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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.
Mar 13, 2021 · We learn John has a penchant for talking to the camera. He learns his daughter has a history assignment so he tells an amusing story about General Grant and Lee's surrender. She uses this for her...
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My World and Welcome to It: Created by Melville Shavelson. With William Windom, Joan Hotchkis, Lisa Gerritsen, Harold J. Stone. John Monroe observes and comments on life, to the bemusement of his sensible wife Ellen and intelligent, questioning daughter Lydia.
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- 1969-09-15
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Mar 13, 2021 · Lydia leaves home, thinking she's being treated unfairly, at school and at home. John believes it will be good for her to attempt it. However, he grows concerned by how seriously she feels ...
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- William Windom Tribute Site
My World and Welcome to It Season 1 Episode 1: Man Against the World. Adam DeZayas' Television Archives. 177 subscribers. Subscribed. 20. 688 views 10 months ago. John's tales spur a...
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A comedy series starring William Windom as a writer and cartoonist inspired by James Thurber. The show ran for one season on NBC in 1969-1970 and featured wry, fanciful and curmudgeonly humor.
1. Top-rated. S1.E1 ∙ Man Against the World. Mon, Sep 15, 1969. 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.
