Mork and Mindy (1978) s02e09 Episode Script
Mork's Health Hints
MORK: Nanu, nanu.
( upbeat theme playing ) ( upbeat theme playing ) Okay, the customer wants a salad with bean sprouts and alfalfa sprouts on a bed of shredded lettuce.
Is he here to eat lunch or graze? I don't care if he smokes it as long as he pays the check.
Well, ask him if he'd like me to put it on a plate or in a feedbag, okay? ( foreign accent ): Butu, Kimbe, stay with the caravan.
( normal voice ): All right.
All you germs, bite the dust.
Come on.
Die, you little buggers.
Die.
There you go.
Come on.
Yeah! You with the hamburger, freeze right there.
Drop it.
Drop it.
Spread those buns.
Spread the buns.
All right, I have a right to read you your rights.
You have a right to remain bacillus Hey, hey, hey! Hey, hey! You saw him.
That germ pulled a gun.
Come on, what are you doin'? Will you cut it out? Mindy's going in the hospital.
I have to kill germs.
Don't! Don't! Don't! Hey.
You behind the gherkin, freeze it.
Ha-ha! There's another streptococcus.
I bet the small one.
( yelps ) I'm sorry.
You can't leave yet.
Hold on.
JEAN: Uh, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
There aren't any germs in here.
Of course there are no germs after my "spritz-krieg.
" Ha-ha! In the name of Louis Pasteur, I Wait a minute.
I've just committed germicide.
Oh, you must have millions of little germs at home going ( high-pitched voice ) "Where's Daddy?" REMO: Hey, Mork, what'd you do to your hair? I cut off all the germy parts.
It was cheaper than having it cleaned.
Is it safe yet? What is going on here? I am going to have my tonsils out, and Mork has been running around driving me crazy.
Mindy, Mindy.
Mindy, you shouldn't talk.
You should rest your tonsils for the coming-out party.
I'll translate for you.
You're going into the hospital? Mindy, Mindy.
( Indian accent ): It is true that Miss McConnell is going into the hospital for a treatment of the neck infection, but soon she'll be back to her old, uninfected self, and back being so cute and adorable and shiksa-like.
Well, Mindy, ha-ha, there's nothing to worry about.
A lot of people have their tonsils out.
Yeah, I had mine out in the first grade.
Yeah, he was only 14.
So I was old for my age.
Did you put 'em under the pillow for the tonsil fairy? No.
I don't believe in that stuff.
I just put 'em in a jar.
Well, actually, getting your tonsils out, it's a breeze.
That's right.
It's a very simple procedure.
Yeah, most of the doctors know what they're doin'.
Most of the doctors? Mindy, I'll handle this.
Most of the doctors? You see, they got losers in every profession.
Like I had an electrician out here six times to fix that lamp, and it's still broken.
Now, imagine if that was your heart.
Thanks, Remo.
JEAN: You know, Remo, uh, I don't think she wants to hear all this.
Oh, come on.
You come home from med school with all those funny stories.
Tell 'em the one about the doctor who left the instruments inside the patient.
It's great.
( Laughing ) That really happened? REMO: Well, uh, they never found out but the guy goes disco dancing and gives himself an appendectomy.
( both laughing ) You know, occasionally accidents do happen but not often, not enough to let it upset you.
( chuckles ) Thank you very much.
I think I'll go check myself into the hospital before you two change my mind.
Good luck.
Don't worry, we'll visit you.
Well, kid, break a larynx.
Ha! Thanks.
Don't worry, Mindy.
When your tonsils are out, I'll whittle you wooden tonsils, and put a scarecrow on your tongue to scare the woodpeckers.
That'll work.
Hey.
If it doesn't, you'll talk ( deep voice ) like this.
( continues indistinctly ) ( upbeat theme playing ) GIRL: Seven thousand and forty-seven, seven thousand and-forty-eight What are you counting? I'm timing to see how long it's been since I buzzed for the nurse.
Well, there's gotta be some way to get a nurse in here.
Yeah, sure.
Just fall asleep and she'll come in and wake you up.
Min BOTH: Hiiii.
( laughs ) How're you feelin'? Oh, all right.
I brought you a little somethi" to show I was thinkin' of you.
Look, a brain.
Heh! No, actually, it's a flower.
Heh-heh! It's the biggest one I could find.
It is a big one.
Hope you have a short, fat vase.
Either that or you could wear it behind your ear.
Argh, argh, argh! Ha-ha-ha! Thank you.
( Laughing ) Well, uh, are you fixed yet? ( laughs ) Is that what you're in here for? I had my cat fixed, and he's never been the same since.
No, I'm only having my tonsils out.
Well, that's what my mother said they were doing to the cat.
The operation isn't until tomorrow.
Oh, Susie, this is Mork.
Hi.
Nanu, nanu, bite-sized person.
The hospital's low on space, so they put me in the children's ward.
Oh, I couldn't tell.
Ha-ha! Well, honey, are you ready for your tests? I thought I was supposed to have 'em over an hour ago.
Oh, sorry.
I'm the only nurse working three floors tonight.
You're the only nurse? Yeah, a lot of nurses are out sick.
I guess there's something going around.
Yeah well, I gotta go, Mork.
I gotta get some more blood tests.
