came on. just had so much energy, so magnetic. people loved the character, and thus mork & mindy was born. uh, how do you say thank you in your language? we spit. [ laughter ] 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. you expect me to eat this slop? mindy wasn t all that complex. what are you doing? i m putting your buns in orbit, that s what i m doing. what is wrong with you? i was the best-paid actress in hollywood for going, oh, mork, what did you do? early sensor reading says anxiety, depression, and state of de-funk. what seems to be the matter? oh, i m just disappointed in the mail. ah, then let me teach you something. you see it s common throughout the universe for the female of the species to be disappointed in the male. [ laughter ] by the late 70s, when mork & mindy became a huge success, the producers of that show decided, you know, why don t we ma