....And why did he come back? Mindy's dad was played by Conrad Janis. I read he left the show. It stated the character left to become a conductor of a traveling orchestra, but I was curious why he really left and came back???


http://www.nndb.com/people/011/000207387/conrad-janis-2-sized.jpg

If I remember correctly, there was a decision to try for a young demographic by introducing the characters Remo (Jay Thomas) and Jeanie (Gina Hecht) in the second season, squeezing Conrad Janis out for a while -- a good example of network tampering with the series.

I say if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Season one with Conrad Janis and Elizabeth Kerr, as Mindy's grandmother, was the best.

I guess the network thought it was "broke".

thanks for the info guys :)

If anything says JTS it was adding Jay Thomas to the cast. Stupid executives.

They did eventually bring back Mindy's dad and grandma, but the damage was done. Good going, ABC!! :rolleyes:

i read an interview with conrad janis in wich he said that not only was he fired from the show but that the exec who did the firing actully used the words get lost while doing so what a bunch of morons and for the record dispite what gary marshall says i still think he is not entirely blameless in the matter of the firings and changes to the show he knew way more than he let on about the whole thing

^ Just sickening. :mad: :mad: :mad:

I guess the network thought it was "broke".

It may not have been "broke" before, but it was most certainly broke after the network tinkered with it. Changing cast members and putting it against Archie Bunker on Sunday nights nearly killed it.

And it was never the same, even though Conrad Janis returned and the show went back to Thursday nights.:(

No wonder Jay Leno once called the suits "TV nitwit executives", instead of network. I think Jay's description fits quite well.

No wonder Jay Leno once called the suits "TV nitwit executives", instead of network. I think Jay's description fits quite well.
Jay's description is very accurate!

http://zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2007/09/retoolers.html

If I remember right, the "Mork and Mindy" retooling was part of a crackpot idea by ABC that by making the show more young and hip (basically by eliminating any regular cast member over the age of 35), they could move the show to Sunday nights and dominate that evening with a new comedy block that also featured "The Associates", from the same MTM group led by James L. Brooks that had gone over to Paramount to do "Taxi". What they ended up doing was casting off the main counterbalances to Robin Williams' manic energy, and just going overboard with his schtick.

Add to that ABC's hyping of Raquel Welch as the guest star for the second season and the overblown script they came up with, and you had a true Jump the Shark moment for the show.

9:36 AM
Phil said...
Aside from ABC's wanting a younger supporting cast for the series, the other thing that happened to Mork and Mindy is that Robin Williams was unhappy with the scripts he was doing. Williams wanted "meaningful" stories rather than the relatively simple slapstick and visual stuff the first season had concentrated on. Unfortunately, "meaningful" tended to bring out the worst in Garry Marshall's sitcoms, as the results were almost invariably heavy-handed and unsubtle.

http://zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2007/09/retoolers.html


Wow this is news, I thought he enjoyed being ******** on the show:lol: :lol:

Sometimes it's best if the stars just act and let the writers write.

Wow this is news, I thought he enjoyed being ******** on the show:lol: :lol:
Sol, I know you're not trying to be mean by saying that but please don't call anyone that word.