Well, good luck, Min.
I hope you pass.
Don't let anyone cheat over your shoulder and see your corpuscles.
Oh, I bet you I know what ward he's from.
Oh, he's just visiting.
Oh, then you ought to be leaving.
Visiting hours are almost over.
MORK: Oh.
Bye.
Bye, Min.
Good luck.
Be careful.
Well, well, actually, I'm not really worried at all.
I mean, she told me she had the best doctor.
Well, my mom told me I had the best doctor.
Oh if everyone has the best doctor, then where do all the dead people come from? I don't know.
Maybe the stork brings 'em.
Is this your first time in the hospital? No, it's my second.
The first time I was born.
What are you in for now? I did a dumb thing.
I swallowed my bubble pipe.
How'd you do that? Well, you see, it's like this.
I was jumping rope and then It wasn't a pretty picture.
Now I'm all full of bubbles.
If you push my stomach, you could probably feel 'em.
No, no way.
I saw Alien.
Mind if I make myself at home here? Sure.
H-hey.
( snorts ) Back from where I come from, we don't have hospitals.
We just have a little building you drive up to and you You tell your ailments into a clown face and out comes a pill, heh.
A Doc in the Box.
You betcha.
Heh-heh! So how are they gonna get that bubble pipe out of you? Beats me.
I guess they'll have to cut me open.
Cut you open.
( Laughs ) Seriously, how are they gonna get that bubble pipe outta you? No, really.
They'll cut me open and take out whatever's giving me trouble.
Cut you open.
Heh-heh-heh! Pfft! Ah-ah-ah! Ah-ha-ha-ha! I should stay here and protect Mindy.
That might be good.
Either that or she'll have her insides on the outside.
She might get her liver caught in her pantyhose.
No, no, no.
I'm sure they'll put back everything important.
Besides, it won't hurt.
They knock you out first.
Who does? The guys with the masks.
Masks? Whoa, kemosabe.
Why do they do that? Maybe they don't like you to see who goofs up.
Oh.
( Door opens ) Oh, are you still here? Uh-huh.
You're right.
They are goofy.
I'm here and she doesn't even know it.
Visiting hours are over.
No, no, no, I'm gonna stay here and protect Mindy.
Well, I've seen a lot of strange things happening in this place.
I assure you that Mindy will get excellent treatment.
You're not gonna cut her open and auction off her innards? I've seen the little bottles.
No, you have my word.
All right, well, it's just 'cause I care for her.
I mean, she's like a brother to me.
Oh, don't worry.
Your brother Mindy will be fine, just as soon as she comes out from under the knife.
Knife knives, masks.
What's the name of this hospital, Our Lady of Central Park? I've gotta go.
All right.
( upbeat theme playing ) WOMAN ( over PA ): Dr.
Newman, please.
Please report to Pediatrics.
Min.
Mind, it's moi, Mork.
Still in one piece? Argh! I think she's sleeping.
Susie, boy, you've been through some changes.
Oh Mind.
Mind.
Heh-heh! Mind, wake up, you don't wanna sleep through your operation.
Heh-heh! Uh-oh.
You're not Mind.
What happened to Mind? I mean What's going on here? Mind? Who's Mindy? You're a strange man.
Not as strange as the people who work in this place.
Oh, Mind.
First Susie and then What happened? What's going on here? This is strange.
What are you talki" about? Well, don't you understand confused babble? What are you doing here? Where's Mindy? There's no Mindy here.
Uh, you must be in the wrong room.
No, she's gotta be here.
I mean, she was here yesterday.
Oh, well, I wouldn't know.
I broke my wrist yesterday.
I had to go out and get it fixed.
Why didn't you have it fixed here? Here? ( laughs ) You gotta be kidding.
Ha-ha-ha! This has gotta be the same room.
There's the flower I brought her.
NURSE: Oh.
Well, okay.
What's her name and her age? Uh, Mindy McConnell, age 23.
Ehhh.
Ha-ha! Um, well, she has two good arms, sorry, um.
You see, that's where you went wrong.
No, sir, this is the children's wing.
We have no big people staying here.
Well, if she's not here, then she She's lost.
Oh, now, please don't worry.
Even if she is, she's bound to turn up sooner or later.
I hope it's soon because she needs a tonsillectomy.
Oh, dear.
Well, I hope she hasn't been confused with With somebody else.
Why? Well, if that's what has happened, there's a good chance she might get the wrong operation.
( both chuckle ) No, no, no, no.
BOTH ( chuckling ): No.
Oh, not again, not after last week.
No.
Oh, no.
( laughing ) ( worried laugh ) Boy, this is certainly a crazy place to work.
( both laughing ) ( inaudible dialogue ) ( upbeat theme playing ) Yes, sir, I'll try to help you with the problem.
Ah, yes, sir.
Yes, we do have a number of nurses who don't speak English.
So just be patient and point to where you're bleeding.
( intercom buzzes ) Yes, Miss Chayefsky.
WOMAN: Uh, Mr.
Burnett, there's a gentleman to see you.
He seems very upset.
You gotta help me.
You gotta find Mindy.
Is this him? Mm-hm.
Are you the administrator? Yes, I am.
Well, here it is.
You want it, you got it.
