Williams Was Never Told About Mork And Mindy Cancellation

28 November 2009

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Comedian Robin Williams refuses to get complacent about his Hollywood success - because he will never forget the moment he found out his TV show Mork and Mindy had been scrapped.

The funnyman landed his big break in the late 1970s playing the alien Mork in the sitcom opposite actress Pam Dawber.

Bosses at U.S. TV network Abc, which aired the series, cancelled the programme in 1982 - but no one told Williams, and he was devastated when heread about his show's demise in trade paper Daily Variety.

I found out the show was cancelled by reading it in Variety. In Hollywood that's like reading your own obituary 'You're dead, good luck!'

He tells People magazine, "I found out the show was cancelled by reading it in Variety. In Hollywood that's like reading your own obituary 'You're dead, good luck!'"

Williams has since earned his superstar status with roles in films likethe Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting, Patch Adams and Mrs  Doubtfire.

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