tom werner: mork and mindy was explosive, and it surpassed everybody s expectations just because it just felt original. john lithgow: i had never watched my favorite martian, mork and mindy. i just never thought i would do a sitcom, but it was that captivating of an idea. 4 aliens came on a research mission trying to figure out how to be human. dick: ten fingers, eleven toes? sally, harry and tommy: check dick: good, i guess we re in. everyone comfortable? harry: um, i have three holes in my face. lithgow: they were looking for an actor who was a combination of errol flynn and bugs bunny. jim colucci: john lithgow was this dramatic actor but in 1996 here his is, displaying what turned out to be his deliciously goofy side. dick: look, life forms! and they re cleaning each other. john lithgow: we were a whole school of fish out of water and
xfinity rewards creates experiences big and small, and once-in-a-lifetime. [honking car horns] darrin: ah, there it is. melissa joan hart: that fantasy of what if i was a genie, and i can make anything come true with a snap? jeannie: my handsome master would look like a king with a warrior s beard! melissa joan hart: everyone can relate to wanting that magic in their lives. jeannie: behold. beautiful! jim colucci: sitcoms about magic become really popular in the 1960s on television. laura morowitz: you re really beginning to get this backlash to the shows in the 50 s like leave it to beaver or father knows best james ackerman: the boomers are now coming of age
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mork: we abolished emotions on ork a billion bleams ago. they took a vote, and everyone said all in favour? [noise] john lithgow: we have a great love for these alien characters who were struggling with the same human dilemma that we all struggle with. how do we behave like good human beings? alf: yo kay, where do you keep your casserole dishes? kate: why? alf: the cat won t fit in the toaster. jim colucci: aliens make for great comedy, because you get the ultimate outsider who can make fun of us, but you also can do anything with them. jim colluci: and in the 60s with the space race. u.s. versus russia, it was just such a natural fit, i think, to satirize. laura morowitz: you still have the suburbs, but now they re being invaded by martians. tim: well, you re the martian, you re supposed to be smarter than i am. martian: i know. it s just living here on earth
we have special racks where we chain them up at night. tony: latka i m not talking about bicycles i m talking about bisexuals! latka: so am i. jim colucci: what was brilliant about taxi, with latka, and also later with perfect strangers with balki. balki: am i looking up larry appleton? larry: larry appleton, that s me. balki: larry, larry, larry! jim colucci: they both came from made-up countries so they could have the most outlandish traditions. bronson: which was great because nobody ever got insulted. jim colucci: so they could get away with a lot more as outsiders and have a perspective on us. balki: i am balki bartokomous, philo my fifth cousin three times removed is the step uncle to your father on my mother s side larry: i see, so we re sort of related by rumour. mark linn baker: tom miller and bob boyett who were the creators of perfect strangers were an incredible production team.