A dollar bill? I talked to everyone in the hospital.
They say the buck stops here.
Sir Calm down.
We're not going to get anywhere if you don't speak slowly and clearly.
( slowly ): Yes, I think you're right.
Yes, of course.
Now, what seems to be the problem? ( babbles ) Wait, wait, wait.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Oh.
Well, I brought my friend Mindy here for a simple operation and now she's gone.
Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
I'm sure we did all we could.
Well, no, she hasn't gone belly-up.
Sh-she's just gone.
She's disappeared, lost.
We lost a patient? Well, heh, she must be somewhere in the building.
How far can she get in bare feet and a gown that opens down the back? I'm sure everything will be fine.
Really? Oh, really, yes.
Miss Chayefsky, when you get time, would you just get our lawyers on the phone? Why don't you just say the eagle has landed.
CHAYEFSKY: Again? Ixnay.
Aren't you gonna do something? Organize a posse, get out the tonsil-sniffing dogs, things like that? Oh, in good time.
Uh, but before we get started, there is a little paperwork to, uh, take care of.
Oh, here.
Would you just sign this form, please? What is this, a missing persons form? Well, not exactly.
It's just a formality which basically says that, uh, no matter what's happened, the hospital isn't held responsible.
But you are responsible.
She didn't lose herself.
Uh, well, I don't blame you for being upset, but these things happen.
I mean, this is a very big place.
We have a lot of halls Oh, you're not kidding.
A lot of wards.
I mean, it's like a maze.
Here a ward, there a ward, everywhere a ward ward.
And there are pages: "Calling Dr.
Fine.
" He doesn't answer his calls.
The doctors are missing too, aren't they? Now, son.
Try to see this from my point of view, will you? They don't give me enough staff, they don't give me enough money.
All they give me is the challenge to help people.
What about finding my friend? Now you have a challenge too, haven't you? But before you go, would you sign this form? I can't help you until you do.
You're gonna leave her lost until I let you off the hook? Hey, fella, I don't make the rules.
Oh, yeah? All right.
I'm taking this with me, and this buck's not gonna stop until I find Mindy.
You can't find her now.
Visiting hours are over.
Well, but rescuing hours have just begun.
Well, what about my form? Take your form and file it.
( upbeat theme playing ) You're in your room, Mrs.
McDonald.
McDonald? Now, let's take another one of these little pinkie drinkies and then we can rest.
Oh, I'm too tired to rest.
I don't feel good.
Here.
Here you go.
Now, soon you're going to have that brain operation and then your headaches will just disappear.
Now, you can lie back and rest.
Hee-hee! Whew, I'm starting to feel better already.
( both laugh ) Bye.
Bye.
Don't worry.
Brain surgery isn't as bad as it sounds.
Ooh, it is noisy, though.
Oh, hello, doctor.
Hello there, sickie.
Doctor, I hate to complain, but nobody came by this afternoon to change my dressing.
Oh, dressing, are you kidding? That gown is you.
It goes perfectly with that hat.
All you need now is some feathers, some rhinestones and nine tana leaves.
Doctor, you have a very funny bedside manner.
I believe that a good doctor leaves his patient in stitches.
Har-har-har! I used to love a good laugh.
Oh, doctor, you know what? What? ( mouths ): Oh.
Mindy.
Mindy, Mindy, Mindy, you're awake.
Mmm, mmm, mmm.
Hi.
Hello.
Ha-ha! Actually, I think this is the best type of physical therapy.
It gives the patients something to live for.
Oh, Miss McConnell, we'll have you out of here in a "fribbet.
" A fribbet? Yes, a medical term meaning a surrey with a fringe on top.
That girl's name isn't McConnell.
It's McDonald.
No, my dear lady, I'm a doctor.
Don't make mistakes unless it's a matter of life and death or a bill.
But the nurse who was just here said that's Mrs.
McDonald.
She's in here for brain surgery.
No, no, she's in here to have her tonsils out.
I guess it depends on how deep they drill.
Yeah Mindy! Min.
Hello, Mindy.
Mind, Mind, Mind Woo-hoo! ( giggling ) Oh, no.
They got you too.
Oh, Mind.
All my life I've been getting you into trouble.
Now I've gotten you in the biggest trouble and there's nothing I can do.
Oh, come on, Mind.
Hello.
Mind.
Here we go, here we go.
Here we go.
Hey.
Whoa! Woo! ( laughing ) That's all physical therapy.
Mindy.
Mind.
Mind, here we go.
Okay.
Okay, whoa, make a wish.
Here we go.
There we go.
No, bad view.
Okay, Mind, come on ( Mindy laughing, Mork grunting ) Hi.
Mind Doctor, what are you doing? I was just checking for lumps.
Okay We have to get this patient out of here right away.
Nonsense, that patient is having brain surgery in two hours.
You haven't done anything to her yet? Of course not.
I just came in to shave her head.
Oh, no.
Don't you shave one hair on her chin.
Mindy, Mindy Hello.
Mindy, Mindy.
No, Mindy is me.
What's up, doc? ( laughs hysterically ) Min.
Mind.
Mind Oh.
( whispers ): Oh, Mind, Mindy.
It's me, Mork.
I dressed like this 'cause I was looking for you.
