My World and Welcome to It

My World and Welcome to It was a half-hour situation comedy based on the writings of humorist and cartoonist James Thurber, and episodes of the show incorporated stories and cartoons by Thurber. The show used a combination of live action and animation to represent the world of John Monroe, like Thurber a writer and cartoonist, who worked for The Manhattanite, a magazine very much like The New Yorker, for which Thurber wrote and illustrated for many years. All the animation was based on Thurber's drawings, including the show's opening credits. John Monroe had to contend with his hot-tempered, often obtuse boss, Manhattanite editor Hamilton Greeley, who usually found John's cartoons incomprehensible. (Greeley was loosely based on New Yorker editor Harold Ross.) Fortunately for John, he could share his frustrations with his writer friend, the sardonic Phil Jensen (based on writer Robert Benchley).

John Monroe vit à Westport dans le Connecticut. Cartooniste pour le magazine "Manhattanite", il s'avère en réalité mécontent de son job, suspicieux envers les jeunes enfants, intimidé par sa femme et sa fille, effrayé par la mort... Face à toutes ces névroses, il décide de s'échapper dans son monde imaginaire, là où ses cartoons prennent vie, où il est un séducteur irrésistible et où tous les hommes lui vouent un profond respect...

Ispirata vagamente alla vita dell’umorista ed ex cartoonist del “New Yorker” James Thurber, una delle sitcom più bizzarre di sempre racconta le gesta, i pensieri e i cartoon di John Monroe (William Windon), scrittore e fumettista del giornale “Manhattanite”. La serie che ha vinto due Emmy Awards nel 1970 si contraddistingue per l’uso di sequenze animate per descrivere i sogni e le aspettative di Mr. Monroe.

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TheTVDB.com Series ID 78211
Status Ended
First Aired September 15, 1969
Recent March 6, 1970
Network NBC
Average Runtime 25 minutes
Genres Animation Comedy
Original Country United States of America
Original Language English
On Other Sites IMDB
Episode Screenshot Format 4:3 Screencap
Award Nominations Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Comedy Series, 1970 (winner) William Windom for Primetime Emmy Awards, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, 1970 (winner)
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Season	From	To	Episodes
All Seasons
Specials			2
Season 1	September 1969	March 1970	26
Unassigned Episodes			0

Season	From	To	Episodes
Unassigned Episodes			28

Absolute ordering places all episodes in a single ordered season. This is generally used for anime.

Season	From	To	Episodes
Season 1			0
Unassigned Episodes			28

William Windom
as John Monroe

Joan Hotchkis
as Ellen Monroe

Lisa Gerritsen
as Lydia Monroe

Henry Morgan
as Philip Jensen
* needs role-specific image

Harold J. Stone
as Hamilton Greeley

Name	Number of Episodes	Dates
Danny Arnold	32	09/15/1969 - 03/06/1970
Sheldon Leonard	31	09/15/1969 - 03/06/1970
John Rich	8	10/27/1969 - 03/06/1970
Melville Shavelson	7	09/15/1969 - 12/29/1969
Lee Philips	3	09/29/1969 - 11/03/1969
James Sheldon	3	11/24/1969 - 02/09/1970
Hal Cooper	2	11/17/1969 - 12/01/1969
Alan Rafkin	2	12/22/1969 - 01/12/1970
Allen Baron	1	03/02/1970

Name	Number of Episodes	Dates
Rick Mittleman	3	09/29/1969 - 02/02/1970
Lila Garrett	2	01/05/1970 - 02/23/1970
Ruth Brooks Flippen	2	09/22/1969 - 01/26/1970
Laurence Marks	2	12/15/1969 - 01/12/1970
Marion Hargrove	2	12/01/1969 - 12/08/1969
Paul Wayne	2	11/03/1969 - 11/17/1969
Lawrence Marks	2	12/15/1969 - 02/09/1970
Bernie Kahn	2	01/05/1970 - 02/23/1970
Carl Kleinschmitt	2	10/20/1969 - 03/06/1970
David Adler	1	01/19/1970
Mel Shavelson	1	11/24/1969
Bill Manoff	1	02/16/1970
Tom Koch	1	11/24/1969
John McGreevey	1	12/29/1969
Eric Tarloff	1	01/19/1970
Phil Sharp	1	10/27/1969
Martin Donovan	1	03/02/1970
R.S. Allen	1	11/10/1969
Stan Cutler	1	03/02/1970