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February 28, 2023: Superman Meets Mork

While he didn't personally make an appearance in the show, Superman was the focus of an episode of the TV series "Mork & Mindy" (starring Robin Williams and Pam Dawber).

In the sixth episode of Season 4 titled "My Dad Can't Beat Up Anybody", Mearth hero-worships Superman and Mork tries to impress his son by becoming a superhero himself.

Mork feels like a total failure as a parent when Mearth becomes confused because his hero, Superman, has two jobs and Mindy works while his dad stays home. Mindy, who is leaving for an assignment in Aspen, tries to reassure Mork that all kids go through periods of hero worship. While Mindy is away, Mearth finds Mork's spacesuit and wants to know if Mork is secretly a superhero. Although the parents have agreed not to tell Mearth about Mork's alien origin until he is younger, it strikes Mork as a perfect job. He slips into his "crime fighter" suit and takes Mearth to a seedy bar to look for bad guys. When an armed one of them terrifies Mearth, Mork goes berserk with awesome results.

Also, in 1980's "Invasion of the Mork Snatchers" (Season 2, Episode 25), Mork comes home with a copy of the "Superman: The Movie" magazine.

What's interesting about Superman's connection with "Mork & Mindy" is the fact that Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve were friends from their days as the only two students to be selected for Juilliard's prestigious Advanced Program from around two thousand applicants in 1973. Williams and Reeve developed a close friendship that stood the test of time and many personal challenges on both sides of the friendship.

At Juilliard, Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve made a pact to help one another throughout their lives. When Reeve was paralysed at an equestrian competition in 1995, Williams offered to cover any expenses not covered by insurance although it's unclear if this actually happened. From the start, both Reeve and Williams denied the rumor that the latter was paying all of Reeve's medical bills. Reeve did so through his agent in a San Francisco Chronicle article dated January 31, 1996. Williams did the same in an interview on the TV show "Extra" on February 12, 1996.

"We bought Chris a van and a generator," Williams told The Mirror in 1999. "It was really frightening because where Chris and his family live in Connecticut the winters are very harsh. One night the generator they had for Chris crapped out, so there was Chris's wife Dana outside in the middle of the night trying to hand-crank the thing. Now Chris has his own income because of his book, his record and various other sources so he's financially independent and pays his own bills."

Robin Williams definitely helped out in other ways though. Christopher Reeve lay there in hospital one day, the door opened and a man with glasses wearing a yellow surgical gown and a blue scrub hat entered. He said that he was a proctologist and was going to perform a rectal exam on Reeve. It was Robin Williams, reprising his character from the film "Nine Months". Reeve said, "For the first time since the accident, I knew everything was going to be okay."

When Dana Reeve also passed away not long after Christopher Reeve's own death, Robin Williams made good on his promise to take care of their son Will.

Their friendship endured, even in death. Reeve was the final person that Williams thanked as he was honored with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the Golden Globes in 2005.

"I just want to thank a very, very special person. I dedicate this award to the memory of a friend of mine. Chris Reeve, I miss you," he said.

February 28, 2023: "Superman & Lois" S03E01 "Closer" Synopsis

The CW has released the official description for the premiere episode of Season 3 of "Superman & Lois".

Titled "Closer" this episode is scheduled to air on The CW in the USA on Tuesday, March 14 at 8.00pm ET/PT.

SEASON PREMIERE DIRECTED BY TOM CAVANAGH

Season three of SUPERMAN & LOIS opens weeks after Superman's blowout defeat of Ally Allston. Clark (Tyler Hoechlin) and Lois (Elizabeth Tulloch) are now working at the Smallville Gazette together and enjoying small town life. But the Kents' romantic bliss only shines a light on how isolating "the secret" can be, as Chrissy (Sofia Hasmik) struggles to balance a new love interest and her friendship with Lois. However, Lois' own work-life balance is put to the test when an undercover assignment reveals a deadly foe that promises to change the Kent family forever. Superman would move heaven and earth for his family, but with a villain this merciless, even that might not be enough. Meanwhile, the Kent boys find themselves being pulled in opposite directions. Amid all this upheaval, John Henry (Wolé Parks) is haunted by his doppelgänger's past, leading to dangerous consequences for him and Natalie (Tayler Buck). Lana Lang (Emmanuelle Chriqui) and Kyle (Erik Valdez) redefine their family post-separation, while Sarah (Inde Navarrette) explores what the future holds for her and Jordan now that she knows the truth about his powers. Having learned the hard way that no one else can be trusted to work with Superman, General Samuel Lane (Dylan Walsh) reclaims his post at the Department of Defense, only to face his own conflict in working with his grandson, Jordan.

The episode was directed by Tom Cavanagh and written by Brent Fletcher & Todd Helbing.

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