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My World and Welcome to It

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  • 1969-1970
  • 1 Season
  • NBC
  • Comedy
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John Monroe observes and comments on life, to the bemusement of his sensible wife Ellen (Joan Hotchkis) and intelligent, questioning daughter Lydia (Lisa Gerritsen). Monroe's frequent daydreams and fantasies are usually based on material from New Yorker cartoonist James Thurber. It took several tries before the life and work of James Thurber was successfully adapted into a weekly television series. Two failed pilots, broadcast in 1959 and 1961, eventually led to NBC scheduling My World and Welcome to It on Mondays for the 1969-1970 season. The sitcom starred William Windom as John Monroe [the character based on James Thurber] and featured a combination of live action and animation. Despite many positive reviews, moderate Nielsen ratings led NBC to cancel the series after one season. It then won Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Comedy Series" and for "Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series" (William Windom).

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William Windom
John Monroe
Joan Hotchkis
Ellen Monroe
Lisa Gerritsen
Lydia Monroe

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Man Against the World

Mon, Sep 15, 196930 mins

In the pilot episode: We meet a cartoonist with a vivid imagination (deftly illustrated by James Thurber), who lives a fairly standard life in American suburbia with a wife, a child, and a house with the proverbial picket fence. After daughter Lydia complains her history lesson is dull and boring, John tells her his own take on the story of Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox. Of course, Lydia shares her father's less-than-factual version with her class in school, her teacher schedules a home visit.

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Awards

  • 1970 - Eddie - Best Edited Television Program - nominated
  • 1970 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Comedy Series - winner
  • 1970 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Continued Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Comedy Series - winner
  • 1970 - Primetime Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Any Area of Creative Technical Crafts - nominated

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Murder, She Wrote's William Windom Dies at 88

Emmy-winning actor William Windom died Thursday of congestive heart failure at his home in California, The Associated Press reports. He was 88.

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This may get me fitted for a ...

Question: This may get me fitted for a straitjacket, but I seem to recall a show from the early 1970s that went something like this: A father, daughter and possibly someone else lived together in a house after the mother died, I think. The father was an architect, or cartoonist, which required that he have a large sketch pad in his attic where he would retreat when searching for solace. When he contemplated his life's issues, a sketch of his house would take the features of a human face, turn and look at him and have a conversation with him. No one else would see this drawing but the dad. Feel free to send the wagon over to my house to collect me, as people think I'm absolutely crazy, especially when I mention the talking-house part.Answer: Instead of a straitjacket, might I suggest something a little more freeing, perhaps a windbreaker, blazer or even a nice sweater vest, Martin? There's no need for restraint — I believe the show you're

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