Well, I think that I'm over there.
( Mork and Mindy laugh ) Very fun, Min.
Let's get out before they turn your head into a planter.
Come on, let's go.
They wouldn't do that to old Mindy What's my last name again? McDonald.
E-I-E-I-O ( laughs ) Ah.
Why, she's a little delirious.
I just gave her a sedative.
Her name isn't McDonald, it's McConnell.
You know, you look very familiar.
You assisted me last week in that lip transplant for Mick Jagger, remember that? Well Well, I've re-diagnosed this patient and her brain has cleared up, heh.
See you later.
Let's go, Mind.
No, Mind.
Woo! Ahhh.
Wow.
That's a great ride.
Since I usually get sick on ferris wheels.
Oh, that's wonderful.
There we go.
Mind, I think I can take you home.
I'll take those tonsils out there.
Let's go.
There we go.
( both laughing ) Let's go, Mind.
You dance divinely.
Do you come here often? Well Ow! Woo! Hello.
Hi.
Hello.
What is going on here? I can hear you halfway down the hall.
Oh, Dr.
Roland, I'm so glad you're here.
That doctor is behaving very strangely.
Doctor, I think you should put that patient down.
No, she's mine.
Oh, doctor, please.
Give Mrs.
McDonald back to us.
No, it's not McDonald, it's McConnell.
McDonald.
Over 30 billion sold.
Wanna see my arches? I knew I should have been a plumber.
Look, uh, nurse.
I, uh think I'm gonna need your assistance here, all right? ( laughs ) Min Mindy, come on, let's go.
Wait! Hey, no, no, don't, don't.
Don't you realize you're up six stories? Oh, I love stories.
Whoa! Mindy, Mindy! Get back! Back! I have a thermometer here and you don't know where it's been.
Mindy.
I'd like to thank you all for coming and I promise I'll make a darn good Miss America.
Be careful.
There's a lot of gravity down there.
MAN: Come on, jump.
No.
You jump.
Mind We'd better get them before they fall.
No, stay back.
Stop! Stay back! Bruce Lee lives.
Wahhh! Wahhhh! Wahhhh! Whoa! ( growling ) ( screams ) He bit me! ( grunts ) Oh, there you are.
Mr.
Burnett.
Yes, I had a feeling you were on this floor when we found Dr.
Brody in the closet wearing underwear and striped suspenders.
Do you know this maniac? BURNETT: Now, he's okay.
His friend Mindy McConnell got mixed up with a patient named Mavis McDonald.
Oh.
Her name is Mindy.
Mindy, Mindy, Mindy, Mindy.
MINDY: Now for my first dive: A forward half gainer with a full-twist summy.
Mind! ( Mindy yelps ) I'm so glad you did that.
You know why? Why? 'Cause I can't swim.
( giggling ) ( upbeat theme playing ) Here, Mindy, have some more ice cream.
Oh, thanks, but I think I've had enough.
Oh.
Oh.
Keep the You know, if you have any more, we're gonna send you home in a freezer bag.
Ha-ha-ha! A freezer Freezer Freezer bag.
You know, Mindy should be sore for only about a day.
I'll be sore for about a week.
Why are you sore? Well, the nurse bit me back.
You know, this whole rigamarole proves what I always say: You gotta be sick to go in the hospital.
So simple, yet so meaningless.
You know, I just can't believe we had all that trouble over a typographical error.
Funny, there were no typos on the bill.
Oh, well, speaking for my future profession, first I wanna apologize.
But despite what happened, doctors and nurses really do wanna help.
I think you've probably gotta help them by keeping your eyes open, asking questions.
Especially if you fear for your life.
You know, Mind, I'm glad I saved you from that brain surgery.
If not, I'd be sitting here now eating ice cream with someone I didn't know and that someone would be you.
You know, Mork, what would I do without you? Well, probably sitting somewhere in front of a mirror watching yourself drool.
( upbeat theme playing ) ( mystical theme playing ) Mork calling Orson.
Come in, Orson.
Mork calling Orson.
Come in, Orson.
Mork calling Orson.
Come in, Orson.
( Orson coughing ) ORSON: Hello, Mork.
Oh, Your Corpulence, you sound sick.
Very observant, Mork.
Why haven't you gone to one of the health clowns? All the ones nearby are broken.
Oh.
I've been trying to find a doctor, but none of them can afford me.
You won't believe this, sir, but on Earth, people pay doctors.
Ha-ha! That's crazy.
Oh, I know.
Without sick people, doctors would have nothing to do.
Oh, I know that, Your Lumpyship.
But I've learned on Earth this week that staying healthy's like everything else in life.
It all depends on how much money you have.
Were you ill? Oh, no, no, sir.
Mindy was, but she's all right now.
I had to rescue her from a hospital.
What's a hospital? Well, hospitals are places where Earthlings are interred while they're sick and not released until they give the hospital money.
It sounds like a jail.
Well, sort of, sir, except the food is worse.
I guess if you get sick on Earth, you're doomed.
Oh, no, no, sir.
You see, most doctors and hospitals are quite good.
But I also realized this week that while it's tough to be sick, it's also tough to be a doctor.
See, after all, to err is human, but most people won't allow doctors to be human.
Till next week, sir, nanu.
