The Greatest Shmo on Earth

The Greatest Shmo on Earth
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Premiere date	October 2, 1982
Writer(s)	Norman Mauer
Director(s)	John Kimball and Rudy Larriva Alan Dinehart (voices)
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"The Greatest Schmo on Earth" is the second episode of Mork & Mindy season one. It aired on October 2, 1982 on ABC. It was written by Norman Mauer, and directed by Len Jenson and Rudy Larriva, and Alan Dinehart.

A circus ringleader kidnaps Doing to be a part of his act.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Mork	Robin Williams
Mindy McConnell	Pam Dawber
Doing	Frank Welker
Eugene	Shavar Ross
Ringleader	Unavailable
Boris
Superman
John Wayne
Orson (voice only)	Ralph James

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Malt shop
    • Circus
    • McConnell residence
• Ork (mentioned)

Vehicles

• Mork's car
• Clown car

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, credited as musical director, with supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 2, 1982 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• Eugene first appeared in the live-action Mork & Mindy series during the first season in 1979. He only appeared in ten episodes with his final appearance in "Mork Runs Down." He was dropped due to a format change the next season. In this incarnation, Eugene was played by Jeffrey Jacquet.
• Mork mentions the TV series Dragnet.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