“This show was originally a summer replacement series in 1977 and was an unexpected hit. Hoping that it would still be popular, CBS decided to make it a spring replacement series. When it started again in January 1978 it was up against Laverne and Shirley, then the #1 show in the country. The show was canceled two months later.”

“Born in California, Robert Shields literally ran away from home and joined the circus as a young boy. He studied mime in Paris and, eventually, became a street mime performer in San Francisco. He met Lorene Yarnell Jansson and formed the “Shields and Yarnell” mime duo. They played stages, worldwide, and appeared in TV and film productions. After their divorce, he formed a jewelry design company in Arizona.”

“Gained early experience by performing as a robot in a department-store window, complete with a fake power cord extending from his leg. Passers-by never knew for sure if he was human, or really a robot, and the store never let on; his performance was too good for business. His wedding to Lorene Yarnell Jansson was performed in mime.” – IMDB

[Don’t ask me why, the 70’s was a weird decade.]