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When “Mork & Mindy” went on the air, Robin was a complete unknown. He’d been a San Francisco street mime who was picked up to play Mork on a “Happy Days” episode with two days’ notice.
Robin pulled it off because he had a photographic memory, and the episode ended up being “Happy Days” highest rated ever. It was spun right off into a series, and was an immediate success. Three weeks later, Robin was so famous that he was mobbed everywhere he went. He couldn’t even go out to dinner! He became the most famous comedian in the country, and justifiably so. He was brilliant. We’d be filming in front of 1,000 people, and if Robin made a mistake, he’d ad-lib. Sometimes he ran for a half-hour!