The Greatest Shmo on Earth

The Greatest Shmo on Earth
Premiere date	October 2, 1982
Starring	Robin Williams Pam Dawber Frank Welker Shavar Ross Ralph James
Writer(s)	Norman Mauer
Director(s)	John Kimball Rudy Larriva Alan Dinehart (voices)
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"The Greatest Shmo 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	Unavailable
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, who was credited as the musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 2, 1982 on ABC

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on "The Greatest Show on Earth." You're welcome.
• 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. 😥