Mork says it serves the Oilers right for charging over a dollar for a gallon of gas. This episode aired in Dec 1979. In 1979 gasoline steadily raised from 73¢ a gallon to $1.09 and remained above $1 for several years and falling in the late 80s after being under 72¢ for all of 1978. To put this in perspective, the Federal Minimum Wage in 1980 was about $3 an hour.