Mork and Mindy Wiki
Register
Advertisement

Nelson Flavor was a character who appeared in Seasons 2 and 3 of Mork and Mindy, appearing in a total of 14 episodes. The part of Nelson was portrayed by Jim Staahl.


About Nelson[]

Nelson is Mindy's cousin, the son of Mindy's 'crazy rich' aunt, and as Fred only has a a brother Dave, and Mindy and Nelson share a grandmother, it appears he is also Cora's grandson, the son of her other daughter. He also has a close friendship with Remo DaVinci, Mork declaring Remo Nelson's best friend (I Heard It Through the Morkvine). Mork teases Nelson constantly about how blond he is, affixing the term 'albino' to just about every descriptive of him.

Initially an uptight, straight-laced, stuffed-shirt Nelson's a manufacturer of attaché cases who wants to break into politics. Quite politically ambitious, Nelson's lofty goal is to eventually become Vice President of the United States.

However his lack of a platform (beyond telling everyone what they want to hear) belies his ambition over any actual goals of his own and continuously fails to gain him any traction. In addition his campaign brings Mork & MIndy into competitive conflict with one another (Mork vs. Mindy), as well as causes several problems for himself in the form of a death threat (Dial 'N' for Nelson), and Mork & Mindy bringing them into contact with a racist group (The Night They Raided Mind-ski's).

Nelson is also one of the few who was told some of the truth of Mork's background. However, he failed to believe it chalking off Mindy's confession (even though later backed up by Mork) as a prank by the pair of them (Mork vs. The Necrotons, Part 1).

When Mindy's assumption comes true, and Nelson loses his campaign, in Season 3 he becomes a more relaxed individual. Attending a therapy group to help him, through which he meets an old High School friend of Mindy's the glamorous, recently widowed, Glenda Faye Comstock. Assigned to her as therapy 'buddy', Nelson starts to pursue her romantically over time, dating frequently and arranging a trip away together in Aspen in a lodge with Mork & Mindy.

Episode appearances[]

  1. "Mork vs. Mindy"
  2. "Mork Gets Mindy-itis"
  3. "Dial 'N' for Nelson"
  4. "Mork vs. the Necrotons: Part 1"
  5. "Mork vs. the Necrotons: Part 2"
  6. "Hold That Mork"
  7. "Exidor's Wedding"
  8. "The Night They Raided Mindskis"
  9. "Looney Tunes and Morkie Melodies"
  10. Putting the Ork Back in Mork, Part 1
  11. Twelve Angry Appliances
  12. Mork Meets Robin Williams
  13. "I Heard It Through the Morkvine"
  14. "Reflections and Regrets"
Advertisement