( dramatic theme playing ) ( upbeat theme playing )
( upbeat theme playing ) ( upbeat theme playing ) Okay, the customer wants a salad with bean sprouts and alfalfa sprouts on a bed of shredded lettuce.
Is he here to eat lunch or graze? I don't care if he smokes it as long as he pays the check.
Well, ask him if he'd like me to put it on a plate or in a feedbag, okay? ( foreign accent ): Butu, Kimbe, stay with the caravan.
( normal voice ): All right.
All you germs, bite the dust.
Come on.
Die, you little buggers.
Die.
There you go.
Come on.
Yeah! You with the hamburger, freeze right there.
Drop it.
Drop it.
Spread those buns.
Spread the buns.
All right, I have a right to read you your rights.
You have a right to remain bacillus Hey, hey, hey! Hey, hey! You saw him.
That germ pulled a gun.
Come on, what are you doin'? Will you cut it out? Mindy's going in the hospital.
I have to kill germs.
Don't! Don't! Don't! Hey.
You behind the gherkin, freeze it.
Ha-ha! There's another streptococcus.
I bet the small one.
( yelps ) I'm sorry.
You can't leave yet.
Hold on.
JEAN: Uh, wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
There aren't any germs in here.
Of course there are no germs after my "spritz-krieg.
" Ha-ha! In the name of Louis Pasteur, I Wait a minute.
I've just committed germicide.
Oh, you must have millions of little germs at home going ( high-pitched voice ) "Where's Daddy?" REMO: Hey, Mork, what'd you do to your hair? I cut off all the germy parts.
It was cheaper than having it cleaned.
Is it safe yet? What is going on here? I am going to have my tonsils out, and Mork has been running around driving me crazy.
Mindy, Mindy.
Mindy, you shouldn't talk.
You should rest your tonsils for the coming-out party.
I'll translate for you.
You're going into the hospital? Mindy, Mindy.
( Indian accent ): It is true that Miss McConnell is going into the hospital for a treatment of the neck infection, but soon she'll be back to her old, uninfected self, and back being so cute and adorable and shiksa-like.
Well, Mindy, ha-ha, there's nothing to worry about.
A lot of people have their tonsils out.
Yeah, I had mine out in the first grade.
Yeah, he was only 14.
So I was old for my age.
Did you put 'em under the pillow for the tonsil fairy? No.
I don't believe in that stuff.
I just put 'em in a jar.
Well, actually, getting your tonsils out, it's a breeze.
That's right.
It's a very simple procedure.
Yeah, most of the doctors know what they're doin'.
Most of the doctors? Mindy, I'll handle this.
Most of the doctors? You see, they got losers in every profession.
Like I had an electrician out here six times to fix that lamp, and it's still broken.
Now, imagine if that was your heart.
Thanks, Remo.
JEAN: You know, Remo, uh, I don't think she wants to hear all this.
Oh, come on.
You come home from med school with all those funny stories.
Tell 'em the one about the doctor who left the instruments inside the patient.
It's great.
( Laughing ) That really happened? REMO: Well, uh, they never found out but the guy goes disco dancing and gives himself an appendectomy.
( both laughing ) You know, occasionally accidents do happen but not often, not enough to let it upset you.
( chuckles ) Thank you very much.
I think I'll go check myself into the hospital before you two change my mind.
Good luck.
Don't worry, we'll visit you.
Well, kid, break a larynx.
Ha! Thanks.
Don't worry, Mindy.
When your tonsils are out, I'll whittle you wooden tonsils, and put a scarecrow on your tongue to scare the woodpeckers.
That'll work.
Hey.
If it doesn't, you'll talk ( deep voice ) like this.
( continues indistinctly ) ( upbeat theme playing ) GIRL: Seven thousand and forty-seven, seven thousand and-forty-eight What are you counting? I'm timing to see how long it's been since I buzzed for the nurse.
Well, there's gotta be some way to get a nurse in here.
Yeah, sure.
Just fall asleep and she'll come in and wake you up.
Min BOTH: Hiiii.
( laughs ) How're you feelin'? Oh, all right.
I brought you a little somethi" to show I was thinkin' of you.
Look, a brain.
Heh! No, actually, it's a flower.
Heh-heh! It's the biggest one I could find.
It is a big one.
Hope you have a short, fat vase.
Either that or you could wear it behind your ear.
Argh, argh, argh! Ha-ha-ha! Thank you.
( Laughing ) Well, uh, are you fixed yet? ( laughs ) Is that what you're in here for? I had my cat fixed, and he's never been the same since.
No, I'm only having my tonsils out.
Well, that's what my mother said they were doing to the cat.
The operation isn't until tomorrow.
Oh, Susie, this is Mork.
Hi.
Nanu, nanu, bite-sized person.
The hospital's low on space, so they put me in the children's ward.
Oh, I couldn't tell.
Ha-ha! Well, honey, are you ready for your tests? I thought I was supposed to have 'em over an hour ago.
Oh, sorry.
I'm the only nurse working three floors tonight.
You're the only nurse? Yeah, a lot of nurses are out sick.
I guess there's something going around.
Yeah well, I gotta go, Mork.
I gotta get some more blood tests.
Well, good luck, Min.
I hope you pass.
