindy” house. In the late 1970’s, “Mork & Mindy” was a fairly popular tv show, where Mork, Robin Williams, was sent to Earth to study our culture since Orkans didn’t have any. Boulder is a good place for that!
The Mork & Mindy show launched the careers of Robin Williams and his co-star Pam Dawber. Miss Dawber played “Mindy”, a college student at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Many exterior scenes were also filmed in and around Boulder, Colorado, for t
he opening and closing credits, and some other shots , such as an exterior of Mindy’s apartment house, the downtown Boulder Mall on Pearl St. where Mindy’s father owned a record store, and the campus of CU itself.
This house is currently a private residence. The residents are used to the attention so please respect their privacy.
Okay, now for a bit of trivia; did Mork marry Mindy and honeymoon on Ork? Did they have a 225 lb baby, played by? And why was the baby 225 lbs?
I often drive relocating buyers down Pine Street in Boulder to see if they recognize the home. Care to comment?
”Nanoo, Nanoo”
Hello Ro, WOW, what a blast from the past. Mork and Mindy was my favorite show growing up. Robin Williams is the funniest man on this planet and probably any other. I don’t remember the answer to the first question, but Jonathan Winters (2nd funniest man on earth) was their son and the reason he was 225 lbs was that they age in reverse on Ork. Great blog with a wonderful tie into Boulder. Keep up the great work.
David