MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT starring William Windom

My World and Welcome to It is an American half-hour television sitcom 
based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber. It starred William 
Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works 
for a magazine closely resembling The New Yorker called The Manhattanite. 
Wry, fanciful and curmudgeonly, Monroe observes and comments on life, 
to the bemusement of his rather sensible wife Ellen (Joan Hotchkis) and 
intelligent, questioning daughter Lydia (Lisa Gerritsen). Monroe's frequent 
daydreams and fantasies are usually based on Thurber material. 


The series ran one season on NBC 1969-1970. It was created by Mel Shavelson, 
who wrote and directed the pilot episode and was one of the show's 
principal writers. Sheldon Leonard was executive producer. The show's 
producer, Danny Arnold, co-wrote or directed numerous episodes, and 
even appeared as Santa Claus in "Rally Round the Flag."


Show description

Most episodes open with Monroe arriving in front of the house from the 
Thurber cartoon "Home," which in the original cartoon has a woman's face 
on one side of it. In the show the house is initially house-shaped. The woman's 
face is often animated to appear, as Ellen says something to John. The "Home" 
house, without the face, is used as an establishing shot throughout the episodes. 
Other Thurber cartoons are similarly animated over the course of the series, 
sometimes in the opening sequence, sometimes later in the episode. 
The episode "Cristabel" begins with Monroe lying on top of a cartoon doghouse, 
a reference to the non-Thurber cartoon character Snoopy. The animation for 
the series was by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. Humorist Henry Morgan had a 
recurring role as a humor writer for The Manhattanite (clearly a reference to 
The New Yorker), which was said to be based on the real-life humorist/actor 
Robert Benchley. Harold J. Stone played the editor, with whom Monroe is often 
at odds about cartoon content. A female writer who appeared in one episode 
was also loosely based on Dorothy Parker. Guest-stars included Lee Meriwether, 
Paul Ford, Joe Besser, Ray Walston, Craig Stevens, Danny Bonaduce, Talia Shire 
(as Talia Coppola), Cindy Williams, James Gregory and Noam Pitlik.The quality of 
this series varies from show to show but on the overall is quite good….averaging 
between 7.5 and 8.

Complete all 26 Episodes 

MAN AGAINST THE WORLD (PILOT)
THE DISENCHANTED
LITTLE GIRLS ARE SUGAR & SPICE - AND NOT ALWAYS’S NICE
CHRISTABLE
THE NIGHT THE HOUSE CAUGHT FIRE
THE GHOST AND MR MONROE
NOBODY EVER KILLS DRAGONS ANYMORE
SEAL IN THE BEDROOM
THE SAGA OF DIMITY ANN
FRIEND OF THE EARTH
MAID IN CONNECTICUT
NATIVE WIT
THE SHRIKE AND THE CHIPMUNKS
RALLY ROUND THE FLAG
THE WAR BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN
THE MATING DANCE
DARN THAT DREAM
THE HUMAN BEING AND THE DINASAUR
“DEAR” IS A FOUR LETTER WORD
THE MIDDLE YEARS
RULES FOR A HAPPY MARRIAGE
THE WOOING OF MR MONROE
THE MEN CUPLA BIT
THE FOURTH ESTATE
MONROE THE MISOGYNIST
CHILD’S PLAY  

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