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Williar save*fr By Lehman Stlta Oamtcock staff Writ* Nothing has been through quite for better or worse than televisic age of TV seems to have its gooc G lea son and Phil Silvers, I Love L Island, Archie Bunker and Laveri But recently comedy has turn) trend ? making the current fads lines. The 50s craze gave birth to now Happy Days and the recent have given birth to Mork and Mil THIS IS a show that all the cril pounce upon, the kind of show one the trite elements were there: sp Earth, acts strangely, gets compa My Favorite Martian all over age one element of the show the critic* to deal with: Robin Williams, crea weird Orkian who fell to Earth Williams woiked up the character and ABC's mistake was trying to t act into a full-blown (well, m television show. There is no doubt about Williai abundantly clear that his portrays not come from a writer's pen. His f an off-the-wall, ad-lib flavor that < abandonment to the character. It's to which you say, "boy, that's stup you're laughing. FOR SOMEONE of Williams' < the character of Mork is a natural alien, Mork doesn't have to explair sedate behavioral sensibilities, s appropriately unlimited. He descends the attic stairs fro | A V MCAT 61C DAT 2^111 PC AT* 0CAT*6MAT hVNI SAT VAT LSAT {] ECFMG VttE I NATL KNT 90S* NURSING BUS STANLEY H. KAPLAN | EDUCATIONAL CENTER Test Preparation Specialists Sine* 1938 1 OPEN CAYS, EVENINGS. ft WEEKENDS For Information, P/?a?a Call: (803) 256-0673 711B Saluda Ave. "LSAT CImih starting Soon" - BS^^JH^ :^S* >?i JH e o 1801 Main Street i Columbia, Sout] Telephone: ( Contemporary h< kU ris' acting fork and A b ming the Close E r points his powerful so many changes "return to Mothe m comedy. Every retreat into the ce I and bad: Jackie Some of the sh n?? oriT< Illl? - ? ' * * ?vj ouu uiiugHO l cuniusion 8DOUI Jttil tie DeFazio. phone rings and Mc ed to yet another he moans, ''I've kll fuel for its story passionate affair w ? Happy Days and his experience at i Star Wars mania liked the part whei tidy. and does a little version of the Nat tics were ready to i lnvoo fa knf? All m??ww w * *? * "* ' ?w?vo w uaic. nil vf lliLil/ilTIS ALO* ?ceman comes to traditional stan< nions in trouble ? personations are b dn. But there was them into the sho\ s were unprepared been monitoring tc tor of the insanely movie reactions to i in a giant egg. physical humor trc in a nightclub act, reminiscent of St itretch a nightclub vulsions. taybe half-blown) But even the be diluting, and Mork its' abilities; it is of as Mork versos 1 J of the alien does Williams fighting ti performances have of Hollywood comi renters in nis total network executive i the kind of humor for TV comedy, so, id" ? all the while forced into a squa The show falls fli obvious ingenuity, on the screen; the . Because he is an you literally pity tt i his actions to our Mindy, carefully p o his actions are gosh-golly compas frustration at her m his room hum iycuu u (iilc rvpui iv HAMPTON PARK o 1 -2-3 bedroom apa convenient to U.S.' 4427 Blossom < 1 - ... irole Vicki I ti gntro /Jefferson Square J j h Carolina 29201 [j 803) 779-8325 | , i /* n itrstyiing jor y n men & women || frREDKEN" 11 can't tfindy9 ncounterc theme. He turns and finger at the stain, commanding, r Ship!" The stairs obligingly iling. ow's best mnmpnhi bm Mwir'? irth customs and technology. The >rk picks it up; it stops ringing and led it!" He conducts a limited but ith a mannequin. And he describes a basketball game: "I especially -e I got to dance." Then he stands disco step, singing a jazzed-up ional Anthem. 0 displays a mastery of the more ibys of comedians. His imoth accurate and funny. He works v by assuming that Orkians have ilevision from Earth; Mork's oldsituations are hysterical. And his inscends mere slapstick in a style eve Martin's "happy feet" const wine can stand only so much and Mindy might best be thought Cindy, the hilarious aboormalcy of > escape the long-dead conventions gdy. It is almost as though some thought that Williams is too good round peg that he is, he had to be re hole. it on its face when Williams is not other characters are so bad that te actors. Pam Dawber, who plays aces her two basic expressions, a ision for Mork and a gosh-golly father. See MORK, page 15 f IV/I II ( ffers luxurious rtments n ^. Call 782-6626 sr E While Receive $H (Limit COL III 1916 TV Open Monday Teleph Express From page l book. His adaptation is too grim and downbeat. There are several joyous . momenta in the book, and their happiness makes the harrowing moments all the more shocking. Stone's script merely gives up hell, but with no bits of heaven to compare it to. The other important components , UIJ..lwLi *5 vi miuuigni Cixpress are practically flawless. 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