Raquel Welch’s Perfect Entrance

As we’ve often discussed here over the years, the problem with stories and anecdotes about old TV shows is that as soon as you prod them, they can start to disintegrate. This can happen with articles initially look about as trustworthy as you can get, and have contributions from all the right people. Take that oral history of Mork & Mindy on Gizmodo. I didn’t quote this section of the piece last time, but it actually has a whole section on the episode “Mork vs the Necrotons”.1 Story editor David Misch: “There was a scene which was incorporated into the original script, where Raquel Welch was to torture Mr. Williams. But the “joke” was that all her tortures were sexy. So the idea was that there was going to be a hot tub, and she was going to torture him by rubbing him. […] But my main memory of that scene was not our hilarious lines, but that after the scene was over, everyone was [supposed] to get out of the hot tub and to move on to the next scene. And Robin said, “I’m afraid I’m not…