Monroe was a TIME TRAVELER? Is this true?!

This is on Wikipedia but with no citation. If it's not true, it's certainly a strange idea to concoct this kind of hoax around one of the less well-known sitcoms of the '80s. There appears to be fighting on Wikipedia as to whether or not this is accurate information, but it seems to keep making its way back into the article.

I believe this is absolutely plausible because just a couple years prior, the alien Mork from Ork was introduced on HAPPY DAYS of all places and spun off into his own show. Mork and Mindy was entering its 3rd of 4 seasons at the time Monroe was introduced. Bullock would've been the right guy to cast to play another weird, out-of-place, comedically otherworldly character. But has anyone actually seen this episode in its alleged original unedited form? We need witnesses! Or better yet, evidence of Monroe's time traveling origins via a copy of the original uncut episode!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Too_Close_for_Comfort

A few episodes into the series, Sara's addle-headed friend Monroe Ficus, played by actor Jm J. Bullock, made an appearance. Initially the character was introduced as a time-traveler whose time traveling device malfunctioned causing the previously-genius Monroe to become intellectually bereft, a device carried through the remainder of the run.[citation needed] Although he was originally intended to be used for only a single episode, producers added the character to the series. Monroe was introduced to Henry by Sara as a depressed, lonely fellow student and street musician. Monroe started following Sara around like a lost little puppy after realizing he was no longer able to repair the machine and return to his own time. Although Sara (with help from Jackie) tried to help him and send him on his way, Monroe found himself getting woven into the entire family's affairs and he became just a "friend" of Sara's and Henry's principal (if unintended) foil. The time-traveling concept was quickly left behind and later completely ignored. DVD releases completely removed this element from the show.