Don't let anyone cheat over your shoulder and see your corpuscles.
Oh, I bet you I know what ward he's from.
Oh, he's just visiting.
Oh, then you ought to be leaving.
Visiting hours are almost over.
MORK: Oh.
Bye.
Bye, Min.
Good luck.
Be careful.
Well, well, actually, I'm not really worried at all.
I mean, she told me she had the best doctor.
Well, my mom told me I had the best doctor.
Oh if everyone has the best doctor, then where do all the dead people come from? I don't know.
Maybe the stork brings 'em.
Is this your first time in the hospital? No, it's my second.
The first time I was born.
What are you in for now? I did a dumb thing.
I swallowed my bubble pipe.
How'd you do that? Well, you see, it's like this.
I was jumping rope and then It wasn't a pretty picture.
Now I'm all full of bubbles.
If you push my stomach, you could probably feel 'em.
No, no way.
I saw Alien.
Mind if I make myself at home here? Sure.
H-hey.
( snorts ) Back from where I come from, we don't have hospitals.
We just have a little building you drive up to and you You tell your ailments into a clown face and out comes a pill, heh.
A Doc in the Box.
You betcha.
Heh-heh! So how are they gonna get that bubble pipe out of you? Beats me.
I guess they'll have to cut me open.
Cut you open.
( Laughs ) Seriously, how are they gonna get that bubble pipe outta you? No, really.
They'll cut me open and take out whatever's giving me trouble.
Cut you open.
Heh-heh-heh! Pfft! Ah-ah-ah! Ah-ha-ha-ha! I should stay here and protect Mindy.
That might be good.
Either that or she'll have her insides on the outside.
She might get her liver caught in her pantyhose.
No, no, no.
I'm sure they'll put back everything important.
Besides, it won't hurt.
They knock you out first.
Who does? The guys with the masks.
Masks? Whoa, kemosabe.
Why do they do that? Maybe they don't like you to see who goofs up.
Oh.
( Door opens ) Oh, are you still here? Uh-huh.
You're right.
They are goofy.
I'm here and she doesn't even know it.
Visiting hours are over.
No, no, no, I'm gonna stay here and protect Mindy.
Well, I've seen a lot of strange things happening in this place.
I assure you that Mindy will get excellent treatment.
You're not gonna cut her open and auction off her innards? I've seen the little bottles.
No, you have my word.
All right, well, it's just 'cause I care for her.
I mean, she's like a brother to me.
Oh, don't worry.
Your brother Mindy will be fine, just as soon as she comes out from under the knife.
Knife knives, masks.
What's the name of this hospital, Our Lady of Central Park? I've gotta go.
All right.
( upbeat theme playing ) WOMAN ( over PA ): Dr.
Newman, please.
Please report to Pediatrics.
Min.
Mind, it's moi, Mork.
Still in one piece? Argh! I think she's sleeping.
Susie, boy, you've been through some changes.
Oh Mind.
Mind.
Heh-heh! Mind, wake up, you don't wanna sleep through your operation.
Heh-heh! Uh-oh.
You're not Mind.
What happened to Mind? I mean What's going on here? Mind? Who's Mindy? You're a strange man.
Not as strange as the people who work in this place.
Oh, Mind.
First Susie and then What happened? What's going on here? This is strange.
What are you talki" about? Well, don't you understand confused babble? What are you doing here? Where's Mindy? There's no Mindy here.
Uh, you must be in the wrong room.
No, she's gotta be here.
I mean, she was here yesterday.
Oh, well, I wouldn't know.
I broke my wrist yesterday.
I had to go out and get it fixed.
Why didn't you have it fixed here? Here? ( laughs ) You gotta be kidding.
Ha-ha-ha! This has gotta be the same room.
There's the flower I brought her.
NURSE: Oh.
Well, okay.
What's her name and her age? Uh, Mindy McConnell, age 23.
Ehhh.
Ha-ha! Um, well, she has two good arms, sorry, um.
You see, that's where you went wrong.
No, sir, this is the children's wing.
We have no big people staying here.
Well, if she's not here, then she She's lost.
Oh, now, please don't worry.
Even if she is, she's bound to turn up sooner or later.
I hope it's soon because she needs a tonsillectomy.
Oh, dear.
Well, I hope she hasn't been confused with With somebody else.
Why? Well, if that's what has happened, there's a good chance she might get the wrong operation.
( both chuckle ) No, no, no, no.
BOTH ( chuckling ): No.
Oh, not again, not after last week.
No.
Oh, no.
( laughing ) ( worried laugh ) Boy, this is certainly a crazy place to work.
( both laughing ) ( inaudible dialogue ) ( upbeat theme playing ) Yes, sir, I'll try to help you with the problem.
Ah, yes, sir.
Yes, we do have a number of nurses who don't speak English.
So just be patient and point to where you're bleeding.
( intercom buzzes ) Yes, Miss Chayefsky.
WOMAN: Uh, Mr.
Burnett, there's a gentleman to see you.
He seems very upset.
You gotta help me.
You gotta find Mindy.
Is this him? Mm-hm.
Are you the administrator? Yes, I am.
Well, here it is.
You want it, you got it.
A dollar bill? I talked to everyone in the hospital.
They say the buck stops here.
Sir Calm down.
We're not going to get anywhere if you don't speak slowly and clearly.
( slowly ): Yes, I think you're right.
Yes, of course.
Now, what seems to be the problem? ( babbles ) Wait, wait, wait.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Oh.
Well, I brought my friend Mindy here for a simple operation and now she's gone.
Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
I'm sure we did all we could.
Well, no, she hasn't gone belly-up.
Sh-she's just gone.
She's disappeared, lost.
We lost a patient? Well, heh, she must be somewhere in the building.
How far can she get in bare feet and a gown that opens down the back? I'm sure everything will be fine.
Really? Oh, really, yes.
Miss Chayefsky, when you get time, would you just get our lawyers on the phone? Why don't you just say the eagle has landed.
CHAYEFSKY: Again? Ixnay.
Aren't you gonna do something? Organize a posse, get out the tonsil-sniffing dogs, things like that? Oh, in good time.
Uh, but before we get started, there is a little paperwork to, uh, take care of.
Oh, here.
Would you just sign this form, please? What is this, a missing persons form? Well, not exactly.
It's just a formality which basically says that, uh, no matter what's happened, the hospital isn't held responsible.
But you are responsible.
She didn't lose herself.
Uh, well, I don't blame you for being upset, but these things happen.
I mean, this is a very big place.
We have a lot of halls Oh, you're not kidding.
A lot of wards.
I mean, it's like a maze.
Here a ward, there a ward, everywhere a ward ward.
And there are pages: "Calling Dr.
Fine.
" He doesn't answer his calls.
The doctors are missing too, aren't they? Now, son.
Try to see this from my point of view, will you? They don't give me enough staff, they don't give me enough money.
All they give me is the challenge to help people.
What about finding my friend? Now you have a challenge too, haven't you? But before you go, would you sign this form? I can't help you until you do.
You're gonna leave her lost until I let you off the hook? Hey, fella, I don't make the rules.
Oh, yeah? All right.
I'm taking this with me, and this buck's not gonna stop until I find Mindy.
You can't find her now.
Visiting hours are over.
Well, but rescuing hours have just begun.
Well, what about my form? Take your form and file it.
( upbeat theme playing ) You're in your room, Mrs.
McDonald.
McDonald? Now, let's take another one of these little pinkie drinkies and then we can rest.
Oh, I'm too tired to rest.
I don't feel good.
Here.
Here you go.
Now, soon you're going to have that brain operation and then your headaches will just disappear.
Now, you can lie back and rest.
Hee-hee! Whew, I'm starting to feel better already.
( both laugh ) Bye.
Bye.
Don't worry.
Brain surgery isn't as bad as it sounds.
Ooh, it is noisy, though.
Oh, hello, doctor.
Hello there, sickie.
Doctor, I hate to complain, but nobody came by this afternoon to change my dressing.
Oh, dressing, are you kidding? That gown is you.
It goes perfectly with that hat.
All you need now is some feathers, some rhinestones and nine tana leaves.
Doctor, you have a very funny bedside manner.
I believe that a good doctor leaves his patient in stitches.
Har-har-har! I used to love a good laugh.
Oh, doctor, you know what? What? ( mouths ): Oh.
Mindy.
Mindy, Mindy, Mindy, you're awake.
Mmm, mmm, mmm.
Hi.
Hello.
Ha-ha! Actually, I think this is the best type of physical therapy.
It gives the patients something to live for.
Oh, Miss McConnell, we'll have you out of here in a "fribbet.
" A fribbet? Yes, a medical term meaning a surrey with a fringe on top.
That girl's name isn't McConnell.
It's McDonald.
No, my dear lady, I'm a doctor.
Don't make mistakes unless it's a matter of life and death or a bill.
But the nurse who was just here said that's Mrs.
McDonald.
She's in here for brain surgery.
No, no, she's in here to have her tonsils out.
I guess it depends on how deep they drill.
Yeah Mindy! Min.
Hello, Mindy.
Mind, Mind, Mind Woo-hoo! ( giggling ) Oh, no.
They got you too.
Oh, Mind.
All my life I've been getting you into trouble.
Now I've gotten you in the biggest trouble and there's nothing I can do.
Oh, come on, Mind.
Hello.
Mind.
Here we go, here we go.
Here we go.
Hey.
Whoa! Woo! ( laughing ) That's all physical therapy.
Mindy.
Mind.
Mind, here we go.
Okay.
Okay, whoa, make a wish.
Here we go.
There we go.
No, bad view.
Okay, Mind, come on ( Mindy laughing, Mork grunting ) Hi.
Mind Doctor, what are you doing? I was just checking for lumps.
Okay We have to get this patient out of here right away.
Nonsense, that patient is having brain surgery in two hours.
You haven't done anything to her yet? Of course not.
I just came in to shave her head.
Oh, no.
Don't you shave one hair on her chin.
Mindy, Mindy Hello.
Mindy, Mindy.
No, Mindy is me.
What's up, doc? ( laughs hysterically ) Min.
Mind.
Mind Oh.
( whispers ): Oh, Mind, Mindy.
It's me, Mork.
I dressed like this 'cause I was looking for you.
Well, I think that I'm over there.
( Mork and Mindy laugh ) Very fun, Min.
Let's get out before they turn your head into a planter.
Come on, let's go.
They wouldn't do that to old Mindy What's my last name again? McDonald.
E-I-E-I-O ( laughs ) Ah.
Why, she's a little delirious.
I just gave her a sedative.
Her name isn't McDonald, it's McConnell.
You know, you look very familiar.
You assisted me last week in that lip transplant for Mick Jagger, remember that? Well Well, I've re-diagnosed this patient and her brain has cleared up, heh.
See you later.
Let's go, Mind.
No, Mind.
Woo! Ahhh.
Wow.
That's a great ride.
Since I usually get sick on ferris wheels.
Oh, that's wonderful.
There we go.
Mind, I think I can take you home.
I'll take those tonsils out there.
Let's go.
There we go.
( both laughing ) Let's go, Mind.
You dance divinely.
Do you come here often? Well Ow! Woo! Hello.
Hi.
Hello.
What is going on here? I can hear you halfway down the hall.
Oh, Dr.
Roland, I'm so glad you're here.
That doctor is behaving very strangely.
Doctor, I think you should put that patient down.
No, she's mine.
Oh, doctor, please.
Give Mrs.
McDonald back to us.
No, it's not McDonald, it's McConnell.
McDonald.
Over 30 billion sold.
Wanna see my arches? I knew I should have been a plumber.
Look, uh, nurse.
I, uh think I'm gonna need your assistance here, all right? ( laughs ) Min Mindy, come on, let's go.
Wait! Hey, no, no, don't, don't.
Don't you realize you're up six stories? Oh, I love stories.
Whoa! Mindy, Mindy! Get back! Back! I have a thermometer here and you don't know where it's been.
Mindy.
I'd like to thank you all for coming and I promise I'll make a darn good Miss America.
Be careful.
There's a lot of gravity down there.
MAN: Come on, jump.
No.
You jump.
Mind We'd better get them before they fall.
No, stay back.
Stop! Stay back! Bruce Lee lives.
Wahhh! Wahhhh! Wahhhh! Whoa! ( growling ) ( screams ) He bit me! ( grunts ) Oh, there you are.
Mr.
Burnett.
Yes, I had a feeling you were on this floor when we found Dr.
Brody in the closet wearing underwear and striped suspenders.
Do you know this maniac? BURNETT: Now, he's okay.
His friend Mindy McConnell got mixed up with a patient named Mavis McDonald.
Oh.
Her name is Mindy.
Mindy, Mindy, Mindy, Mindy.
MINDY: Now for my first dive: A forward half gainer with a full-twist summy.
Mind! ( Mindy yelps ) I'm so glad you did that.
You know why? Why? 'Cause I can't swim.
( giggling ) ( upbeat theme playing ) Here, Mindy, have some more ice cream.
Oh, thanks, but I think I've had enough.
Oh.
Oh.
Keep the You know, if you have any more, we're gonna send you home in a freezer bag.
Ha-ha-ha! A freezer Freezer Freezer bag.
You know, Mindy should be sore for only about a day.
I'll be sore for about a week.
Why are you sore? Well, the nurse bit me back.
You know, this whole rigamarole proves what I always say: You gotta be sick to go in the hospital.
So simple, yet so meaningless.
You know, I just can't believe we had all that trouble over a typographical error.
Funny, there were no typos on the bill.
Oh, well, speaking for my future profession, first I wanna apologize.
But despite what happened, doctors and nurses really do wanna help.
I think you've probably gotta help them by keeping your eyes open, asking questions.
Especially if you fear for your life.
You know, Mind, I'm glad I saved you from that brain surgery.
If not, I'd be sitting here now eating ice cream with someone I didn't know and that someone would be you.
You know, Mork, what would I do without you? Well, probably sitting somewhere in front of a mirror watching yourself drool.
( upbeat theme playing ) ( mystical theme playing ) Mork calling Orson.
Come in, Orson.
Mork calling Orson.
Come in, Orson.
Mork calling Orson.
Come in, Orson.
( Orson coughing ) ORSON: Hello, Mork.
Oh, Your Corpulence, you sound sick.
Very observant, Mork.
Why haven't you gone to one of the health clowns? All the ones nearby are broken.
Oh.
I've been trying to find a doctor, but none of them can afford me.
You won't believe this, sir, but on Earth, people pay doctors.
Ha-ha! That's crazy.
Oh, I know.
Without sick people, doctors would have nothing to do.
Oh, I know that, Your Lumpyship.
But I've learned on Earth this week that staying healthy's like everything else in life.
It all depends on how much money you have.
Were you ill? Oh, no, no, sir.
Mindy was, but she's all right now.
I had to rescue her from a hospital.
What's a hospital? Well, hospitals are places where Earthlings are interred while they're sick and not released until they give the hospital money.
It sounds like a jail.
Well, sort of, sir, except the food is worse.
I guess if you get sick on Earth, you're doomed.
Oh, no, no, sir.
You see, most doctors and hospitals are quite good.
But I also realized this week that while it's tough to be sick, it's also tough to be a doctor.
See, after all, to err is human, but most people won't allow doctors to be human.
Till next week, sir, nanu.
( dramatic theme playing ) ( upbeat theme playing )